Criminal Law in India and Access to Justice

Ahmad, Sk Ehtesham Uddin. “Colonial Reshaping of Criminal Law Before the Code of 1860.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 73 (2012): 553-62. The article by Ahmad focuses on assessing the criminal law in India from the 17th to the 19th centuries under the British Crown. Particular attention is paid...

Self-Defence and Mental Condition of Criminals

First, self-defense can be determined through the perfect or perfect defense, depending on what the attack will cause. The attacker can cause death or severe injuries to the body of the person being attacked or even consequently end up causing severe emotional damage to the people involved. At times, the...

Crime Causes Among Adolescents Aged 12 to 17 Years

Statement of the Problem The topic for my term project is “The main causes of crime among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years.” I intend to explore the major reasons for the crime commitment among adolescents of this age group. Juvenile delinquency is a paramount topic to raise and discuss....

The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Legal Duties

Introduction Healthcare professionals operate within the dictates of various laws that impose certain obligations arising from their work and interactions. Doherty and Purtilo (2016) explain that regulations delineate the conditions under which hospitals, doctors, nurses, and administrators acquire the privilege to practice. Consequently, they are vulnerable to both personal and...

Psychologists’ Role in Selecting Jurors

A jury is a group of people who, during the trial, recognizes specific facts as established and makes a decision on the guilt of the defendant. The procedure for selecting a jury is called voir dire (“to tell the truth”). The selection is random and is usually carried out according...

Trends Influencing Crime Rates

Crime is widely considered a failure in the social system and therefore is to be addressed from the perspective of the social construct operation and the trends existing there. Hence, along with solving crimes, the goal of specialists is to identify and hijack the risks associated with such movements and...

Morality Policy Making: The Relationship between Politics and Morality

One of the methods of direct determination of human actions is normative regulation, in which the needs of people living together in society and the need to coordinate their mass actions are recorded in general rules of behavior, instructions, and assessments. Morality is one of the main types of normative...

Diabetes Mellitus: Cost-Effective Solution for India

Introduction At present, a large number of people are experiencing health complications due to a sedentary lifestyle, lack of physical activities, poor nutritional habits, and substance use disorders (SUD). Among the potential diseases, diabetes mellitus is one of the most harmful and impactful developments that negatively affect the quality of...

The Jim Crow Laws and New Practices Compared

Based on the legal principle of “separate but equal,” the Jim Crow laws disseminated institutional discrimination across all socio-economic aspects of black people’s lives. The US legal system institutionalized racial segregation against African-Americans in transportation, education, housing, public facilities, and more. Although currently, such laws do not exist, black communities...

Heating Oil Fraud in New York City

The article “Prosecutors allege persistent heating oil fraud in New York City” by Benjamin Mueller established illegal activities by nine companies within the city, which defrauded customer’s money and destroyed both buildings and the environment. The authorities revealed that nine companies dealing in oil pumped air in fuel tanks and...

Attitudes to Rapists Among Men and Women

Introduction Rape constitutes the act of having sexual intercourse, against a person’s will. Majority of the experts in this field suggest that rape is as a result of an aggressive lust to dominate the victim, as opposed to the desire to achieve sexual fulfillment. They format rape to be an...

Criminal Justice: Murder of Travis Alexander

The murder of Travis Alexander was a shock for many because the victim was found stabbed and with a gunshot wound to his head in the shower of his house in Mesa, Arizona. The investigation process focused on Jodi Arias, Travis’s ex-girlfriend, as the main suspect. Initially, Jodi claimed that...

Reform in Corrections: From Research, to Policy, to Practice

Modern correctional institutions indeed need significant changes. Now prisons and colonies are overcrowded, while not all criminals leave these places better than they were before committing crimes. On the contrary, prison culture often educates people who are even more full of hatred and desire to do evil. Therefore, first, it...

DNA for Identifying Convicts: Article Response

Ensuring safety and security for all citizens is the key priority of state authorities, which is why preventing crime remains a crucial item on the political agenda. However, the recent suggestion concerning DNA-based identification of convicts may spark controversy due to its possible ethical ramifications. In his 2006 article, Danny...

Judicial Politics, Philosophy and Decision-Making

Decision Making From the Brethren, Justice Powel as a judge was among the jurists; he interviewed in person. Powell had a file called The Book that people thought was the primary source of Woodward’s content in The Brethren (Armstrong, 2021). The file was supposed to be a secret because it...

Treatment Without Consent of the Patient

Informed consent is an authorized guideline, which safeguards a client’s right to recognize the possible threats, benefits, and options for an anticipated health care practice (De-Lusignan, 2008). Every patient should be consent before receiving therapy. Similarly, patients have a right to expect the doctors to abide by their wishes. Informed...

Conflict With Juvenile Offenders

Demographics of the Juvenile Offenders A person who has not attained 18 years is referred to by the law as a juvenile. An immature offender is an adolescent who participates in unlawful behavior before reaching the constitutional stage of the common. The statistics showed that the number of juvenile males...

Power and Authority in Juvenile Justice Organizations

The concepts of power and authority are often used interchangeably, but such an approach does not allow properly understanding their nature. Therefore, it is critical to distinguish between these phenomena, which promote the awareness of the process of power acquisition in justice organizations. As noted by Stojkovic et al. (2015),...

