the plain view doctrine in context to a legally executed search warrant of a suspects hard drive in order to find evidence of a particular crime being investigated. When an officer searches a physical location while executing a search warrant and discovers evidence of another crime other than the one being investigated‚ that evidence is said to be in “plain view‚” which can be seized and used to support a criminal prosecution. Many courts have simply applied the plain view doctrine to computer searches
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British philosopher John Locke in the late 17th Century created the doctrine of Empiricism. Locke argued that human nature was mutable and that knowledge was gained through accumulated experience rather than by accessing some sort of outside truth. In his work “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” he claimed that the mind begins as a clear slate and experience shapes it. He does not support the claim that humans have ideas that are innate. Locke believed in order for humans to know anything
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2005) Consideration may be “executory” which means that the action has not yet been performed. Consideration may be executed which means that the party has already carried out the action which was promised. But consideration cannot be “past”. This means that if a party performs an action voluntarily and after this action is performed‚ the other party makes a promise‚ this is said to be “past” consideration. Consideration must be sufficient. This means that consideration must have a value that can
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Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of how guilty a person is‚ and what should be done in the case of a bombing. On the one hand‚ people argue that torture is unconstitutional and should not be practiced because it questions a person’s morality and what they are willing to do in order to get results. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that we should allow torture because it is more just than allowing thousands of innocents to die because we didn’t want to question a
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Dostoyevsky alludes to Buddhist philosophy in the ridiculous man’s dream. The ideas of everyone living happily‚ helping one another selflessly‚ and acting unattached all follow the most basic Buddhist teachings. The dream people are free from suffering because “they [desire] nothing… because their lives [are] full” (Dostoyevsky 730). They not only live without attachment‚ but beyond unattachment in an enlightened state of love and in “ “collective virtue…[which contributes] equally to the common
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believe abortion should be legal; however‚ many people also believe it should not be legal. Should abortion be legal or illegal? Many believe abortion should be legal. According to Womens Issues expert‚ Linda Lowen‚ she states “a woman should have control of her body. If the government can force a woman to continue a pregnancy‚ what about forcing a woman to use a contraception or undergo sterilization?” She makes this valid point to show the double standards between what women should have the right
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WRITING TASK Write about the following topic: Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. My competition: Although it is dramatically imbalanced that the proportion of male and female students in some subjects of some universities in China‚ I don’t think it is necessary to compel
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The Truman Doctrine was established on May‚ 12 1947‚ in Truman’s speech to congress concerning the Greece. The Truman promised to economically and militarily aid all free people facing threats of subjugation. The doctrine itself was not a major turning point in short term foreign policy‚ as he had established similar ideas in containment months earlier; however‚ it
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Review:Raise of Minimum Wage Minimum wage is a topic that is always being discussed and debated over. One reason that this subject is so popular is because everyone who has a job is affected by the result of the wage. Some believe that the minimum should be raise to at least $9‚ while others strongly believe that the raise in wages will disturb the state of the economy. In the articles I have selected the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage are clearly stated. Some of the texts are editorial
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According to science‚ we need sleep. We need sleep just like how we need food‚ water‚ and air. We need it in order to survive‚ but why? There has been research that has shown that as much as 10% of our energy metabolism goes down while we sleep. Other things that decrease while we sleep are things such as the temperature of our body and the need for caloric intake. As of now‚ no one really knows why we sleep‚ but there are many‚ many theories for it‚ to try to explain what we don’t understand yet
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