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Supreme Court Judicial Nominations and Traditional Values

law and serve as final interpreters of that law. Our concept of the United States, of course, is inextractibly tied with th...

Samuel Nelson's Contributions to the US Supreme Court

In six pages this paper presents a biographical profile of Samuel Nelson, a nineteenth century US Supreme Court Justice and also c...

Supreme Court and U.S. Government's Separation of Powers

In eight pages this paper discusses the presidency of Bill Clinton, the U.S. separation of powers, and decisions made by the Supre...

East Timor Dili Court and Failed Justice

the international community to see the perpetrators of the atrocity brought to justice. The trials that have taken place have re...

Reviewing the International Criminal Court

a pivotal player in the precursors to the ICC. The Geneva Convention, signed into effect in 1864, was one of these precursors. I...

1914 Supreme Court Case of Weeks v. US

of Missouri and of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Pertinent to this petition, the cou...

Court Administration Issues

family reasons (United States: Rehnquists legacy, 2005). If either of these justices retire, the country, President George W. Bush...

Judicial Appeal for a Minimum Municipal Court Light Sentence

at the wrong time"), it would be counterproductive both to my brother and to the community to remove him completely from any oppor...

'Repealing' The Communications Decency Act and the US Supreme Court

In seven pages this paper examines the arguments and counterarguments associated with this case and the dissenting opinion is also...

U.S. Supreme Court and the Banking and Credit Union Conflict

In six pages the evolution of this conflict and issues including regulation and self interest are discussed. Five sources are cit...

Physician Assisted Suicide and the US Supreme Court

In five pages this paper examines the growing and highly controversial issue of physician assisted suicide and the position of the...

Court Cases Faced by Philip Morris Tobacco Company

the tobacco companies negotiated a settlement with 46 states that had filed suits against them (Noonan, 2000). The amount was for ...

Life and Times of Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger

Warren Burger's life and career are the focus of this biography consisting of eight pages. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment

In five pages this paper discusses how the 14th Amendment has been interpreted by the Supreme Court. Five sources are cited in th...

Judicial Activism and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

has identified himself "with a jurisprudence of original intent" and adds that he shares the same opinion with Rehnquist that "onl...

Character Evidence in American Courts

is largely responsible for the direction that evidence law reform has taken over the last one hundred years. To Thayer and his co...

Biographical Profile of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

and 1955, Stevens became a member of the Attorney Generals National Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws (Court TV Library, 1999;...

David O'Brien's Storm Center The Supreme Court in American Politics

written and deserves accolades for its insights and attention to detail. At the same time, OBrien sometimes misses the major point...

Supreme Court and Commercial Speech Issues

concept refers to the rights of businesses to advertise in any manner that is not in opposition to laws requiring truth in adverti...

Active Political Actor of the Canadian Supreme Court

consider how the separation of the powers may be seen as developing in Canada as the system under which the Supreme court operates...

Dynamic v. Constrained Court Debate

he was not willing to create an entirely separate distinction for the law books. Instead, he opted to have each of the fifty stat...

Courts and Communications

deceptive pricing, comparative superiority and safety-related claims (FDA Consumer, 1993). Media Access to the Courts The ...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: The Less Than Noble Hank Morgan

a nineteenth-century technological marvel, believing this would put the ineffectual Arthur and the uppity nobles in their places w...

Life in the Heian Court

seems to be excited, worried and self-conscious at the same time. And religion plays a huge part in the scene. The Queen is very u...

No TV in Court

United States seeing that might think they were watching a scripted drama rather than an actual court case. The media have been r...

Courts And Privatization

anticipating needs and devising ways to meet diem. It is also important to note that government agencies of small, often isolated...

Courting the Customer at Best Buy

billion. Increased revenues originate with higher same-store sales and revenues gained from additional stores opened during the p...

SUPREME COURT OF CANADA AND EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE

resort for all litigants" (Supreme Court of Canada). The jurisdiction involves the civil law of Quebec and common law of Canadas o...

Freedom of Expression in the Canadian Courts

Canadian Freedom of Expression in the Courts Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises...

The Supreme Court, Its Importance and Powers

is often called the "court of last resort," since it is the highest court in the nation. This paper considers how the court is str...