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People are so accustomed to the complicated idea of trust that they fail to perceive its presence and variation. Trust, as an intentional mental phenomenon, does not have to be purposeful (Baier 235). Intentional trusting necessitates knowledge of assurance that the trusted will not harm one, even if they could...
The Beltway Snipers were responsible for a string of synchronized shootings that occurred over the course of three weeks in the month of October 2002 in the states of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. It was first thought that these shootings were connected to a white van or...
The goal of a successful organization is to maintain a high performance rate at all levels: from a specific employee to hierarchical divisions and integration into the national workforce. To do this, it is necessary to calculate the current dynamics of the organization’s performance, and positively influence it. Accordingly, one...
The value of drug courts is expressed in their positive impact on drug related crime statistics in the first years after completion of a drug treatment program. Gonzales et al. (2006) point out that the number of adjudicators and their leadership style affect how often addicts do not complete rehab....
Introduction The US Constitution protects the individual liberties of the American citizen by providing guidelines upon which further laws must conform. The Constitution establishes checks and balances for the three arms of the US government, especially the power limits that define operational scopes for each branch. Therefore, when a legal...
The legislature is essential in enforcing rules, norms, and behavior in society. Without it, the chances of maintaining order and security become significantly low. However, there is always a question of the extent to which the law should interfere with people’s lives. In this context, Matthew raises the question of...
The expert practice of the production of primary and repeated examinations, the analysis of the review of conclusions in the systems of expert institutions of various departments indicate that experts make various kinds of mistakes and omissions. The most common mistakes in the practice of forensic examinations occur with a...
Changes in the procedures and techniques used to conduct crimes with a profit motive and different offenders, possibly recruited from a broader spectrum of society, can be anticipated. The use of technology will alter investigation, detection, and preventive methods. Transnational crime has more opportunities due to national laws, regulations, and...
Data and Human Trafficking The selected crime is human trafficking, and the information is taken from a non-profit organization called Polaris Project. The data suggests that “in 2020, 10,583 situations of human trafficking were reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline involving 16,658 individual victims … they are likely...
The main innovation under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is that payment for medical services is based not on workload but on value to the patient. Under this system, there are two types of financial incentives for healthcare professionals: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative...
Introduction The legalization of marijuana is debated worldwide today, with advocates arguing that it eliminates black-market drug sales, increases tax revenue, and reduces crime. Proponents of legalization further argue that marijuana is less addictive than other drugs like alcohol and tobacco and that regulating it may deter use by minors...
Introduction Adolescence covers the period from 11 to 15 years, which corresponds to the middle school age. During this period, complex and contradictory changes occur in the personality of children, which is why this age is also called difficult, critical and transitional. Accordingly, children at this age are vulnerable to...
Introduction Victimology is a criminology branch focused on exploring the link between a victim and the offender by examining the causes and the extent of suffering the injured person underwent. In other words, victimology presses on whether the perpetrator was a stranger, an acquaintance, friend, or family member and the...
An unequal distribution of cases against members of different ethnic groups characterizes the use of force by police officers against citizens in Canada. For instance, in Peel municipality, regional police use of force against Black people is 3.2 times higher than for other population groups (Balintec, 2022, p. 1). This...
Introduction The American public safety industry’s primary goals are to innovate products and provide services that safeguard citizens and property security. The US ensures public safety at local, state, and federal levels, using multiple agencies and units in public and private sectors to ensure no part of America remains unguarded....
Dr. C’s arguments are based on the communitarian philosophy, which promotes the belief that an individual’s social identity and personality are molded and shaped by community relationships. Dr. C will state that banning the sale of most flavored tobacco products is for the common good of the local community as...
Abortion is one of the most controversial topics in our society today. Some believe that a woman has the right to choose what happens to her body and believe that abortion is murder. The debate over abortion is often highly emotional and can be difficult to discuss rationally. However, it...
Introduction Cases may include many jurisdictions for a variety of reasons. For instance, in state courts, the victim of a crime can live in a different state than the one in which the crime was committed. Alternatively, the alleged offender may reside in a different state than where the crime...
Introduction E.ON Climate & Renewables (E.ON)hired MT Hjgaard (MTH) in December 2006 to design, fabricate, and install the foundations for 60 wind turbine generators at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth. The foundations were installed in February 2009, and shortly afterward, serious failures in the grouted...
Roth v. United States and Miller v. California Case Summary Roth v. United States and Miller v. California cases are essential in determining what pornography is and if they can be regulated by federal government jurisdiction. In the Miller v. United States case, after leading a campaign to market the...