Labor Laws in Today’s American Economy

Abstract The importance of labor laws in shaping today’s working environment is significant. These laws help to establish how employers treat their staff and stop the former from exploiting their workforce. This paper analyzes the ways different labor laws are applied within organizations around the world with a comparison of...

Delegate vs. Trustee Representation Models

The Delegate and Trustee types of representation are two models exercised in US politics. There are substantial differences between how these two types of representatives act. The Delegate acts as a representative who directly expresses the will of the voters and votes for bills following the wishes of the citizens...

The Role of Pre-Sentence Investigation Report

Introduction Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (PSIR) is essential since it helps analyze the legal and social background of an individual convicted of a crime before sentencing. The history of criminal behavior is also explored during the PSIR. This report involves Andrea Yates, the offender who confessed that she drowned her five...

Law: Inside the OJ Simpson’s Parole Hearing

The video Inside the OJ Simpson parole hearing is news coverage by ABC News that shows Orenthal James Simpson (OJ Simpson) on October 1, 2017, during and after his parole hearing that set him free after almost nine years in prison for a robbery in Las Vegas. In a relatively...

Effectiveness of New York State Bail Reform

Introduction On April 1, 2019, New York State’s governor Andrew Cuomo reached a deal on a state budget, which included a far-reaching criminal justice reform. One of the most significant changes was the elimination of cash bail for the majority of pretrial defendants. The Bail Reform went into effect from...

Athens Orthopedic Clinic Law Violation Case

Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted to prevent the misuse of health information to protect patients’ privacy and maintain confidentiality within healthcare systems. Any violation or noncompliance with the statutes’ regulations can lead to severe complex legalities, including civil suits and financial...

The New York Ban on Sugary Drinks

Supersized sugary drinks are the major cause of obesity in the US. Since the new regulation was put in place, New York City has adopted a proposal that is meant to regulate all licensed food establishments. This proposal is meant to bar the food establishments from using containers that are...

Criminology: The Peace-Making Model

There are diverse approaches towards the alleviation of crime, depending on the levels to which the community can choose to cooperate and the effectiveness of the law enforcement agencies. One of such approaches is the peacemaking model in criminology. The peacemaking approach towards crime alleviation contrasts itself with the conventional...

Criminalization Versus Legalization in the US

Criminal law is shaped and predetermined by several criminological theories that are applied to human behavior when considering come actions as either criminal or legal. Depending on the approach, some activities might be legal in one country and illegal in another. In this essay, the opinion on criminalization and legalization...

Non-Consent: Reforming the Law of Rape

Rape is a serious crime that entails a lengthy prison sentence for the offender and causes severe psychological trauma for the victim. Rape can destroy years of life and should involve an appropriate punishment from the legal system. However, about half of the states in the US consider non-consent to...

Health Law: EMTALA, Stark Law, and the Medical False Claims Act

EMTALA, Emergency Medical Treatment, and Active Labor Act is a regulation that requires health care establishments to provide emergency treatment and examination, regardless of individuals’ ability to pay, access to insurance, and legal status. The provisions focus on such services as medical screening requirements, stabilizing treatment, restriction transfers, and enforcement....

Victimization in White Collar Crimes

White-collar crime can be identified through a combination of definitions. The definition of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) states that white-collar crimes are “illegal acts characterized by deceit, concealment or violation of trust, which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence”(Online Lawyer, 2010)....

Transgender Offenders in the Criminal Justice System

The transgender population who are incarcerated often faces various unique challenges which exposes them vulnerabilities both physical and mental. The LBGT community is overrepresented in prisons across the country. As such, they are more likely to face violence and abuse from the general population behind bars. Therefore, transgender inmates present...

Fairness in Australian Administration of Justice

The Australian legal system is a distinct and unique entity that differs significantly from most of its counterparts worldwide. Though derived from English common law, it has evolved independently and eventually become sufficiently different to abandon the perception of being a copy. With that said, this uniqueness also means that...

Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice

Chapter 5 of “Introduction to the Use of Statistics in Criminal Justice and Criminology” focuses on the importance of dispersion. The term dispersion refers to the measurement of the spread of variables in the given distribution (Gau, 2019). Dispersion is important as it is not enough to merely know the...

Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Preventive Measures

Introduction Juvenile delinquency (JD) is one of the most acute problems of modern society. Adolescence is a critical age in the development of a child, the transition from childhood to adulthood. During the formation and development of the personality, this age is considered problematic. This is the time of adaptation...

Family’s Role in Juvenile Delinquency Policy Change

Abstract The given exploratory paper is devoted to the policy change regarding families and the role they play in the juvenile delinquency sphere. It outlines the central causes that might precondition the emergence of negative effects and deteriorate relations between parents and children. They are discussed from the social perspective...

Juvenile vs. Adult Criminal Law

Many authors refer to the concept of “childhood” or “underage status” as an interdisciplinary object of research that belongs to different fields – history, law, philosophy, ethnography, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, and others. The issue that is associated with the death penalty or the legal status of juveniles, the age of...

Why Is Diversion Used in Juvenile Cases?

Diversion is a particular intervention practice of postponed prosecution under which youthful defendants or offenders are redirected to specific prevention and treatment programs supervised by private or public agencies. In such a way, young persons gain an opportunity to demonstrate that they are law-abiding. The central objective of these programs...

