Moreover, it stresses for the need for effective, clear communication for lawyers, as is underlined by its requirement for all first year students to take a legal communication course. This acknowledges another reality of the legal field -- as legal Continue Reading...
Criminology In the first place it is odd that the dispatcher did not have a better description of the vehicle that was reported stolen. And why would a young Hispanic male driving a late model "foreign car" -- in this case, a BMW -- be a suspect, si Continue Reading...
7). This point brings up one of the larger issues suggested by the opinion (which will be discussed in greater detail later), namely, the fact that the conflict between the law's position on jurisdiction and this kind of estoppel is "yet another cas Continue Reading...
Bachelor's of Business Administration with a special concentration in legal studies opens up a plethora of career opportunities with possible advancement into the field of law. According to the Glossary of Bachelor's Degree Programs on the Education Continue Reading...
Judge Broderick concluded that the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment does not give a defendant the right to require immunization of a witness, but that such a right is "probably" contained in the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendm Continue Reading...
" Despite the stated expansion, habeas protection continued to be applied only to cases in which the defendant alleged that the sentencing court lacked personal or subject matter jurisdiction. The Court extended the reach of federal habeas review dur Continue Reading...
The U.S., however, is the only industrial democracy, common law or otherwise, in which courts must throw out tainted evidence in criminal trials. The U.S. Supreme Court decisions establishing and expanding on this principle have collectively come to Continue Reading...
Summer Law Program The author of this response has been given the opportunity to give some feelings and a response to why it is the author's desire and intent to attend the summer law program. Those reasons are numerous and will be discussed one by Continue Reading...
The appellant could not have reasonably foreseen the danger that the dropped package posed to the respondent, therefore the claim of negligence is unsupported by the facts. HOLDING: Judgment reversed. Lucy v. Zehmer, 196 Va. 493, 84 S.E.2d 516 (19 Continue Reading...
Alberty, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in Defendant's favor, holding that under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act) and P.R. Laws Ann. Tit. 29, 146 et seq. And 467 e Continue Reading...
Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 1040 (1983)) since the independence of a state court's state-law judgment is not clear. Furthermore the Court stated that the Florida Supreme Court treated state and federal law as interchangeable and interwoven and therefore w Continue Reading...
Bart and George were also not engaged in any fraudulent activities that were part of the reasoning behind the trial court's findings against them. Maryland's law states that the shareholders will be held responsible if they fail to observe the corp Continue Reading...
In the case of Bowers v. Hardwick the United States Supreme Court failed to strike down Georgia's sodomy laws, as they applied to homosexuals, because rather than treat the matter as one of privacy rights, the court instead viewed the case from the Continue Reading...
The true source of drama, then, is in the accounts of the genuine events, or fictionalized versions of true events. The Nuremberg war crime trials presented many thorny jurisprudential issues, such as the problem of ex post facto criminal law and t Continue Reading...
Personal Statement L. Jones If you laid all of the lawyers in the world, end to end, on the equator - It would be a good idea to just leave them there. -Unknown Ah yes, the lawyer -- the bane of civilized society as we know it -- the definition of Continue Reading...
Default Dispute Termination of Contract Default and Dispute (contract law) In government contracting, the government through a contracting officer who is the government agent enters into a legally binding agreement with a contractor. This contracto Continue Reading...
Sir or Madam Currently, I am a senior studying Criminal Justice at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. I am interested in applying for admission with aspirations of attending MSLAW because I believe with my training and acad Continue Reading...
Supreme Court Case Supreme Court Decision in Re Waterman, 910 2D (N.H. 2006) The Case The case addressed in this section of the report is that of Supreme Court case In Re Waterman, 910 A.2d 1175 (N.H. 2006). In this case, Tracy Waterman, working a Continue Reading...
hotel sent the security guard on duty to check on Gonzalez in his hotel room. The defendant rebuffed to open the door. The security guard heard the sound of breaking glasses and the high television volume. This prompted the hotel to summon Laredo Po Continue Reading...
Ethical Advantages and Disadvantages of an Appointed vs. An Elected Judiciary: The Case of Justice Harry L. Carrico Following more than four decades of noteworthy judicial service, Justice Harry L. Carrico retired simply because he finally became to Continue Reading...
