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day. June Crown and W.D.M. Paton state that "Further, one should realize that different cannabis smokers select different levels of intoxication". In addition, both alcohol and cigarettes have been proven to be chemically addictive and yet they are legal. As of late 1990, there were about twelve people who had permission to smoke marijuana for its medical value. Are these the only people who can benefit from marijuana? Not according to Harvard researchers who surveyed 2,430 oncologists; of the…

Organ donation, and the ethical issues surrounding it, has become a topic of discussion in recent years. Most ethical issues involve patients and family, but it can also affect nurses and physicians. The article Organ Donation after Circulatory Death, the authors highlight the ethical dilemmas of organ donation due to “non-heart beating” death. In such cases the patient must die within 60 minutes after being removed from life support to be eligible for organ donation. With the shortage of…

The Role of Co-Parenting In Families of Divorce Elliot Schwartz #2725190 The University of Kansas 11/19/2015 Author Note: Elliot Schwartz, PSYC 333, The University of Kansas, Submitted as partial requirement of PSYC 333 Development In marage two people are drawn together to create an alliance and declare the reasons why they are with each other. In many of these alliances the two people decide to bring a child into the world. However, the reasons that brought these two together do…

used by the prosecutor” (Goffman 2014, p. 264). During this, a lawyer must also be able to protect the legal rights of the client. Furthermore, the lawyer must insure that the accused receives the fairest trial and or is able to help the accused be dismissed from all charges on them. At first the lawyers use casual language that all people in the courtroom understand, however as soon as they use legal terms it is difficult for the other non-professionals to understand making the ambiance more…

In Louisiana, Lillie would be able to recover under Louisiana Civil Code article 2315, which states in pertinent part “Every act whatever of man which causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it.” La. C.C. 2315 allows someone who has been wronged, to be compensated for the damage caused to him or her. In order to recover under La. C.C. art. 2315, an intentional tort must have been committed. In the present case, Joe has committed the intentional tort of battery.…

The town hall meeting was located in the village of Mundelein. The meeting started of with the roll call of the committee or trustees at the meeting. After the roll call, everyone at the meeting did the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was being held at the week of Thanksgiving and the mayor was giving thanks to the village and his board members. The mayor felt that the village benefited by the volunteer work that happens in the community and that it brings the community for unified and…

disabilities and their family members. Since it was only created around twenty-five years ago, elder law is not exactly a new field, but it’s newfound importance shows how society is shifting. The National Elder Law Foundation or NELF describes elder law as “legal practice of counseling and representing older persons” (nelf.org). Not all clients of elder law attorneys are in their old…

St. Thomas Aquinas believes that a law is nothing other than an ordinance of reason to show that the law is for the common good, and it is executed by one that cares for the community, and that it must also be clear to those that are under that law (Adams 85). Law is said to bind one to act; therefore, a law is a rule and measurement of acts by which one is either induced to act or restrained from acting (Adams 85). Aquinas discusses four laws; Eternal Law, Natural Law, Divine Law, and Human Law…

The story of “Albert and Esene”, written by Frances Khirallah Noble, “she has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California Law School. After graduation, she left the practice of law to write fiction full time. In addition, she is the author of the short-story collection, The Situe Stories: A Century of Arab-Americans (2000). Albert and Esene was originally published in The Situe Stories (Spack, 2007, pp. 162-167)1. To better comprehend the story we need to look at the setting…

The meanings of a family today and a family in the past are a long way from comparable. The definitions may have a few similitudes yet they have changed significantly in numerous more ways. 50 years back, families had decides that were stricter and families were closer in the feeling of a relationship. Albeit a few families today are more far off from one another and have fewer guidelines to look after request, there are still some that keep up the same styles of the families 50 years back.…