Legal Issues

1. Assume the identity of a female character and describe what Judge Dee does and how you feel about him. From a perspective of a female character, I think that I will not approve of what Judge Dee does. His quest for truth is commendable however, his means of extracting the truth is illegal thereby making his conduct unworthy of a Judges position. During the first parts of the story, his knowledge and dedication in the pursuit of justice is admirable but as the story goes on, it is not difficult...

Freedom of information Act, commonly referred to as FOIA was passed by the congress in 1966 to provide the American public access to the federal governments records. It represents the implementation of freedom of legislation in the United States. It was signed into law in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson and was implemented the following year. It authorized full or partial revelation of information or documents which were not released to the public initially. It states compulsory revelation procedures...

The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is a document that compiled in an effort to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in all 50 states within the United States of America. It was first published in 1952 and its main purpose is to care of inter-state commercial transactions. The UCC therefore helps bring about uniformity in commercial laws and, at the same time, allows the states the flexibility to meet local situations. A Contract of Sale is defined as a formal agreement between...

Extradition is the most widely known practice of a state handing over its own citizen who is a suspected or a convicted criminal in another state. The native state places the fugitive under the jurisdiction of the laws of another country if the fugitive is to appear in court in trial or is proven guilty of a crime. Although extradition has been practised by many countries for quite some time, to undertake it takes a long time and is very laborious. The fact that there are many conditions that both...

During the first half of the 20th century, a theory which focused on the nature of law was developed in the United States.  This theory was known as legal realism and had such proponents as Justice Benjamin Cardozo, Justice Brandeis and, of course, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who is probably the most identified with legal realism in the United States. The premise behind the theory of legal realism that Justice Holmes made so popular was the idea that law was created by man, and therefore,...

Business Line is the affect of providing the products (which can be artifact, services or strain) to the customers with the intention of gaining gain by its businessman and providing satisfaction to its consumer. Law Law is a set of rules and regulations constructed by the authorities for ethnic moderate. Responsibility of Mercantilism law Laws, as we now bed it, has its proximity in every feature same multiethnic law, polite law, common law and umpteen others. Similarly is a set of rules for...

The American society today faces a number of security challenges coming from both external and internal groupings. Whereas the American government has stood firm against external aggression, it still has a long way to go in tackling the internal security challenges, particularly with citizens being allowed by the law to possess guns. And with the increase of criminal activities using guns, particularly amongst children, there has emerged a fierce debate on whether American citizens should be allowed...

In this case, the carrier of the machine should have been International Forwarding Limited (IFL), according to the contract entered between IFL and the Hong Kong Import Limited (HKI). However, given that IFL did not actually transport the machine, Fast Shipping Limited was the actual carrier. The reason that IFL is a contractual carrier is because they did not actually undertake the shipping. Instead, they contracted another company, the FSL. This could be due to the fact that IFL did not have...

Whether or not the education expense incurred by Mary is a deductible expense.  The deductibility of education expense is a factual issue which requires an examination of the facts obtaining in the present case. The provision in the regulations implementing the Federal Income Tax Law is explicit.  Section 1.162-5 thereof clearly provides two (2) requisites for the deductibility of education expenses, in this case MBAHCM programme, to wit if the education maintains or improves skills...

The international court of justice is not the first world court. It was formed in 1946 based on international convections and treaties. The predecessor was an organization which was formed in 1921. The international court of justice which is based at Hague solves civil disputes for members of United Nations. The earlier judicial body was the Permanent Court of International Justice. This organization was based on the League of Nations (Jennings, 1995). International court of Justice was started...

Question 1 There has been a concerted effort from the government in its strive to achieve equitable consumer protection through institution of rules and bodies to look after the concerns of both manufacturers and consumers in the information sector. There has been an effort by the government to promote favourable trade practises between different states in this country. First, the Commerce Clause gives the congress power in business regulation across states. Such power extends its mandate to communication...

Question 1  Pre-UCC and the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution American contract law has long been complicated by its federal nature.  More specifically, because the federal government and the fifty state governments all have the power to legislate with respect to contracts and commercial transactions, there have been many circumstances in which laws conflict.  These contract law conflicts are important because they increase business risks and they inhibit the more...