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Search and Seizure That is Legal

inception, there have been some questionable applications of subsequent amendments which were put in place as a means by which to ...

Styles of Making Legal Decisions

who also figure prominently in the decision-making process by virtue of the arguments they offer for courts consideration and the ...

Same Sex Marriages and Legal Rights

of gay marriage actually found its way into the patchwork of society. "Lesbian behavior does not fit within that framework of pub...

Legal Memorandum on Polygamy

and Ms. Evans are members of a fundamentalist sect of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints (Mormons); this sect believ...

Critical Legal Studies and Whether or Not They are Outdated

or continual acceptance of the status quo (Berger and Luckmann, 1967). In many ways the artificial reality caused by this phenomen...

Legal System Contributions of Paralegals

paralegals presence has virtually changed the entire industry. No longer are paralegals bound by stringent industry limitations t...

Gibson v. Mayor Legal Brief

judgment (HR Complys Newsletter, 2004). There is more to the case, however. In writing the judgment Judge Becker reported that Gi...

The Legal Defense for Battered Women

To support this assertion, we must first no little more about what BWS is. BWS as a defense was first introduced in court by attor...

A Legal Courtroom Visit

the description of the room itself and the way the people orient to that room. There is, for example, the distinct separation of ...

US Legal System and the Changes Brought About by the Scottsboro Boys Trials

boys with a fair trial by an impartial jury which eventually led to the end of jury restriction based on race throughout the count...

Legal Brief of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. v. Hammerton

decide whether to prevent Mr Hammerton and the Jimi Hendrix Fan Club using this domain name, a name that the company Experience He...

Analysis of 3 Legal Issues

adverse to removing them from the law abiding citizen, who often needs a gun to protect himself from the very criminal element of ...

Establishing a Legal Age for Drinking

Typically, the national laws that determine the age as which individuals in that society may legally drink and purchase alcohol te...

Double Indemnity and Insurance Payout Legal Memo

Hathaway. However, the Columbia claims department feels that Windsors death does not meet the criteria set forth in his policy cov...

Ancient Legal Codes

woman, then she was free to take back her dowry and return to her fathers house (Brians, 1998). While this sounds quite humanistic...

The Legal Issues Involved in Animal Rights

groups, such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), have won some legal battles. Germany has changed its constitut...

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...

U.S. Legal Questions on Estates, Wills, and Contract Law Answered

agreement had an agreed price of $30,000, but this was changed to $27,500. This was amended in the contract before John singed it,...

Canadian Legal Cases and Promissory Estoppel Not as a Sword But as a Shield

the party making the representation will be estopped from following a contrary course of action" (Landry, 1997). Generally,...

Workplace, Sexual Harassment, Legal Issues, and the U.S. Supreme Court

as the accused, and also how due process is factored into the complex equation. Sexual harassment is regarded as a violation of t...

Legal Business Meaning of Copyright

creator to profit from his creation for 28 years, but after that become the property of the public. "That way we would never end ...

Marriage and Changing its Legal Definition

marrying. This would indicate that they are either not capable of making the same commitments, or that there is an inherent wrongn...

Questions and Answers Regarding Legal Issues

which would violate the dormant Commerce Clause (2001). In the case at hand, the state of Alabama is prohibiting a right that al...

Ethical and Legal Implications of Cameras in the Courtroom

is going on in the present judicial system. No matter which way ones opinion may stand, the fact remains that cameras in the cour...

Legal Problems/Family as Public and Private

1992). Women are those primarily affected by the private sphere support group, however in order to be eligible for support, certai...

Theories on the Legal Relevance of International Law

1979). As the world has developed from a separated and isolated set of civilisations and societies into what is now referred to as...

Voting and Legal Immigrants

as recently as the 1920s" (Worth, 2004). And, interestingly enough, until the city of New York abolished its school boards, "all r...

Legal System Punishment and the Mentally Ill

be debated. However, returning to the consequentialist rationale, inherent in this justification of punishment is that a system ...

Issues of Forensic Science in the United Kingom's Legal System

resulted in post-mortem examinations, and inquests were held in 25,800 cases." (Jones-Death Certificates). The Luce Report ...

Battered Child and Battered Woman Syndrome Legal Overview

Lenore Walker which outlined the relationship between the defendants (Mrs. Ibn-Tamas) behavior and the characteristics of a "batte...