Constitutional Law
The question of Same-Sex marriage involves legal and constitutional issues and social problems. Obtaining recognition for gay couples is only one of a series of powerfully contested questions that have arisen since the U.S. gay rights movement rose to importance in the heated political debate of the 1980s. Some critics...
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Matrimonial Law
Euthanasia has been considered illegal in most of the States in the United States. However, words like “euthanasia”, “mercy killing” and “physician assisted suicide” are used by the judges, physicians and attorneys commonly without a proper definition of the terms. In the very narrow sense “physician-assisted suicide” means that a...
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Constitutional Law
Introduction From the enactment of the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment guarantees every law-abiding adult the right to keep and bear arms. Through numerous court cases, the Second Amendment has long been the subject of many debates. In a decision, the Supreme Court overturned the 32-year-old ban on handguns...
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Employment Law
Introduction The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was formed by the United States Department of Labor to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths and to enforce rules to ensure that these standards are being held. According to the OSHA website, since its inception work-related deaths have been cut by 62%...
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Common Law
Introduction The Copyright Law of the United States defines copyright as the opportunity for the creator of a material object or an innovative idea to claim exclusive rights for the result of his/her work and to apply for the legislative protection of these exclusive rights (Copyright Law of the United...
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Employment Law
The first challenge that any firm can face when being introduced to the global market is recruiting and managing a competent workforce. Every nation has its own regulation on taxation, immigration, employment, and pension benefits. In some cases, rules applied to locals differ from those for expatriates. The author of...
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Constitutional Law
In the foundation of the constitutional system of the new state, the creators of the Constitution put three main political and legal principles – separation of powers, federalism, and judicial constitutional supervision. Within a few years, the confederation of independent states was transformed into a federation thanks to the adoption...
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Regulatory Law
Introduction The plea bargain is the process where the court, represented by the prosecutor arrives to an agreement with the defendant. It is a means of stopping a respondent from competing or from being found guilty of charges against him at no expense to the trial. In return to the...
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Anti-terrorism Legislation
The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 is one of the most tragic events of contemporary history that claim the lives of many people. At the same time, it became a starting point for bringing changes to the Intelligence Community of the United States (Travers, 2016). The reason was that...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction Parents can play a crucial role in the juvenile justice system as various studies suggest that the influence of parents and children’s education contributes to the development of the behavior that leads to the juvenile offense. An investigation of the issue in the relationships between juvenile and a parent...
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Common Law
Contracts are legally binding agreements that regulate relationships between two parties, which are called an offeree and an offeror. A contract cannot exist without four features, including an offer, acceptance, consideration, and intention to create legal relations. The present paper aims at providing specific instructions concerning the establishment of legal...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Even though the juvenile justice system in the US has been in place for more than 100 years, questions about its necessity can still be heard among experts and enthusiasts. In the 1990s, increased access to guns and drugs, together with gang activity, led to a significant rise in serious...
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Constitutional Law
Judicial Review is a power conferred to a court to review a section of regulation, statute, treaty, or constitution in a bid to check if it is constitutionality and consistent with the parent statute, treaty, or constitution. The power and role of the Supreme Court to exercise judicial review is...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Most Important People to Interview Interviewing people that are researching computer-related crimes and computer forensic in general should mostly include interviewing the people that defined the computer forensic science. It is important to interview such researchers as their publications determined the way that computer forensic is now going; they have...
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Legal Ethics
Introduction If something happens in the organization, for example, a worker is thought to be engaged in illegal activities, then a whistleblower reports on this to the legal institution. As a rule, a whistleblower is an employee, so to encourage him/her to disclose the information and to assure that one...
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Constitutional Law
Children are a very special part of any given society. They induce fundamental intuition to nature as well as protect. As such, there is a need for children to grow safe, happy, and healthy (Lawrence, 2004). In the midst of the welfare systems and structures, are the community and family....
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Legal Ethics
The Code of Ethics, How to Measure Police Ethical Standards, and the Meaning of Police Ethics to Me The code of ethics is released by the college of policing. This institution is responsible for defining the ethical behavior that is expected of members of the police profession. According to Dempsey...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Like with any other institution as fundamental as law enforcement agencies, the history of their formation and development is rich and stretches far in the past. Law enforcement in the US alongside two other crucial components of criminal justice builds its basis. These three elements function independently to a certain...
