Appeal to emotion

COMMUNITY: Guardian Ad Litem Morgan Pristupa University of North Florida December 5, 2014 Introduction To begin with, the Guardian ad Litem community is international. Several places around the world have created Guardian ad Litem programs. For the purposes of this paper, I am focusing on the 21 local Guardian ad Litem programs in Florida’s judicial circuits. According to Guardianadlitem.org (2014), the Florida Guardian ad Litem program “advocates a strong…

I will be listing the three conditions that must be meet before a prosecutor charges a person with a crime and prosecutes the case (Bohm & Haley 2012). I will also explain why a prosecutor does not choose to prosecute a criminal case. I will also discuss problems that could occur due to one person having too much power and discretion. What three conditions must be met before a prosecutor charges a person with a crime and prosecutes the case? Why do prosecutors sometimes choose not to prosecute…

emails for proof. Magistrate Judge then issued the requested warrant. The United states in the end won the case. Wilson v. Sellers In this case, Marion Wilson had a multiple death penalties that were later denied. One of them went from the state court appeal system on to the federal court review system. Wilson wanted to review whether the state…

considered the scope of duty of care to the children and whether this extended to erecting barriers in attempt to prevent them from access when they had a deliberate intent. The judgement was handed down on 9th November 2001 in Queensland Court of Appeal. Facts of the Case and Issues – 2 minors deliberately ride trail bikes into fire. In the Queensland school holidays of September 1995…

waivers which give the Postal Service sovereign immunity are “any claim arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter.” (Dolan v. United States Postal Service). Both the District Court and the Court of Appeals dismissed the case, they both believed that the Postal Service had sovereign immunity because Dolan’s injuries were part of the…

In the WA Court of Appeal a retrospective test has been adopted in order to establish causation. This test is called the “Operating or Substantial Cause Test”. I advise the prosecution to ask him/herself, was the accused’s act an operating or substantial cause of the damage…

Hadley v. Baxendale is a case wherein Hadley, the plaintiff ,was a milling company who had suffered a shut down in their operations due to a crank shaft they needed for an extremely necessary part on their stem engine broke. The company sought out assistance from Baxendale, the defendant in this case. Baxendale was hired by Hadley to transport the broken crank shaft to an engineering company to have a new part made to the exact specifications needed for that particular part. Baxendale went into…

In Administrative law, standing is defined as a legally protectable interest that a person has in a dispute that gives them the legal right to file a petition or bring a lawsuit before the court of law to obtain a legal remedy. The standing doctrine concept derived from Article III § 2 of the U.S. Constitution that limits the jurisdiction of federal courts to hear cases involving controversy matters. Daniel E. Hall, Administrative Law: Bureaucracy in a Democracy, 251-252 (6th ed. 2015). On the…

Fear: The Motivational Sheep in a Wolf’s Clothing Fear is one of the six basic and universal emotions taught in classrooms today (Deckers, 2014). The standard physiological reactions to fear are well known and know no cultural restrictions. These include sweaty palms, increased heart rate, and dryness of mouth, among others. However, the definition and description of fear is no simpler than any other emotion and goes far beyond these physical responses. In fact, fear frequently manifests itself…

The speeches and writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are among the most powerful and persuasive work in history. One notable example is the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s skillful use of appeal to emotion, authority, and logic effectively put forward his ethnics and ideals. By adopting words as his weapons, he proves that language is often more effective than that of violence in bringing about positive change. He brilliantly explains the reasons for his nonviolent protest with…