Law Essays

The Ethics Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health has defined five categories in which the withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining medical treatment can be done.With holding or withdrawing does not even mean that the child will receive no care.

Generally speaking, “Selling and buying of a product “turned out to be a situation that we all come across every day, including having your milk delivered, getting a tap fixed, your car repaired – in fact, any situation where someone is doing something for you, rather than just handing over a product.

The law of tort is unique in the sense that it solely deals with the persons who are victims of some wrong committed by others. The defendants here might be individuals, group or even the state, which have, directly or indirectly, been responsible for inflicting injury on the innocent party.

According to the IPPR's report, if the youth justice system was going to "prevent offending by children and young people," it was going to have to give consideration to "the home circumstances and the quality of life of young offenders (Arthur 2004)." In response, England and Wales undertook the task of redesigning the youth justice system in an effort to make it more responsive to young offenders' needs.

The author states that Rule Utilitarianism states that “our duty is not to aim for that act which will produce in fact the best overall consequences (because of the impossibility or impracticability of predicting these) but to follow that rule which would have the best consequences if generally followed.”

As a matter of course and as a matter of law, the said directive cannot be transposed into a statute which attaches the qualification or condition that the payment of the afore-mentioned compensation can only be made if the accident is due to the gross negligence of the employer.

The governments of European Countries have a common heritage of rule of law, freedom, ideals, and political traditions. These countries have signed the resolution passed in the European Convention of Human Rights on 4.11.1950. This resolution consists of 5 sections and 66 Articles. They also signed 5 other protocols.

Alternatively, the sellers relied on the covering letter they had sent with the acknowledgment form making clear that the price variation clause in the original quotation was to remain part of the agreement and therefore overrule the buyer’s terms and conditions. However, this argument was rejected by the Court of Appeal.  

In 1996, the Commission recommended that an offense οf "corporate killing" should be introduced; this would broadly correspond to the individual offense οf killing by gross carelessness. Twelve years after this proposal was mooted, the Act implementing the recommendations will finally come into force.

The author states that there are two major types of contracts. The first one is a fixed price contract where both the parties come to a consensus upon a fixed amount that would be paid to the contract after successful execution and completion of the contract. The second type of contract is the cost-reimbursement contract.

The law of defamation is evolved from the common law, which was undergoing evolution for four hundred years. The law of defamation is the product the attempts of jurists of different historical time frames, attempting to balance two diametrically opposing tendencies, namely, the safeguard of the esteem of individuals while ensuring the freedom of speech in the available channels of expression.

Nowhere is there an intention indicated, tacit or explicit to involve in the corporation people who are not related to them by blood. Instead, we can read from the minds of the spouses Paul and Mary, the intention to maintain control of the corporation by family-related stockholders to the first degree of consanguinity.

The author states that if Sean was just fired for sexual harassment the worker may have violated Sean’s right to confidentiality in stating that Sean was fired for sexual harassment, as this has not been legally proven. However, if the individual that was sexually harassed brought charges against Sean and he was found guilty.

The essay shows that conceptual art has emerged as a prominent and often controversial aspect of post-modernist expression. The boundaries between 'art' as original creative works of painting, sculpture, literature, or music are entitled to copyright protection, and non-original and non-copyrightable 'objects' are blurred to the point of being indistinct.

The author states that anti-competitive practices controlled in this manner can encompass predatory pricing, tying, refusal to deal, and such. Another aspect is the supervision of mergers as well as acquisitions of big companies and this includes some joint ventures. Transactions that are regarded as a threat to the competitive procedure can be banned.

The concept has evolved and assumed other meanings and definitions; it does not necessarily have to involve someone barging into my protected space without my consent. For instance, my neighbor or roommate can “spy” on me by installing cameras and listening devices in my house or room so that he or she is able to watch and listen to what I do or say.

Perhaps they are diagnosed with an illness that requires extensive treatment. Then they have medical bills to pay. Even if they have insurance, it can add up to a lot of unexpected expense. Not only that, it may be difficult to work while ill or while undergoing treatment.

