Forensic Science is the appliance of chemistry to the findings of crime. It includes firearm, forensic psychiatry, questioned document examination, criminal law, identification, photography as well as crime scene processing. They judge things like hair, body fluids, bullets, shoe prints, fingerprints, drugs and plant materials. Their work is not only bound to crimes against somebody, such as homicide, theft, or fraud. Food poisoning, environmental pollution, misuse of unsafe chemicals, and…
INTRODUCTION Paralegal certification is available in four states while only two states offer document preparer certifications through their State Bar Associations. These states require a certification examination to educationally qualified paralegals or legal assistants prior to the Bar Associations authorizing the paralegal to use the title of “Certified Paralegal,” however, certification is not required in these states to work as a paralegal. The American Bar Association defines a paralegal…
decision makers which makes selecting too difficult (Friedman, 2005, p. 1). A different challenge to implement a paperless office environment, lies in recognition of how this technology can be best used to suite an organization’s needs such as: “Document scanning, automated workflows, and cloud storage. Having these tools that may contribute to the paperless office solution, however, their use cannot be determined until an…
Evidence Interpretation Over the years, there have been several cases that have been resolved with a false guilty plea or cases where a guilty party was not convicted of a crime. There are various elements that play a role in solving cases; evidence is a one of these key elements. Many factors can determine if the evidence submitted before a court of law is accurate such as how the evidence is collected, if proper protocell was followed before the laboratory’s handling of the evidence, and if…
income brackets, that are in need of legal help. Legal document preparers may offer their assistance to the public at a strict minimum. The law has guidelines in place that give clear boundaries for LDA’s and their work related abilities of what they are allowed to do and not allowed. In the case of Birbrower, supra, 17 Cal.4th at 128 (citing People v. Merchants Protective Corp. (1922) 189 Cal. 531, 535, 209 P. 363. It is imperative legal document assistants and preparers, maintain their…
can’t have a democracy as long as capitalism is our economic system. If the majority of people in this country do not own the means of production (capitalism), then they do not own or control society (democracy). That is why it is my belief, and I have no doubt that there are other stipulations, that if the majority can somehow gain control of the means of production as socialism describes, we have a greater chance of establishing a true…
motivated by profit and labor power, focused on the exploitation of the labor force. Beginning in the 19th century, competitive capitalism introduced the idea of reducing wage rates and different forms of production. Then came the era of organized capitalism, also known as Fordism, the era of mass production and introduction of assembly lines. Capitalism has proven to be a successful advancement in global economy and trade. (Knox, P., & Agnew, 1989, ch. 1-3). Although Capitalism provided…
more relevant with the contemporary world. I will be first examining the viewpoint of Marx and then would be analyzing Weber’s take on this. Marx, a conflict theorist, bases his analysis of social stratification on the ownership of the means of production. This leads to the concept of classes, which according to him, are of two types. As he states in Communist Manifesto; “society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each…
Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber are three fundamental figureheads in the foundation of sociology who asserted that our lifestyles are products of the society in which we live. They all lived in a period of great social change, that of the Industrial Revolution, and based their writings and musings upon what they observed happening around them and extrapolated as to the condition of the future. One foundational product of contemporary societies, that truly came into existence at the time…
collective capitalism, and so on. The definition of capitalism is “a system of generalized commodity production in which wealth is owned privately and economic life is organized according to market principle (Heywood, 2007)”. Many theorists, like Simon Tormey (2004) and Ellen Meiksins Wood (1991), also identify capitalism as a system. It could be argued…