Introduction The landmark cases have established a continuous influence on our laws and future cases today. The cases entail court cases that are studied as they have legal and historical importance. A landmark decision establishes a substantial new legal concept or principle or transforms the interpretation of current law. The...
The “point of origin” refers to the location where a fire first ignites in a fire investigation. This could be a specific location or a broad region. The site of origin must nearly always be accurately located in order to ascertain the fire’s cause. The correct identification, analysis, and detection...
The criminal justice system in the US is presented not by one solid institution, but by a variety of federal, state, local and tribal systems. This inconsistency makes the whole structure and its decision-making process look obscure to the citizens. Thus, the comparative analysis of incarceration statistics of the US...
Introduction The seven basic philosophies of corrections are retribution or just deserts, deterrence, incapacitation, restorative justice, rehabilitation, reentry, and early intervention (Cullen & Johnson, 2017). The rehabilitation policy to help with crime prevention will be covered in this review. The one that assures reintroduction into society and lowers the recidivism...
The smash-and-grab crime under investigation is a multi-million-dollar burglary that occurred in March 2022 at a Beverly Hills jewelry store. According to bystanders, “five people got out of a car and used what appeared to be sledge hammers to break the plate glass window of Luxury Jewels of Beverly Hills”...
Patients, their families, medical personnel, government officials, and several others place high importance on maintaining the privacy of patient health information. The laws mandate that a large number of significant individuals and organizations that deal with health information have security measures in place to protect the privacy of individuals’ health...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the comprehensive health care reform signed into law by President Barack Obama. The law comprises a list of healthcare policies that expand access to health insurance to millions of uninsured Americans (Collins et al., 2017). In this regard, this essay examines the three main...
One of the most significant trends observed in Japan over the past years is the low crime rate. The positive trend has promoted peace and social-economic progress in the nation. The essential elements that have enabled the above culture are the harmony, high self-control, and group orientation. These important innate...
The original purpose of HIPAA was to improve the accountability of health insurance. The law was adopted on August 21, 1996, and since then has undergone significant changes and additions (Ellison & Clack, 2020). In 2003, the law was amended with privacy rules designed to protect patients’ medical information (Ellison...
Introduction The benefits of cash bail revocation in New Jersey are the ability for a potentially non-threatening or wrongly accused person to get out before trial and organize his or her defense. It gives suspects with little wealth the opportunity to have their pretrial detention revoked. However, there are many...
Facts: The appellant challenged the judgment from the trial court, Dallas County (Texas), which convicted the appellant for resisting arrest. While at a musical concert, the appellant got on the stage and was pushed off and onto the ground by performing band members, at which time the appellant was arrested...
The case of Mr. Kass is an example of a court proceeding where the judges had to consider several facts in reliance on the principles of the law. Mr. Kass quit his job with Bechtel Power and moved from Michigan to New Jersey since he was to be employed by...
Introduction According to Stilt, the constitution of the United States contains numerous rights for both citizens and noncitizens or immigrants. Nevertheless, certain rights are only granted and legitimately apply to U.S. citizens as provided in the U.S. Constitution. These rights are put together in the Bill of Rights. They include...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law by President Barrack Obama in March 2010, represents the most far-reaching reforms to the American health care system since its inception. The ACA has three primary goals: (1) to overhaul the private health insurance industry, particularly for people and...
Donald Trump is the forty-fifth president of the United States who was elected on a Republican ticket. He served one term before losing the presidential set to the democratic candidate Joe Biden. Having been elected in 2016 to succeed the Democratic president Barack Obama, who had served full terms, Trump...
Introduction Theories play a significant role in defining key elements in criminal law. On the one hand, the strain theory surmises that specific stressors precipitate criminal behavior (Nguyen & Ngo, 2021). Affected individuals experience negative emotions as a result of the frustration and anger caused by a specific challenge. Proponents...
Introduction One of the fundamental roles of the United States Constitution is to the protection of citizens’ individual rights and liberties. Although there can be limits beyond which the U.S. Discussion Constitution on an individual’s fundamental rights and liberties does not apply, only the court system can accurately interpret or...
Introduction Currency Wars, published in 2011 in the aftermath of the Great Financial Meltdown, contends that the competitive weakening of currencies is a serious national security issue. The Federal Reserve began a currency war by implementing quantitative easing in 2008, subjecting the dollar to a major collapse (Rickards, 2011). The...
