Prima facie

Case Study 1: Lizardo versus Denny Inc. NDI Officers that were hired as security for Denny’s Restaurant escorted a complaining Asian American out of the restaurant and threatened to arrest him for disorderly conduct all because of a delay in seating (Curtis & McBride, 2011). A fight erupted outside and a group of African Americans that were waiting to be seated went outside to see what was going on (Curtis & McBride, 2011). One of them reentered the restaurant and was describing the commotion…

1.Event-Causal Model of Human Agency and Its Difficulties Davidson proposes a ‘single line’ event-causal model of human agency, attempting to bring intentional states and actions into a single causal chain: an agent’s intentional states (or events), such as beliefs, desires and intentions, cause some bodily movement called ‘basic action’ to happen. There are different descriptions of this basic action, and under some of them, this action is intentional. (Davidson 2001/1963, 2001/1971) Even…

Reserve Act of 1913. The basis of Griffin’s conspiracy is that rather than acting as an emergency line of credit for American banks and a regulator of the money supply, the Fed is a scheme for private bankers to profit off of the National Debt. Prima facie, this conspiracy theory appears to bear some merit. With Griffin’s considered audience, the burden of proof for the establishment of a conspiracy is relatively low. A preponderance of the evidence is sufficient to convince…

Jack is a 51 year old man, who has got a cognitive impairment , currently living with his father who developed a Parkinson's disease 5 years ago.. He has never been employed , his social life being very limited.. Jack does the shopping , looks after the house and takes his dad regularly to the local surgery when he needs to be seen by his doctor. They have no friends or other family members. Jack attends twice a week a gardening project offered by a local independent organisation.…

unlike his other poems, such as “America” or “Oh Captain My Captain,” “I Hear America Singing” captures readers by explaining fundamental parts of an American narrative. In terms of interpreting the poem, I posit that it is best to read this poem prima facie as there is little value to overthinking it. The carefully worded free-verse utilizes examples to help carry a simple tune across eleven…

lobbies’ interests to prevail over the public interest . Indeed, funding represents a long term investment for special interests who through their support seek to secure future favors from the candidates; an action which could be qualified of “prima facie evidence of corruption” . Although the Court was forced to reconsider its position on large financing in Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co rule that the Due Process Clause requires judges to withdraw themselves when their…

The case of caparo and its establishment of a tripartite test in establishing a duty of care just the latest attempt by the judiciary to articulate a general test the establishment of a duty of care concepts of foreseeability and neighbourhood as mentioned by Lord Aitken in Donaghue and Stevenson. The basic premise of Capro is that in order for there to be liability in negligence three elements must be satisfied and those elements are foreseeability of damage, the relationship of proximity…

During World War II, terrible, unspeakable, experiments were being performed on prisoners without their knowledge or their consent. These experiments were performed against the prisoners’ will and ignored any and all medical conscience that today’s doctors hold as the standard. Though these experiments are considered one of the darkest times in terms of medical-ethics, these very experiments yielded some valuable information. With this in mind, a topic that has arisen decades after the original…

one’s opinion, or rights to Liberty. As opposed to Alexander Hamilton who desired constitutional power. Conflict and debate over the constitution began when Jefferson so openly shared his thoughts on the constitution to his friend James Madison. “Prima facie I do not like it. It fails in an essential character, that the hole and patch should be commensurate. But this proposes to mend a small hole by covering the whole garment” (Pg. 5). The fact that Jefferson so…

emotions make the judgment on what is right or wrong, and that leads us to approve or disapprove of the act. We may reason why exactly or the many different scenarios where an action or duty may appear moral at first glance, what W.D. Ross may call “prima facie duties”, but not necessarily after careful consideration. Nevertheless, according to Hume it is that emotional feeling that makes us determine what is right or wrong, morally. Finally, being skeptic there is no surprise David Hume, makes…