Summary: The Law is a well written piece by Frederic Bastiat on the defense of liberty, natural human rights, rule of law, and the importance of true justice. The context of the reading begins with a definition and a purpose of law. Law can be defined as the enforcement of rightful defense via a collective force. Bastiat stated that all purposes of law should be used to protect life, liberty, property and punish plunder. Plunder is defined by Bastiat as taking belongings from one inhabitant…
In “Alcoholics and Liver Transplantation”, Carl Cohen and Martin Benjamin discuss whether alcoholics should get equally organs like others (patients) and who should receive transplanted organs. This is one of the most issues that arises and brings attention to the public. Cohen and Benjamin present this discussion by providing two arguments. The first argument is moral. Base on moral, alcoholics should not get the treatment for their transplantations. The reason is that they should blame for…
harassment, hate crime, to even the silliest as dumpster diving and mail theft happen everywhere. Most people are notoriously known for their ruthless and conniving ways. That’s why there are plenty of injustices in the world. It is up to the United States legal professional team to create a more peaceful and preservative society. This paper will be uncovering and conducting research to further explain to my fellow readers the requirements and historical background of a lawyer. History and…
among others, facilitated the separation of ownership and control. 1.1 Separate Legal Personality Legal personality refers to the general and abstract capacity of a certain entity to operate as a legal subject. It suggests that a company is to be treated as a separate legal entity with an independent existence…
However, business owners can still be liable for business activities if they failed to follow corporate guidelines, commingled assets or acted recklessly (eHow,2015). The courts typically do not look behind the veil of incorporation if there a separate legal entity. But in certain circumstances, the court is willing to ‘lift the veil of incorporation’. The courts will lift the veil of corporation where the justice of the case demands or if the veil has been misused, this mean that a people who…
Khagendra Ghimirey Professor Tae-Hee Jo Intermediate Microeconomics 14th November 2017 Summary of an article “Continued Evolution of Corporate Power” by William M. Dugger A corporation is very different from other form of businesses like sole proprietorship, Partnership, or Limited Liability Company. For example, while other form of businesses have particular owner entitled to the company, corporations doesn’t have owners, rather it is formed by the shareholders. In other words, Corporation is…
Should there be a choice to save lives? Did you know anyone over 18 can prevent someone dying every 90 minutes from not receiving an organ? There are up to 1,700 Australians on the organ donation waiting list at any one time to receive an organ and you can save up to 10. Unfortunately, there were only 378 donors in 2014. Australia is the best in the world at transplanting organs into people’s bodies. You should never assume that you’re too old or too young or not healthy enough to become an…
The gift of life, these simple words may have different meanings to all of us in our class, but there is a special type of gift that each and every one of us can give. This gift is being an organ donor, an opportunity to give someone another chance at life once yours is completed. In this speech; I hope to persuade you, my COM 101 class, to become an organ donor. According to Donate Life America as of May of 2015, there are nearly 124,000 people on the waiting lists in the United States…
After reading many stories, one in particular seemed to stick out above all the others. Author, John Updike, wrote a short story called “Separating.” The title already gives off a small clue as to what the story will be about. He writes about the Maple family, and the impact the parents have on the children by telling them of their separation from each other. After finishing the last sentence of this story, I immediately had a flash back of the pain I went through when my parents got a divorce.…
Organ transplant is one example in which not everyone who is in need could avail. How do we even decided who gets an organ and who should not? A waiting list is used, and it is usually on a first come first seved basis. Due to the shortage of organ donors, many on the list die before getting the organ, or may be too sick to go through transplant surgery (Hippen, Ross, & Sade, 2009) Distributive justice is the equal allocation of goods to everyone who is in need free from biases and…