In the pharmaceutical industry, a patent is a twenty-year-long right given to a company to allow it to develop a specific drug that cannot be replicated by other competing companies. Patents are essential since they often transform pharmaceutical firms into monopolies, thus reducing competition. A breakdown of reasons why pharmaceutical...
In “Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s Views, ” Stephen Breyer, a Supreme Court justice, outlines how the justice system’s US constitution should work. President Clinton appointed him as a Supreme Court judge in 1994 and provided some explanations of the constitution that differed from his colleagues. Breyer has made...
Background On the evening of January 2, 1982, the defendant was at his sister’s residence in Hartford when the victim, Jeremiah Sharp, arrived. Sharp had been residing with the defendant’s sister sporadically for the last four years and had his things in the flat, but they had lately quarreled again....
Introduction In today’s business, zero-hour contracts are becoming more typical. However, they have come under heavy fire as a means for companies to exert more authority over their workforce. Interestingly, some research suggests that people with zero-hour contracts are more likely to experience psychological discomfort and are less prone to...
Introduction Financial accountability is a control aspect in a transactional process. This case study explores Lehman Brothers, focusing on the faults that precipitated the 2008 global financial crisis. The primary focus is the infractions of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Professional...
Introduction A recent court case related to employment termination in New Jersey was Debra Herbe v. Rutgers University. The plaintiff is Debra Herbe, the nurse, while the defendant is her former employer Rutgers University. The trial was completed in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but lasted almost six years. The...
A garnishment is the process of an unpaid debt being settled with the aid of a third party being directed to seize available assets from the intended individual or an organization. Usually, garnishments are related to the money located in one’s bank account or a person’s wage. In North Carolina,...
To a great extent, the Georgia state capitol had not been fenced and had inadequate police personnel. The attack by President Donald Trump’s supporters on the building on January 6, 2021, resulted in the transformation and improvement of security for the citadel of democracy and members of Congress (Zauner, 2021)....
The Supreme Court of the United States established the legal standard for assessing whether to give deference to a government agency’s interpretation of legislation that it administers in the landmark case of Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984). The doctrine consists of a...
Introduction Digital evidence is becoming increasingly important with the advent of new electronic and cloud media. Many companies already have the means to manage physical and digital evidence separately. Co-management tools need to be created to ensure a single and accessible evidence base. Collecting, preserving, storing and analyzing digital evidence...
Unit 2 Milbanke Court in Bracknell, Middlesex; Grantley House on Park Lane in Cranford, Middlesex; and their lease have been explored in this unit. The first consists of “Milbanke Court, Milbanke Way, Bracknell,” a “gross lease property.” Under a “gross lease,” the landowner receives a single payment from the tenant...
The Historical Value of Intelligence Gathering The US was interested in the Cuban missile crisis and its imminent threat to US national security. Essentially, the information was crucial because Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet Union was a security threat. The American intelligence authorities were highly concerned about the potential political...
The changing social dynamics in today’s society have led to more diverse backgrounds in the student community. In American universities, four in ten students are of mixed race, while two in five students come from foreign countries (Fossum, 2020). The rising population diversity has led to a compelling awareness of...
Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, abbreviated as ACA, is a comprehensive healthcare coverage designed to alleviate healthcare costs for all individuals in the US by providing insurance coverage. Since its signing into law, millions of Americans have reaped unmatched benefits from its medical insurance offers, of which...
Community policing has shown to have multiple benefits for both local citizens and law enforcement in the activities to both prevent or respond to potential threats or disruptions. Despite the tenants of community policing being first introduced as far back as 30-40 years ago, only recently, in the light of...
In those cases, when it is evident that recently created governmental regulations violate the rights of people or organizations, it is possible to file a lawsuit and challenge the new mandate. This is what the owners of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. did in 2012 when it turned out that “their...
It is widely known that a characteristic feature of U.S. constitutional law is its doctrinal inconsistency. To help those interested in constitutional law, Stearns (2020) published his article on conflicting premises in U.S. constitutional law. The author explains that the inconsistency is due to dual prerequisites found in most U.S....
Introduction It is hard to disagree that education plays a significant role in the lives of Americans. Consequently, public schools have to be accessible and provide young students with high-quality services. Thus, their work is controlled and adjusted with the help of yearly bills and other essential pieces of legislation....
Introduction Domestic violence is a debilitating behavior and a significant public health problem that affects both men and women. Although the latter group is impacted disproportionately, domestic abuse can occur in any relationship regardless of the age, marital, social, or economic status of the partners. It can also happen between...
Abstract The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is an innovative legislation introduced in February 2021 in order to rescue the economy and provide direct relief to working families. It offered incentives such as extended unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, rent relief, and emergency grants for small businesses. Applying the May-Can-Should...