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Constitutional Law
The United Kingdom is considered a constitutional monarchy, although the constitution is not codified. It consists of laws, precedents, and legislative customs, which are used to form state organs and regulate their cooperation and communication with citizens. There is an opinion that Britain does not need a document which would...
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Matrimonial Law
The journey of Marijuana legalization started more than four decades ago but has gone through various challenges and hindrances. Today few countries and state governments have embraced its recreational use and hence have legalized its possession and usage. This paper aims at discussing the macroeconomic pros and cons of legalizing...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Police Misconduct Concept The police are a powerful legal and social institute which consists of a complex system of responsibilities, duties, and goals for each worker in the field. It is based on such principles as openness, credibility, responsiveness, justice, and legality. However, these major pillars might be violated and...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
The question about gun control as necessity or obligatoriness always troubled society. Moreover, the gun control dispute always arise the main question: who is more reliable, the government or the ordinary people? There are still a lot of people who are against gun control. I am not an exception. The...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction Debates about causes of crime have been raging on and they revolve around economic models of causation that deal with the utility of crime. These debates make powerful connections between social and economic structure and the prevalence of crime (Neubeck 67). Therefore poverty has been regarded as multiple causative...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction The protection of society has to be visible and measurable for the public to see that it lives in a secure, crime-free environment. Different measures have been introduced to address this issue. Incarceration rates are sometimes named as one of them. In the U.S., incarceration rates are higher than...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (1960-1994) – a sexually motivated serial killer otherwise known as the Milwaukee Cannibal. The span of killings before being apprehended took place from June 18th, 1978 to July 19th, 1991 (Ohio and Wisconsin). Dahmer was responsible for gruesomely murdering seventeen young men whom he used to fulfill...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction This paper will discuss the effects of the death penalty on violent crime in the United States of America. This paper will give its opinion regarding the effectiveness of the death penalty. Whether the youth should be punished through the death penalty will also be discussed. Whether the death...
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Corporate & Business Law
Introduction Background information In business law, a general partnership is a business entity formed by two or more persons. In addition, the general partnership form of business structure is characterized by sharing of all profits made and losses incurred in the process of operation. The partners do not enjoy limited...
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Legal Ethics
Introduction In several societies, there has been disagreement, which has brought the debate about the ethics of animal eating. These moral remonstrations are divided between antagonism to the act of killing the animal and resistance to certain agricultural practices that surrounds the production of meat (Goodman, 2007). Vegan’s ethics Vegans...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction Various theories seek to explain crimes, who perpetrate them, and for what driving forces make perpetrators commit crimes. These theories are subdivided into categories according to the reasons why crimes are committed. The strain theory and Merton’s theory of anomie seek to explain the social reasons behind criminal acts....
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Common Law
Introduction The legal system in any country depends on the country itself. It depends on how individuals in the country relate in terms of customs, religion, culture, and politics. Common law structure and civil are some of the mainly common forms of legal systems. There are others such as customary...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction Kelling and Wilson (1982) proposed the broken window theory from a psychological and criminology point of view. The theory proposes that if a building has one window that is broken and then ignored and left in that state for a significant amount of time, the remaining windows in that...
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Corporate & Business Law
Introduction In business, competition is a crucial element that presents benefits for both consumers and companies. Under these circumstances, companies are able to introduce new developments and tailor their products and services to suit the requirements of consumers. The markets with imperfect competition suffer from allocative insufficiency and consumer surplus,...
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Tax Law
The U.S social security system was first introduced in the year 1935 under the Social Security Act by the then President Roosevelt’s administration. The aim of this programme was to cater for the elderly and retired, by offering certain special benefits to them. In the United States, the Social Security...
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Common Law
Introduction Under Australian law, contracts may be discharged in various ways, the most common being through performance by parties of contractual obligations (Kelly, 2010). Generally, it is assumed that a contract is discharged by contractual obligations performance. It is assumed that the contractual obligations must be fully and precisely performed....
