| Unit 3 Assignment | LS311- Business Law | | In this paper I will go over three different scenarios and discuss the types of crimes that took place. | Scenario 1 While passing Makoto’s house one night‚ Sarah see a laptop computer left unattended on Makoto’s porch. Sarah takes the computer‚ carries it home‚ and tells everyone she owns it. In this scenario the crime is larceny. Larceny is the unlawful taking and carrying away of someone else’s property with the intent to permanently
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between the role of criminal law and civil law in relation to the legal system and analyse the purpose of the law. Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is prohibited by the state because it is held to threaten‚ harm or otherwise endanger the safety and welfare of the public‚ and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on those who breach these laws. [1] The criminal law serves several purposes and benefits
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Department’s ban on travel to Cuba; a teachers’ union threatens a strike even though a state law prohibits strikes by public employes; advocates of civil rights employ mass demonstrations of disobedience to the law to advance their cause; the Governor of a Southern state deliberately obstructs the enforcement of Federal laws‚ and declares himself thoroughly within his rights in doing so. Is It Ever Right to Break the Law? An observer can approve the motives that lead to some of these actions and disapprove
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Nuremberg Laws The Nuremberg Race Laws were announced as two new laws on September 15‚ 1935‚ which included the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for Protection of German Blood and German Honor law. These laws became known as the Nuremberg Laws because they were first announced at a Nazi Party Rally held in Germany. The Nazis made these laws because they believed that the world is divided into distinct races that are not equally strong and as valuable as others. The Nazis also considered Germans
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2004 Just and Unjust Laws The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines unjust as "characterized by injustice: Unfair." At the same time it defines a law as "a binding custom or practice of a community." With both definitions in mind an unjust law can be described as "a binding custom or practice of a community characterized by injustice and unfairness." Today one can see unjust laws across the globe‚ many of which are overlooked by much of the world. At the same time‚ just laws are often enforced in
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New Jersey has decent laws for handheld firearms but they are not good enough. New Jersey is a extremely populated state. For such a small state with so many people‚ New Jersey needs strict firearm laws‚ to keep things safe. The problem of New Jersey’s unsafe handgun laws can be solved by more strict laws and tracking devices because many handguns are bought‚ used‚ sold‚ and transported illegally. Of all firearms‚ citizens abuse the laws of handguns the most. When you hear or read on the
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CHAPTER ONE SUMMARY: A new state law mandates that all employers must prohibit smoking on employer premises‚ and is responsible to enforce this law whether it be an employee‚ customer or client smoking the employer is always required to enforce the law that no one can smoke there. ANALYSIS/ PERSONAL COMMENTARY: This is substantive law as it is defining the liability that the employer has to keep employees/clients/customers from smoking on the premises of their place of business. And I think
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Unauthorized Practice of Law is when it comes to paralegals. There is no set definition on what UPL is but as a paralegal there are guidelines to go by. Some ways they can violate the practice of law would be an individual holding themselves as an attorney when they are paralegals‚ giving legal advice as an attorney would‚ or representing clients in a court of law. All of the previous are violations and can be subject to several disciplinary actions [ (Unauthorized Practice of Law‚ 2010) ]. It has been
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Voter ID Laws: Common Sense The ability to vote is one of the most cherished and fundamental rights in the United States of America. Unfortunately‚ the validity and reliability of our democratic system is constantly under attack by the real issue of voter fraud. While a solution for this problem hasn’t been decided upon‚ Republicans strongly advocate the usage of voter ID (which could be anything from a drivers license to a passport) to ensure that whomever is going to the polls is exactly who
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Even though the law making process is designed for congress to revise and amend new bills‚ the outcome of the process affects the bills in an unjust manner. The bills can be amended as much as possible to benefit the members voting in favor. If a member of congress doesn’t agree with the bill‚ he can add an amendment to benefit him and it can be completely unrelated to the bill. Debates are solely fought on the name of the bill itself and not the content or the revisions in a bill. The outcome
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