" (p. 471). Finally, the Court ruled that the police could not interrogate suspects who expressed the desire to exercise their right to remain silent and that. "Once warnings have been given, the subsequent procedure is clear. If the individual indi Continue Reading...
Some of these exceptions could have applied to the Kobe Bryant prosecution. The medical exam evidence could have been allowed had the alleged victim not placed fault on Mr. Bryant. The burden would then have been on the prosecution to prove Mr. Bry Continue Reading...
United States. (R.T.C., p. 1217). The third judicial approach focuses on a defendant's constitutional rights. "Some courts have held that a pretrial hypnosis session may be so suggestive that a criminal defendant's due process rights are violated if Continue Reading...
K. Comment: I agree with the majority opinion. The Constitution is the absolute guiding law of the land, and the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that its protections will be extended to state actions. The Fourth Amendment guarantees a right to priv Continue Reading...
Bryan University's E-Discovery program would provide me with an exciting and dynamic way to connect with professionals in the legal field, delve further into case law, and to gain greater insight into the role of IT in my vocation of choice. I am cur Continue Reading...
I believe the outcome of the trial was just, on two accounts. The first is that while the actions of Ms. Abramson may have clouded the jury's judgment with respect to the defense team's actions, she turned down the opportunity to absolve herself or Continue Reading...
The trial court was concerned with the State's lack of a written protocol specifying the chemicals and doses, the lack of consistency in its administration, the total discretion give to Dr. Doe I, and the lack of oversight over the doctor. The trial Continue Reading...
ITT Technical Institute, Sylmar Campus, Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology (AAS), 15-MAR-04 / 05-MAR-06, Electronics and Communications Engineering Technology (BS) 13-MAR-06 / 02-DEC-07 Department of Education, This letter will describ Continue Reading...
Sean Brosnan was a high school senior. He filled out his applications for college in September of 2015, including an application for early decision to Queens University. In December Brosnan received a thick packet from Queens, which included a glossy Continue Reading...
Truth about police code of silence revealed The terms ‘Blue Code’, ‘Blue Wall’ or ‘Code of Silence’ refer to the law enforcement departmental rule of refraining from reporting on the misdemeanors, mistakes and offe Continue Reading...
Court Management TrendsSpecialty courts were established at the Eighth Judicial District Courts with thirteen court programs that target individuals with various intercepts with the criminal justice system. Specialty courts are founded on the treatme Continue Reading...
However, Justice Vinson went further, adding his historical comments to Gaines by saying that the Fourteenth Amendment rights were "personal' which meant that "it is no answer... To say that the courts may also be induced to deny white persons righ Continue Reading...
contract is a legally enforceable promise that allows commerce to flow smoothly throughout society. Without contracts, businesses and consumers would be embroiled in constant disputes with potential for fraud and frequent misunderstandings but the f Continue Reading...
This is usually a low standard to achieve. As long as a person acts in a way which avails the person of the protection of the laws of that state, that person has subjected themselves to the jurisdiction of that state (International Shoe). Next, the Continue Reading...
But if Houston insisted that Plessy be enforced that is, if the NAACP sued a state to make its schools for black children equal to those for whites which Plessy did require then he could undermine segregation. (Jomills Henry Braddock. A Long-Term Vi Continue Reading...
Ferguson required that the decision of the lower court be affirmed. The Court agreed with Mr. Sweatt. While the University of Texas School of Law "may properly be considered one of the nation's ranking law schools," Justice Vinson wrote for the Cour Continue Reading...
legal issues faced by expert witnesses and the impact the Frye test has on scientific evidence proffered at trial. This essay also covers the decision that was reached by the courts concerning the fate of expert witness and expert testimony and some Continue Reading...
Sandra O'Connor Sandra Day was born on March 26, 1930 in El Paso, Texas to Harry and Ada Mae, owners of the Lazy-B-Cattle ranch in Southeastern Arizona, where Sandra grew up (United States Supreme Court 2003) as an only child until she was eight. In Continue Reading...