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Intellectual Property Law
Introduction Creations of the human mind in various fields like science, industries, literature and arts which have legal rights attached to them are commonly regarded as intellectual property. These creations can be broadly classified into two main classes. The first class is known as copyright while the second class is...
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Anti-terrorism Legislation
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or just Homeland security was created in 2003 by bringing together various government agencies after the 9/11 attacks with the aim of protecting the U.S. against subsequent terror attacks. As a result, the DHS is made up of different government agencies including...
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Constitutional Law
Separation of powers is defined as the thought that a government will perform at its best when its powers are not given to one authority implying that they are given to more than one branch. The United States was the first nation to formalize separation of powers among the branches...
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Employment Law
Introduction Since 1978, the economic reforms that were undertaken by China gave rise to a very huge wave of crime. In the year 1950,513416 crimes were recorded in the People’s Republic of China. The figure eventually dropped to 57,482 crimes by the year 1952.Since the reforms; the crime rate has...
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Constitutional Law
The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land and the guide for all criminal law processes within the judicial system. The Bill of Rights safeguards citizens against the abuse of governmental powers by imposing limits on the methods by which it can treat people accused of crimes against...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction The rising rate of crime is a very serious issue, which cannot be overlooked by any country. The rising rate of crime goes to show that the values instilled in children by their parents have been long forgotten. Each and every day there are numerous instances of crime taking...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction A serial killer is an individual who murders about three people in a period of more than thirty years. Such individuals kill and cool off before killing again making it quite difficult to identify them. In most of the cases investigated on serial killer, it is hard to determine...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction The possession of guns in the United States has recently been rising and this can be attributed to the rising crime rates in the country. The government has been trying to come up with reasonable laws about the gun control but it has been facing opposition from many quarters....
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Background The federal government of Canada is responsible for the child abuse. Canada became a U.N. Convention signatory in 1991 and agreed to uphold the rights of children. Canada is therefore accountable with regard to children rights. The rights include protection, safety and a nurturing environment for the development of...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction Juvenile offenders have been prone to recidivism and the rates of juvenile recidivism have been very high in the United States. There are several reasons which have been put forward by experts to explain the reasons for juvenile offending, including poverty and lack of effective educational programs (De la...
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Corporate & Business Law
Different business organizations have different characteristics depending on their size, mode of formation, internal structure, and legal liability. This paper will discuss the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages as well as in-depth legal liability in the various forms of business organizations. Sole Proprietorship This is the simplest form of business organization...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction There is available research to indicate that there are gender biases within the criminal justice system. Based on this research, women appear to be on the receiving need of this biasness, compared with their male counterparts. Since males dominate the criminal justice system, this could be a pointer to...
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Anti-terrorism Legislation
Introduction The terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001 triggered the merger of several US government agencies to form the Department of Homeland Security. Following the terror attack of 9/11, analysis of the procedures of these agencies showed that they were effective in carrying out their respective duties but the only...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction The problem of crime is one of the constant problems which attract the attention of researchers. The sociologists, historians, economists reflect on the origins of violations of law and are looking for the reasons, but in many situations, there is a rising crime, the decline of morality and ethics,...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Abstract In today’s US justice system there is an increasing recognition that jury trials are now a rarity in America and instead there is the popular and becoming a common practice in the legal scenes described as plea bargaining in American courts. This popularity in its use triggers some worth...
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Constitutional Law
Abstract This paper defines what is bill of rights as the fundamental rights and freedoms which should be provided to everyone to preserve human dignity. It limits the government of any state from interfering with people’s enjoyment in their lives when exercising its powers. It also ensures that during the...
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Employment Law
Abstract Laws on workplace safety are responsible for establishing the rules and regulations, which are aimed at getting rid of personal injuries and sickness in the workplace. The laws of different countries constitute federal and state statutes. The federal laws may overlap or contradict. OSHA or Occupational and Safety Health...