Managerial Prerogative in Australia Since 1990

The directors of different organizations have the power to dictate the strategies of a business, while the workers of these institutions have no such privileges. These innate privileges that permit the employers to supervise the employees are referred to as the managerial prerogatives. The powers are only left in the...

Career and Criminal Cases of Johnnie Cochran

Introduction Johnnie Cochran was born in 1937. Initially, he studied business administration. Thurgood’s inspirations and victory in Brown v. Board of Education marked the turning point in Cochran’s career. To him, practicing law became not only a career but also a call. He believed that there were many injustices happening...

Abstract Life Story Build upon Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s Biography

Background Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is a remarkable person, who played a considerable role both as the judge, and later, the first Hispanic and Latina member of the court. According to Vincenty (2021), she claims that her judicial philosophy “is simple: fidelity to the law. The task of a...

Business Law: Alternative Dispute Resolution

Introduction Despite certain challenges, the practice of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has gained widespread popularity among the general public and lawyers over recent years. This tendency is a result of various factors, such as the high workload of traditional courts and the relatively low cost compared to the litigation procedure....

The Importance of Creating a Will

Creating a will is an important step that every person should consider taking. Besides it being a safe way to ensure one’s property and assets are taken care of, a will helps a person decide who can be the legal guardian of their children. A trust can take care of...

A Parent’s Right on Their Child Medication

Introduction Rights are the provisions of how individuals relate and live with each other including the respect given to other people’s lives and property. Parents’ rights face a major threat when it comes to the question of setting restrictions and disciplining as there has been the misconception that the rights...

The Relationship Between Education and Recidivism

Introduction Training and the learning or academic programs have been there in prisons for a long time. These programs were developed in America because prisons have been in existence there for a long period of time. In this annotated bibliography, different research are analyzed to determine whether inmates who engage...

Business Impact Analysis of Corrections

Every correction department should pay special attention to proper business analysis for the purpose of defining the opportunities for cutting costs and taking appropriate measures. It is important to explore the existing options and decide which of the components are the most significant and do not allow economizing on them....

Crimes in the United States Overview

Multiple regulations and prohibitions are currently in place in every country in the world and enforced by such services as the police and military (Levine and Reinarman par. 68). Today, drug trafficking is linked to a variety of other criminal activities such as terrorism, organized crime, corruption, and arms trafficking...

Private Property in the System of Social Relations

The private property occupies a special place in the system of social relations. The participants in property relations are states, classes, and individuals. The history of human development has confirmed that there is a deep relationship between human economic behavior and social relations. All issues of economic life are closely...

Juvenile Justice and the Death Penalty

When discussing the death penalty, especially for juvenile perpetrators, three concepts are critical: justice, deterrence, and possibility of error. The capital punishment may be seen as just because it causes the same suffering on the criminal as he or she did on his or her victims. However, it also causes...

Membership in a Political Club: Ethical Guidance for Judges

Federal judges must adhere to the Code of Conduct of the United States Judges, which provides a set of moral principles and guidance ratified by the Judicial Conference of the US. The material advises law enforcement officers on the issues of independence and judicial integrity, anti-impropriety, allowable extrajudicial duties, as...

War on Drugs: Causes and Problems

Ever since a declaration on the war on drugs was made a few decades ago, controversies have not been far off. Top on the list of these controversies has been the issue of drug legalization. There has been sharp criticism on this declaration and the resultant courses of action with...

Equal Protection Clause: Consequences and Implication

The Equal Protection Clause lived up to its original intent in many cases. For example, the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) made segregation of public schools illegal. On the other hand, Lum v. Rice (1927) case demonstrated that the exclusion of children of color from public schools...

Adarand Constructors Inc. vs. Peña Case Brief

Facts Adarand Constructors, Inc. V. Pena, is a case of the high court of the United States. Many contracts that are sold by organizations of the United States national government hold fiscal incentives for the chief contractor. He is supposed to hire subcontractors that are managed by socially and efficiently...

US Gun Policy: Article Credibility and Usefulness

Literature review Masters, J. (2017). US gun policy: Global comparisons, Council on Foreign Relations.  The article “US gun policy” is written by Jonathan Masters, who is an accomplished author with a deep understanding of American society, and the existing gun control regulation policies. In the recent past, the United States...

CompStat: It’s Origins, Evolution, and Integration

Introduction CompStat is effective in monitoring and analyzing crime rates by using comparative statistics and geographical distribution maps. Since the initial launch of CompStat, it gradually evolved and adapted to the needs of the specific department, where it was both an analytical device and performance metric. The system also shaped...

Juvenile Tried as an Adult: The Case of Jordan Brown

The US justice system established a separate juvenile justice system to divert youthful offenders from criminal punishment. The system is also set to advocate for personalized rehabilitation programs in the country. Significant adjustments were made to eliminate the elements of adult or criminal systems. Further, it aimed to prioritize the...

The McDonald’s Coffee Case: Liebeck vs. McDonald’s

The case of Liebeck v. McDonald’s regarding the former’s injury is a matter of public importance and, therefore, should be decided for providing the requested award in order to demonstrate the need for a change. This stance is explained by the fact that similar occasions contribute to the elaboration of...

