Essays and Research Papers on All Law & Legal Issues

This 20 page paper considers a fictitious treaty between 4 states that are all party to the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, where 8 years after the treaty came into affect there are disagreements. One state is arguing that they were coerced into accepting the terms by the other states through the ...

This 28 page paper sets out to consider the proposition that lawyer operate in the public interest. The paper starts this by defining the role of the lawyer, which includes the UK definitions of both barristers and solicitors. Following this the meaning of public interest is discussed with reference to different perspectives, and the ...

This 14 page paper critically evaluates the extent to which English insolvency law currently meets the aim to ensure due recognition and respect abroad for English insolvency proceedings. The paper looks at the different corporate cultures in England, where there has been a creditor bias, compared with Europe and countries such as Germany and France ...

An 8 page consideration of how due process has eroded over time. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 21 page paper looks at how privacy interpreted in international law. The paper starts with a consideration of the role of international law and considers now this may be applied to issues of privacy. The paper then looks at international law, focusing on the European Convention of Human Rights, examines the protection that is ...

This 9 page paper looks at three different scenarios. In the first an employer who has made a promise of extra payments wants to get out of the promise. The second concerns the liability of business partners for contracts entered into on behalf of the business. The last considers the liability created when a ...

This 8 page paper discusses some of the legal issues that surround rent-to-own enterprises. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the way the polluter pays principle and the precautionary principles appear in EU environmental law. The paper considers the attitude of member states and the trend towards a duel approach. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This is a 13 page paper that provides an overview of landlord and tenant laws in the UK. The focus is on the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1985. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how the focus on homeland security may compromise ethics concerning the involvement of law enforcement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of contract law. The matter of the enforceability of verbal agreements is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper summarizing the basic points of US immigration laws in the post-9/11 environment. Immigration requirements already were difficult for many before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Since then, they have become quite stringent. Bibliography lists 5 sources. A companion PowerPoint presentation is available.

This 4 page paper discusses several matters pertaining to family law, including cloning, integrated courts, and the rights of unmarried fathers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 14 page paper considers the argument that "In using law's terms in order to challenge law, feminism always concedes too much". The paper considers this in connection to jurisprudence, with the discussion including different forms of feminist theory and the way in which they may influence the study and practice of jurisprudence. The ...

A 5 page discussion of tort law as it relates to food contamination. The author outlines a fictional case involving contaminated ice cream. An analysis is presented regarding the burden of proof facing the plaintiff in regard to proving negligence on the part of the ice cream manufacturer. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper is written in two parts. The first explains the doctrine of binding precedent, also known as stare decisis. The second part of the paper looks at the strengths and weakness of common law as seen in English law. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

In ten pages this paper focuses on how laws for sex offenses have developed over the past 20-25 years with particular attention to the role of women in this process. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 5 page paper outlines the case of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (MIMA) v Bhardwai (2002), HCA 11 (14 March 2002). This paper outlines the basic elements of this case. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper examines sexual offender registry laws with a focus on Maryland. It is argued that such laws are constitutional. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page research paper that discusses the relationship between the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and these documents affect the formulation of law. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper answers a set of three questions. The first looks at if a there is the potential for the doctrine of direct effect to be used where the UK does not implement an EU directive (fictitious), the second looks at if indirect effect can be used if there is a law ...

A paper which considers the ways in which mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution might be more appropriate in family law cases than litigation, and looks at the relative advantages and disadvantages of both processes. Bibliography lists 4 sources

This 4 page paper considers statement that “The rule of law has no moral content”. The paper considers if this is true and whether morality is a necessary precondition for the rule of law. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the different sources of international law, including national law as well as international conventions; international custom, general principles of law, judicial decisions and teachings of publicists. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 8 page paper considers the position of web page content under UK laws. The paper looks at a case supplied by the student. The first issue concerns content created by a subcontractor without a written contract and who owns the copyright. The second issue looks at the copying of photographs form a different website ...