Robert Oppenheimer and the FBI security clearance hearings
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Nobody can definitively say whether Oppenheimer truly deserved to lose his security clearance. He made several mistakes of great import. However, he loyally served the United States throughout his life and was instrumental in creating the weapon that ultimately ended the war (whether that weapon...
Consumer motivations regarding non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry
Essay - 6 pages - Other law subjects
In the analysis of non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry “non-ownership” must first be defined. Non- ownership is simply referring to a leasing type of contract, this type of a contract allows for consumption without ownership. Traditional purchase, cash or...
Public relations services agreement
Standard contracts - 7 pages - Other law subjects
Recitals: The purpose of this Agreement is for the Company to retain an experienced and qualified public relations agency to provide a range of public relations and communications tasks for Company. The Parties Agree: 1. TERM: The term of this Agreement is for one year commencing...
Bias against blacks and hispanics in the criminal justice system
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Is there a racial bias in America's criminal justice system? This seems like a fairly straightforward yes or no question, yet it has caused heated debate between researchers throughout the second half of this century. Recently the debate has intensified as several states move to enact a...
Sample legal agreement for the provision of artwork for publication
Standard contracts - 9 pages - Other law subjects
This is a sample legal agreement for the provision of illustrator artwork for publication. The agreement provisions are drafted in favour of the publisher. All vested contingent and future rights of copyright and all rights in the nature of copyright and all accrued rights of...
Design rights and logo licence
Standard contracts - 3 pages - Other law subjects
This document is a sample legal licence permitting use of the design right and logo in respect of business. The consideration for the grant of a licence in this instance is shares. The Licensor is the proprietor of and beneficially entitled to the copyright, unregistered and...
Property law: Landlord and tenant law
Essay - 7 pages - Other law subjects
In 2000, Oliver's great aunt Fran, died leaving Oliver “all my right, title and interest in Blackacre”. Fran's will left everything else to her next of kin Everett. In 2003, Oliver subdivided Blackacre into Yellowacre and Blueacre. In 2003, Oliver entered into an agreement with Tania to...
Dissolution of assets and unincorporated associations
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
During his life time Brendon was a member of the Tetherdown Theatre Club, which was a non-charitable unincorporated association. Membership fees were used for various purposes, including for rental of a local theatre space. In the summer of 2004, the club organised a workshop for local children...
Option to purchase real estate contract (Residential)
Standard contracts - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Improvements: The house, garage and all other fixtures and improvements attached to the above-described real property, including without limitation, the following permanently installed and built-in items, if any: all equipment and appliances, valances, screens, shutters, awnings, wall-to-wall...
Notice of option to purchase real estate (Residential)
Standard contracts - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Assigns - The Optionee may assign and convey his/her interest in this "Contract" or any part thereof provided, however, that such assignment or conveyance should not result in any impairment of Optionor's position. Optionor, intending to bind Optionor, Optionor's heirs, successors and...
Title IX and college athletics: Noble intentions and faulty execution
Thesis - 6 pages - Other law subjects
On June 23 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was passed into law. The law states simply that “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education...
Battered woman syndrome and New York city
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Though domestic violence, as an issue, is important enough for the mayor of have an office dedicated to the phenomenon (Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence) and several local laws that protect victims of domestic violence, the city government remains largely silent on the concept of...
Child advocacy groups and class action lawsuits
Essay - 9 pages - Other law subjects
Children's Rights, Inc. is one organization dedicated to improving and reforming state-run child welfare systems, and ensuring that those state-run child welfare systems are held accountable for providing safe and adequate environments for the children under their care. Since the mid-nineties,...
Family law - Problem question assignment
Essay - 4 pages - Other law subjects
Maria and Homer are not married and in order to apply for a protective order Part IV of the FLA Maria will have to come within the definition of “associated persons” as prescribed by the FLA (A Diduck., & F Kaganas., 2006). Section 62 of the FLA defines “associated...
How can we balance the need of protection for vulnerable witnesses and the rights of the accused?
Essay - 10 pages - Other law subjects
The tension between the rights of the accused and a vulnerable witness has remained a problematic balance to address through the criminal justice system. The enshrined presumption of innocence imposes a burden of proof set “beyond reasonable doubt ”, further bolstered by the European...
