Appeal to flattery

In Mexico during the early 1980’s, a group of young siblings living in poverty tell an important story of the immigrant experience and the drives behind migration. Reyna Grande’s, The Distance Between Us, is a memoir written with the recurring appeal to the reader’s pathos. Grande uses the rhetorical strategy to keep the reader’s interest and to help them make personal connections to the story. Grande’s use of pathos helps to show not only the importance of understanding the immigrant experience…

that it was objectively unreasonable and unprofessional for the attorney to fail to argue that the defendant did not elude police, and had he done so the outcome would have been different. We, therefore, reversed the defendant’s conviction on direct appeal because his counsel was…

What makes a person an American? For many people America is a symbol of freedom. This freedom that Americans contain really is at the core of what makes them American. “And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people.” As Romney said people are allowed to have their own religion, take risks, and they are really…

The main premise of this paper will explain wrongful birth and a touch of wrongful life. Many states ban against wrongful life and wrongful birth lawsuits and other states are debating on wrongful birth laws to prevent parents bringing a suit on physicians. In the United States most but not all states permit wrongful birth lawsuits. In wrongful birth suits it is typically used by parents for the birth of a child born with a handicap. Basically, parents argue that the birth of the child should…

edically assisted death is a debate that our nation has been struggling with for many decades. It presents many concerns among Americans, and people throughout the world. It is a very controversial topic; as you need to look at religion, finances, ethics, history, and politics. The United States is still trying to reach a solid conclusion in forty-five states. The first state to legalize medically assisted death was Oregon in 1997. Ever since then, four other states: Montana, California, Vermont…

She asserted that these provisions “inform the standard of care that Mr. Feener owed to all pedestrians” (para. 7). Justice Cromwell, the sole dissenter, agreed with the Court of Appeal that the trial judge misled the jury to assess the responsibilities of pedestrians rather than those of drivers (para. 14). Another contested point was that the trial judge had questioned whether there were “circumstances that would indicate to the…

Essay # 1 – Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. In this essay, I argue against Cardoza’s ruling in the case of Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. I disagree that the original judgment finding the Railroad Company negligent should have be overturned. I begin with a summary of the case. I will then explain both Cardoza’s and Andrew’s views with reference to negligence and duty of care, which are most relevant in this case. I will explain why Cardoza’s decision may be considered incorrect or…

Raghu (a junior clerk in a private company, earning equivalent to INR. 11,000 per month since last seven years) and Parineeta (a housewife), are both Hindus, and married in the year 2009 according to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (‘HMA’). Raghu has filed a petition in June 2014 under Section 13(1)(ia) of the HMA in the District Court of Fancyland seeking divorce from Parineeta on the ground that she has been committing cruelty on him since January 2013. Raghu adduced the following evidence in…

Question 1 Silence cannot be considered a form of acceptance in contract law, in Felthouse v. Bindley (1862), after small negotiations over a horse, the claimant was willing and offered to buy the horse from the nephew. The claimant wrote, “If I hear no more about him, I consider the horse mine at £30.15s” (Duxbury, 2008). The horse was said to be withdrawn from the auction but 6 weeks down the line Bindley, the defendant, accidentally sold the horse at the auction; then the claim was formed.…

Ltd [1919] AC 801 (HL) at 859. Catherine can enforce her share given that the High Court of Australia held in the case of Coulls v Begots “it was a promise given to both of them”¹⁶ the party and the beneficiary. It was affirmed by the Court of Appeal decision in Laidlaw v Parsonage that Mr and Mrs Broughton are clearly entitled to sue to enforce promises that Wyatt made to the purchaser in the agreement that it entered into with Mr Wright.¹⁷ A court is likely to find that Catherine can…