999 Search Results for Definition of Legal Terms
Duty of Care
As requested, the author of this report shall be defining a number of terms from a legal and "duty of care" perspective. The questions that will be answered will center on subjects such as the rescue doctrine, whether a fetus injured in Continue Reading...
misdemeanor a felony charge. Detail legal terms stare decisis legal precedent affect criminal prosecutions. Finally, provide a definition words, legal term, corpus delicti.
Misdemeanors are crimes that impose a penalty of twelve or less months in p Continue Reading...
It was the apprehension of being struck that induced compliance" (Perkins 1954: 346).
As well as a feasible threat, to prove there was an attempt to commit a crime requires defining the attempt as distinct from mere preparation. It is also notewort Continue Reading...
Legal Positivism and Australian Law
Nature and rule of law have generated more passionate debates in legal circles than anything else and the reason lies in the fact that law directly affects the lives of citizens of a country. National laws govern Continue Reading...
Fixtures are considered part of personal property, but in cases where they become a part of real property and cannot be removed, they are considered part of real property. Building on a plot of land is a fixture that is considered part of real prop Continue Reading...
In a democratic system, whose underlying foundation is a philosophy of independence and equal representation, giving somebody the power to buy political power or interest is unethical. For this reason, must governing boards have codes of ethics that Continue Reading...
LEGAL ISSUE, STRUCTURE, and ANALYSIS
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LEGAL ISSUES-LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. According to Black's Law Dictionary (1991), a limited partnership is a "type of partnership of one or more general partners who manage business and who are personally liabl Continue Reading...
Issues Presented or Questions of Law:
1) Did the SBL agreement constitute the contract between the parties?
2) Was Plaintiffs' case barred by the parole evidence rule?
3) Should the trial court have sustained Defendants' demurrer to Plaintiffs' Continue Reading...
Article 38 of the International Court of Justice indicates that courts have the function of deciding which disputes can be solved by referring to international conventions implying that international conventions have legal value in the nation-state Continue Reading...
This chapter is completed with further information on a legal analysis in chapter 12, which discusses the organization of the results of the research. The Honigsberg Grid is amply described as a useful instrument in such an organization.
Chapter 13 Continue Reading...
Legal Brief: Hotjox Magazine
Facts: Mark Studley (Studley), an Olympic swimmer, was featured on the cover of Hotjox magazine, a magazine targeted primarily at gay males. The picture was in the public domain. The magazine cover had the headline "Olym Continue Reading...
Legal Immigration Is Good for the United States
With the United States opening its boarders to thousands of legal immigrants each year, immigration has become one of the most hotly debated issues in the country. However, what has largely fueled this Continue Reading...
Legal Definitions
Miranda Rule -- Prohibits the introduction of any testimonial evidence elicited from criminal suspects while under arrest or in police custody unless police first advise them of their constitutional rights to remain silent, refuse Continue Reading...
The adverse effect on the employee must be subjective, as well as objective. Not only must the employee suffer from the harassment, but it is also required that a reasonable person in the shoes of the employee would likely have suffered from such co Continue Reading...
" (Information Society and Media, 2005) f. The eContent Programme and the eTen Programme
The 100 million dollar eContent Programme (2001-2005) focuses on encouraging growth and development of tie European digital content industry. This programme fun Continue Reading...
Weber made appoint of recognizing that, even something so seemingly objective and abstract as the law, was, in reality, a substantive tool in the hands of judges and politicians. Judges are not "automata of paragraphs' (Weber) because they are of ne Continue Reading...
After reading the Gilbert Law Summary on legal writing and research, a law student would be much better prepared to begin his or her educational career in research and analysis. As previously stated, the student should feel more adequate to tackle Continue Reading...
" In all other cases, out-of-state marriages are valid and accepted everywhere. Even where domestic partnerships are recognized, same-sex couples may not be able to reap any real benefits: "Domestic partnership laws provide even fewer protections tha Continue Reading...
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Business Legal Case
The author of this response is offered a business legal case and is asked to give an opinion on whether one firm has a case against another. The author of this report will offer a response and will back it up using a Continue Reading...