The National Response Framework (NRF) is a set of guidelines outlining how the government should react to an emergency. It is based on scalable, adaptable, and adaptive concepts from the National Incident Management System and aims to align roles and responsibilities. NRF includes Emergency Support Functions to characterize the government...
Introduction One of the severe challenges that most countries face today is juvenile crimes. Juvenile crimes affect not only the person who commits the crime but also the social order in any country. Currently, the world is witnessing an increasing trend in juvenile delinquencies. Therefore, this paper seeks to support...
The Facts of the Case The Alpert v. 28 William St. Corp case is a summary judgment case in which the plaintiffs, Alpert and Karan, appeal the dismissal of their complaint. The plaintiffs alleged the defendants engaged in a fraudulent scheme to force them to sell their apartment below-market value...
The fourth amendment protects Americans from searches and seizures that infringe on their privacy. Police and other investigative agencies must respect people’s right to privacy and search after a warrant has been issued (Peak & Madensen-Herold, 2019). The video presents the case of Jones, a suspected drug dealer caught with...
Introduction In a populated area or a sufficiently urbanized suburb or rural area, the location of an incident or individual objects and traces is tied to stationary objects, such as buildings or structures, streets and road crossings, and utility lines. If the scene is located in a forest or the...
A prosecutor’s adherence to the ethics of legal proceedings is critically significant since only the relevant facts should be used to decide a case. That implies that a prosecutor must comply with ethical standards of criminal investigations and reporting, where clarity, dispassionate submissions, and fairness promotes balanced justice for the...
Why it Matters Firearms can be equally seen as tools for self-defense and offensive attacks or suicides. When there are many firearm-regulating laws in the state, fewer people will possibly have firearm, which means more safety, but simultaneously, it will be harder to buy a gun for self-defense. Thus, it...
Biological patents are inventions done in the biology field by scientists and permitted by law to exclude people from copying, using, selling, and importing the secured invention for a given period. It depends on the jurisdiction whether biological patents cover genetically engineered organisms, gene products, or biological technologies and products....
Introduction Islamic legal concepts had a significant impact on the development of Western Law. Both Monica Gaudiosi and Marcel Boisard agree that some concepts in these two frameworks are similar. Thus, Gaudiosi speaks about the correlation between waqf and trust in England (1240). It might serve as the basis for...
The case to be discussed further in this essay occurred in one of Los Angeles’s high schools, where a 15-year-old teenager died from a fentanyl overdose (Casiano, 2022). The suspects in the case are two teenagers who brought drugs to school after buying them in Hollywood Park. They have already...
Introduction The compensation of employees in an organization is influenced by many external issues, such as laws and demand and supply factors, and internal ones, such as the culture of the organization. This role usually falls to the HR department unless otherwise stated so or in matters concerning executive compensation,...
Introduction Familias Unidas (FU) is a family-based program in Miami to prevent delinquency in youth. As a twelve-session minority-oriented program, FU pursues the mission of preventing criminogenic behaviors, ranging from substance abuse to behavioral disorders, in Hispanic students aged 12-17 (National Gang Center, 2021; Rojas et al., 2021). The implementation...
Introduction, Facts & Summary In 2016, Wells Fargo, at the time, the fourth largest bank in the United States, admitted to pressuring employees to open more than two million fraudulent bank accounts. This conscious deception by the bank and its executives was in an attempt to shore up their sales...
Racism is one of the oldest and most reprehensible forms of crime, which manifests itself in discrimination against people based on their racial or national origin. It is expressed through statements, actions, or policies that divide people. Racism creates prejudices and demonizes others, leading to a lack of access to...
It is possible to suggest that, when hearing the term ‘crime,’ most people imagine homicides, robberies, physical or sexual abuse, and some other examples. However, crimes are not limited to the listed unlawful deeds and sometimes can be not violent. For instance, some illegal activities can be classified as white-collar...
Case Citation: 19-5 tort: Jennifer Hoffman v R&K Trading, Inc. Relevant Points of Law: Persons who violate the requirements of the law on personal data, depending on the specific circumstances and the seriousness of the act, may face not only administrative and criminal liability but also civil and even disciplinary....
It is important to note that Equal Employment Opportunity laws or EEO laws play a major role in ensuring the prevention of discrimination and marginalization of specific groups when operating in a labor market. They are essential in advancing civil liberty and justice across all industries and organizations, and their...
