Case law

to a Law Student” (Letter 1, ‘What is Law’): Summary “Letters to a Law Student” by Nicholas J McBride is a series of 20 letters from a law teacher (McBride) to his student (Alex), who is confused about his decision to pursue his decision to study law at a university. In his first letter out of 20, “What is Law”, McBride describes Alex what the law is and tells Alex that although legal education is quite interesting, pedagogic and important, would not be enough reasons for him to pursue law at a…

The Supreme Court, under Article 3 of the constitution, only had original jurisdiction over certain cases. It was after the prominent Marbury vs Madison case that they gave themselves the power of Judicial Review (Judicial Process, Page 415). Judicial Review is the power granted by the Supreme Court itself to review and overturn any acts of Congress, and to declare laws unconstitutional. This gives the Supreme Court a certain degree of power over states and Congress and also gives them the…

behind the law being debated. The rift between adapting the Constitution in order for it to keep up with changing times and maintaining the original intentions of the framers poses many difficulties for the justices when interpreting the validity of a law in comparison to the Constitution. Because of this dilemma, various theories about how to efficiently interpret the Constitution have been created to help to the justices properly elaborate on the various…

Terri’s Terror Introduction The purpose of this essay is to provide a brief analysis of the Theresa Schindler-Schiavo (A.K.A. Terri Schiavo) story and the use of advanced directives. This paper will summarize her controversial “Terri’s” story, define advanced directives as well as the scope in which they are used, and Theresa along with her husband could have benefited from an advanced directive. The primary focus is the proper use of advanced directives. Terri’s Story In February 1990, a…

interest into law, and after taking couple more classes I picked up Criminology Law and Society as my second major and found something that interested me. This interest and passion in law was also reflective in my grades which began to improve when I began to take classes that interested me. Many classes at UCI made my interest grow even further such as American Law, which gave as the intro to property law. Criminal Law class which gave me the introduction into how previous cases and precedents…

Crosby v. NFTC 530 U.S. 363 (2000) Facts A case involving state and federal policies with the same objective. In 1996 Massachusetts passed a law banning state entities from purchasing or selling goods or services from companies conducting business with Burma. Congress subsequently passed a statue imposing conditional and mandatory sanctions on Burma. The act also allowed the president to impose further sanctions subject to certain conditions. In 1997, President Clinton issued and executive order…

governmental organizations created to hear specific types of cases depending on the case itself. There are differences between the federal and state courts. Dual court system refers to the federal and state courts separation (Neubauer & Fradella, 2015). The purpose of having the federal and state courts was that the U.S. Constitution wanted the federal government to be limited of their power. In limiting their power, they limited the kinds of cases given to the federal courts. The Federal…

Court Works Not all cases presented to the Supreme Court are heard by the court. Most cases to the Supreme Court are writ of certiorari petitions from losing parties and the court review the most significant cases. Most decisions by the Supreme Court are precedents interpretation of law by the state and federal courts, and must follow. Cases for hearing by the Supreme Court must be within the federal courts jurisdiction or involve issues in federal law (Unah, 2010). If the case meets its…

the time between 1787 and 1861 was the “golden age” of law because it the set the precedent and truly allowed the judicial branch to shape their power. The “golden age” as the American Legal History stated was an era of transformation that gave structure to an industrial America. While there were many flaws in the decisions made by the court, many of the cases during this time gave future generations legal history in how to deal with murder. Cases such as the Dr. John Webster Trial and the Knapp…

derived from several sources however they are not on a single legal document which is the case with other countries such as the USA or Germany. As Hillarie Bennett once stated “A written constitution is one contained within a single document or a series of documents.” [ ] Large parts of the UK constitution are in fact written down, much of it in the laws passed in parliament, otherwise known as statute law. There are many principles involved in the British constitution however one of the main…