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Employment Law
Introduction Disabled Americans constitute one among the largest American minority group coming under the category of special population. Even though the disabled people have physical limitations, they often argue that they can do any kinds of jobs handed over to them by the employers with equal efficiency. The exact number...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction The present civilization has started considering the constitutional rights that ultimately support them from exploitation and impairment, as granted. The advancement of law and policies has changed the ethical standard of the general public. Thus, today the civilians live a better life with higher standard of living than the...
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Constitutional Law
The US Supreme Court is the highest court on the land charged with the responsibility of interpreting important questions about the constitution. It is made up of the chief justice and eight associate justices. The president is given the power to nominate the judges and such appointments are made with...
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Corporate & Business Law
Definition Intellectual property is a fundamental legal field that entirely refers to the establishment of the mind such as artistic works, literacy and other musical works. It encompasses designs employed in the electronic commerce such as copyrights, patents, trade marks and all other related rights. The holder of these abstract...
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Common Law
Violence in our society has increased significantly over the period of time; people have completely forgotten the values which ones made a peaceful world. This has happened because of a lot of reasons, one of the biggest reasons is the violence portrayed in movies and especially video games. The demand...
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Intellectual Property Law
Many people might have the experience of downloading free music tracks from the internet without paying, and or the experience of sharing MP3 songs among friends. Since the introduction of mobile phones networks whereby one can download music from the internet, and share it with his or her friends the...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction The death penalty, or capital punishment, is considered to be a person’s execution by the state law as a criminal punishment. This type of punishment takes place when the crime is capital and requires death according to state law. In different countries, the death penalty has various meanings, and...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction The invention of the gun has brought more worries to the world than it has brought safety in many instances. It has been an instrumental defense tool meant to protect one from invading danger. Unfortunately many are times when guns are misused. Initially, guns were manufactured for military action...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Abstract Criminal law is a division of law that elucidates crimes, describes about their nature and defines available punishment for a criminal offense. There is a clear distinction between a civil law and a criminal law. The main intention of a criminal law is to safeguard society. One of the...
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Corporate & Business Law
Introduction A contract is an agreement to create a legal obligation binding the parties involved. Parties to the contact primarily negotiate terms and it is presumed that they made their intensions clear to each other regarding every material term which govern the contract that is their rights and obligations. The...
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Employment Law
Introduction One great man in history, Confucius, made a very strong but wise statement about knowledge. He stated, “The essence of knowledge is having it to use it, not having it to confess one’s ignorance” (Jones, 2004). He may be long dead but the modern society seems to be still...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
In the United States court system, juvenile lawbreakers have in times gone by been treated differently from grown-ups. Juvenile lawbreakers are considered less on the wrong side of the law and more acquiescent to rehabilitation. Adult lawbreakers on the other hand are considered toughened criminals. Why do we need juvenile...
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Constitutional Law
It is important that the study of the Constitution should be an essential part not only of the education of the American youth, but of all Americans, and especially those who have become naturalized citizens of this great nation. While all of us cannot be trained in the technicalities of...
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Employment Law
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act forbids unfair treatment of employees on the basis of sex, religion, color, nationality, or race. It also forbids the unfair treatment of an employee because of his or her association with individuals of certain sex, religion, color, nationality, or race. It also forbids...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction This paper seeks to develop a criminal justice integration project that involves an analysis of major components of the criminal justice system, inclusive of private security functions, and the preparation of an “integration plan” for the development of improved interactions between law enforcement, private security, the courts, and institutional...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Outline Thesis: In recent times, the growing number of incidents has led the policy-makers and elders of the nation to rethink the law-making policy for the juveniles of the country. Available literature and statistics show that in the year 1990 more than two million juvenile apprehensions were directly filed in...
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Employment Law
Introduction Governments use legal systems to design, implement, and enforce laws in an attempt to regulate the behaviors of their citizens and institutions. Societies that have appropriate laws find it easier to promote peace and prevent cases of injustice or oppression. One of the fields that have benefited significantly from...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction Firearms are an essential aspect of the American culture, and many consider the right to own a gun essential freedom under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. However, the level of gun violence exacerbated by a number of mass shootings in peaceful communities and schools is creating...
