Legal Issues

Competition law, also known as antitrust law in the U.S, refers to one among the areas of authority of the European Union (EU) to control the activities of market influence by governments, large companies and other entities in economics. It is evident that from the beginning, people recognized law as individual entity.  Then after some development, there came society and law being recognized as interdependent.  The society required law and at the same time law could no longer function...

 According to the Constitution of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister should have the highest powers than all the other officials in the government. Heshe is therefore the one who is responsible for all the other members in the government including the council members. It is the requirement of the law that the Prime Minister be the leader of the party with the majority votes in the elections. In this case, therefore, we find that after the elections, there is no party...

Mike Allen, a lifelong resident of Kent is asking if he can sue Manor Hotel because he fell at the shower.Issue It is possible for Mr. Allen to sue the hotel management because of the accident Are the courts of the State Kent competent in hearing the caseConclusion The client did not specify in his letter the cause of the accident. However, on the question on jurisdiction or if Mr. Allen can file a case against Manor Hotel in Kent the answer is yes.Facts of the Case     Mr. Mike...

The matter that I am reporting on is an appeal before the New York department of Unemployment.  The name of the matter is In the Matter of George Tompson, Case Number  ALJ Case No 009-29419. The case is before Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth T. Nicolato.  The location of the court is 120 Bloomingdale Road, Rm. 233, White Plains, New York 10605.  This is an administrative proceeding which means that the rules of evidence are far more relaxed that what one would experience in...

Over the past thirty years, the general trend in legal and economic policy in Britain, Australia and the United States has been away from socialism, state control and regulation and more toward laissez faire, free trade and free markets.  Henry Bosch, former chair of the national Companies and Securities Commission, formed a working group in 1990 which issued a paper on Corporate Practices and Conduct (revised in 1993 and 1997) which attempted to improve self-regulation of business because...

This term paper is about the environmental laws concerned with wetlands and other protected lands. The author of this paper defines wetlands and then discusses the importance of wetlands and laws that regard to wetlands. It is important to note that wetlands are very important in any particular type of ecosystem. A wetland can be defined as a habitat that lies on environment ecosystem and is between dry land and water. It is a specific portion of land that has its soil saturated with high levels...

Hate crimes are those criminal actions that are carried out with an intention of intimidating and harming people and property on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, race, sexual orientation or any other status related to the minority group. They can also be called bias crimes (Robinson, 2009). Hate crimes are unique in their nature and differ from other crimes due to the fact that people are targeted due to their identity. This form of discrimination infringes human rights and prevents people...

The court was incorrect in dismissing the attempted murder charge.  While each state has a different statute, the basic tenet of each attempted murder statute is that the defendant intended the death of his or her target.  This forms the culpability level of the statute.  This level of culpability is imperative in the United States as well. The fact that the gun malfunctioned has no bearing because of Jacks intent to kill Bert. The fact that the gun had already been used to kill Pratt,...

Search and seizures as a constitutional right is provided for in the Bill of Rights and guards individuals from what is considered as unreasonable searches and seizures by the authorities. This provision was ratified due to the abuse of writ of assistance which was a search warrant during the American Revolution. The Fourth Amendment of the United States constitution puts limitations to the police power when making arrests, searching individuals and their property, and when capturing objects and...