In Rypien v. NFL, former football player of the Redskins, Mark Rypien has sued NFL for head injuries which he has incurred during his eleven-season long career in football with the league (Fenno 2012). He is joined by a hundred and twenty-five other football players of various teams who have filed for the same cause: repeated head injuries sustained as a result of playing with the league.

Both divorce laws have their merits and demerits. Though the English law has been continuously adapted and amended to face the demands of modernity, Islamic law remained the same for hundreds of years. In the modern age, people have begun to question the lack of divorced women’s right to marital property, which is acknowledged by the English.

 The case Baird Textiles v Marks & Spencer involves the question of contractual terms to be implied by the parties’ conduct during the operation of a running contract. The plaintiff had been under the impression that by virtue of the particular buyer-relationship policy of the defendant.

These two systems are similar and dissimilar in a certain capacity. Therefore, this document will point out some of the similarities and differences that exist between the two systems, juvenile justice and criminal justice systems.

There is also reduced awareness among the disabled prisoners in various correctional facilities, which makes life difficult for them. Therefore, it is useful to commend laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), The Prison Litigation Act (PLRA), and Convention against Torture that are helping disabled offenders to survive in prisons.

“A criminal justice system is a set of legal and social institutions for enforcing the criminal law in accordance with a defined set of procedural rules and limitations.” “The phrase criminal justice system refers to a collection of federal, state, and local public agencies that deal with the crime problem. 

This research is governed by the following research question, which will aid in attaining objectives and aim of the research: Whether what a person does is dishonest according to the standards of honesty and reasonable people? If the answer is yes then a further question should be asked: Whether the defendant realised that honest and reasonable people would find his actions as dishonest?

Choosing the forum will be a hard decision because the plaintiffs are from varied countries and many of them may be adamant about which forum to be used. If the plaintiffs do not agree on the forum to be used, the case may need to be split into individual cases for individual victims or all victims from a certain country may be grouped together.

The three strike law adopted by the state of California was quite broad in nature as compared to the one adopted by Washington. Different states have adopted different versions of this law, the main purpose of adoption of these laws was to restrict the judiciary to make sentencing decisions on their own and to increase the time served by individuals who were committing a crime for the third time in their life.

The paper explores Barkley, the son of Knarles and he is aged 17. When the father had gone to the Green Facilities Management Trade Show, Barkley was responsible for handling the issues of the firm. The question which arises here is whether Barkley is legally tenable to enter into contracts on behalf of the firm.

The salient feature of the contract is that one party makes an offer and the other one accept the terms and conditions of offer that contains therein. The important factor of a contract is mutual consent of both the parties to initiate and to finish the project as defined in the contract.

Three broad categories of crimes covered by the criminal law included felonies, treason, and misdemeanors. The criminal code has been extended to cover new forms of crime like organized crime, terrorism, and money laundering which have been occasioned by the convergence of global economies and changes in both the global political and social structure.

Author “Todd” Vitola pleaded guilty of the conspiracy by giving applicable information regarding the day’s events and plans during the day of the event. The accusation took place at the district court. Scott Tran was the owner of a boat known as the “Alexander II.” Arthur consciously conspired and agreed with Scott Tran, Mahn Nguyen, Erik James, Henry “Mike” Anholt and Christopher Martin, otherwise known as the “stickman.” The defendant cast away and attempted destroying the vessel, property of the state, but with failure.

The legality of boxing as a sporting event is based on a set of policies that seek to govern how it occurs, as well as the will of the participants. Various litigations have been filled by protesting groups over its consideration. The same principles have been used repetitively in its defense. Further examination of the elements is associated with boxing events.

Judicial activism refers to the assumption of legislative powers by a court by way of creating policy. In this case, there is a transfer of decision-making rights from the cabinet, the legislature, or the civil service to the courts. This essay explores the perceived judicial activism of the (ECJ) in an attempt to create a constitutional foundation for the European Union (EU).

Such crimes include and not limited to corruption, identity theft, tax evasion and embezzlement among others such as money laundering (Simon & Eitzen, 2000). This paper is a critical evaluation of white collar crimes as compared to conventional crimes.

