Category: Law 2955

  • Maximal Punishment for Sexual Criminals

    Table of Contents Introduction Sexual rape and women Sexual Rape and children Conclusion Works cited Introduction Everyone should remember that they are responsible for their actions and doings. That is why people should learn how to be stricter with the persons who are not adequate in society. Among the crimes that can be committed by…

  • The State of Confusion Discussion

    Table of Contents Introduction The appropriate court The constitutionality of the statute Provisions of the US constitution Tanya’s likelihood to win Stages of the lawsuit Conclusion References Introduction The State of Confusion has decided to enact a ruling aiming at restricting the usage of any type of hitch for the trucks. The enactment has directed…

  • Sex Offenders and Rehabilitation

    Background of the study Sex offenders may be unwelcome in most parts of society, but their treatment and subsequent rehabilitation is critical. Sex offenders have been on the rise over the past years. Attempts to classify these offenders into particular categories where each case can be viewed in isolation have always been frustrated by the…

  • Tort Law in the Robert Ray Courtney Legal Case

    Introduction One of the major sub-branches found in law is that of the law of Tort. Unlike the other branches, the law of Tort entails civil wrongs that have been committed to an individual thereby causing harm (Showlter, 2007, p. 73). The law of tort has found its way commonly in the society because of…

  • Guns and Violence in America

    Gun control policies should be enforced because they will make the world a safer place. The right to live in the most crucial right for an individual that is why its violation is prohibited by the constitution and involves severe punishment. There have been cases of shootings in schools carried out by students, and lives…

  • Legality, Punishment, and Presumption of Innocence

    Table of Contents The Principle of Legality Theories of Criminal Punishment The Presumption of Innocence and Recordings of Crime Reference The Principle of Legality The principle of legality is one of the fundamental principles in modern criminal law. Its primary purpose is to protect a person from being wrongly charged with any crime. It means…

  • Inefficiency and Unreliable of Eyewitness Evidence

    Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction In criminal law, the evidence that is received from a person who is a witness declared to have seen the actual occurrence of a crime and is ready to give evidence in such a case is referred to as an eyewitness (Merriamwebster.com, 2011). Usually, in the US…

  • Battered Woman Syndrome: Types of Insanity Defenses

    Since the late 1970s, Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) has been used as a specific defense in many criminal cases. Nevertheless, after it was introduced to support claims of insanity and self-defense in spousal homicide cases, some legal, normative, and empirical questions appeared. There is no particular legal Battered Woman Syndrome defense. Instead, if there is…

  • Case Brief on Grutter v. Bollinger

    Table of Contents Facts Issue Holding Court Summary Comments Facts The Plaintiff in this litigation was Barbara Grutter and the defendant is Lee Bollinger. Grutter, a white woman, had graduated from Michigan State University with a Grade Point Average of 3.81. She had been an entrepreneur and offered services as a Health Care Information Technology…

  • Language Barriers for American Immigrants

    America has been at crossroads on the issue of a national language since time immemorial. It should be noted that many legal documents of the primordial ages were written in various languages, most notably German. It should also be remembered that the populace in post-independence America conversed in 20 different languages, including French and Dutch,…