a case be denied a court hearing because there is not enough in monetary value at stake? 3. What type of court would probably handle Ms. Melnik’s suit? ACTIVITY Our current court system is the stepchild of historical accident and political innovation. It is overloaded‚ understaffed‚ and in serious need of an overhaul. Assume you are in a position similar to the Constitutional Convention back in 1786 and design a new‚ innovative‚ dispute resolution system for our court system. Copyright
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AP American History Free Response Essays Each day will have a specific essay question. For the 1st Quarter ONLY‚ you are to simply write a detailed outline of what you would include in your essay. From the 2nd Quarter on‚ you are to write both a detailed outline and the essay with it. The date listed will be the day the assignment is due. September 16‚ 2009 Compare the cultures that could be found in the New World prior to the Europeans. Why were some groups more advanced than others throughout
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Loitering laws targeting gangs have had an interesting history in the United States. The background of loitering laws‚ according to Joel D. Berg article “The Troubled Constitutionality of Antigang Loitering Laws” dates all the way back to 1349 English vagrancy laws that restricted the rights of individuals that were unemployed and owned no land (1993:462). Once settlers immigrated to the United States vagrancy laws followed them‚ but the vagrancy laws evolved as a tool to fight crime (1993:463-464)
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History of Security in the United States CCJS 345 3 February 2013 Abstract Security in America has evolved from the time of the first settlers to today’s well-trained forces. Factors leading to the significant growth of private security from pre-Civil War to post World War II consisted of a lack of public police and large monetary loss by private industry. Today‚ security is global and faces challenges and changes‚ with increases in terrorism and technology crimes. It must maintain
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Contract Creation and Management Erica Ackerman University of Phoenix Online Business Law LAW 531 Laurie Wicker April 30‚ 2012 Contract Creation and Management Introduction A contract is a binding agreement between two or more mutual parties. When people enter into a contract‚ they must abide by every article of the contract or they are in danger of a lawsuit for breach of contract (Cheeseman‚ 2010). The author of this paper completed the contract creation and management simulation
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Chapter Summary After the Civil War‚ Americans‚ who believed expansion was their “manifest destiny‚” began moving westward across the continent‚ subduing the Native Americans through various means‚ creating a North American empire. BEYOND THE FRONTIER Prior to the Civil War‚ the march of White settlement paused at the margin of the semiarid Great Plains‚ a region seared by hot winds in the summer and buffeted by blizzards and hailstorms in the winter‚ presenting a temporary obstacle to further
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Tony Mead-Smith Mr. Antonioli US History 18 November 2009 For the Common Man? With Jackson ’s warm welcome to office in 1829‚ a strong foundation was set for a powerful Democratic rule. With Jackson ’s Machiavellian theories he believed that the "ends justified the means"(Remini). Jackson integrated those beliefs into his presidency and used big government means to create a more democratic nation. Andrew Jackson and his policies strengthened the new American nationalism
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Brad began working at Lay-Z-Guy in 1981 as a customer service manager. In 1995 his employer started requiring him and other salespeople to sign a series of one-year agreements that stated they could be terminated on 60 days’ notice. Three years later it required Brad to incorporate‚ and from that point forward‚ the agreements were between Lay-Z-Guy and Brad’s corporation. The agreements defined Brad‚ and later his corporation‚ as an “independent marketing consultant” and expressly stated that the
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OF LAW LAW OF EQUITY ASSIGNMENT IAN NDUNGU WAWERU DLAW/112/00101 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EQUITY AND COMMON LAW LECTURER: MARK WAGIA Common law‚ defined by Oxford Dictionary‚ is law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent instead of statutes. Equity‚ on the other hand‚ is a branch of law‚ which developed alongside common law‚ and is focused on fairness and justice. But aside from their descriptions‚ there are other differences between common law and equity. History of
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between two parties‚ the court must first establish what happened. The facts are usually determined by the trial judge. Although in some countries jury may be used‚ in Malaysia‚ it was abolished in the 1980s. Once the facts are determined‚ the judge will then make the application of law to the facts to determine which party would succeed. The doctrine of judicial precedent is important because it is the ratio decidendi of a previously decided similar case‚ decided by a higher court to the current facts
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