The stick was federal prosecution carrying long sentences with no parole in faraway prisons; the carrot was meetings where offenders were offered help getting shelter, job training and education. In many instances, individuals revert to gun violence Continue Reading...
It is hard to argue with the legitimacy of that consideration. Employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace, but that right has limits. Employers are not prevented from conducting some hidden surveillance in an employee's off Continue Reading...
It covers a specific device or process and it protected by the Patent Act. A patent can be enforced through the legal system. By contrast a trade secret more difficult to protect through the legal system. A trade secret is not generally known to the Continue Reading...
In the past few years, there have been a number of key meetings of about environmental issues. The ongoing discussions with regards to the fate of the soon-to-be extinct bluefin tuna illustrate the frustrations of trying to reach environmental agre Continue Reading...
However, the law did engender social change; fifty years after the Brown decision, there is no system of legal segregation in America. While changing the law through the use of the court system by challenging laws that violate the Constitutional gu Continue Reading...
Transformation of American Law It is sometimes the movement of the smallest pebble in the field of law that begins the largest avalanche for change. In his book, Transformation of American Law, Horwitz reveals to the reader that change that is need Continue Reading...
Romans and Law The Roman law is considered as the greatest legacy of ancient Rome to the Western Civilization, as several existing civil and common laws in most Western countries are based on the laws introduced and developed by the Romans. Rome's Continue Reading...
Politics of Administrative Law An Examination of the Challenges Presented by NLRB vs. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. To the Political, Economic, and Legal Philosophies Developed from Munn vs. Illinois and Lochner vs. New York As the 19th century Continue Reading...
Business Law The author of this report has been asked to answer regarding several different legal and/or ethic cases or questions. Those cases/situations are Wrench LLC vs. Taco Bell, California & Hawaiian Sugar Company vs. Sun Ship Inc., the ge Continue Reading...
Negligence Misstatements in the Law of Torts This is a concept of contract law indicative of carelessly made facts by one party to another with the effect of luring that party into a contract. It could also be falsehood or false promises made by a t Continue Reading...
These guidelines were established to set parameters around a mediator's dissemination of legal information. The parameters set authorize a mediator to provide legal information such as brochures or printed material provided by the bar association. H Continue Reading...
Defamation in Business Law What is Defamation? Defamation is when a person's reputation or character is damaged (or injured) due to the false statements or actions of others. A defamatory statement can affect both a person as well as a corporation. Continue Reading...
Criminal Law and Psychopathy I. Introduction Various studies have in the past indicated that there is a high correlation between violence/criminal behavior and psychopathy. This would largely be expected given that psychological studies into the char Continue Reading...
GUN LAW PROPOSAL 2Gun Law Proposal: The No Mercy BillIntroductionGun control and various efforts to rein in gun-related violence deaths continue to be rather emotional and contentious issues. For this reason, no meaningful progress has been made to c Continue Reading...
Anthro "On the Law which has Regulated the Introduction of New Species" is a paper written in 1855 by the pioneering evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. The article outlines a theory of evolution that predates Darwin's Origin of Species. I Continue Reading...
Introduction Justice is one of the oldest prevailing conceptions and has been deliberated upon by numerous philosophers. It has been one of the significant issues in the historical account of philosophy. Justice, as a Greek concept, was considered to Continue Reading...
Case before the International Court of Justice: Case NoteIntroductionArticle 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations states that consular officers shall be free to communicate with nationals of the sending State and to have access to them.[ Continue Reading...
EXPLORING LAW/POLICY PATHWAYSEnding Police Brutality: Exploring Law/Policy PathwaysIntroductionIn the past, confrontations between law enforcement officers and citizens have been largely reported from the perspective of police officers. However, than Continue Reading...
Law case study Section 9 As laid out in both Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Maryland Rules, for a class to be certified, the requirements are that; · The class should have numerous members such that it would be impractical, to sue or Continue Reading...
Part 1The first feature is an offer. This could be conceptualized as a proposal made to a person or entity and could be inclusive of the details of the said engagement i.e. the terms and conditions. The second feature is acceptance. This could be co Continue Reading...
In “Morality Influences How People Apply the Ignorance of the Law Defense,” Alter, Kernochan, Darley, et al. (2007) present the findings of four empirical studies showing how the perceived morality of the defendant influences decisions re Continue Reading...
laws of the ancient world demonstrate a consistency with the laws of the present. They prove, without a doubt that the challenges of the human condition have been and remain similar in scope and temptation. Humans have long been tempted to retain th Continue Reading...
Law and Policy of World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) has a system to settle disputes between member countries regarding their rights and obligations under the WTO agreements. The purpose of the WTO dispute settlement system i Continue Reading...
II. Client’s Case D. Application of the Law to the Facts Was Jennifer in breach of the confidentiality agreement that she signed committing never to disclose confidential/proprietary information she encounters in the course of her employ at Gre Continue Reading...
Florida Child Law1. Yes, some of the statements made by Susan would be admissible as evidence in court pursuant to the Florida Rules of Evidence. Specifically, the statement she made to the attending nurse at the emergency room would likely be admiss Continue Reading...
Under tort law, injured parties are entitled to compensatory damages which include both general damages for pain and suffering and disfigurement and special damages which include payment for loss of past and future earnings and past and future medic Continue Reading...
This provision is based on the rationale that general damages do not represent financial loss to the injured person. A number of changes have also been made to the law in respect to assessment of damages for past and future economic loss. 4. The ma Continue Reading...
International Law The objective of this work in writing is to examine what it means to 'keep the peace' in the present age and the world facing challenges and threats of unprecedented scope, scale and complexity. The question addressed in this resea Continue Reading...
" Zamir (2007) states "is one of the most litigated sections of the convention. Under it the buyer loses the right to rely on a lack of conformity of the goods if he does not give notice to the seller specifying the nature of the lack of conformity Continue Reading...
Two valuable sources of information do exist: The first one does fall within the conflicting traditions themselves. They are never useful in the solving of the disputes by invoking worldly views. They are indeed a complex set of legal traditions si Continue Reading...
Jurisdiction and Applicable Law The first issue that Barcelo faces concerns which nation's law governs the contractual rights and duties between himself and George. Because this was an international voyage between England and Spain, and because the Continue Reading...
1 If I were on the jury, I would work out the substantiality of the nature of the defect and the reasonableness of the number of attempts allowed by the consumer by following the guidelines of Maryland’s lemon law. As the Council of Better Busi Continue Reading...
Public Administration: Gun Laws The disturbing images of distraught children and staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School scampering for safety as a gunman who had calmly made his way into the school compound shot indiscriminately, killing Continue Reading...
Emotional Intelligence in Law Enforcement Emotional Intelligence for Officer in a Law Enforcement Environment Law enforcement officers constitute exceptional and diverse personnel that experience a broad range of emotions. They therefore encounter Continue Reading...
Antitrust and Intellectual Property Antitrust Law Remedies in Intellectual Property Cases In any research paper it is important to first define the terms used prominently in order to make sure that the reader understands what is being said. In this Continue Reading...
Theory & Context: Public Administration and the Rule of Law The purpose of this study is to integrate the arguments including the strengths and weaknesses of the works of Lynn (2009), Moynihan (2009) and Rosenbloom (1992) and to compare and cont Continue Reading...
This is an important issue and a number of commentators and critics have decried this loss of respect for international law. One commentator refers to the words of the politician and sociologist, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who said that, "...there is Continue Reading...
