Rule: Any out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted is generally inadmissible as hearsay. (801-802) However, hearsay may be admitted, in a prosecution for homicide or in a civil case, if the declarant, while believing Continue Reading...
Living Constitutionalism As the leader of the free world, the United States remains in the limelight as the rest of the world keeps a keen eye on how they conduct their affairs. As it appertains to constitutional interpretation, the U.S. has a sound Continue Reading...
Franz Kafka "The Trial" Franz Kafka's possibly unfinished novel, "The Trial," is one of the great mysteries of modernist literature. It was at once an astute, even prescient critique of modern power structures as well as a novel that does not quite Continue Reading...
Gun Control Laws & regulations not adequate enough: Constitutional Right: Registration & Licensing Background Checks: Federal Registration: Lobbying: National Rifle Association (NRA): Politicians: Gun violence: Gun crimes: Massacre Continue Reading...
Harmonization of International Civil Procedure and International Commercial Arbitration The objective of this study is to address the idea that when all the recently formulated harmonization instruments relating to transnational commercial litigatio Continue Reading...
Hammurabi Comparing the Code of Hammurabi with U.S. Law The Code of Hammurabi dates back to the second millennium BC (approximately 1772 BC). Consisting of 282 laws, Hammurabi's Code became the rule for ancient Babylonians, just like today's Americ Continue Reading...
While sweeping gun laws are required to improve America's issue of gun violence, evidence from Obama's attempts suggest that only gradual and small degrees of regulatory change will be capable of passing through a divided legislative branch. This l Continue Reading...
Justice and lawful coexistence is not always easy to understand or comprehend. Abstract laws only gain meaning when applied through real life experience. The purpose of this paper is to examine a specific incident in which a large business is being Continue Reading...
As Waldron (2009) emphasizes in an article entitled, The Concept of the Rule of law, the rule of law ... is invoked whenever we criticize governments that are trying to get their way by arbitrary and oppressive action or by short-circuiting the pro Continue Reading...
Letter From a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Locke's views on social contracts. Specifically it will discuss the structure of law according to Locke and how King's views on civil disobedience and how they related to Locke's vie Continue Reading...
BK Product Liability Product liability is a complicated and expansive sect of law and society. The role of the consumer is very important in the economic processes and political organization of our environment. As a result of this influence, product Continue Reading...
They have broken into a woman's house without asking her, doing so on the grounds of Justice. Mrs. Phillips responds: "But Mrs. Hale, the law is the law." Mrs. Hale half-heartedly acquiesces: "I s'pose 'tis." As Mrs. Wright's former exuberant char Continue Reading...
Codification and Liability Risk: Napoleonic Code vs. Common Law In today's modern world, insurance has become an everyday concept. We ensure our homes, vehicles, and valuable property. In many states, vehicle insurance is now demanded by law of its Continue Reading...
One can also set up policies and procedures to respond to and reduce the effects of the loss or damage to ones it environment (Capability: Security Process, 2012). The assess phase should decide the fitting security needs for an organization and wh Continue Reading...
equitable doctrine of confidence in Australia Currently there are no statutory laws that grant the "right to privacy" to individuals or corporations in Australia. Further, the common law from 1937 case of Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Ground Continue Reading...
At which point, the attorney could face ethics charges because of this ethical conflict. To prevent such situations from occurring, it is advisable that all attorneys become passionately involved in their clients cases. This will ensure that they ar Continue Reading...
Court System In recent times, no court case has attracted as much attention as that of George Zimmerman. In this text, I summarize the most significant facts of the said case and explore the key laws that were violated. Further, amongst other thing Continue Reading...
Moving Targets: Placing the Good Faith Doctrine in the Context of Fragmented Policing" by H. Aviram and J. Seymour (2010) In the United States, due process of law is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment and applies to all citizens by virtue of the 14t Continue Reading...
Contracts and Fraud Contracts are one of the cornerstones of our modern legal system. They are necessary to conduct reliable economic transactions between individuals. When people make a formal agreement such as buying a car they must be assured tha Continue Reading...