It is crucial for the government to perform its duties to the best of its abilities, uphold peace in society, and prevent destructive behavior. However, the current state of policing provides unsatisfactory results through many examples of such agencies creating socioeconomic and racial disparities (Albrecht, 2019). Ensuring that the current...
On July 12, Mr. Mikkelson reported the burglary of his house, where he lived with his wife and adult daughter. A DVR, iPad, bottle of Maker’s Mark and the daughter’s diamond necklace were stolen. Such evidence as Mr. Mikkelson’s daughter’s ex-boyfriend’s fingerprints were found on the furniture inside the house...
Summary An accused person is classified as a Dangerous Offender (DO) if they have inflicted or attempted to inflict serious harm on somebody else and suffers from a severe personality disorder. The offender must have endangered somebody else’s life, have a previous record of conviction of at least one felony,...
There have been numerous studies that examine different factors affecting the criminal acts. Most focus on racial and ethnical backgrounds (Wooldredge & Cochran, 2022); others inspect external factors such as upbringing, living conditions, education and so on. However, there is a considerable lack of studies that examine gender differences of...
The liberal arts are intended to facilitate the development of general intellectual capacities. The first of its subjects is the social sciences, which are academic disciplines that focus on the assessment of human mannerisms as members of society and the interaction between individuals and groups in any given context (Garcia,...
The scope of an administrative or judicial body’s authority is referred to as its “jurisdiction.” Courts, political or administrative offices, and, in several contexts, law-enforcement agencies can all be considered examples of formally sanctioned legal bodies. The Russian judges will have only authority regarding disputes in which international litigants have...
Intellectual property (IP) is a crucial aspect of the enterprise activity, protecting its processes, ideas, and inventions to maintain competitiveness. Key IP types include patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets (Parr, 2018). Although the types of IP are similar in all countries, businesses need to be attentive to international regulations...
One of the most significant and complex problems relating to human rights that affect the entire population, both locally and globally, is regarded as human trafficking. A person is recruited, moved, and exploited in this situation. There exist many distinct forms of human trafficking, but the most well-known ones are...
The title of the case discussed is “New York Times Co. v. Sullivan.” The First Amendment’s rights for free expression limit the power of American government servants to file libel lawsuits, according to a historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (Moore et al., 2022). According to the ruling, if...
The article written by Fleegler et al. in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal focuses on estimating the practical efficiency of the anti-firearms law passed in the United States. The work analyses the data related to the firearm deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web-based Injury Statistics...
Elliott, S., & Reid, M. (2019). Low-income Black mothers parenting adolescents in the mass incarceration era: The long reach of criminalization. American Sociological Review, 84(2), 197-219. Web. This qualitative study analyzes the in-depth interviews with 46 Black mothers from low-income socio-cultural backgrounds to define and elaborate on the connection between...
In the 75 years after World War II, lawmakers have enacted, courts have pondered, and administrations have overseen policies that were supposedly designed to advance national interests but have affected the Black community. The Voting Rights Act, affirmative action, school desegregation, and housing desegregation are only a few of the...
The Ricci v. DeStefano court matter is an example of a court case with strong public participation. The case summary is as follows: a group of African Americans could not get a promotion which they filed as racism in the workplace. Later, the group of African American firefighters received a...
Why the Founders Created a Bicameral Legislature The political system of the United States involves two bodies, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate. At first glance, these entities share similar goals of helping citizens and performing their duties in the government. However, both senators and representatives, commonly...
The decision of the Supreme Court to ban abortions and give states the right to decide on their local level whether they want to prohibit it or not is an example of a civil legal issue. “Supreme Court’s abortion ruling sets off new court fights” was published by Associated Press...
A primary goal of the U.S. Constitution, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is to protect people’s natural rights. The main three natural rights introduced by John Locke that are applicable to everyone are “life, liberty and property.” In the United States Declaration of Independence, the concept of natural...
Introduction Human trafficking is a broad topic in criminology and a serious problem in the modern world. Therefore, it is essential to explore this type of crime from various perspectives to address the problem and enhance one’s understanding of its aspects and associated factors, particularly poverty. This paper looks at...
If almost half of all taxpayers benefit from an efficient federal tax rate of zero per cent, then there must be defined minimum taxation that all individuals must pay. The minimal rate must be calculated in relation to the various economic levels. However, the minimum tax ought to be imposed...
Al-Rousan, T., Rubenstein, L., Sieleni, B., Deol, H., & Wallace, R. B. (2017). Inside the nation’s largest mental health institution: a prevalence study in a state prison system. BMC Public Health, 17(342). The researchers carried out a cross-sectional study using the Iowa Corrections Offender Network to determine the mental illness...
