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Qualifications for Judges of District-level Court

Criminal Law

.In many American states, judges are elected rather than appointed. Please briefly describe the appointment process in one state. Do you agree with state judges being elected in this manner? What might be done to improve the process?...

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

Corporate Governance

Company Law

There are have been various definition s of corporate governance but for the purpose of this essay ,'Corporate governance refers to the way in which companies are governed......

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

Search Engine Liability for Copyright Infringement

Copyright Law

This essay aims at providing a balanced view on copyright infringement by search engines....

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

High School Athletics Tested for Drugs

Constitutional Law

High School Athletic Students Tested For Drugs and Their Constitutional Rights Angela Cox Clemson University ABSTRACT This paper will examine the ......

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

Parliamentary Control of Administrative Rule Making

Constitutional Law

“…even if there be delegation, parliamentary control over delegated legislation should be a living continuity as a constitutional necessity ......

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Comparing the UAE, DIFC, and USA Laws

Employment Law

SWe usually want to have good living conditions, salary, and job. Therefore, I conducted this research to compare the UAE, DIFC, and USA laws regarding three important issues: the minimum wage, the labor law, and employment discrimination....

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

An Analysis of Circumstances

Common Law

Every offence require proof of the actus reus and mens rea. The question is focus on actus reus. Therere three categories which are under actus ......

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Situational Crime Prevention

Criminology

Within the Criminal Justice field, scholars as well as enforcement continually strive to develop methods through which criminal activity may be prevented....

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

Forgery, Kidnapping and Robbery

Criminal Law

Forgery is a crime that refers to as the making or creation of a counterfeit document, the modification of an existing document, or the signing of other's signature without authorization with the intent to deceive and deprive others (Online Legal Dictionary, 2009)....

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

Female Street Gangs

Criminology

The presence of female gang membership can be found in the early 19th century (Valdez, 2000)....

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A Fundamental Constitutional Principle

Constitutional Law

This Question Makes The Assumption That There Are Some Guards Against Excessive Concentration Of Power, But The Existence Of Such Guards Has Been Questioned By Many....

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The Concept of a Democracy

Constitutional Law

A basic principle of democracy is majority rule and the protection of individual and minority rights, which, although seemingly contradictory ......

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Defining and Analysing the Various Business Models

Company Law

1.    Sole Proprietorship: enterprise that is owned and controlled by one person and where there is no legal distinction between the proprietor ......

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Criminal Justice Remains a Big Challenge to Police

Criminal Law

Since early 1970s, most research organizations found that, there are a lot of crime cases not only in US but across all countries. In US alone, it was reported that more than 33.6 million people in 1992......

Last modified: 8th Aug 2019

A Debate on Indian Federalism Concept of Federalism

Constitutional Law

Federalism is the theory or advocacy of federal political orders, where final authority is divided between sub-units and a center. Unlike a unitary......

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Expression of thought

Copyright Law

Petersen J, giving judgement in 1916, determined that copyright was concerned with protecting the 'expression of thought' and not the 'originality of ideas'. Copyright does not require that an expression must......

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Battery Is an Intentional Unpermitted Act

Equity Law

To determine whether Paul is entitled to recover against Dina for assault, we first look into details on what actually amounts to assault ......

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Confidentiality and Privacy

Confidentiality Law

Confidentiality remains one of the most controversial topics in the arbitration since the 1980s....

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Distinctive Characteristics of the American Legal System

Constitutional Law

The aim of this paper is to discuss the most distinctive characteristics of the American legal system. In order to facilitate this discussion ......

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Rule of Law Offers Protection for Citizens

Constitutional Law

Law protects a society from anarchism . It is a set of conducts that is established and enforced by a sovereign authority to ensure and maintain ......

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System of Checks and Separation of Powers

Constitutional Law

In the United States there are three branches of government: the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch. Each of the branches ......

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Trends in Copyrightability of the Spoken Word

Constitutional Law

“But why is there no property in ideas uttered in conversation, and in spoken words, while there is property in ideas and words when they come ......

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Techniques of Neutralization

Criminology

This paper aims to present an application of techniques of neutralization by Sykes and Matza in one hand and anomie by Merton on the other in explaining white collar crime....

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Arbitration Agreement and Doctrine of Separability

Contract Law

INTRODUCTION Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), which is a legal technique settling the disputes outside courts, ......

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Copyright Industry in the Cyber Age

Copyright Law

Copyright Industry in the Cyber Age. The skies know no bounds. Neither do the air waves. The digital music industry is riding high on air waves and reaching out to the world to create a seamless unicultural global market for itself....

Last modified: 7th Aug 2019