MEMORANDUM OF LAW TO: Supervising Attorney FROM: Polly Paralegal RE: Jane Doe’s Asylum Case DATE: August 16‚ 2000 Questions Presented 1. Whether Jane‚ a minor‚ would be able to file a petition for asylum on her own behalf? 2. Whether Billy‚ the minors uncle and non-custodial adult‚ would be able to file a petition for asylum on behalf of Jane‚ if being a minor is an issue? 3. Whether Jane can use claims of physical abuse and being used as a governmental propaganda tool as grounds
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It is important to highlight the fact that Winthrop’s phrase a “city upon a hill” is a religious version. Religion has always played an important role in shaping American society and government. The intended audience of John Winthrop’s sermon given on the ship Arabella was the Puritans on their journey to their new home in North America. His purpose was to motivate the Puritans to become a model society based on their strong religious belief. This belief is still so important in the modern world
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Legal Reasoning is a reasonable reasoning before the decision had been made. Legal reasoning required us to consider the criteria beyond those imposed by the strict necessity of logic. It has followed certain criteria or rules which applied in practical reasoning. For an example‚ a judge has to give judgment by following the precedent case and Federal Constitution‚ legislators have to predict the impact of their laws before amendment whereby following the two-third majority of Parliament and lawyers
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Latin – Grammar The Genitive Case The genitive case is most often used to give possession‚ i.e. ‘of’. For example‚ ‘portus Alexandriae’ means ‘the port of Alexandria”. Portus = nominative singular‚ Alexandriae = genitive singular. However‚ the genitive case is also used in two other ways: the partitive genitive and the genitive of description. The Partitive Genitive This is used to show a part of a whole‚ mostly used in relation to quantity. Nominative(but the case changes) | + Genitive |
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CONSUMER LAW Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is a body of law that governs issues that is related to any method of retail. It is set in place to protect the welfare of the consumer and the manufacturer‚ done so through the use of contracts (both oral and written) and other means of lawful actions. Compliance is the following and meeting of rules and/or standards. Compliance can been seen throughout the marketing industry whenever there are no difficulties or complications in the industry. The Competition
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11/17/11 Legalize Gambling in California People don’t like gambling until they win‚ and people love money. The government doesn’t like gambling‚ unless they can tax it. People think of gambling and automatically like a trained gambler think of Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Gambling has been in America’s blood since before we were a country. All thirteen original colonies established lotteries to raise revenue. 48 states today that have legalized
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Today‚ an abortion is a big issue concerning all women because for years it has been said that an abortion should not be legal. Many people feel aborting an unwanted child or killing an unwanted child should be against the law. Many people do not’ know what abortion is‚ who can receive abortions‚ and why people would even choose to get them. I feel as though a woman’s body is her own to do with whatever she wants. Therefore‚ on the topic of abortions‚ I am pro-choice. First‚ before a person makes
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Progress in late 19th century Latin America “To develop to a higher‚ better‚ or more advanced stage” is how progress is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. During the late 19th century‚ Latin America‚ in particular‚ was striving to do just what this definition states. From copying other countries ideas to living more luxurious lives‚ the majority of Latin America was ready to progress and thrive as a whole. However‚ in opposition‚ a number of people resisted progress because they were
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cultures‚ Cofer being Puerto Rican and Staples being African American‚ but both have lived extremely similar lives. Both have faced the ugly head of stereotypes and racism in America. Cofer describes how she felt growing up in her essay‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria”. She explains the struggles of being stereotyped and how being a minority contributed to her treatment. Staples explains very similarly how he was profiled and persecuted because of his race and appearance in his
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instrumentality of law. As the law grew‚ justice also expanded into different spheres of human activities for ex: civil justice‚ criminal‚ economic‚ social justice‚ distributive justice‚ corrective justice‚ social justice and so on. The essence of legal justice lies in ensuring uniformity and certainty of aw and at the same time ensuring that rights and duties and duly respected by the people. Another essential attribute of the notion of justice is element of impartiality. One has to just and fair
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