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Legal, Moral, and Political Philosophy and the Concept of Rights

the issue of rights we may start with the theoretical foundation of the role that rights and the way these are seen in terms of e...

Ancient Rome's Legal System

both the military and his citizens. This power was called jus vitae aut necis meaning the power of life or death. This is not a re...

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 ...

Timothy McVeigh's Execution and Its Social and Legal Repercussions

suffering, and death upon fellow Americans. Evidence quickly developed to incriminate at least two individuals associated with th...

1775 to 1840 Legal Status of Native Americans and African Slaves

bequeathed to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 came much sooner" (Holt, 2002). In 1787, the Northwest Ordinance m...

2000 Case of Conjoined Twins and Legal Alternatives

II. Facts of the Case The case in question was presented to Lord Justice Ward, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Robert Wal...

Legal Brief on Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier Case

shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of s...

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...

Plot Plans and Their Legal Descriptions

In five pages legal descriptions are provided for metes and bounds, blocks, and lots as they related to plot plan creation with ho...

Legal Positivism and the Philosophical Contribution of Hart

the idea that there are reasons for implementing law beyond the idea of just maintaining law and order. Other supporters of positi...

Legal Romanticism and Modernity Bonds

music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th centur...

Legal Liability of Surgeons

items accounted for 8 percent of successful medical negligence claims, and failed or delayed diagnosis accounted for another 7 per...

Legal Challenges Brought About by E-Commerce

hours a day regardless of weather conditions or customers state of dress (i.e., the customer can shop at midnight in his pajamas)....

Online Retailers, Social and Legal Issues

and regulation (Ramin Communications, 1998). Along these lines, privacy still continues to be a huge social issue when it comes to...

Children and Legal Responsibilities

for decision making (Lexis, 2004). This approach also reflects the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Cretney , 1998). Ho...

Minorities in the Legal Field

chances than those in the privileged classes. Thus, it is more likely than not that those who have greater power and means in soci...

Fictitious Atlantic Ocean University and its Legal Situations

rail employees, but it did lay the ground for the later-passed Taft-Hartley Act, which well discuss later. The Norris-LaG...

Faith Based Initiative's Legal Aspects

services and to establish new ones. The ultimate goal was to reduce the federal governments role as the provider of welfare-relat...

An Evaluation of the U.S. Legal System

that the rage that the public feels toward lawyers is generated is not generated by the trial lawyers obligation to defend the gui...

English Law and the Legal System of England

new law since the seventh century (Barker and Padfield, 1996). These are seen as the more modern laws. This took the place of prim...

Argument in Favor of Lowering the Legal Drinking Age to Eighteen

such. One problem is that the state has arbitrarily set the legal age, creating problems on college campuses. Some students grad...

Canada's Legal System and the Impact of Jean Jacques Rousseau

long advocated by Great Britain was the first step in Canadas distinguishing itself as an independent entity, which while remainin...

Legal Changes and Their Influence on the Roles of Sports Agents

In twenty three pages this paper discusses how legal restrictions will influence the roles played by sports agents and how they se...

Legal Infiltration, Education, and the Issue of Assisted Suicide

In eight pages the rights of an individual to die are considered in terms of choices rather than law. Five sources are cited in t...

The US History of Equality from a Legal Standpoint

In thirteen pages this paper discusses historic Supremen Court decisions such as Regents of University of California v. Bakke, Br...

Computerized Charting, Ethical and Legal Considerations

In six pages this paper examines the increased hospital use of computers to record charts of patients from ethical and legal persp...

Mandatory Sterilization's Ethical and Legal Issues

Englishman, and cousin of Charles Darwin. Galton defined the word as "the use of genetics to improve the human race." It should ...

Critique of Marxist Legal and Social Commentary

Marxist thought has influenced the study of law in a number of ways. This paper examines the movement for critical legal studies a...