areas 2. Resolving disputes: B. Resolving disputes between individuals: iii) Courts – Federal Court Stated cases‚ legislations‚ report and international law (if included in media article) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Relevant legal studies course themes and challenges Relationship between justice‚ law and society Relationship between rights and responsibilities Effectiveness of legal mechanisms for achieving justice for individuals and society 1. Article Summary Tables: Haraksin v
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Your Name: Marcos Zuniga Case Name: California v Hodari Citation: 499 U.S. 621 Date Decided: 1991 Area of Law: Fourth Amendment Vote: 7/2 Scalia delivered the opinion of the court‚ in which justice Rehnquist‚ CJ‚ joined and White‚ Blackmun‚ O’ Conner‚ Kennedy‚ and Souter‚ JJ‚ joined. Stevens‚ filed a dissenting opinion‚ in which Marshall‚ J.‚ joined Procedural History: California v Hodari first proceeding were through the juvenile courts. Hodari tried to suppress the evidence relating
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The first case is with the custodial parent (CP)‚ Khrystal D. Washington‚ for the children Xavier Jones and Kenedi Jones. In 2000‚ an order was established for the children for $300.00 per month current support and $22.00 a month toward the arrears of $1‚818.00. In October 2007‚ child support was suspended and reset for March 10‚ 2008 to address the arrearages later. Mr. Jones obtained custody of the children. This is an arrears only case. In the CP Washington’s case‚ the NCP owes arrears
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3. Issue: Is the “Choose Life” license plate viewpoint discrimination‚ which is determined by whether the content is private speech or government speech? 4. Rule: The rule used‚ as outlined by the presiding judge‚ is a control test from a case in the 4th Circuit‚ Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Comm’r of the Va. Dep’t of Motor Vehicles: (1) the central purpose of the program in which the speech in question occurs; (2) the degree of editorial control exercised by the government or private
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1. Name and Citation R. v. Williams‚ [1998] 1 S.C.R. 1128 2. Type and Level of Case This case was heard by the British Colombia Court of Appeal on February 24th‚ 1998 and a decision was made on June 4th‚ 1998. 3. Facts The accused‚ an aboriginal man‚ pleaded guilty to robbery charge‚ saying that the robbery was done by someone other than himself. He was elected a trail by judge and jury. First Trail; questions were asked to jury to assure the jury was unbiased‚ 12 of 43 potential jurors were dismissed
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Taylor Sipchen (p.3) Jackie Han (p.6) Debate Brief I. Attention getter and importance of this issue A. The first case of attempted force-feeding was of a 32-year-old former medical student from Whales‚ known as “E”. She had a BMI of 11-12‚ while the normal BMI is 18-25. She did not want to die‚ but she did not want to be fed. The second case was of an anorexic known as “L”. She too‚ did not want to die but she stated that her severe anorexia did not allow her to eat. (Cite #1) B. Force-feeding
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In the case Gonzales v. Raich‚ Angel Raich‚ which is from California‚ was charged with home-grown‚ non-commercial use of medical marijuana. Raich has inoperable brain tumor‚ seizures‚ and chronic pain disorders. Raich has been prescribed medical marijuana 5 years before the cases even came up in court. Raich has to depend on 2 caregivers to grow the medical marijuana for her because of her condition. Before Gonzales v. Raich case came up‚ California passed the Compassionate Use Act in 1996. With
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There is a significant amount of court cases that show the system is corrupt when it comes to civil forfeiture‚ but is it a procedural issue or is it “policing for profit?” In 2014‚ Tan Nguyen left the casino with $50‚000 in winnings. He was pulled over by a Nevada Deputy Lee Dove for speeding‚ and after a search of his vehicle his money was confiscated for no drug related reason‚ except for the amount of cash. Nguyen had to file an “innocent owner” claim to get his winning back from the county.
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WEEK 6 IRAC Brief Law/531 November 17‚ 2014 Explanation This paper will explain regulatory compliance requirements for business situations for both domestic and international businesses. It will also evaluate legal risks associated with domestic and international business activity and explain how this can be applied in a business managerial setting. The two cases chosen deal with Facebook and suits that have happened domestically and internationally to show and explain the difference between international
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defamed because the respondent called him a "flagrant opportunist who barely knew Jerry (Seinfeld) less than a year." The respondent felt he did no wrong‚ because the petitioner waived any claim because he appeared on the show. Disposition: The case was dismissed due to the state of New York not having a common-law claim for invasion of privacy. Also‚ the plaintiff’s claim for violation of civil rights law 50 and 51 was dismissed because the plaintiff’s name and likeness was not up for trade or
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