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Constitutional Law
The Equal Protection Clause Why are the principles of both majority rule and minority rights important in a democracy? For democracy to flourish, both the principles of majority rule and minority rule must be observed. Democracy means the side with the majority votes must be declared the winner in an...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
The foundation of the American criminal justice system is located within the U.S. Constitution, specifically in the Bill of Rights, the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution which guarantees every U.S. citizen certain fundamental liberties and rights. About criminal procedures, the foremost of these rights is the assumption of innocence....
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction The three-strikes law is a legislation that requires an individual who has been convicted of a severe felony for the third time to serve a mandatory life sentence. The law aims to incapacitate habitual criminals through harsher sentences. The legislation is considered controversial because of the debate regarding its...
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Common Law
Introduction When the United Arab Emirates gained independence from the United Kingdom in December 2971, it became apparent that the leaders had to come up with a legal system that would be relevant to the local population. According to Ercanbrack, by the time the country gained its independence, its legal...
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Constitutional Law
Introduction Aristotle, Cicero, and other philosophers examined owning arms by people. Thomas Jefferson declared that people should have a gun to protect themselves. Today, all US citizens have the right to bear and keep arms. Citizens who want to protect themselves from dangerous situations especially value the identified right. The...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
More and more people own guns nowadays, but many of such owners abuse power received through the weapon. Cases when individuals use guns not for protection but for violent assaults have become rather frequent. Thus, it is crucial to enact more gun control laws in order to restrict mass shootings,...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
The justice system is an integral element of any society as it helps to protect citizens and ensure the preservation of order. The functioning of the given sphere is an extremely complex process as multiple laws limit people in their actions and create a legal framework that is needed to...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Proposal Timeline Step Start Completion Problem Identification January 18, 2017 January 24, 2017 Literature Review January 24, 2017 February 3, 2017 Data Collection February 1, 2017 February 18, 2017 Data Analysis February 18, 2017 February 25, 2017 Summarizing Findings February 25, 2017 March 4, 2017 Introduction Recidivism is a serious...
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Matrimonial Law
Cannabis is a psychoactive drug that is derived from the plant Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica. It is mainly used for medicinal or leisure purposes. The other name for this drug is marijuana. Tetrahydrocannabinol is the main active ingredient found in the dried leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds of the...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction The Balkans’ organized crime is affecting many countries not only in Europe but also in North America. The United States is one of their biggest markets for those who are dealing in drug trafficking and other contraband goods, while Europe is the major market for human traffickers (Arsovska, 2015)....
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Introduction On many occasions, the American criminal justice system has been accused of being racist. Such disparities turn into racial discrimination if people are treated differently by the justice system because of their ethnicity. For example, African Americans are arrested for drug offenses at more than twice the rate of...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
The Virginia Tech Massacre, the Columbine High School Massacre and the most recent Santa Barbara Massacre changed the way people look at college campuses. Public schools and universities are no longer seen as safe haven for young people, so that they can study and learn about science, arts, language, and...
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Regulatory Law
Introduction A Tort Law is a collection of rights that are applied in court proceedings that are utilized to provide relief to people that have suffered from the wrongdoings of others. Interpretation of the law differs from one country to another. The plaintiff should explain how the actions of the...
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Constitutional Law
Before the year 1791, the American constitution guaranteed American citizens with limited civil liberties. To provide such guarantees, the proposal for the first amendment was presented to the state for approval in the year 1789 (Hudson, 2002). It was not until the year 1791 that the amendment was adopted. Through...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Abstract In the United States, the dual court system had a long history and was established prior to the Constitution. It is needed for separating the power distribution between different branches and ensuring that each case is tried within an appropriate context. The dual federal/state court system gives both systems...
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Common Law
Background Information Different legal jurisdictions and financial systems deal with property laws differently. As such, various aspects of property laws are defined and are operated differently under every legal system. It is worth noting that there are differences and similarities among various legal systems. This research paper endeavors to compare...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Abstract The paper presents the analysis of a juvenile justice case. The defender’s duty is to protect the rights of the boy who stole a car, drove it without a license, and crashed it into a storefront. The paper is divided into several important chapters. At first, the juvenile defense...
