School law has become a very important part of our school districts over the past few decades. These laws are put into place to protect the students, faculty, staff, and parents involved in the everyday operations of our schools. For example, Brown v. Board of Education opened the doors for students of all races and nationalities to attend the same schools. So, when I was deciding which administrator I was going to interview, I decided that I should find one who has been in the school system for…
the film displays the law enforcement’s failure to enforce any moral or lawful act early in the film and this scene sets the tone for the rest of the film. The scene begins right after Shultz rescues Django and they arrive in Daughterly, Texas. Shultz kills the sheriff of the county in the street. Afterwards, the marshal and the militia of the town come to the bar in order to arrest and/or kill Shultz and Django if they resist. Instead, Shultz proves that he is beyond the law and instead of…
The abstract article, “Policies and Laws Regulating Migrant Workers in Malaysia: A Critical Appraisal”, authored by Evelyn Shyamala Devadason and Chan Wai Meng, depicts and discusses the broad topic relating to the legal acts that govern migrant incursion and their influence on the economy of Malaysia specifically. The article raises many issues including the absence revolving around the administration of laws, and practices of abuse by employees, businesses, and institutions within the labour…
Assisted suicide is becoming a pretty big topic in today’s modern era. People now have the option that if they would want to end their life they can use assisted suicide. Most people who choice to have this done will be using Euthanasia which is defined as a painless, happy and easy death. Though as in the United States it is illegal in all states except Oregon. As for many years now, assisted suicide has been a debated topic of who believes in it and who does not. We ask are self what is the…
to Criminology this sparked my interest into law, and after taking couple more classes I picked up Criminology Law and Society as my second major and found something that interested me. This interest and passion in law was also reflective in my grades which began to improve when I began to take classes that interested me. Many classes at UCI made my interest grow even further such as American Law, which gave as the intro to property law. Criminal Law class which gave me the introduction into…
federal court for civil rights damages that are “based on alleged violations of the plaintiff 's Fourth Amendment rights, you 're entitled to "qualified immunity" from suit if your actions, though unjustifiable, did not violate clearly-established law” (Rutledge, 2015, para. 7). Now, according to Rutledge (2015, para. 8) the Supreme Court pointed out that whether an official protected by qualified immunity may be held legally responsible for an allegedly unlawful action generally turns on the…
The second law Hobbes derives from the first, which states that when peace and self-preservation demand it, one must be content with as much liberty as he or she would afford others against them. Hobbes discusses the elements in the first two laws and the transformations they have undertaken throughout human history under the influence of religious authority. The first criticism of political rhetoric is the confusion between ‘rights’ and ‘laws’; “confound ius and lex, right and law, yet they…
Infanticide is “where a woman by any willful act or omission causes the death of her child being a child under the age of twelve months- (D., 1938)”. That definition of infanticide was created under English law in 1922. The Act allowed for the punishment to not be treated as murder. In 1938 a provision of the Act was created. The provision added more to the original definition and added a specific time span in which the mother kills her child. During the time of the killing the mother has to not…
trying to pass. Now, lets take a look at the argument for the ProLife campaign to start. ProLife claims that an unborn fetus deserves basic human rights even before it is living outside of the womb. The rights of the unborn child challenges the laws already put into affect by congress. The motto for their campaign, as stated on the organizations website, is: “Helping Moms, Saving Babies, Ending Abortions!” (ProLife.com). While I do not believe that ProLife is necessarily wrong in theory, I do…
Since the beginning of organized government, there has been oppression and war. In many places, governments oppress their people with unfair laws, strict taxes, and discriminate for racial or cultural differences.To begin with, Civil disobedience is defined as: “The refusal to comply with certain laws”(Oxford Dictionary). Although many people view breaking the law for any reason as wrong or unjust, there are many instances where civil disobedience is crucial. Citizens have a moral responsibility…