Advantages and Disadvantages of a Federal Criminal Prosecution

As a matter of fact, the jurisdictional issues of the United States are straightforward, and as any crime occurred within the boundaries of a particular state violates its laws, this state is provided with the prosecution power. However, under specific circumstances, the involvement of the federal court system is required...

Review of the US First Amendment

Countries around the world treat religion differently. In some states, especially those in the Middle East and Central Asia, religion plays a central role and is inextricably linked with the states’ governments. In other nations, such as the US, the government and religion are two institutionally separated spheres. This essay...

Obama’s vs. Trump’s US National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy 2010 provides definitive ideologies on what contributes to global security, national security and homeland security. Essentially, there are multiple concerns highlighted in this policy document that help in understanding the values of domestic and international relations. Notably, there are several distinctions between the three aspects of...

Criminal Law in the United States of America

Introduction It is first of all necessary to define the scope of criminal law and its implication upon society. It could be reasonably defined that criminal law is that offshoot of law that bans certain kinds of conduct or behavior and deems it intrinsic to enforce punishment or penal action...

“No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion” Act and the Judeo-Christian Worldview

Introduction Congress of the United States works on a variety of bills, some of which can be considered debatable in terms of different worldviews. Judeo-Christian ethics highlight the value of human life while promoting fair interpersonal relationships and compassion to other people. The issue of abortion has been topical in...

Critical Infrastructure and Its Importance for National Security

The term “criticality” is derived from the context of critical thinking. While many scholars support critical thinking in virtually everyone, they often disagree on definitions (Elder & Paul, 2010). The whole way to describe the “criticality” of thinking is by listing the main components of criticality: interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation,...

Criminal Cases: Trial by Juries

Introduction The use of juries in trials remains a contentious subject, considering there are individuals who think it is bizarre to rely on twelve laypersons to make legal decisions. Jury trials are a fundamental pillar of criminal law since it is a right of every person facing serious charges in...

Types of Fire Arms and Gun Ownership in the US

For many years, gun ownership in the United States has been on the increase leading to violence in various states. Although there are inadequate studies on the correlation between the prevalence of arms to violent crimes, guns used during these incidents have been identified and described. On the contrary, weaponry...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit: Case Study

A wrongful death claim permits the patient’s family to file a case against the nurse liable for the patient’s death. A circumstance such as medical malpractice can give rise to a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit allows the surviving family members to sue the nurse for damages when the patient...

Factors That Justify the Use of Deadly Force by Police

Police shootings and killings of unarmed civilians arguably qualify as violations of the use-of-force standards that warrant the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators. However, American experience reveals that those involved seldom face any repercussions as the concerned authorities often deem such cases as justifiable. Nonetheless, circumstances under which some...

The Affordable Care Act and Healthcare Reforms

On March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law to increase Americans’ medical coverage. The United States has the highest healthcare expenditure compared to other developed countries. Despite the high spending, the U.S. has fallen short of fulfilling its citizens’ healthcare needs (Fischer, 2016). The ACA...

Legal Underpinnings of Business Law

A Matrix to analyze different forms of business Business name Business nature Personal liability exposure Limiting liability exposure Tinker’s Home security services Sole proprietorship Personally liable for all debts Personally liable for all and any obligations of the business Creditors and claimants have access to the personal accounts, assets and...

Sexual Harassment Study Without Probability Sampling

Notes Contrasted with men, women have more worries about using public transportation modes and stations. Also, more women compared with men have safety worries just as a bigger probability of harassment in other public spaces like roads and parks, transport stops, and metro stations. This absence of trust in broad...

Prison’s Impact on People’s Health

The New Penology The concept of new penology states the importance of creating a new language of penology. While the traditional concerns of it focused on the individual, new penology shifts its focus to actuarial consideration of aggregates. The new penology involves various areas, which allow transformation. First of all,...

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit People vs. Dr. Conrad Murray

Abstract Medical Malpractice Lawsuit People vs. Dr. Conrad Murray presents a case of medical malpractice. The paper discusses the allegations which were made in the case, evidence presented, defense argument, punishment awarded to Dr. Murray and whether the situation could have been avoided. Introduction The legal case concerning the Michael...

Cell Phone Manufacturers Legal Responsibility Regarding Cell Phone Radiation

Introduction There has been an increase in terms of health concerns about mobile phone radiation, particularly due to the global increase in the number of people that are now using wireless mobile telephony. Mobile phones utilize electronic radiation of the microwave variety, a fact that has prompted a number of...

Criminal Justice Agency Examples

According to the FBI, hate crime refers to traditional offenses such as vandalism, arson, murder and so on often instigated by a form of bias such as intolerance to sex, race, religion, transgender, disability to name just a few. Hate is not considered to be a crime and criminal justice...

Holding By-Laws Versus Interim Control By-Laws

Holding and interim control by-laws are among the specialized laws introduced by the 1983 amendment of the planning Act to control how land is utilized. The rules are enforceable, provided that they are specified for use in the municipality’s implementation plan. Therefore, the holdings by-laws are being used in defining...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Introduction to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that protects individuals against discrimination in public and private entities. The law prohibits employers from practicing discriminative management practices against employees (Gold, 2018). This legislation is...

