Affirmation in law

Liberals see crime not as a product of individual moral failure but as the result of social influences (Currie, 1985). The root causes for crime is unemployment, racial discrimination, and government policies that work to the disadvantage of the poor. Liberals believe that the way to reduce crime is to change the social environment. The due process model reflects that police powers should be limited to prevent official oppression of the individual. This model allows for the criminal justice…

packaging and decoration similar to FR's. Under art. 5(2) of Unfair Competition law (UCL), a business operator should not harm a competitor by unfairly using a famous product, or a name, package or decoration similar to that merchandise, without their…

The Ethics of DNA Testing for Identification Following Arrest Abstract Following the initial realization that DNA could have law enforcement applications there was a tremendous rush to make use of the technology. This implementation was uneven both in its application and its acceptance, largely depending on whether the Daubert or Frye standard of admissibility of evidence during trial is used. More recently focus has been on some probably unforeseen uses of DNA evidence. Of particular concern…

A jury is a group of citizens, normally consisting of between 4-15 jurors who are randomly selected and are accordingly given the ability to make decisions in a legal case submitted to them to pass on a verdict. A juror is an individual citizen part of the jury. Jurors are normally made to attend to hear cases in the Coroner, District and Supreme Courts. They must settle on the facts before them and determine civil or criminal matters. They are the lone judges of the validity of the witnesses…

which they are undergoing, which has the potential to cause them to make false admissions or to breach their own rights, such as the right to silence or to prevent self-incrimination. This potentially leads to a power imbalance between them and any law enforcement officer that may be involved (Boersig 2012, p.255). Thus, the legislation states that a statement can only be admissible in the presence of a responsible adult (Boersig, 2012, p.255). Within the criminal justice system, the principles…

economics, public speaking and sociology, but these aren’t required to see how most 4-year institutions offer a pre law major. It is also very important that individuals that plan to pursue a career in law maintain very high grades because law school is extremely selective. Once enrolled in law school, students will then complete a 3 year program that combines courses in criminal law and practice experience; many of these…

ensure women’s rights and roles within society. By using Aristotle’s theories of persuasion, Chisholm peacefully presented “a proposal that has been before every Congress for the last 40 years and that sooner or later must become part of the basic law of the land -- the equal rights amendment.”(Chisholm). By applying ethos, pathos, and…

take it. People see weed as bad drug, when really it’s not. It actually has more positive than it does negative. My opinion for this topic is, we should be able to vote and then decide if it should be illegal, not by one person banding it from the law. Like a president, we understand he is supposed to make the country good but taking something away from everyone is not good on his part. I’m just saying it should be optional. Weed takes stress off you. I’m not saying it’s a drug but I’m also not…

1990:35.) As with most aspects of their lives, they were very dependent on men in issues of law, in which a woman needed a male to “act in their interests” (Cartwright, M. 2014), as they could not defend themselves. In 56 BC, when Cicero was testifying against Clodia, a woman of the elite class whom was accused of attempted murder, he stated,…

equal protection of the law." A primary motivation for this clause was to guarantee that all people have equal rights as much as white people do. c. The civil rights act of 1964-outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This gave women more rights to make informed decisions concerning their lives. In addition, women also started a battle against sexual harassment and discrimination on the job. Furthermore, President Bush signed into law the Americans…