Waiver

a college degree. This essay showed all the benefits of going to college, like lower unemployment rates and higher pays for those with a degree in their fields. Another good thing that was shown in this essay was the benefits of loans and tuition waivers and also how going to college in state can benefit anyone in an economic situation. With all this information given it shows that getting a higher education is worth…

The legal position of both parties are dependent on whether or not a contract is formed. In this case it must be examined if both Ellie and Hasla had an intention to form legal relations with each other. The intention to create legal relations is defined merely as two or more parties who agree to be bound by the law in an agreement. This doctrine must be differentiated between commercial agreements – where an intention is generally presumed – and social agreements, where courts have agreed are…

Because of all the controversy about paying college athletes, many court cases are beginning to arise due to former players realizing that the NCAA’s rules and guidelines are unfair. Two students on the Northwestern football team created a petition to be able to unionize and be compensated for their play, however, the National Labor Relation Board declined to give jurisdiction in their case (“N.L.R.B. Rejects Northwestern Football”). Although the board denied compensation for athletes, their…

The potential tort that was committed in this case analysis, if any, would be negligence. “Negligence occurs when someone sustains personal injury but there is no intent to cause injury” (Spengler, Anderson, Connaughton, & Baker, 2016). When it comes to lawsuits involving negligence, the plaintiff must follow rules which are sometimes called elements. Four essential elements must be proved with negligent cases: standard of care, breach of duty, causation, and injury (damages). All four elements…

airborn cancer is caused by outdoor air that is contaminated by the mobile engine exhaust. Therefore, California needs special measures outside federal ones to reduce health risk. California’s problem is well understood. Therefore, California has a waiver from EPA to regulate mobile sources pollution as mentioned in section 209(b) of CCA. Other states can adopt California’s mobile source standard. For example, New York is adopting California’s air quality standard from automobile…

During the committee phase, members of the public may speak for/against bills. Bills are typically assigned based on subject matter. For example, if the bill deals with an education statute, it is assigned to the committee which handles educational issues. In some cases, Committees may overlap, and so the presiding officer may assign a bill to more than one committee. For example, a bill involving tax credits for schools might be assigned to the Education Committee and the House Ways and Means…

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ("FERPA") became a law in 1974 (“Legislative”, 2005). According to the Department of Education “Congress has amended FERPA a total of nine times in the nearly28 years since its enactment” with the most recent amendment coming in 2001 (“Legislative”, 2005). FERPA is a “federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of…

Recently, the company Chevrolet has had a major recall on there Switch Blade Ignition Keys. The recall happened early in the year of 2014, because the company found that if you hit the key hard enough the key would either fall out, or shut the car down completely. Even though the probability of this happening was very small, there were a few cases of this happening, and as a result people died. As a legal and safety precaution, Chevrolet decided to recall the early 2010 -2014 Camaros due to…

in our town. There is a piece of legislation that states“it would prohibit the police from interrogating any child under the age of 16 without the child first having the opportunity to confer with a parent or guardian and without obtaining a waiver of rights from both the child and the…

The act did not help women who migrated because they do not meet the requirements of the waiver. This baffled me because it is ironic that it does not help the people that migrate but more so women that are socially, economically, or poltically privileged, meaning white women. Some of the requirements for the waiver were; “… can include, but is not limited to, reports and affidavits from police, medical personnel, psychologists, school officials, and…