Infringement of Children’s Rights Under Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada

Introduction The protection of children at the national level is a crucial aspect of sustainable and population-based legislation. The ability to promote laws and regulations aimed to create an environment in which the child feels safe and empowered is a valuable aspect of policymakers’ work. Attempts to discuss the problem...

A Bill of Rights: Constitutional Law

Constitutional law A Bill of Rights refers to a compilation of human rights protection policies defined within a country’s Constitution (Australian Government Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations). In Australia, attempts to enact a national Bill of Rights have not been fruitful for ages. However, the Australian Capital Territory’s...

The First Responding Officer in Crime Scene Investigation: Primary Duties

The guidelines for behavior appropriate at a crime scene are essential to follow for a first officer arriving at the location. Given the necessity to preserve and evaluate the evidence present and ensure the efficiency of forensic activities, the crime scene investigator (CSI) responsible for the primary examination of the...

Fortunato’s Murder Trial Case

The Prosecuting Attorney’s Closing Argument Your Honor, this case is the one of utmost cruelty and brutality. The defendant has clearly planned the most atrocious and cold-blooded murder of the plaintiff. First of all, he used the victim’s weakness for good spirit against him, knowing that Mr. Fortunato would not...

Legal Decision-Making and Role of Emotions in It

Emotions turn out to be a vital part of human life, and people cannot ignore this impact on their decisions, actions, and relationships. In law, emotions may complete different functions and provoke various outcomes reconciled with liberal concepts. The field of modern criminal justice has been considerably improved and analyzed...

The Analysis of Victim Categories

Completely Innocent On November, 5, Andrew Kelly, a police officer, was arrested after killing a woman in a car accident; the off-duty officer was completely drunk driving through Brooklyn Mill Basin. The victim of the accident was Vionique Valnord, 32; the woman tried to hail a taxi that afternoon leaving...

Rape as a Sexual Assault

Rape is defined as illegitimate sexual intercourse through the anus, vagina, breast, or any other body part, with or without force, through one’s sex organ, or any other body parts, or a foreign material without the permission of the victim. Rape is committed when a victim withdraws his or her...

The Problem of Hispanic Interracial Crimes

An interracial crime refers to an offense where the perpetrator and the victim are the same race. Conversely, an interracial crime involves an offender and victim of different races. For violent victimizations, interracial crime is more prevalent than interracial crime. Examples of crimes included under violent victimizations are robbery, rape,...

Diversion Programs for Juveniles and First-Time Adult Offenders

Summary Many teenagers in today’s generation participate in risky activities, make poor decisions, and are affected by peer pressure. Thus, several young people can engage in various immoral behaviors such as robbery and drug abuse. Although police arrests are frequent among adolescents, most of them are not arrested after committing...

Police Discretion: Criminal Justice

While in the academy and for their period of training, police are particularly skilled on how to handle various situations that they will come across. A dilemma arises when they get in the field and stumble upon problems which they did not receive training for. Instances of new laws being...

Comparison of Primary Crime Data Sources Used In the United States

Introduction The United States government has for a long time been using the Uniform Crime Reports and the National crime victimization survey as the two major sources of crime data (Schmalleger, 2009). These primary crime data sources have been extensively used by the government to establish the magnitude, characteristics and...

Fazio v. Speedy Delivery Company’s Business Tort Case

Introduction A business tort is one of the most complicated and controversial realms of Corporate and Business Law, implying that one party committed wrongs against others who consequently suffer particular harm. In the case of Fazio v. Speedy Delivery Company, Fazio experienced physical damage because of the accident caused by...

The Case of Lee Boyd Malvo

Lee Boyd Malvo is a serial killer who has murdered ten people and left seventeen wounded. He and his accomplice were sentenced to life without parole and death sentence, respectively. Malvo was seventeen at the time the crimes happened, so he could not be executed. However, there are debates about...

A Bilateral Contract Between Two Parties

This is a bilateral contract between A and B for A providing Marketing services to B from November 1, 2010, on a retainer basis of £1000 per month. In return, A would provide full Marketing services to B, including preparation of monthly market reports, surveys and customer meets for promotion...

Lee Boyd Malvo: Life Sentence Case

Lee Malvo, who is currently 34 years old, was only 17 when he and his counterpart John Allen Muhammad killed more than ten people in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Colombia through sniper attacks. This led to John Allen Muhammad’s death sentence in which he was executed in 2009,...

Leadership in the Los Angeles Police Department

Leadership is a very important element in any organization and more so in those that have a paramilitary structure, such as the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Leadership is one of the major factors that determine the performance of police organizations. Many police organizations have introduced leadership qualities into their...

Evaluation of the Scholarly Debate Regarding the Rise of the National Minimum Wages

The possibility of increasing the national minimum wages is discussed in detail by the scientific community, introducing the potential advantages and disadvantages of this action. Although some scholars believe that improving the minimal possible salaries of the employees could benefit the economy, others dispute this approach, arguing that such changes...

English Law and Application of Statutory Legislation

Introduction Interpretation and application of the law is very critical in determining how effective a judicial system is. The judicial principles of statutory interpretation have a unique engagement with the interpretive powers that courts possess (Keenan, 2007). Lack of clear guidelines to control how courts interpret judicial principles is a...

