Civil law

Law provides the necessity in which society is maintained, governed and protected – ensuring economies continue to prosper, and the values of justice and liberty are upheld. In the Lord of the Flies, the swift declination of stability and order, and thus the island’s descent into anarchy, showed me that the law is the most influential entity in our lives. Law also poses many questions, both philosophical and objective, and I wish to be able to explore these grey areas of morality in depth. Of…

RACIAL PROFILING Racial profiling means using the race or ethnicity of an individual to decide whether to enforce a law or not. Racial profiling may include various kinds of actions such as “racially-biased stop and frisk,” using race to make a traffic stop and ethnic discrimination. Racial profiling in the United States dates back to the 17th century when police officials were allowed to stop and detain Negroes. The practice has continued since that time despite the abolishment of slavery and…

Civil Liberties: The Core of American Values Civil liberties and man’s natural rights are the foundation on which all other laws of the United States are built on. In the 17th century, John Locke expressed his radical belief that government was morally obligated to serve the people and protect their rights of life, liberty and property. When a government infringed upon these rights, the people had legitimate cause to revolt against the established order. The founder fathers took this…

should come from, and when it should be overthrown. Locke begins his work by stating the origins of men in nature, or how mankind existed before entering into civil society. Locke outlines the extent of man’s freedoms in nature; according to Locke man may “dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man. [4]” He then explains that man in the state of nature has no right to take…

find a job a small law firm as a paralegal and receive training on the job. The paralegal may want to get an Associates degree or he might want to get a Bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies. On-the-job Paralegal Training In the majority of states there is no requirement that paralegals be licensed or certified; thus, people can become a paralegal by just receiving training directly from an attorney or a supervising paralegal. With the lack of a basic background in the law, there could be a…

problems, interpreting laws, rulings, and regulations for individuals and businesses, presenting facts in written and verbal forms to argue on their client’s behalf, and preparing legal documents including lawsuits, appeals, wills, contracts, and deeds. Although there are several types of lawyers, they all complete the listed duties above, as well as duties specific to their specialty. Prosecutors typically file lawsuits against an individual or corporation accused of violating the law. Defense…

There is a hot debate on whether those restrictions are indeed constitutional; they have generally been held unconstitutional when applied to universities, but decisions are mixed as to civil liability based on speech that creates hostile environments in workplaces (see the pages linked to at this site for more information on the subject). But even when those restrictions have been upheld, they have been justified precisely on the rationale…

The Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision exempts closely-held corporations from laws they object to on religious grounds under the Religion Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The decision builds on the extension of free speech protection to corporations in Citizens United v. FEC (2010) by giving corporations rights previously accorded exclusively to people. Supporters of the decision include Dr. Robert Jeffress, a pastor and Fox News Contributor, who writes that the contraceptive mandate violates the…

nothing worse by just breaking a law that was thought to be unjust by that certain person anyway, and we call them heroes, so in that case Antigone was a Greek hero. Antigone Accepted her punishment because she knew it was a law. Antigone was justified in her criminal acts because she did something that she knew would end up getting her in a lot of trouble, but because in her eyes the law was unjust, she followed her moral beliefs. Antigone knew that it was a law that Polynices was not to be…

authorize plaintiffs to file an assertion. The opinion as far as the ADA or the rehabilitation is not a personal injury claim, but Oregon’s disability discrimination statues found in O.R.S. State Law. Conversely, the decision was established upon prior cases such as Kramer. The American Disability Act law secures individuals with disabilities against discrimination. The court finding regarding the Statue of limitations is two years instead of one along with the Oregon legislature. Furthermore,…