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Tort Reform Arguments Both For and Against

both pain and suffering and punitive damages. Hofmann (2003) believes that the Presidents: "... call for the reform of medical mal...

Families on the Fault Line by Lillian B. Rubin

In five pages this sociological text is summarized and analyzed in a consideration of the working class 'invisible' American citiz...

New Madrid Fault and Earthquakes

than a dozen large aftershocks, and literally thousands of small-but unnerving, by all reports-tremors that kept the earth undulat...

The History of the Alien Tort Statute

This was especially important at that time because the United States was very weak in its military sector, and would be unable to ...

Fault and Divorced Mother Who is Out of Work

In five pages a young Josephine County, Oregon Caucasian divorced mother of 3 is examined in a consideration of how society and cu...

Violence in Society is Not the Fault of the Media

on the real influences in a persons life. One father put the total blame on this outside source, saying his "15-year-old son Richa...

Defense Tort Case Strategies

alcohol consumption prior to the accident as well as blood-alcohol tests, if taken, should be utilized to determine if her drinkin...

School Field Trips, Tort Liability, and In Loco Parentis

In eight pages school settings are considered in an in loco parentis application that discusses field trips and teacher liability ...

Hypothetical Legal Case Decisions and American Law

In six pages this paper examines hypothetical legal cases involving concepts such as the 'Necessary and Proper' clause of the US C...

Abuses and the Need for Tort Reform in the United States

In seven pages this paper discusses how in the US tort reform is desperatly needed because of system abuses. Six sources are cite...

Principles for Life/Apology and Crito

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

Philadelphia, Legal Issues in the Film

and complicated issue of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) in any notable fashion" prior to this movie (Tepper, 1995). Fi...

Issues in Australian Law

The second basis of the appeal was that evidence of an alibi had been excluded by the initial trial judge under s.150 of the Crimi...

The Suitability of the Compensation Approach to Tort Awards

South Australia Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd [1997] AC1 demonstrates the way this can be stretched to cover al...

Have International Human Rights Really Changed Over the Last Sixty Years?

is a law that is more basic that that which is made by man, supports of this such as Aristotle and the stoics such as Cicero and S...

Tort and Economic Loss

duty of care, and that the harm suffered or damage originating from that breach (Card and James, 1998). There is little to ...

Case Study on Agency and Contract Law

we need to ascertain if the title had passed when the goods were destroyed, if title had passed to the buyer then the risk has als...

United Kingdom Business and Environmental Issues

demand for development and the protection of the environment" As such this can be seen as an attempt to regulate and bring togethe...

Originality and UK Intellectual Property

the expression of this and the ownership of that expression which is subject to ownership and protection we can look at intellectu...

The Application of California Labor Law in an Understanding of Vacation Pay

not act within the 72-hour time limit (Important Wage Payment Compliance Issue, 2001). Analysis ABC Company. has acted in e...

Federal Level Crime Prevention

attempting to finalize legislation regarding federal aid as well as a number of local anti-crime programs (5). The appropriations ...

Social Change and the Law

as law ... as ... writing some statute into a code book, having a court interpret a law, does not make anything happen. Law only i...

Australian Case Study on Employment Law

of the employee or worker having and injury for which compensation is payable. Mary has suffered a laceration her hand. However, ...

UK Law and Sea Carriage of Dangerous Goods

terms of damage is a confusing aspect of law. For any individual or company seeking to transport dangerous goods there is a clear ...

The Legal Use of Violence and Adversial Process

at the film "12 Angry Men." There are two versions of this film, each dating from different time periods but essentially remaining...

TCP and IP Network Protocols

and reliability, the actual mode of transmission of data across the systems largely is accomplished in same manner now as when net...

Letter of the Law and Freedom of Speech

as the first amendment freedom of speech. The last fifty years have seen case after case weigh heavily the question of censorship ...

The Role of Agency Law

and as such increases the commitment to the agency. There is also the application of general contract law where there is a...

Railway and Airline Industry Labor Relations Laws

reach out to rank-and-file workers, who have been demoralized by their immense sacrifices" (pp. 56). The student researching airli...

Maintaining Order Through Law

role to play, on its own it does not give a moral framework, only a legal framework. However, in the opinion of Devlin it was more...