Sexual Abuse: Definitions and Dynamics of Rape

Abstract Rape cases have been on the rise over the past few years. So far, little has been done to address the issue and it’s high time that the government took up the responsibility of protecting its citizens against sexually related crimes. There are various factors that are believed to...

The US Copyright Law in the Oracle v. Google Case

Introduction The expansion of digital technologies into people’s daily lives and all spheres of human activity, especially business, creates new opportunities and challenges, especially in the legal field. The most common and complex are civil cases over copyright and intellectual property. The current and future generations of lawyers have to...

California v. Orenthal James Simpson: Case Briefing

Name of Case: The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson Year the crime was committed: 1994 Place the crime was committed: Brentwood neighborhood, Los Angeles, CA Who was the perpetrator? Formal football player and actor O. J. Simpson Who was the victim? Ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman...

Sexual Abuse Prevention and Rape Factors

The definition of rape Rape is a type of a sexual abuse, as a rule, implying a sexual intercourse with a person by one or several people without a consent. The rapists, using a helpless status of a victim (unconsciousness, a strong alcoholic intoxication, a mental disorder, etc.), resort to...

Hilton Hotel’s Manager and Constructor Facing Wire Fraud Charges

Introduction Unlike the ordinary employees, executives tend to have the freedom to act in accordance with their wishes. Oftentimes, they misuse their authority, make poor decisions, or even engage in outright fraud. Adan Roldan and Geoffrey Palermo, the owner of a construction firm and a manager at a San Francisco...

Crime against Persons With Disabilities

Introduction The world faces a crisis in terms of the treatment of individuals with disabilities. Although activists should certainly advocate for the fair treatment of disabled people in society, it is now much more important to focus on violence against such persons, rather than their oppression. It is apparent that...

Comparing Collective Bargaining Agreements

A collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is an essential aspect of industrial relations. It refers to a documented legal contract between an employer and the union representing the workforce (Doellgast & Benassi, 2020). CBA is an outcome of a comprehensive negotiation process among the parties concerning wages, working hours, teams, and...

Discussion of Police Misconduct

Introduction Police misconduct has become a significant issue in the criminal justice system. Cases of authorities who have violated human rights have been experienced in various areas. Although police encounter challenges in their activities when dealing with violent criminals, they should focus on law enforcement ethics. Many individuals have claimed...

Harassment and Employment Related Laws

Employment laws refer to regulations that oversee the relationship among the employees, employers and their unions (Appleby, 2008). These laws consist of contract doctrines and statutory regulations. Matters such as labor wages, hours, safety, and protection are predetermined in the employment laws. Apart from enhancing the relationship among labor stakeholders,...

Legalization of Marijuana in Canada

Introduction In 2018, Canada became “the first industrialized nation to legalize marijuana,” which resulted in both positive and negative consequences (Austen, 2021, para. 10). Despite the fact that some people believe that the legalization of cannabis is a mistake, practice shows that this step allows to improve the economy of...

Gun Control Legislation Should Be Revised

The right to possess and carry weapons is enshrined in the United States as a constitutional norm. However, the very essence of this right is highly controversial. Debate on gun control comes up regularly, highlighting the topic from both a practical and a moral point of view. Given the need...

International Law: States’ Right to Self-Determination

In this case concerning a state C exploited by state A with the permission of state B, state P initiates proceedings against A with regard to resources and land belonging to the impoverished state C. It is worth noting that state P represents an administering power over the state C...

Strike in the American Standoff Documentary

The main actors in the conflict in the American Standoff film American Standoff is a documentary film that contains a true reflection of a modern labor strike. The film is documented by Barbara Kopple. Kristi Jacobson is the director of the film. The film presents a tale of Teamsters strike....

Maryland v. King Case Summary

Case Analysis The Maryland v. King case represents an extremely controversial issue, which is closely linked not only to legal contradictions but also to ethical dilemmas. Two significant values are at stake, and the interpretation of the law may be significantly subjective. The primary conflict is between privacy provided by...

Invasion of Privacy by Big Tech

Introduction Technology influences the privacy of internet users in two main ways: it changes the accessibility of information and modifies the privacy norms. For many years, the issue of information privacy has been debated, with technology companies being accused of violating their customers’ privacy. Consumers have become increasingly concerned with...

PPACA: Healthcare Policy Analysis

Abstract The U.S congress broadly debated the healthcare plan under the umbrella of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and has now been signed into law. The new legislation aims at reducing the cost of basic healthcare to all citizens while at the same time alleviating the various...

Legal Rights Afforded to the Accused

In 1966, the US Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona; the ruling made the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination rule preeminent to the Sixth Amendment holding of Escobedo. The prescriptive holding of Miranda v. Arizona comes down to the following: whether exculpatory or inculpatory, the arrested person’s statements...

Tort of Defamation as a Common Workplace Tort

In today’s world a man’s reputation is undoubtedly his most valuable asset. A good reputation brings potential future success; therefore, its value is intangible. The law is designed to protect us from harm, including name slander, which is defamation. The tort of defamation refers to false statements intended to harm...

Intellectual Property Protection and Commercial Profits

Intellectual property (IP) is an important company asset, especially while competing in the high-technology field. It may include new inventions, innovations in production, and other products of human endeavor that can be owned, such as computer codes (Fleddermann 134). Their rights to them can be protected in various forms, such...

