In today’s medical setting nurse practitioner are often challenged by ethical dilemmas that appear to have equally valid answers‚ Often these dilemmas are resolved by an effective therapeutic relationship with the patient and family. Nurse practitioners care for very diverse patient populations that have many chronic health problems. The discussion and solutions must recognize the viewpoints of all parties involved; this ensures the full participation by the patient (Jezewski‚ 1994). Physicians
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Michael Kelley immune from liability under the recreational use statute if he creates an urban farm and charges participants‚ residents of the neighborhood‚ for a plot? SHORT ANSWER I. No. Under Minnesota law five elements must be satisfied to hold a property owner liable for injuries sustained by a child trespasser. It is unlikely that all elements can be met. II. No. To be afforded immunity under Minnesota recreational use statute‚ an owner cannot charge for the use of his land. FACTS Michael
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THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE A WHAT IS THE PREROGATIVE? 1. This note seeks to describe as fully as possible the extent of the prerogative. However‚ as will become clear‚ the exact limits of the prerogative cannot be categorically defined. The note goes on to describe the way in which the exercise of prerogative power is controlled by Parliament and the Courts. 2. There is no single accepted definition of the prerogative. It is sometimes defined to mean all the common law‚ ie non-statutory
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Related to the concept of precedent; Rule that a court should apply the same legal principle to the same set of facts and apply it to later cases that are similar 2. What is common law? Common law is found in the decisions of the courts rather than statutes; judge- made law 3. Who developed the Restatements of contracts and why? As a response to the volume of case law being decided in this country‚ a group of lawyers‚ judges‚ and law professors formed the American Law Institute ( ALI) in 1923. The
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give significant deference to presidential directions concerning how they should interpret their statutes” (2007‚ p. 891). Courts can treat these directions as irrelevant. Sides also have different responsibilities. While agencies should interpret statutes for their programs‚ courts do not have such responsibility. Mashaw states in his article that “agencies are responsible for implementing statutes‚ [not for] judicial decisions‚ which… are directed to reviewing courts” (2007‚ p. 903). Institutions
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maltreatment of children under the age of 18. Some classify maltreatment as child abuse‚ while others classify it as neglect. State laws and statutes seem to add to this confusion as there is no one universal definition that is shared between the 50 states. Each state has their own definition of what constitutes as the maltreatment of a child. Sometimes the statutes and laws list child abuse as being physical actions‚ while others stipulate that physical‚ sexual‚ and emotional abuse constitutes as child
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Chapter 3 Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution Answers to Learning Objectives/ For Review Questions at the Beginning and the End of the Chapter Note that your students can find the answers to the even-numbered For Review questions in Appendix F at the end of the text. We repeat these answers here as a convenience to you. 1A Judicial review The courts can decide whether the laws or actions of the legislative and executive branches of government are constitutional. The process for making
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The History and Legal Position of Confucianism in Post-independence Indonesia (By: Heriyanto Yang) Pre-independence historical background The Chinese are believed to have landed on Indonesian soil‚ the then Nusantara archipelago‚ as early as the third century BC. As is the case with almost all groups of immigrants in the world‚ they brought along with them‚ in the course of the centuries‚ their culture‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and a sense of affinity with the motherland. The idea that Confucianism
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making it‚ and by which he agrees not to sue the party liable to such action Exceptions to the Consideration Requirement * Promises that induce reliance under the doctrine of promissory estoppel * Promises to pay dabts that are barred by a statute of limitations * Promises to make charitable contributions Promissory estoppel- a person who has reasonably relied on the promise of another may be able to obtain some measure of recovery. Requirements to make a claim 1. Must be a clear
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state court system. The case was presented to the Florida Supreme Court on a certified question to resolve a case law conflict between sister courts of different appellate districts. The case initially arose from a violation two state criminal statutes‚ armed robbery and car-jacking The defendant /appellant appealed his conviction to the Third District Court of appeals in Florida on the basis that a conviction of armed robbery and carjacking under the same factual predicate amounted a violation
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