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Law Practice Management
Introduction Historically, legal dispute resolution and protection of rights of citizens and enterprises have always been the responsibility of the strong and independent branch of the judicial system. Moreover, in any law-abiding country, there is need for properly organized and efficient court system. Accessibility to the courts is obligatory within...
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Matrimonial Law
The main purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 was to provide and expand the provision of Medicaid and Medicare to all persons who earn less than 133% of the standards established by the federal poverty level. The PPACA 2010 was also created to provide...
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Corporate & Business Law
Introduction This paper is based on the topic of business and corporate law. In the paper, I have discussed three academic concepts that I discovered from the assigned chapters for the course. The concepts include corporate structure (from the forms of business organizations chapter), corporate ethics (from the ethics and...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Introduction Recidivism is a serious issue to be addressed. It has numerous adverse effects on society, including economic losses, public health, and social concerns (increasing rate of unemployment, substance abuse, single-parent families, and so on). Female offenders’ recidivism received little attention previously as women constituted less than 10% of American...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
The sentencing in the American courts makes a complicated issue for long discussions. It is a complex system which includes interconnected institutions such as judges, lawyers, the public, and the jury when it is applied. A specific feature of American sentencing system is the death-defying sentence which lasts longer than...
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Criminal Law & Juvenile Justice
Literature Review on the Equal Protection Clause and DNA Evidence The key objective of the Equal Protection Clause is to help the US citizens to fight for their right of non-denial when it comes to the jurisdiction and protection of the law. Therefore, the basic aspect of this clause is...
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Matrimonial Law
Abstract The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a law that must be followed by all public and private-sector employers under its jurisdiction. It helps employees to strike a balance between work and family commitments. The law grants workers up to 12 weeks of protected sick leave in one year....
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Life in a correctional facility is similar to that one of a ghost – though there is traceable evidence of existence, hardly anyone but the inmates acknowledge the prisoner’s existence. They have admittedly done something wrong to be in jail – at least, most of them have. However, the consistent...
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Matrimonial Law
Summary of the case Various ethical considerations associated with abortion raise controversies between the doctors and the anti-abortion activists. Indeed, the abortion service providers and the anti-abortion activists seek to protect the rights of some people. However, as the activists fight for the rights of the unborn child, the abortion...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
Proposal Timeline Step Start Completion Problem Identification January 18, 2017 January 24, 2017 Literature Review January 24, 2017 February 3, 2017 Data Collection February 1, 2017 February 18, 2017 Data Analysis February 18, 2017 February 25, 2017 Summarizing Findings February 25, 2017 March 4, 2017 Introduction Recidivism is a serious...
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Criminology & Crime Theory
The issue of making marijuana legal has been actively discussed during a recent decade on different levels. Both legal authorities and public activists have been evaluating the risks and the possible benefits of this decision, but the problem is still controversial. On the one hand, advocates of marijuana legalization claim...
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Matrimonial Law
Health economics concepts have a direct impact on health care, and in order to improve the quality and affordability of health care medical professionals and policymakers have to consider the economic approach towards analyzing current health care issues and their underlying causes. Economics is a broad term which is typically...
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Corporate & Business Law
Introduction The contract refers to either bilateral or multilateral legal transaction in which two parties or multiple sides make an agreement on a certain object. The paramount function of the contract is to ensure fair and legal relationships between parties. In other words, it can be regarded as coordinating, orienting,...
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Common Law
Introduction This paper will discuss the legal systems of Saudi Arabia, Germany, and the United States. One should examine the judicial structure, corrections systems, and the legal tradition in these countries. Much attention should also be paid to the historical development of these nations and the way in which their...
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Corporate & Business Law
The article “Sarbanes-Oxley – Context & Theory: Market Failure, Information Asymmetry & The Case for Regulation” by Sean D. Jasso focuses on early and present-day concepts of market and backs it up with a wide-ranging debate on business failures and informational disproportionateness. To be more precise, the hypothetical backgrounds leading...
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Employment Law
The FMLA stands for the Family and Medical Leave Act – a labor law that was passed in the United States in the 1990s and is effective till this day. The Family and Medical Leave Act is recognized as one of the commonly discussed topics in HR management because it...
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