The article Lawsuit Charges For-Profit University Preyed on Black and Female Students was written by Erica L. Green and published in the New York Times on April 8, 2022. It covers stories of several women who enrolled at Walden University and became victims of its reverse redlining policy. A class-action...
The rights and freedoms of the individual ensure a person’s decent life and security. At the same time, health is one of the essential components of well-being and dignity, and the right to it can be decisive for the quality of life. However, the American healthcare system is quite fragmented,...
For this discussion, I have chosen the Parole Officer, who oversees offenders released from prison or sentenced to punishment. After being released from prison, most offenders report it to parole officers (Henry, 2021). Probation and parole officers must perform their duties with care, just like all other law enforcement officers,...
The article Supreme Court says no to damages for “emotional distress” in civil rights case contains information that reveals the circumstances of Jane Cummings’ lawsuit against the rehab clinic where she applied for help. The woman was disabled (deaf and blind) and requested a sign language interpreter, but she was...
The text will review an article about a civil legal issue that took place in Adelaide. Previously, it was suspected that the multiple holes in this location were made by a metal detectorist. They were dug into both the oval and the athletic track on the territory of Stirling East...
Since the beginning of May, the United States have been discussing the possible cancellation of the decision in the Roe v. Wade case, which guaranteed all American women the right to an abortion. Since then, heated debates arose in public space, with pro-life and pro-choice activists entering into a new...
Introduction American Corrections The American correction system refers to a collection of practices and approaches, which enable the government to maintain social order in the United States. Through giving people access to certain freedoms and restricting others, it became possible to help them live together in a society. American corrections...
Introduction Recently there have been many debates about the appropriateness of the current state-financed social security system. The critics speak about its approaching insolvency as, with the aging of the population, there are more people receiving the social security benefits than contributing to the system. The need to review the...
The United States today has a well-developed system of juvenile justice, which has been formed over decades. Juvenile justice as a kind of set of specialized rules has its roots in ancient civilizations. In Roman law, for example, in the Pater family, the head of the family, was initially responsible...
Griswold’s penumbras mean the rights assured over implication in a constitution or the suggested powers of a rule. Griswold’s argued that a state’s contraception restriction infringed on the right to married privacy. It implied that marital humans had the right to take advantage of contraceptives. That virtually tiled the way...
People with disabilities constitute the world’s largest and most disadvantaged vulnerable group. Disability in the modern world has manifested itself as one of the global problems affecting the interests of almost all spheres of activity. Many societies have deeply rooted prejudices against people with specific physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory...
Introduction Effective leadership is essential to the success of an organization and the implementation of its programs. That is true of a well-executed resilience program such as homeland security, whose responsibility delicately defines the state’s security. Leadership is especially important in this challenging time for the federal with many issues...
This is a legal case between Aero Industries, INC, against Demonte Fabricating limited and Quick Draw Tarpaulin systems. The Aero Industries are accusing DeMonte of violating the laid trade laws. Quick Draw, however, moves to dismiss the motion for lacking personal jurisdiction. In this case, the two companies manufacture and...
Woeste ate raw oysters at Washington Platform Saloon restaurant and died of food poisoning. Later his estate sued the restaurant and the company that harvested the oysters; however, they are unlikely to win the case because Woeste was aware of his diseases that did not allow him to consume oysters....
To: Governor Stan Bishop From: Your Initials Date: April 21, 2022 Subject: Women Working in the Criminal Justice System and Their Specific Challenges This memo serves to inform the governor’s office of options regarding the recently identified issue of non-inclusiveness in the criminal justice system of the United States. After...
The History of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Employment and labor laws are essential in every country to build a relationship between employees and employers. The United States has federal, state, and local labor laws. Federal labor laws contain Acts that aim to protect employees’ rights, such as the...
New Zealanders are safeguarded by a robust and independent legal system well recognized internationally. Although New Zealand does not have a formal written constitution, it has a collection of legislations, conventions, and other key texts that collectively create its constitutional structure. Some of the primary legal systems that form the...
Introduction The most basic and most contested unfair dismissal claim is at the heart of evaluating whether a relationship is one of employment or something else, such as an independent contractor. There cannot be a wrongful termination or dismissal claim unless an employer-employee relationship exists (Van der Waarden, 2017). The...
The lifetime appointments used in the Supreme Court system have been frequently debated in the past decades. Considering that this approach has been written into the United States Constitution to avoid politicization, it has been regarded as the most prominent method of decreasing the influence on the Justices (Harr et...