A critical examination of current law of divorce and the need for change
Essay - 9 pages - Other law subjects
“There is no one branch of the law more important, in any point of view, to the great interests of society……than that which regulates the formation and the dissolution of the nuptial contract. No institution indeed more nearly concerns the very foundations of...
Equitable tracing discussion
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
Equity has a more sophisticated method of tracing than that of common law. The rules assisting in the location and preservation of traceable property have been developed and applied in relation to fiduciaries and often in the context of the bankruptcy of the fiduciary. In common law, the...
Co-Ownership and joint tenancy problem question
Essay - 5 pages - Other law subjects
In order to advise Phillip, Claire and New Ventures plc in relation to enforceability of their rights in the property (the Property), it will be necessary to consider the complex legal system governing co-ownership of land.With regard to property ownership in law, section 1(6) of the Law of...
The law of witness identification
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Other law subjects
Criminal examiners are aware that it usually takes several pieces of evidence to crack an intricate case, so much so, that neophyte recruits and veteran investigators alike are schooled and equipped to search for, spot, bring together, and protect “palpable” physical evidence like...
Sample resume for the pre-law/ philosophy/ languages/ literature undergraduate student
Sample résumé - 1 pages - Other law subjects
JANE DOE Complete Residential Address - (555) 555-555 - XXX@email.com EDUCATION: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY (May 2008) Bachelor of Arts Philosophy minors Italian, Modern Greek and Psychology Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa ...
Case Brief, Analysis and Impact of Journalism Case Law
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Judith Miller, an investigative reporter for the New York Times, received a grand jury subpoena to testify regarding the leak of the identity of an undercover CIA agent, Valerie Plame. It was believed that Miller had information regarding which it was that broke federal law by disclosing the...
The Right Medicine: Same-sex Family Law
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Other law subjects
Currently in the United States, same-sex couples face many discrepancies in the law compared to heterosexual married couples, many related to taxation, discrimination protection, and other benefits. Of particular importance are the barriers that same-sex couples and larger families face when...
Introduction to Government and Politics "Hunting" for Diversity: Hunt v. Cromartie
Essay - 3 pages - Other law subjects
“A reapportionment plan that draws in persons, who may have very little in common but the color of their skin, bears an uncomfortable resemblance to political apartheid” (Rosenschein). Clearly, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor understood the weight of her decisions. With those...
The American's with Disabilities Act
Case study - 5 pages - Other law subjects
The Americans with Disability Act provides the unique opportunity to enhance self-determination, choice, and greater freedom for all men, women, and children with disabilities in the United States. The most significant movement was the black civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's. After...
Conversion: To and From: Theology and our reflections
Essay - 4 pages - Other law subjects
Throughout this course we have studied the relationship between one's embedded and deliberative theology. We understand this relationship to be cyclical in nature; when one's deliberative, or second order theology, is reflected upon it can have the effect of altering one's...
Abortion Debate
Essay - 2 pages - Other law subjects
Throughout history there has been an ongoing struggle over abortion. The process of terminating a baby did not sit well with some and thus a debate arose. Advocates of free choice clashed with those who stood by more traditional ideals. Throughout the debates lifetime very little progress has...
The Political Spectrum: A Different Approach
Essay - 9 pages - Other law subjects
The traditional left-right political spectrum we use to place politicians platforms is outdated. We carried this spectrum over from the French, and any citizen would be hard pressed to be able to even accurately define what the spectrum is measuring. We all know that on the right...
Either Way, Someone Is Playing God
Essay - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Once there was a man who hated his neighbor. Everyday there would be music blasting from the neighbor's house that disturbed the man trying to work. He had asked his neighbor to stop the noise politely many times, but the noise persisted. One day the man snapped and took one of the speakers and...
Punitive Damages
Essay - 8 pages - Other law subjects
Although there is a debate over the purpose of punitive damages, it is generally admitted that their main goals are to deter and to punish wrongdoers : “punitive damages are designed to punish a defendant for grossly inappropriate actions and, in doing so, to deter future such actions...