Dangerfield and Associate Entities Upon examining this case, it's clear that the claims made by Hartman are completely legitimate. The claims made by Mitchell are somewhat legitimate. This paper will first examine the basis of the lawsuit waged by H Continue Reading...
Product Liability Today's society is a consumer-based system where relationships are expressed when people buy products from companies. Product liability when accidents occur has become a focus point for many court cases and rulings. The purpose of Continue Reading...
NEPA and SEQRA The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was ratified in 1970. It is a federal law that is designed to assess the damage to the environment from various projects. This was in response Continue Reading...
Children in this mediation scenario have the rights to develop educationally, emotionally and psychologically. The outcome of the mediation scenario must ensure their growth and development hence the overriding factor would the interests of the chi Continue Reading...
Joe Lee Simmons Statement of Facts The client in this matter has already faced charges in the trial court where he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, and had his conviction affirmed by the Court of Appeals. At the present time, Continue Reading...
legal system: Where laws come The Constitution of U.S. is considered to be the 'supreme law of the country'. It provides the foundation for the American government, and provides the scope for the freedom and rights of all the citizens of the countr Continue Reading...
Qualified privilege has the same result as absolute privilege, but does not protect statements that can be proven to have been made with malicious intent (Pember, & Calvert, 2005). The church would argue that they had a qualified privilege to c Continue Reading...
Fitl vs. Strek Law Case Study Facts: The plaintiff -- Mr. James G. Fitl -- attended a sports card and memorabilia show in San Francisco, California, where the defendant -- Mr. Mark Strek -- was operating a sales exhibit. The plaintiff elected to pu Continue Reading...
Law Is a Reflection of the Morality of the Time: The evolving judicial interpretation of the Constitution Constitution has become such a respected document and holds such an important place in American life it is often conceptualized as a transcen Continue Reading...
History Of the Western Law Meaning - in legal terms - for nations to "stay the hand of vengeance" Justice Robert Jackson, while delivering his opening speech in November 1945 during the infamous Nuremberg trials for war offenses, enjoined the leade Continue Reading...
Kapoor G.K., (n.d). Business Law Including Company Law. Chapter 1 This book, in the isolated chapter 1 discusses the elaborate meaning of a contract and what makes up a legally binding contract. It discusses the elements of a contract in the context Continue Reading...
The informal nature of mediation may allow evidence to be considered that might be prohibited in a court of law. Arbitration is more complicated than mediation. Since arbitrators "give written opinions, which can be binding or non-binding…the Continue Reading...
The Common Law Theory of Negligence Negligence is defined as the failure to exercise the appropriate care that is expected to be exercised under the specified circumstances. In law, negligence is the breach of a legal duty to take care that results i Continue Reading...
Family Law Court Observation Rachel Faybyshev Family Law Ally, Esq. Family Law Court Observation I visited the NYC Family courthouse that is located in 60 Lafayette St. on October 13, 2016. I thought I had a pretty good idea of what it was going Continue Reading...
Limitations of the Research or Gaps A Critical Analysis of the Business Judgement Rule under the Australian Corporation Law There have been many large businesses which have collapsed unexpectedly to cause irreparable damage to the investors worldw Continue Reading...
The Case of the Speluncean Explorers is a book which describes various perspectives of interpreting the law as well as what is right (moral). While Fuller invents a judicial case which involves both the moral values and the laws in the most challen Continue Reading...
" (Coleman, 2003) Coleman states that by the very nature of international disputes and the states desiring to protect their national interest results in "all international disputes" becoming "inevitably political in nature..." (Coleman, 2003) Variat Continue Reading...
Internet Personal Jurisdiction Normally, when the belongings are attached to a state, the courts are given authority over any assets actually present within the regional limits of the state and courts are also given authority on anyone provided with Continue Reading...
Largely, Individuals Obey the Authority Determining the level of obedience to authority is an important practice because different jurisdictions have diverse considerations in the way they exercise their laws and other reinforcements. Individuals wi Continue Reading...
ROCHIN V. CALIFORNIA Summary of the Facts - On the morning of July 1, 1949, three deputy sheriffs from Los Angeles County believed that Rochin was selling narcotics. The sheriffs found Rochin's door open, and entered the premises in which he lived wi Continue Reading...