Introduction Under a generalizing name – social control – several internal mechanisms were designed to maintain the society’s integrity. They establish specific rules, norms, and laws for people’s behavior and enforce them through individuals, such as families or peers, and various social institutions, for example, schools and workplaces. Prisons also...
Introduction Some Japanese Americans refused to relocate to internment camps during World War II, and they also challenged government orders to do so in court. These individuals correctly contended that the government violated their civil liberties by denying them the ability to stroll outdoors at night and reside in their...
In legislative practice, many cases may require special attention. Hence, one such case is the case of Rodriguez v. the United States of America. It affects, at first glance, the ordinary case of a citizen being stopped by a policeman, but it has several nuances. This scientific work aims to...
Summary The task of pursuing justice is frequently complicated by the deficiencies of the court systems and, more specifically, the problems attributed to prosecution. These specialists work in the conditions of limited resources and tend to neglect societal circumstances due to the high workload and the lack of evidence. Therefore,...
Introduction The article “Abortion law and policy around the world” was written by Marge Berer and was published in June, 2017. It was initially published at Bethesda, Maryland in the United States by the Harvard University Press and Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights. The article was sponsored...
Introduction Classic psychosocial research has demonstrated how prisons are advanced and intricate places that can significantly influence individuals incarcerated there. Each nation in the world uses imprisonment as a kind of punishment. It is the most punitive punishment that authorities can impose in most countries. Since World War II, the...
Summary Is the use of imprisonment a credible way to respond to offending behavior? Imprisonment has long been accompanying human society throughout its history. As a place of detention, the prison existed in the most distant centuries. In ancient times, penitentiaries were set up to contain criminals, prisoners, and debtors,...
Abolitionism is a perspective and approach to reducing or suppressing custody. In such regard, penal abolitionism has emerged to counteract the contemporary definitions of crime and the law and defies the perspectives of the meaning and effects of punishment. Canada and other countries, such as the US, have recorded an...
Background The US Constitution is often thought of as the first document that laid down citizens’ freedoms and rights. While it is certainly true that the US Constitution has defined the basic democratic principles, there have been contradiction in the US history as to how these amendments should be applied....
Defining the Problem Goals of Imprisonment I think prison should not be a place where people simply “do time” for their sentences; it should be more focused on rehabilitation. If prisoners just serve the appointed time, most likely, they will commit the crime again (Clear et al., 2016). I think...
Title of the video: Health care reform could reduce criminal recidivism. Location where video was taken: Allendale, Michigan, United States. Organization or website where video was posted: YouTube. Summary Health care reform could reduce criminal recidivism is a video where Dr. Erkmen G. Aslim shares his professional opinion on criminal...
Introduction This presentation will try to formulate a decent research question by exploring relevant databases. Such skills are essential for future scholars interested in testing hypotheses and giving evidence-based conclusions about different acute social issues. The database for this presentation is taken from the site of the British government (Ministry...
Introduction The American criminal justice system (CJS) is retribution-oriented and is defined by its overreliance on punishing offenders, with imprisonment as the primary mechanism of sanctioning criminals. The sentencing philosophy drove the justice policy to its most punishing point and resulted in the country becoming the global leader in the...
Introduction The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 was a landmark legislative document that sought to establish parity of mental health care and standard care. It forced insurance companies to cover mental health conditions, such as substance abuse, treatment, and other illnesses pertaining to one’s psychological...
Introduction Since business is a part of the country’s economy and society, it cannot officially exist outside the law. The two main sources of legislation in Australia are case law and governmental bodies (Gibson and Osborne, 2020). The former is an unwritten civil or criminal law made by the judges...
Marijuana is a mind-altering drug derived from the cannabis plant, used for either recreational or medicinal purposes. It is the second most used drug after alcohol, and the youths mostly use it. For medicinal purposes, marijuana is used by patients having various types of diseases. Physicians and scientists have been...
Summary Over the last decades, immigration has been experienced in various states, including the United States of America (U.S.A.). Immigration to the U.S.A. is a dream come true for any non-citizen person. According to Abrego et al. (699), it is believed that immigrating to America is an open opportunity for...
Introduction Civil liberties and rights are an essential part of democracy since they ensure equal and fair opportunities for social interaction and legal protection irrespective of race, gender, or other socioeconomic factors. The discrepancies between the founders’ ideals and the demands of democratic philosophy are visible regarding civil rights or...
