What Is a Crime? Legal Dimensions Series This series stems from an annual legal and socio-legal research initiative sponsored by the Canadian Association of Law Teachers‚ the Canadian Law and Society Association‚ the Canadian Council of Deans‚ and the Law Commission of Canada. Volumes in this series examine various issues of law reform from a multidisciplinary perspective. The series seeks to advance our knowledge about law and society through the analysis of fundamental aspects of law. The essays
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Healthcare and its Legal Challenges This paper will discuss the legal challenges within the health care industry. These topics will include the positive and negative changes that America is currently facing. These topics are closely related to the current events of our economy. First of all‚ what will universal health care cost us and what will we get from it? The costs of the future changes in the healthcare industry will cost roughly $2.6 trillion dollars over the next 10 years. Paying for
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Explain the legal procedure of showing Dan’s legal liabilities. This Essay will outline the legal procedure surrounding Dan‚ who is on trial for the attempted murder of his girlfriend‚ from the moment a neighbor reported the crime to the police. It will detail the time from the process of this report up to the end of his trial. The first step will be the investigation of the reported offence undertaken by a non legally qualified body‚ the Police. The Police will question the witness‚ Mrs Smith
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the Roman law made Christianity illegal. If you were a Christian‚ and the Romans found out‚ you would be persecuted. It took about 200 years to make it legal‚ and we can thank Constantine. Constantine was a huge influence on the Christians and he helped them thrive. The Christians were better off after Constantine declared Christianity legal because he issued the Edict of Milan‚ which granted freedom of worship to Christians in the Roman Empire. They could no longer be punished by law for practicing
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The Legal System and ADR Analysis Toshala Oliver LAW/531 January 31‚ 2015 Tom Poulton Memorandum To: Supervisor From: Toshala Oliver Date: February 2‚ 2015 Subject: The Legal System and Texas Level of Business Dispute Texas has many disputes that can be federal or state cases‚ and this memo will provide an exclusive analysis regarding how a civil action case in the state court system went through the legal stages and other ADR or alternative methods of dispute resolution methods. This memo will
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(2005). In this case‚ Mr. Swain waded out about 15 metres into waist-deep water and dived through a wave but hit his head on a sandbar. The court held that the council had been negligent. In regard to public authorities‚ the case Nagle v Rottnest Island Authority (1993) ‚ N struck his head on a submerged rock‚ becoming a paraplegic‚ By majority HCA decided that RIA were liable. The failure to warn of the hidden danger was a breach of a duty of care and was reasonably forseeable under the circumstances
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Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking-related illnesses and deaths? I. Introduction A. Should tobacco companies be held responsible for smoking related illnesses? In most cases I believe they should be held liable. Most Americans ask this question and want to know about cigarette companies and why they are allowed to keep selling these products that cause health problems. B. Most people that were smokers way back in the days before they actually had to label their
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“Legal drinking age should be lowered to 18” Pros * The age at which one is considered a legal adult in the US is typically 18. Turning 18 entails receiving the rights and responsibilities of adulthood to vote‚ smoke cigarettes‚ serve on juries‚ get married‚ sign contracts‚ be prosecuted as adults‚ and join the military - which includes risking one’s life. This recognition of maturity should also encompass the right to drink; if young people are responsible enough to fight for their country
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We all know what bullying is. We usually tend to think of it as some huge kid threatening to beat you up if you don’t give them your lunch money. But sometimes‚ bullying goes so much further than that. Sometimes bullies go too far‚ and their victims make the unfortunate choice of ending their own lives. As awful as it is‚ it happens every day‚ and the worst part about it is those bullies aren’t held legally accountable for their actions‚ but they should be. Bullying is a form of harassment. It damages
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must give client competent representation a) legal knowledge‚ skill thoroughness and preparation E. Duty of Confidentiality from the 6th Amendment Right to Effective Counsel 1. Duty of Confidentiality versus Attorney-Client Privilege a) The Attorney Client privilege is a shield in evidence which protects all documents created for the client during discovery....if a third party is present the privilege is lost. (1) Work-Product Doctrine (a) this extends to memorializations of conversations
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