Common-law marriage

modern society, culture, race, and religion share one commonality. That commonality is laws. Laws are one of the most foundational pieces of a society. They serve to maintain the balance of order and security, and to prevent total disillusion and anarchy. Laws are made to establish what is acceptable and what is wrong. When laws are broken, there comes consequences. While every society develops and establishes laws, the consequences do vary based on cultures. Two crimes will be analyzed rape and…

A jury consists of 12 members of the public chosen to determine what they believe is the truth in a trail. The jury system is not an adequate means for the legal system to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused person. The film, “12 Angry Men” exemplifies why a jury system is simply unfair to the jurors and defendant in multiple ways. It shows the jurors’ frustration towards the disturbance of their personal schedules, their level of concern for the case, and how their opinions are…

the question of law, but that would have meant that they were deciding a case between the other two branches of government. They were deciding a case between the legislative branch and executive branch, which can get pretty heated. Therefore, the Supreme Court wanted to stay out of it, so they said it was a political question they could not answer. Making the terms of justiciability unclear because it is sometimes based on whether the Supreme Court wants to answer the question of law like in…

effectiveness could be considered relevant or irrelevant. Justices of the Peace, or magistrates derive from the 1195’s Richard I’s knights who were requested to maintain the peace in areas where there was a lack of governing body and controlling that laws imposed by the king were being followed. They were called ‘Keepers of the Peace’. 1327 Act of Parliament selected men to ‘guard the peace’, in their country. The word ‘Justices of the Peace’ was first used in 1361, and their roles have evolved…

According to the textbook, “in tort law, intent means only that the actor intended the consequences of his act or knew with substantial certainty that certain consequences would result from the act” (Miller, 2014, p. 102). Garratt could not prove that the tortfeasor had sufficient knowledge…

APPLICATION OF CONTRACTS After Forest Park filed the suit against USA Network, it argued that California law should govern the contract, while USA Network argued New York state law should apply. Under California law, “contracts created by conduct are just as valid as contracts formed with words” (California Civil Jury Instructions). However, New York State requires that an enforceable contract must have a specified and agreed upon price. After much discussion, the court decided that California…

Wallpaper Factory, Inc., that happened was a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that challenged the legality of Google's AdWords program. The court concluded that Google AdWords may be in violation of the law resulting in trademark infringement because it (1) allowed arbitrary advertisers to key their ads to American Blind's trademarks and (2) may confuse search-engine users initially interested in visiting American Blind's website into visiting…

Additionally, the code dictated that if one is to commit a crime, his guilt would be determined in a trial, and appropriate actions to punish the convicted person would take place. What do these concerns suggest about Roman society at the time? These laws showed Rome's belief in different levels of society. Women were to obey men, and patricians were socially above plebians, and then followed by slaves. They also suggest Rome's desire for control and order in their society. The government…

There are many roles involved in the courtroom process and among them include the prosecutor, the judge, and the defense counsel. Each of these roles serves a unique and important aspect within the courtroom. The first role within the courtroom is the prosecutor, as known as the attorney, whose official duty is to conduct criminal proceedings on behalf of the state or the people against those accused of having committed offenses. In other words, they are responsible for presenting the state's…

constitutional amendment. It was defeated. A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to include the right to farm and ranch. I think that State Question should've passed, it would of allowed farmers to defend themselves against unjust laws that would harm the industry. It would of also protected all farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma, including small, urban, organic, and hobby farmers, allowing consumers to have access to a wide range of locally grown food choices. The problem was…