Hate Crime: History and Prevalence in the US

The American Psychological Association defines hate crime as a legal offense against an individual or property instigated in whole or part by the bias of the offender against the minority. The victims may be targeted due to disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or gender. Hate purveyors use arson,...

The Affordable Care Act and Its Impact on Fiscal Operations

The Affordable Care Act enacted more than ten years ago is among the key healthcare-related decisions of the past decade. The law’s key aspects include the promotion of health coverage expansion, new requirements concerning insurance regulations, and an emphasis on disease prevention and low-income populations’ improved access to services (Gruber...

Criminal Procedure: Arrest to Sentencing

Pre-arrest advice includes encouraging to be forthcoming with all relevant information with the attorney. Being truthful is important as it will enable the lawyer to prepare effectively and not be blindsided by the prosecution. Mr. Steele should not evade arrest because it will unnecessarily prolong the inquiry and trigger the...

The Midwest Airlines Flight Attendants’ Contract Dispute

Background In recent years, the resolution of individual workplace conflict has occupied an increasingly important place in policy debates and formulation due to the decline in collective industrial action and the coinciding rise in the volume of employment tribunal applications (Carducci, 2012). As employment disputes become more entrenched due to...

Can It Be Argued That Pre-1829 Britain Had No Policing?

Introduction The British police force has a long history, a history that is marked by many milestones that make it distinct from other institutions in society. However, the British police force as is known to many today can trace its roots back to the year 1829. This is the year...

The Product Liability Law: Crucial Issues

Product liability law is the law that holds the manufacturers, distributors, retailers, suppliers and other individuals involved in the supply liable for any damage or injury that may be caused by the product. All these entities are expected to meet the set standards of which breaching may lead to legal...

Jerome Miller’s Reforms

The name of Jerome Miller is now being strongly associated with the reform within Massachusetts’ juvenile judiciary system, which had taken place while Miller acted as the President of the National Centre on Institutions and Alternatives. The actual essence of this reform is being defined in the article “Myths about...

Euro Disney Project: Employment and Labor Laws

Introduction The American company, Walt Disney, is a dominant player in the global entertainment industry. The firm has a diversified portfolio that includes the production and distribution of animated films, theme parks, and cruise lines targeting tourists. Disney’s growth strategy entails intensive expansion into new, high-potential cities in Europe, South...

Delinquency Prevention Through After-School Activities

The issue of after-school delinquency is rather burning nowadays when the rates of youth violence are on a sharp increase. According to the reports issued by the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, “the peak hour for juvenile crime is from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., the first hour that...

Analysis of Decision-Making Processes in Boston Police Department

Introduction The development of new trends in law enforcement such as organized crime, terrorism, and inter agency corporation has led to the development of new policing techniques in America’s police departments. The role of the police in the community has increased significantly especially with emphasis on inter-agency collaboration by the...

Analysis of Anti-Money Laundering Strategies

Money-laundering has been a significant problem for Canada because such a practice enables and facilitates many criminal activities such as drug trade, fraud or even global terrorism. It should be noted that many financial institutions of the country are engaged in the transactions that enable criminal organizations to conceal their...

Aspects of Criminal Justice System

The criminal justice system is purposed to provide ‘justice for all. The actual goal of providing justice for all is to protect the innocent and establish a fair justice process. The existing institutions in the criminal justice system are designed to process a case from the beginning to the end,...

The Act Codenamed H.R. 4861 for Suicide Victims

The problem of the spread of suicides is one of those that require significant measures and serious attention. Unlike various diseases, the situation cannot be corrected in the case of a successful suicide attempt. It is necessary to develop multiple methods to prevent such issues. Besides, it is essential to...

The Problem of Alabama’s Latest Abortion Bill

Defining the Problem The problem revolves around Alabama’s latest abortion bill, which punishes abortion, providing doctors with lifetime sentencing (“Abortion laws in the US,” 2019). The citizens of the state already lack infrastructure and access to the procedure, and the legislation makes the problem even more challenging. One of the...

Do Increases in Hate Crime Suggest That We Have Become Less Civilized and More Violent?

Introduction When prejudices dominate society, it often leads to hate crimes that are also known as bias-motivated crimes. The offenders target their victims based on their belongingness to a particular group. Among the key biases of hate crimes, there are nationality, race, gender, age, religion, disability, and sexual orientation (D.C....

The O. J. Simpson Trial Case

The case of OJ Simpson is one of the most complex and confusing cases that happened to the US courts. The arrest and consecutive trial of the former NFL star generated a mass media frenzy. All of the participants of the case received high publicity and even people outside the...

The CASE Act and the Copyright Law in the Modern Generation

With the dawn of the recent coronavirus pandemic, both individuals and bigger organizations have had to re-adjust the way they function on a day-to-day basis. With people having to adhere to the social distancing rules and going out generally being frowned upon, many businesses and facilities have chosen to start...

Legal Theory and Procedure: Discovery

The concept of discovery can be perceived as a mutual process of trading information in court. In this case, the parties that are involved provide their best effort to find the most relevant evidence to present it in court. The long-term objective of discovery is to showcase the evidence that...

Checks and Balances in the U.S. Constitution

The United States government comprises three branches, namely the legislative, executive, and judicial. In order to ensure that none of the branches assumes more power than the others, the framers of the constitution elaborated a system of checks and balances which would help limit and control the branches’ jurisdictions. The...

