Essays and Research Papers on All Law & Legal Issues

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and discusses substantive due process as well. The concept is applied to punitive damages and asks whether or not such is in violation of the clause. BMW v. Gore is provided as proof that it is. Bibliography lists ...

This is an 8 page paper discussing the maritime territorial disputes between Nicaragua and Columbia and Nicaragua and Honduras. Nicaragua currently has two territorial dispute cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The first case forwarded in December 1999 was for the need of a determination of the delimitation of maritime zones between Nicaragua ...

This 5 page paper begins with a brief outline of Martha Stewart's background and how she came to form her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. Her entrance to 'gracious living' began in 1972 with a catering business. It was the publication of her first book in 1982 that launched her into the public spotlight ...

9 pages in length. Jake Grabel moved in with his ex-wife, Betsy, while he was still married to his second wife, Laverne. Soon the relationship between Jake and Betsy soured, and Jake decided to go back to live with Laverne. In the interim, Betsy sold many of Jake's belongings, claiming that she ...

This 12 page paper (including an annotated bibliography) consider whether UKL internet providers would be able to avoid liability issues by locating servers outside the UK. The paper includes discussion on jurisdiction issues, compares the internet to newspapers and relevant cases and decision that indicates a changing perceptive by the UK courts since the case ...

This 12 page paper consider the recommendations made by Lord Justice Auld in the 2001 Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales regarding oral evidence, and the government response to these recommendations. The bibliography cites 9 sources.

A 10 page paper. The Military (MIL) Standard (SD) 882B System Safety Program Requirements is issued by the Department of Defense and is to be used by all departments and agencies of the Department of Defense. Within this document are more than 200 tasks a contractor must do, although the contractor may select the tasks ...

A 6 page consideration of the issues surrounding abortion. This paper considers the contention that the human fetus should be protected at all costs because of its frailty and dependence. The author considers this contention in situation of rape and incest and in contrast to the right of a woman to control her ...

A 5 page research paper that examines the various images that are painted by the media regarding the accused juvenile in the sniper spree of late 2002. The write particularly addresses whether or not Malvo should be tried as an adult and concludes that justice would be better served if he was tried as a ...

This 5 page paper examines the issue of diversity in the workplace by presenting a specific example of a 60 year old man who doesn't like to use computers, but needs to for his position. This paper is a discussion of the issues which surround this problem and the legalities involved. Bibliography lists ...

This 5 page paper discusses the use of conventions: what they are, their purpose, their history, etc. This paper explores why the English constitution depends upon conventions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 10 page report discusses a case in which copyright questions are considered. The Plaintiff has filed a complaint based in the Copyright Act of 1976, Title 17, stating that the defendant has created and commercially distributed unauthorized altered versions of plaintiff’s copyrighted motion pictures. In the case of GMG Studios, Inc. versus Scarlet’s BeneFilm’s, Inc., a ...

This 14 page paper considers how the margin of appreciation allowed by the European Court of Human Rights is so great that it undermines the concept of a universal standard of human rights. This is considered by looking at articles 8 and 10 of the Human Rights Act which cover the right to ...

19 pages in length. Deciding to live or die is not a decision one makes without sufficient understanding of the hard-boiled implications. When someone suffers from a terminal illness and tires of chasing the disease to the detriment of their quality of life, he or she may decide to refuse any further life-sustaining ...

This 7 page paper outlines the way in which the judges of the appeal court and the House of Lords interpreted this Act, specifically the phrase “Registered Medical Practitioner”. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

An 8 page paper which examines how access to data processing records can affect personal privacy, considers the main regulations that address this issue and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the case initiated by Caesar Barber against four fast food restaurants for contributing to his obesity. The legal issue is discussed. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper discussing implications of this topic. The statutes of limitations for many types of civic cases in North Carolina are listed in Chapter 1, Article 5 of the North Carolina General Statutes, sections 1-46 through 1-55. Limits range from six months to ten years, depending on the type of case ...

A 6 page paper which examines Justice Rehnquist’s political, legal, economic and/or societal impact on the United States. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing the O.J. Simpson case. Throughout history there have been many judicial cases in which people believed that a miscarriage of justice has taken place. In some cases, it could be that someone was found guilty when in fact it was believed that he or she was innocent. Or, ...

This 4 page paper disputes the notion that the pair did not get a fair trial or that politics or anti-Semitism played a role in the verdict. New evidence of their guilt is duly noted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

3 pages in length. Children play an entertaining game of telephone operator, where one child whispers a short story to the next child in line, who then whispers the story – to the best of his or her recollection – to the third child in line. When the last child finally receives the ...

A 7 page research paper that evaluates British police performance in a 1980s murder case via the description of the case offered by Joseph Wambaugh's text, The Blooding. This case was the first murder case to use DNA testing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 19 page paper examines the conflict between Word Trade Organization regulations and multilateral environmental agreements. The paper assesses the role of the WTO, who the conflict arise, and how reconciliation has occurred in the past. A number of examples of actual and potential conflicts are discussed and the policies that underlie the decision behind ...

A 3 page paper discussing whether the SNCC should have acted in the way it did during the summer of 1964. It concludes that the SNCC could have had more positive effect had it first studied both cultural and political differences and values; identified points at which it could have effected real change; and ...