PATRIOT ACT legal authority conduct covert surveilance. - I faxed a hours paper, I 1-2 sources buy make cited .
The Patriot Act represents perhaps one of the most important legal instruments created since 2001 to provide legitimacy of covert action Continue Reading...
The questions on legal liability issues were minimal as the field of legal issues is new in nursing. The questions addressed a theoretical part regarding the legal liability issues. They were no need of clarification since the questionnaires were ea Continue Reading...
international law. The text class "Legal Aspects International Business: a Canadian Perspective," Second Edition Mary Jo Nicholson. I uploaded requirements essay outline document. Now topic essay long an international legal issue relates business.
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The purpose of the take-or-pay clause is to allocate the respective risks of the production and sales of natural gas between buyers and sellers.
According to Gaille, "The seller bears the risk of production. To compensate seller for that risk, buye Continue Reading...
In a unanimous opinion, delivered by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court held that an owner-occupied residence not used for any commercial purpose does not qualify as property "used in" commerce or commerce-affecting activity, such that arson of Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. The Evolution of Long-Term Care:
Explore the historical development of long-term care services, from informal family care to the modern-day facilities and in-home care services. Discuss how societal ch Continue Reading...
Legal Transplants
The objective of this study is to discuss and compare two legal transplants with reference to at least one African or Asian legal system. For the purpose of this work, Turkey and legal transplants will be examined.
The work of Or Continue Reading...
Marketing, Product Safety, and Intellectual Property
Ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety
Various organizations often find themselves in the wrong side of the law when undert Continue Reading...
Common-law judges rely on their predecessors' decisions of actual controversies, rather than on abstract codes or texts, to guide them in applying the law" (Common law, 2008, law library). The law evolves with custom and interpretation, rather than Continue Reading...
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Unilateral administrative acts are the imposition of the will of the administration upon the people of administrative law that has been "developed by doctrinal writings" (Zongwe, Butedi and Phebe, 2007) and which fall into two primary catego Continue Reading...
Normally, efforts must be reasonable and diligent but not futile. The general grounds for termination of parental rights in all states are as follows. Abandonment is a prime case of abandonment can be established after six months of conscious disreg Continue Reading...
The education of those students who do not meet the eligibility requirements remains the responsibility of general educator (bid., 66-56).
Individualized Education Program and Individualized Family Service Plan
Finally, it is time to develop the a Continue Reading...
Justice
The understanding and practice of 'justice' is central to the achievement of peace and happiness by the individual as well as society, as a whole. However, no amount of institutalization and administration of legal, political or civil syste Continue Reading...
There is a lot of discussion on the moral standing of fetuses at an early stage and the issues that revolve around the choice of whether to abort or not. There has been one strong position that has been ignored in the whole debate. Consequently, libe Continue Reading...
The purpose of these impeachment techniques is to verify to the best of one's purpose that the jury members are objective and competent as well as reliable enough to officiate in the trial.
Limitations placed are that a party may only impeach his Continue Reading...
The NPC, importantly, controls both legislative and judicial functions -- true to the consolidation of power in communism. When discussing the Chinese judiciary, one must understand there are no juries, only judges; and hearsay is admissible as evid Continue Reading...
Culture
Definition of "Culture"
Alfred Kroeber and Kluckhohn Clyde are the two leading anthropologists of America who considered the stock of definitions of culture, sorted out the common points and came up with a comprehensive definition of cultu Continue Reading...
Family
During the 1992 presidential election between Bill Clinton and George Bush (the first one), the issue of "family values" was hot. Two definitions of family emerged from the campaign. When republicans talked about family, they meant a traditio Continue Reading...
Outrageous Conduct and Invasion of PrivacyIn the workplace, the term outrageous conduct typically refers to any behavior that is beyond the pale of what is considered acceptable. This can include everything from sexual harassment and discrimination t Continue Reading...
Enron Ethics
The Enron/Arthur Andersen affair was perhaps the worst business and accounting scandal in the history of the United States. Indeed, Enron was engaging in a massive amount of malfeasance at all levels of the organization while Arthur And Continue Reading...