The Supreme Court was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court takes its power from the Article III in the constitution. Above the main entrance of the supreme court are the words Equal under the Law. The supreme court is in charge of ensuring that the American people have equal justice under the law and acts as a guardian and an interpreter of the constitution. There are three principals that defines the constitution and how the law works. One principle is that the Constitution…
Indian families and have the same cultural background. The beginning of the documentary focuses on their life during engagement, and goes through their life after marriage. The couple cohabitates in single family home in Queens, New York. Chitra is a paralegal and has been working at a law firm, while Mahendra is an aspiring lawyer. Mahendra recently passed the BAR exam but is currently unemployed. Due to this, the couple argues a lot, because Chitra makes all the money, and Mahendra doesn’t…
barrister or solicitor to hold themselves out as or represent themselves to be a barrister or solicitor.” Ms. Boldt knowingly disregarded this act and still chose to provide solicitor and barrister service to her clients under the business of a paralegal mediator. As well, she mislead her clients,…
1) In a civil auto action case, Joe, who is the defendant offered his own statement that he made to a bystander at the accident scene: "The intersection was clear when I entered it." Joe is offering the statement for the truth it asserts. Is the statement admissible? Why or why not? State the FRE that applies here. In a civil action when Joe who is the defendant offered his own statement that he made to a bystander at the accident scene, when he stated, “The intersection was clear when I…
Facts Case One: Bhasin v Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, [2014] 3 SCR 494 (CanLII). The appellant for the case in front of the Supreme Court was Harish Bhasin. Bhasin ran his company under the name Bhasin and Associates. The plaintiff had legal representation in the form of solicitors McCarthy Tétrault. The respondents in this case were Larry Hrynew and Heritage Education Funds Inc., formerly known as Canadian American Financial Corp (to be referred to as Can – Am). The representation for the…
I was almost 11 years old when my step father came into the picture, and my brother was two. Serge (my step father) had a son of his own, Fabian. At first it was great having a man stay in mine and my brother’s life, it was nice having a father figure in my life because I had never had one before and I could tell at the time he made my mother very happy. Things started to change after my parents married, it was when Serge started showing his true colors. It started with punishing my brother and…
In today’s society discriminating race has brought a huge concern to our court system. Each and every day it almost just seems to get worse and worse. The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men. With hearing this it does not mean courts discriminate and that will all be brought up later. A long-standing principle embedded in our system of justice is…
works for a very busy law firm in down town New Orleans, Louisiana. She has worked for her boss for ten years as his paralegal. She puts in around ten hours a day five days a week. She has vacation time has built up to over eight weeks in the past ten years. Her boss needs to insist she take some time off to recoup, relax, and de-stress her mind and body. And to spend time…
income. In the end this accomplishment will bring a brighter future to both herself and her children. Asking Shandi(3) my final interview question on goal she has set for herself she answered quickly about her short term goal. Becoming a certified paralegal will allow her to get into the workforce rather quickly which at the moment is necessary for her and her children. Shandi expects this career to keep her…
• Do not express new ethical principles, but coherently restate existing standards of responsible engineering practice • Create an environment within the Profession where ethical behavior is the norm • Not legally binding; an engineer cannot be arrested for violating an ethical code (but may be expelled from or censured by the engineering society) Are Engineering Codes Needed? NO: – Engineers are capable of fending for themselves – Common law is available to defend in ethical disputes –…