Impact of Environmental Law on Businesses

Introduction The legal environment is one of the most important external environmental factors that dictate the operations of a firm. Business units cannot operate in an environment that does not have clearly defined laws that govern their trade and relationship with other entities. The laws are made to help regulate...

Studying White Collar Crimes Relative to Other Crimes

Introduction White-collar crime refers to those offenses committed by people of high social strata, respectable status, or position in the course of their profession. White-collar crime is further attributed to interpersonal learning and interaction and forms a part of commercial crime because it occurs within corporate settings. Some of the...

Confrontation Clause Protecting Rights of Accused

One of the fundamental components of the Bill of Rights included in the Sixth Amendment is the confrontation clause that illustrates the rights to be applied in all criminal prosecutions. The accused, prosecutor, and witnesses need to act and be treated fairly based on the constitutional stipulations. The confrontation clause...

Alternative Dispute Resolution for Sports Parties

Mediation refers to the process where conflicting parties enter into a negotiation with the help of a third-party neutral person who helps them reach a resolution that benefits both sides. The mediator’s primary role is to help communicate, obtain necessary information from both sources, and give resolution options that the...

Prisons and the Different Security Levels

Prisons are differentiated with regard to the extent of security, including supermax, maximum, medium, and minimum levels. Prisoners experience different degrees of freedom depending on the prison they are placed in. The security level of a prison also determines whether inmates are isolated or interact amongst themselves and with visitors....

Legal Advice for the Landlord or Tenant

Introduction This is a report on legal advice (based on the UK law) for the landlord or tenant on the resolution of specific problems identified, such as dilapidations, asbestos, health and safety matters, Equality Act (and DDA), and fire safety issues. Dilapidations Youens Finance Ltd holds the Head Lease of...

Juvenile Delinquency and Situational Action Theory

Abstract This paper focuses on crime among minors; there a number of social challenges that they face, which lead them to juvenile courts for justice and case determination. A situational action theory elaborates on delinquent behaviors among adolescents. This theory explains that criminal actions are a result of a perceptional...

White-Collar Crimes: Consequences and Circumstances

White-collar crime can be interpreted as an illegal act, committed by a person or group of people in the position of authority during their business activities (Savelsberg & Bruhl, 1994). The range of the offenses that may fall under this definition is very wide: for instance, we can point out...

Data and Research on Human Trafficking

One of the emerging issues regarding criminology is human trafficking that is conducted through organized crime. It involves transportation of people from their mother country across interstate borders as well as within their mother countries to be sexually exploited as well as become source of cheap unskilled labor in the...

Overview of the Theories of Criminology

Introduction Criminology refers to a body that focuses on crime as a social phenomenon. Criminology includes making the laws, breaking the laws, and reacting to the laws. Criminologists adopt several behavioral and social sciences and methods of understanding crime. In addition to this, they use several methods to measure the...

Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism Issues

Unresolved issues One of ESAAMLG’s main plans entails the integration of anti-money laundering and combating financial terrorism attempts with the attempts of its member countries with regard to fighting corruption. This is intended to go along with the possibility of establishing a devoted anti-money laundering and combating of financial terrorism...

The Importance of Community Relationships in the Administration of a Criminal Justice Organization

Introduction Community relationships improves: Police legitimacy Public confidence and trust in law enforcement Police Legitimacy Police legitimacy – the community’s acknowledgement of the police’s entitlement to rule. Measurement metric: the public’s readiness to collaborate with and obey the police. Procedural justice during police encounters increase their legitimacy and vice versa....

Demystifying the 1962 Case of Griggs v. Allegheny County

Introduction The right to own private property is not a disputable issue. The contentious issue is whether that particular right extends to owning the space above the private property (Ben-Yosef, 2005). The privilege to exclusively own the space that extends both upwards and below the land surface has been upheld...

Violations of the Fourth Amendment

The 4th Amendment gives citizens the right to be in their houses, cars, or streets, secure, prohibiting seizures and searches which are not reasonable. It also adds that any search warrant needs to be judicially sanctioned unless there is probable cause. According to Gray (2017), a search warrant must be...

Online Impersonation and Potential Legal Problems

Name of case: PIPEDA Report of Findings #2013-010 Area of Law: Criminal Code – Cyber Security Laws – Social Media Account Impersonation Also known as identity theft or fraud, the Criminal Code covers cases where an individual’s identity is used by someone else in order to commit offenses. Fraud on...

Broken Window Theory In Criminology

In criminology, the broken window theory is often used to describe how bringing order into society can help to reduce crime. The broken window theory supports the claim that when there is disorder in the society, especially among the urban populace, such a society is also highly prone to increased...

Super Micro Computer Company’s Accounting Issues

Super Micro is a computer server producing company based in California. It conducts its businesses under the NASDAQ Stock Market and therefore is required to keep and file strict financial records for different periods. However, from at least FY 2015 through FY 2017, the company was engaged in improper accounting...

Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control

These days, juvenile delinquency presents a topic of multiple discussions. Researchers are extremely interested in exploring the reasons, which are highly likely to prompt a teenager to commit a crime. Robert Agnew and Timothy Brezina (2017) have introduced a General Theory of delinquency, which involves observing the major direct causes...