DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW DO NOT CITE OR DISTRIBUTE This document includes five sample casenotes that the Duke Law Journal is making available to first-year students in the spring of 2008. All five received strong scores from DLJ in the 2007 casenote competition‚ although the authors may not have “written-on” to the Journal. These five casenotes represent a range of approaches to last year’s case. The Journal cannot speak to how these casenotes were scored by any other law journal. WARNING: These
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Government Court Cases Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) 1. The Supreme Court had to decide if the state had power over the federal government in regulating commerce based on Article I Section 8. 2. Aaron Ogden was granted a license to run a steam-driven ferry monopoly in New York. Thomas Gibbons‚ his previous competitor‚ decided to continue running his ferries in defiance of the monopoly‚ so Ogden decided to sue Gibbons for trying to block his business and won in all the New York courts. 3. In this trial
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ETHICS IN NURSING Self Learning Module 10 HCC BSN “3+1” Professional Mentoring MODULE OBJECTIVES o The Student will be able to understand the concepts of ethics applied to nursing o The student will develop moral reasoning skills o The student will define terms associated with ethics o The student will be able to choose ethical solutions using case studies ETHICS DEFINITIONS Listen & Read thru the next series of slides‚ there will be a quiz and case studies that
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Case Analysis 1. Summarize the SCENARIOS in the case: Provide a brief (one or two paragraphs) summary. While malicious hackers are spreading viruses all over the global computer network‚ advertisers and scam artists are writing programs called spy-ware. Spy-ware is a program that installs themselves on computers to serve up advertising‚ monitor Web surfing and other computer activities. In return certain spy-ware have what they call ‘key loggers’ that record every tap on the keyboard‚
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I already know about this topic is everything judge from mind. Ethics moral is people judge everything right or wrong; true or false; good behavior or bad behavior‚ as a ruler. However‚ the moral’s jurisdiction is wider range than the legal. Sometime we judge one’s behavior is good or bad‚ but who is not illegal‚ we should judge that in moral standpoints‚ he/she is vices. However‚ we choosing side by side in ethical dilemma‚ and what will we choose the side opposite with normal people’s choice? The
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sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder. Miller and his friend went to his neighbor’s trailer‚ Cole Cannon‚ while he was not there to look for drugs‚ they didn’t find any but they stole Cannon’s baseball cards and went back home. Later on Miller returned to Cannon’s trailer‚ Miller found him unconscious due to drugs and alcohol so he decided to steal his wallet. While Miller was grabbing the wallet‚ Cannon became conscious and attacked Miller. Miller then punched and beat Cannon with a bat
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The Evolution of Child Custody Arrangements Heather Gibson Southern New Hampshire University When a family splits‚ separates‚ divorces or a child is born out of wed lock for whatever reason one of the most difficult decisions to make are custody arrangements. Over the years the government has shifted its views from the child’s mother being the best fir for primary custody to “the best interest” of the child. What’s in the best interest of the child consists of both tangible and non-tangible
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Justices of the United States Supreme Court are strategic actors who strive to secure policy outcomes as close to their preferred outcome as possible. Accomplishing this sometimes requires justices to not always pursue their true policy preferences and sometimes it requires justices to ignore legal and policy questions. In this essay‚ I will analyze how justices were strategic in a few landmark supreme court cases. The supreme court case Marbury v. Madison is a perfect example of justices being
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Laws are a familiar concept‚ and provide a basic social framework of right and wrong to which the majority adhere. Ethical theories may also be applied to all issues of uncertainty‚ including those not covered by laws or professional guidelines. They create a mechanism within which issues of moral uncertainty may be questioned and resolved (Jones 1994). One such area of moral dilemma is that of informed consent. In it’s simplest terms‚ consent may be defined as giving permission: “… in current
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Federal court The Federal Court is the highest judicial authority in the country. It was established pursuant to Article 121(2) of the Federal Constitution. Its decision binds all the courts below. The Federal Court hears appeals from the Court of Appeal. Leave to appeal must always be obtained prior to proceeding with the appeal. The Federal Court is headed by the Chief Justice. According to Article 122(1) of the Federal Constitution‚ the Federal Court shall consist of the Chief Justice‚ the President
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