Self-Defense Delores Frimml Kaplan University Abstract This essay will attempt to clarify when it is legal to defend yourself and when defending yourself becomes criminal behavior. There is some confusion on this subject. The United States Court of Appeals‚ Second Circuit addressed this issue in the case United States v. Thomas. The defendant stated he shot and killed a man in self-defense while attempting to rob him so therefore in the defendant’s mind he cannot be charged with murder
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Federal court rules Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not apply to commercial SMS text messages sent to cellular phones. The ruling came a few weeks ago in Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster‚ No. C 06-2893 CW‚ 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46325 (N.D. Cal. June 26‚ 2007)‚ a case involving the transmission of an SMS text message promoting a popular author’s "mobile club" to a cellular phone used by a seven-year-old child. The defendants‚ the publishing company that contracted for the transmission of
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Criminal Case Defense Analysis Criminal Case Defense Analysis When a person gets arrested for a crime‚ that person will remain a suspect until proven guilty otherwise in court. This person will then have the chance to avail himself with the best legal representation available. “A defense consists of evidence and arguments offered by a defendant and his or her attorney(s) to show why that person should not be held liable for a criminal charge” (Schmalleger‚ 2010). Generally speaking
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Sarah Plantiff and Appellant V. ACME‚ KM‚ and STE Facts: The City of Albany decided to upgrade a fleet of repair trucks in order to respond to pothole fixing. ACME manufactured a cab and chassis of a truck that was then sold to Keefer Motors. Keefer Motors sold the truck unchanged to the City of Albany. No discussion by ACME or Keefer Motors had taken place with the City as to what the city would do with the truck. Susan’s Truck Equipment was contracted by the city to add a dump bed and
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Valid Contracts Victoria Glaser American Intercontinental University Abstract A contact is a legal binding agreement made between two parties. A contract is only enforceable if both parties involved in the contract have agreed to give or receive something of value. When going into an agreement or contract it is important to know the type of contract. This paper will explore the various types of contracts and the meaning of each. Express or implied contracts‚ unilateral
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Squirrel Defense‚ Inc. (SDI) SDI will be the leading force and the first point of reference in providing a reliable defense to eliminating the theft of food from bird feeders. I feel my proposed vision statement defines SDI`s purpose‚ but only in terms of bottom line measures rather than of the organization’s values (it lacks the values of the organization). For employees‚ my proposed vision gives no direction about how they are expected to behave but inspires them to give their best (so that
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simulation modeling uses the software to illustrate the feedback loops‚ which cause the problem (Gatto‚ 2009). This forms the simulation model of problem. Running model forms the graphical output of the way system with problem acts overtime. However‚ in our case we are going to focus on the casual loop diagramming‚ which is much easier and simpler method to learn. Initiating with learning how to draw the casual loop diagrams is the
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A valid contract consists of all essential components which present and the court will enforce as a legally binding promise . One of the elements contract to create a contract is agreement which included an offer and acceptance. “Acceptance is a final and unqualified assent to the terms of the offer‚ made in the manner specified or indicated by the offeror” . Acceptance may be express orally‚ in writing‚ occasionally‚ or even by implied from the offeree’s conduct. In communication of acceptance‚
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1. 3.01 Unfair Discrimination Dr. Takem uses the information gained in sessions with her patient Sam to charge an upgraded fee. Prior to learning about Sam’s inheritance the fee schedule was $45/session. After learning the additional information about the sizeable inheritance‚ Dr. Takem changed the fee schedule to $125/session. Her reasoning behind this was “the fee needs to be high for him to perceive the therapy as valuable and worth his effort and time”. 2. 3.04 Avoiding Harm Dr. Takem caused
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Importance of essential elements required for formation of valid contract The contract law is a situation where law is related to business transactions. In the situations good are purchased‚ sold‚ as well as moved through the contract. The employees are hired‚ land are developed‚ sold‚ bought leased or financed under the contract. Most of the businesses are based under contracts. Generally‚ the contracts represent foundation of the most of the commercial activities and therefore contract law stands
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