Legal Issues

In the previous two decades, there has been a marked increment of youth involvement in criminal activities both at home and at school. This has impelled the juvenile justice system to come up with ways in which to contain these criminal activities and also to devise means through which such activities can be deterred. This resulted into the zero tolerance policy, which sought to discourage children from engaging in prohibited activities, particularly at school. And through the graduated sanctions,...

To Happy Toy Employees Union From John Edwards Date February 28, 2010 Re Employment Union Fact Sheet There happens to be a major issue that is taking place in this case. It is clear that there is a formation of a labor union. This is a union that is meant to protect the rights of employees. Other than this union, there are some other activities that are taking place in this working environment that are not really straight. First there is the human resource manager Ms. Abboud, who happens to be...

The paper would discuss three cases and would elaborate on their nature that whether those three cases are acts of crime or not. And if they are, then why they are so and what type of crimes they are. As far as the first case is concerned, where Kino sees a DVD player on the porch of Lulus house, takes the player to his home, and tells everyone he owns it. This is a crime but it is of lower level because it doesnt involve any threat, harm, or violence. This sort of crime is usually done by children...

The debate about the right to life has gained momentum for many years without an optimum consensus of the parties concerned. For this reason, many organizations have come up in an endeavor to save the life of young girls from the risk of death as a result of unsafe abortion. Many would ask, what is the core issue of life especially when abortion is concerned The rate at which abortion is carried out is alarming According to a research conducted by Kulczycki (1999), an average of 20-22 million illegal...

Introduction Q6. The equal protection clause, which is part of the fourteenth amendment, provides that all states shall ensure that every person within its jurisdiction is accorded equal protection under the existing laws. In applying this clause, courts have developed three scrutiny tests namely i) Strict scrutiny test  any law enacted by a state that categorizes people based on ethnicity or race is unconstitutional unless that law was crafted to serve a compelling need of government. The...

Assignment 10-4 In Dorothy J. Kowalski and Louis Kowalski, Jr. v. Goodyear Tire  Rubber Company, 841 F. Supp. 104 (1994), the plaintiffs are using common law theories to claim damages. The plaintiffs are asserting negligence and strict liability claims to recover damages. The plaintiffs argued that Goodyear is liable for strict liability based on Restatement (Second) of Torts 519. Plaintiffs stated that Goodyear is liable under a negligence claim because the company owed a duty of care to...

The United States Supreme Court in the recent case Flores-Figueroa v. United States was presented with a rather common type of legal disagreement in a novel technological context.  Specifically, in a case involving the proper legal interpretation and application of a federal law providing for a more severe type of criminal sentence in certain cases involving an identity theft, the Supreme Court was asked to interpret the language of that federal law in order to determine the prosecutions burden...

The undersigned _(name of debtor)_,   (legal age)_,  (legal status) ,   (citizenship)   , and a resident of  (current address)_,   hereinafter Affiant, does solemnly swear, declare and state as follows That Affiant is competent to state the matters set forth herein 2.   That Affiant has knowledge of the facts stated herein 3.   That all the facts herein are true, correct and complete, admissible as evidence and if called upon as a witness, Affiant will...

I have had great pleasure of having XYZ (Add your name here) as my student since the past 2 years. With my vast experience in this field, I have come across a number of students but only a few of them standout in class. Amongst them is XYZ, whose interest and passion for Modern History is immense. XYZ expressed an interest in History at the beginning of the semester. She did an incredible job throughout the semester with special initiatives and secured an A grade in the course and graduated with...

With the current growth in the technology world, it means that all the persons and all the places in the world will need to grow with this technology and therefore achieve the set goals and objectives faster.  The adoption of this new system of electronic contracting in businesses has a number of advantages to a country. The first one is that the process of registration and record keeping will be made easier. This means that the nation will be able to work or rather deal with more persons...

Elements of a valid contract There are 4 main elements of a valid contract namely Offer Acceptance Consideration Intention to create legal relations. The objective theory of contracts The objective theory of contacts is to the effect that parties to a contract may be bound by terms which are not expressly spelt out by the contract. This is contrasted to the subjective theory of contract which holds that parties are to be limited to the terms expressed as agreed between them. The objective theory...

Date As a fraud analyst the responsibilities include collecting and analyzing the facts of the case for evidence of fraudulent behavior. Experience in case investigation is necessary to accomplish this. The analyst must possess skillsets in veracity research and bin analysis to isolate correlations in the data or sample of claims. The analyst can then begin to formulate hypothesis based on the data that can either be proved or disproved. The investigator has to examine the scenarios given and determine...

The judicial system consists of several different types of courts.  Depending on the geographical locality, the court system can consist of a Magistrate Court, Family Court, Drug Court, General District Court, Circuit Court, State Court of Appeals, and a State Supreme Court.  Federal courts have districts, appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.  Courtroom drama has proven to be very entertaining to the average American.  Movies, books, and reality television are producing...

Intellectual property (IP) is aimed at giving recognition and safeguarding original ideas of mind such as new inventions, creative and literary works, and emblems, designs, images and names used in business. In its form, intellectual property is divided into two groups of copyright and industrial property. Copyright covers all forms of artistic and literary works. Literal works such as plays, novels, plays, films, music, poems and artistic works such as paintings, drawings, sculptures, architectural...