Essays and Research Papers on All Law & Legal Issues

This is a 6-page paper that discusses the issue of conflict of interest with regard to Boeing Corporation and their former employee Darleen Druyun. The corporation is now under investigation and Druyun is in jail because of the favoritism she showed to Boeing when she was an Air Force procurement officer. She favored ...

This 8 page paper describes the way in which cases get to the US Supreme Court, and discusses several of the Court's landmark decisions.

This 14 page paper discusses the 4th Amendment and its guarantee that citizens are free from illegal search and seizure. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper takes the form of a legal memo which discusses both sides of the question of whether or not a polygamous marriage can be allowed to go forward. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper examines four cases where jury decisions were overturned by the court. The reasons are numerous but involve either misconduct or the incompetence of the jury. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses aspects of the case, including what issues the Court thought it needed to address; the reason for its decision; whether it could have decided differently; and what William N. Eskridge would have thought of the decision.

A 4 page paper answering two questions on plea bargaining and ethical decision-making. One involves a defense attorney offering one of his clients to the district attorney in exchange for leniency with another, who has a good chance of acquittal and should go to trial. The other focuses on whether a prosecutor should ...

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the supreme court opinion in the case of Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Janie Cockrell. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 8 page paper cpnsiders how the case of Barber v Somerset County Council(2004) the House of Lords may have failed to take adequate account of the realities of modern work and of the changes in the typical workplace over the last thirty years. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

9 pages in length. People "cannot stifle free speech because [they] don't want to hear it" (Mass, 2005, p. 33) in a country where liberty and personal rights are as essential to one's existence as are the life-sustaining elements of food and water. According to a judgment in the 1999 Redmond-Bate v DPP ...

This 3-page paper discusses the question as to whether or not limited liability partnerships, or LLPs are protection enough against potential litigation in the event a company partner is negligent. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines what several news articles have to say about the methods and credibility of three criminal profilers, Park Dietz, Kim Rossmo and Greg McCrary. The writer evaluates Rossmo and McCrary as experts in their field, but argues that there was insufficient data in the news article pertaining to Dietz ...

This 3-page paper discusses Section 215 of the U.S. Patriot Act, and how it should be rewritten or amended so it infringes less on civil liberties and does the job its supposed to do. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper discussing long-standing EU sugar-exporting practices and the controversy surrounding them. The EU recently offered to end agricultural subsidies if other member nations would respond in kind. If the EU is offering to end its extensive and often background practices of subsidizing its own agricultural exports, of course it has ...

This 4-page paper discusses the U.S. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and how it might pertain to Boeing and its rewards system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses the case of Sima Rabinovicz when, riding on a Monsey Trail Bus, she was asked to move her seat by Hasidic Jews who wanted to wall off part of the bus for prayer. The paper discusses the specifics of the case, the role of Jewish women (Orthodox) and whether the case ...

This 5-page paper, using Werth's "Damages" book as a jumping-off point, studies the tort system as it pertains to medical malpractice and other litigation. The questions answered include what it would take to try to reduce the liability of the system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at UK and considers the differences between a licence to occupancy and a tenancy created by a lease. The paper looks at hw the courts would determine the difference and illustrates this with the used of numerous fully cited cases. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing the positions that the constitutions of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States take on property ownership and property protection. Land is the only enduring asset an individual can acquire. Land is the only possession that cannot physically be lost or stolen, or destroyed by some ...

This 5-page paper discusses the path of a work-based discrimination complaint, focusing on a fictitious employee named John. Through this paper, we see John file through the EEOC, then through the court system. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page discussion of this controversial question. The author reviews policies regarding abortion and the use of aborted fetuses in scientific research to conclude that the unborn do indeed have personal rights. They question of whether the average person believes that they should have individual rights, however, is somewhat more difficult to match ...

A 5 page paper which examines whether or not living wills should be allowed in America and considers if an otherwise fully competent adult has the right to die if they so choose. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper examines rules of evidence, inclusive of the exclusionary rule. Other rules are discussed. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5-page paper focuses on two aspects -- requirements for due diligence when it comes to making an investment in a company, and a model for a memo about potential legal problems of the company. The company in question is a start-up construction company. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page review of the causative factors involved in violent crime, property crime, enterprise crime, and public order crime. The author summarizes that, in short, crime occurs because of one degree or another of profit. Until we prioritize our interventional tactics criminals will continue to exert a stranglehold on our world. Bibliography ...