Having insurance is like an investment. However, an insurer has to review his policy to update it with the changing times and to know what is really included. An in depth review of auto, homeowner and life insurance policy focuses on these following questions.

Generally, financial crimes occur in businesses when there is any kind of falsification taking place in the accounting measures. This is generally carried out intentionally for the purpose of convincing others with financial results that are false but would increase the value of the company in the industry.

Although private security and public police basically carry out different errands, often the policing performed by them is mutually supportive. The public police operate on behalf of the government and society to put laws in force to sustain peace. They detect crimes, assist victims of crime, respond to emergencies.

Here, we shall analyze four different types of moral scruples which are found within various organizations that—at the same time they are fighting corruption—may invariably get pulled into participating in corruption consequentially. These scruples include the “slippery slope,” the society-at-large hypothesis, the structural/affiliation hypothesis, and the rotten apple theory.

The author states that tort-based cases, under which medical malpractice belongs, do not only have compensation as an objective, but also the vindication of a right, protection of interest, deterrence, retribution, and punishment of wrongful conduct. Arbitration simply resolves disputes at less cost to the parties.

To predict, prevent, control, and manage crimes and other disorder problems, police departments are faced with a number of challenges and obstacles while executing their duties. In addition, the duty of the law enforcement agencies to reduce the fear of crime among members of the public makes their work rather tricky.

Louise Woodward who was Mathew’s caregiver since 1996 was arrested and charged with the murder of the child. In the trial at the Middlesex County Court, she was indicted of murder by a grand jury and was remanded with no bail. In the giving of their indictment against Woodward, the jury took into account the fact that the child had been left in her care from the early hours of 4th February upon the departure of his mother for work until he was taken ill.

These employees are even unmotivated because of the fact that they are not appreciated for the service they are providing to the society. The amount of work assigned and expected from them is huge and these employees are not appreciated or encouraged for the tasks they perform.

In the initial stages of democracy in Britain, liberty was at grave risk due to monarchical power.1 As a consequence of the doctrine of Parliamentary Sovereignty, the Parliament was empowered to enact or rescind any law whatsoever.

This paper, Legal Issues and Alternative Solutions, attempts at showing the ineffectiveness of legal litigation against these defendants and at providing alternative solutions to prevent the P2P file sharing infringements. Sharing information by sharing files is vital for the success of an individual or an organization. 

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a popular brand name in the U.S. It is a non-government, and a non-profit making organization that was created for a sole purpose of offering a one-to –one mentoring to youth in challenging situations. To fully understand its activities, I studied the operations of the BBBS chapter in Savannah, GA.

When the original board of directors was replaced, the new directors, sued the promoter to have the contract for the sale of the mining rights rescinded. It was held that the contract should be rescinded because the profit made by him was not properly disclosed and therefore could not be kept by him.

The gas peddles and throttle systems in several Toyota models contained faults that led to unintended acceleration. The cases presented against Toyota were either individual or class action lawsuits seeking different forms of compensation from the company. The safety issues surrounding the lawsuits included the capability of the vehicles to accelerate more than desired by drivers.

There are many types of definitions that are given for symbiotic; some people believe that it is a mutual existence of two organisms. There are many types of symbiotic relationships. Mutualistic, Commensalistic, or parasitic, competition and neutralism are some of the forms of symbiotic relationships; these have been defined as a very basic form of symbiotic relations.

Though there are different kinds and facets of discrimination in the work setting, the problem that was identified is that of language discrimination, defined as a kind of discrimination that “occurs when a person is treated differently because of that person’s native language or the characteristics of that person’s speech.

In this case, two people have been detained by the police team in a raid or search, who have been identified as Harry Hampton and Jimmy Jaffers. Relevant Laws Related to the Issue Under the United States legal laws, criminal offence is measured from two perspectives, which are recognized as Felonies and Misdemeanors.

It may have been for purposes of humanitarian reason that prisoners were given the benefit of doubt. Under the 4th Amendment, according to Maclin, T. (1993, p. 197), the US Constitution guarantees the right of every citizen “to be free from unreasonable government searches”.