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Essays 1951 - 1980

Sizer’s Will

the third signature is of no consequence to the law. While the two witnesses did not remember signing the will, each of the witnes...

Texas Jury System

which they swear or affirm to tell the truth when answering questions about their qualifications as jurors" (Juror Selection). Th...

Lethal Injection: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

by electric chair, hanging, and shooting squad seem quite morbid! Those, however, have been the primary means that have been used...

Drawing Case Law/A Case Synthesis Exercise

prevents a substantial possibility of survival" (Moulton v. Ginocchio). In this case Samuel Ginocchio dismissed a patient complain...

Two Legal Questions

from terrorism, no rights should be accorded to suspects captured in the war on terror. Terrorism is not an activity endorsed by ...

Hayes v. Jackson (1893)

represents the fact of the sale, but Holmes argues that it is not the place of the court to consider this question. He bases this ...

Summary and Review of Lynne Curry’s The DeShaney Case: Child Abuse, Family Rights, and the Dilemma of State Intervention

After putting a name and a face on the social issue of child abuse, and considering the dilemma of the social worker who seeks to ...

Theory Of Evolution And Intelligent Design: Main Points

Ultimately, the trials actual purpose "emerged through its interpretation as a conflict of social and intellectual values" rather ...

Stereotypes and Class

the continued existence of racism also has an effect on the African Americans, and this effect is to make them highly aware of rac...

Bill of Rights as Treated by the U.S. Supreme Court

In five pages this paper discusses how the Bill of Rights are treated by a supposedly liberal U.S. Supreme Court. Five sources ar...

US Supreme Court and Women

are clearly in the minority. There seems to be less women taking judgeships in the high courts, even though there are increasing...

Film Version of A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr and Expert Witnesses for the Plaintiffs

In five pages this paper examines the expert witnesses by the plaintiffs and how they were used in the film version of A Civil Act...

Developing the U.S. Constitution

The U.S. Constitution has grown and changed greatly since its ratification. This paper examines how amendment and reinterpretation...

Hearsay Rule Exceptions

In five pages examples are provided in an examination of when there are exceptions to the hearsay rule with instances of court cas...

Debate of Creationism v. Evolution

In ten pages this research paper examines the ongoing debate and includes such topics as Darwin's theories and the reaction of the...

Italy During the Renaissance Era and the Roles Played by Nonelites and Women

result, court mistresses commonly took on the role of both lover and confidant, creating a lineage through childbearing that suppo...

Court Imagery in the Book of Job

In five pages this paper examines the Book of Job and how court imagery is used to supplement justice and suffering themes. Two s...

Fourth Amendment Rights

This paper summarizes Fourth Amendment rights and focuses on the Supreme Court case of Payton v. New York. Four pages in length, f...

Plessy v. Ferguson, an Overview

This paper presents a synopsis of Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court case that institutionalized racial segregation in the...

America's Law Enforcement/Mental Health Project/Speaker notes

This paper presents the speaker notes to khmhclaw.ppt, which is a PowerPoint presentation on US Senate bill 1865, America's Law En...

Getting a Case to the U.S. Supreme Court

the Supreme Court when one of the two parties involved believes that the final verdict was not acceptable (McWhirter PG). In most...

Battered Child Syndrome in America

is socioeconomic status. They point to evidence that there is a higher prevalence of abuse and a greater use of punishment in low...

Decision Making, Politics, and Public Policy

In seven pages this paper examines the roles of the Supreme Court, the president, and the significance of public interest groups i...

Majority Opinions of Brennan and Meese on the 1952 US Supreme Court Case of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579

This paper considers how Justice William Brennan and Edwin Meese would have decided this U.S. Supreme Court case in a paper consis...

Overview of US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist

attorney general in the Nixon administration between 1969 and 1971 and he is best known for promoting a conservative anticrime pos...

Medieval Morality Play Mankind

Mischief to be the "Steward of the Manor" (Line 663), and then the court calls Mankind. New-Gyse, another character, orders Mank...

Canada's Abortion Laws

This is a paper consisting of ten pages and discusses the topic of abortion as it relates to Canadian law and includes the 'Bubble...

Supreme Court Case of Casey v. Planned Parenthood

In six pages this Supreme Court decision and its ramifications are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Inconsistencies of Military Justice

In twelve pages this paper examines the case of Kelly Flinn and the narrow court martial she escaped due to adultery and that of A...

Governing Institutions of the EU

merged and more countries joined (1998). The Europe 1992 project created a single entity and was part of the Single European Act, ...