Tort law

As I sit back and reflect on my time in law school, one of my proudest accomplishments is seeing how much I’ve grown as a public speaker, but something weird happened Wednesday afternoon. After completely bombing my presentation during the students’ visit to SJU I tried to make sense of what happened. The last time I was that nervous during a presentation was freshman year of college, my first public speech in a Communications class. On Wednesday, before the speech I wasn’t nervous, as I walked…

The PR principle is to represent the client and to influence the public opinion, “ moving the public to action”. ( Hopkins, 2016, p.175) PR may represent many legal categories, such as traditional media, commercial speech, and many others. The principles of a healthy economy are the basis of the US functioning. Consequently, 'corporate entities” ( Hopkins, 2016) benefits from the same rights as the physical persons, and are similarly protected under the First Amendment rights, as each…

Judicial immunity, as defined by Duhaime’s Law Dictionary, is the absolute immunity from civil liability for official decisions or acts . In Robert Klingman’s article, he defined the immunity as ‘almost anything that transpires in a judicial preoceeding’ . Judicial immunity is granted to judges and court officers for tortious acts or omissions done within the scope of jurisdiction or authority . An example of judicial immunity is that a judge is not liable for a slander or liberal suit when…

Landlord-Tenant Law The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) and the Model Residential Landlord-Tenant Code includes a lot of facets about properties, renters, and related issues governed by state from property owner rights, tenant right, rent and security deposits, states resources, repairs, and more. No organizational business is perfect, so it is bound to be a conflict between both the landlord and tenant. In order to avoid legal matter in the future properties and…

What is constitutional law? It the law that provides the framework of the state and establishes the state’s principal institutions for instance the parliament, government, courts and devolved legislatures and executives. The United Kingdom(UK) constitution consists of a plethora of sources. There are divided into legal, international legal and non legal. For instance, legislations, case law, royal prerogative, European Union(EU) law, constitutional conventions and academic writings. Firstly,…

Indeed, the class text and the assigned reading give a clear vision of how law and politics intersect. For instance, lawyers work in the legislature while judges and are appointed and approved by the elected officials. In Harr’s A Civil Action, there are cases in which Woburn’s case took a political angle. For example, the mayor…

1. Which of the following about malpractice is CORRECT? A. It is the intentional mistakes done by doctors while treating their patients B. Doctors' legal liability is waived by the patients' informed consent C. Healthcare provider's deviation from the accepted norms of practice D. It is only considered malpractice if it leads to injury, detriment or death E. All of the above 2. Which of the following is NOT a part of full disclosure of medical error? A. An explicit statement that an error…

periods of short duration, does not constitute to frustration as it merely affects the performance, not rendering the performance impossible. Effects of Frustration When frustration is established, under the common law, the contract will be terminated automatically by operation of law, excusing the non-performance of contractual obligations. The doctrine of frustration is rarely successfully argued as the court viewed that a contract functions to allocate risks and if unfortunate event does…

Repressed memory is defined as an inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. This term is sometimes compared to dissociative amnesia. I identified the correct penny by deduction. I knew that on the penny, Lincoln looks to the right, therefore, all the pennies with Lincoln facing left were eliminated. I also knew that there is always a date and ‘Liberty’ written on the front, what…

There are significant differences between crime and tort. In their definition, crime refers to any wrongful act that has been performed and goes against the laid down rules and regulations of a state or a federal government (Chamallas & Sperino, 2014). In criminal activities, the punishment is likely to be a fine or sentence charged on the defendant if proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. On the other hand, a tort is a wrongful act that has been executed and violates the rights of another…