Introduction Surprise medical bills refer to the overcharging of patients when they receive care from out-of-network facilities, physicians, and clinicians. In most cases, patients are subjected to costs and bills above what insurers are willing to pay (H.R.3630 – No Surprises Act 116th Congress (2019-2020), n.d.). It is a form...
Introduction Human trafficking can be defined as the forced relocation of a person with the intent to exploit this individual for a variety of purposes, be it household work or, as this paper will delve further into, forced sexual labor. Linebach et al. (2016) identify violence or suggestions of violence...
One of the lawsuits where the agency was the issue is a lawsuit against Facebook. The lawsuit accused Facebook of violating the privacy law of Illinois. The social media giant did not get consent to use facial recognition technology for the scanning of photos that users upload in order to...
The problem with Mayfair Inc., which failed to deliver the ordered equipment and thereby caused financial losses to the manufacturer, is subject to careful consideration. In the attempts to sue them for this occasion, one should use the current general liability policies as guidance. In this case, they describe the...
Introduction Privacy is an important component of American values regarding human rights. However, there is a lot of controversy surrounding some areas of private lives, such as bodily integrity. On the one hand, privacy allows people to decide what they do with their bodies. On the other hand, there are...
The issue of justice is obviously of paramount importance for the criminal justice system. According to common sense, as well as most philosophical perspectives on the matter, it should be concerned with providing individuals with their just deserts based on whether they support or violate the social contract. However, Rawls...
According to American Psychological Association Practice Organization, the HIPAA privacy rule regulates the patient’s personal information use. A patient’s PHI (personal health information) must not be disclosed without authorization for treatment, payment, or health care operations (American psychological association practice organization, p.1). In the case of death (due to committed...
In Kahler v. Kansas 18-6135 case, James Kraig Kahler petitions that the criminal laws of Kansas are unconstitutional and contradict the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The petitioner was pronounced guilty in the case of murdering his wife, who filed for divorce, their two daughters, and his wife’s grandmother. Jurors sentenced...
Introduction Since 1993 there has been a steady increase in the prison population, hitting a record highest of 87,000 inmates in 2012. While the rate of crime and other injustices on the fall, it is evident that the influx of the prison population results from longer sentences passed by the...
Legal consideration presumes the exchange of several valuables in terms of a legally binding contract. Due to various political reasons, numerous courts are able to enforce several types of promises, even if they may not be considered (McKendrick, 2020). There are different types of commitments that can be executed without...
Shame is a tool that might be used in some cases to prevent criminals from repeating their actions. Yet the use of that tool should be very limited, as it easily gets out of hand and becomes harmful. Shame might be a useful tool when dealing with criminals whose actions...
A complainant sued AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. for violating Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case is based on the allegation that the captioning devices at Tyler Galleria, one of AMC’s movie theaters located in Riverside, California, failed to work appropriately on several occasions. The complainant claimed...
Starting a successful business is every entrepreneur’s dream. A great concept and protecting it is the first phase of a business start-up. Joseph, who is opening a small restaurant business, needs to be conversant with the local, state, and federal laws that govern his business enterprise’s operation. Although understanding the...
Facts Law firms in the U.S. are permitted by law to represent any client within and outside the nation for as long as the client is subject to the provisions of U.S. law. According to Thomsen (2022), Ukraine hired an American-based law firm, Covington & Burling, to represent the nation...
Introduction The tort of defamation, often known as the civil wrong of defamation, is concerned with defending an individual’s (or, in some cases, a business entity’s) reputation against unjust attacks. The right to a good name is protected by the Constitution, and the state is responsible for protecting and enforcing...
There is a certain need for standards modification in the police that should be performed immediately. Firstly, in recent years the departments started to decrease the entry barriers for the officers in order to attract more people to work there (Collins and Pane, 2016). In such circumstances, even those who...
Tort laws are known as legislations that require monetary compensations for personal injuries from an individual or organization. Tort reforms initially introduced in the 1970s aimed to limit the amount of money that plaintiffs can receive for damages caused by the defendant’s direct or indirect fault (“Impact of tort reform...
Jamarcus Glover and Adrian Walker, who are unrelated to Kenneth Walker, were the primary focus of the LMPD investigation. They were accused of selling controlled drugs from a drug house about 10 miles away. Glover was in a relationship with Breonna Taylor until February 2020, when Taylor entered a relationship...
Title of the video: ACC victim impact. Locaion where the video was taken: Virginia, United States. HTTP adress. Organization or website where the video was posted: YouTube. Summary ACC Victim Impact is a video describing the process and effects of a program designed to change offender behavior. The session consists...
