Law

Prosecution Argument - How Communities View Evidence and How They Can Indicate a Person's Responsibility for His or Her Crimes Through the Criminal Justice System

Throughout history people have been known to commit crimes. As far back as the beginning they have found ways to have people follow rules in order to maintain safe environments within their community settings. Over the years people have changed, but they still commit crimes. The evolution of the way people think has made it possible for laws to be created to protect everyone in the community as well as to make people who do not follow the right path pay for their crimes. Every state has its own set of laws and courts, but they all serve a basic principle: everyone should live in a safe world without harming others. This paper discusses how communities view evidence and how they can indicate a person’s responsibility for his or her crimes through the criminal justice system.

Criminal Elements

Prosecution Argument - How Communities View Evidence and how They Can Indicate a Person's Responsibility for His or Her Crimes Through the Criminal Justice System

Throughout history people have been known to commit crimes. As far back as the beginning they have found ways to have people follow rules in order to maintain safe environments within their community settings. Over the years people have changed, but they still commit crimes. The evolution of the way people think has made it possible for laws to be created to protect everyone in the community as well as to make people who do not follow the right path pay for their crimes. Every state has its own set of laws and courts, but they all serve a basic principle: everyone should live in a safe world without harming others. This paper discusses how communities view evidence and how they can indicate a person’s responsibility for his or her crimes through the criminal justice system.

Criminal Elements

Probable Cause Article Summary

It can be argued with a reasonable degree of certainty that the rule of law surrounding the interpretation of actions by officers supporting probable cause and how effective the tactics are in lieu of criminal procedure are important in convicting criminals who break the law. Over the years much debates has surrounded the applicability of warrantless searches, warrantless search exceptions and what some human rights groups have argued blatantly disregard individual citizens right to guarantees outlined in the U.S. Constitution. This report will summarize an article from www.policemag.one that explores the reasons why warrantless searches are sometimes complicated by court ruling. The method of a warrantless search exception and how it became procedural law will also be revealed and summarized.

The Article: Understanding Probable Cause

Criminal Law Paper /Recent Supreme Court Case: Jackson v. Hobbs - Sentencing Requirements and Juveniles

Arguably, a model rehabilitated juvenile prisoner can be described by juvenile counselors as an ex-offender who comes out of prison with clear goals aimed at getting him/her ready to face the challenges of sustaining life as a productive citizen in our civilized society. In the past, the criminal justice system has employed some programs aimed at rehabilitating juvenile offenders allowing them to receive some form of educational incentives, vocational training, and psychological assessments. The aim was to assist them with obtaining some of the necessities they will need to pursue real life goals after prison.

Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper

Abstract
The subject in will examine legislation aimed at a bill recommending doubling the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. Questions will be explored and evaluated as to whether or not the new sentencing would influence crime prevention or make citizen feel safer. Consideration of whether a not the bill would do much good will be revealed along with reasons for reaching such a conclusion.

Introduction

Reasons Why the Energy Sector Attracts a Special Tax Regime in the Form of Resource Rent Tax and Reasons Why This Tax is Thought to be Desirable

Introduction
The energy sector is dominated by a host of externalities, positive as well as negative, yet it is a necessity within the community for general day to day living along with providing for economic development. The industry left on its own, would see a culmination of the negative external effects, so it warrants Government intervention as a means to correct the various distortions. For example, renewable energy which may be considered as providing positive or at worst neutral externalities, due to its infancy and intermittent resource availability is burdened with high investment costs and long payback periods in contrast to the incumbent fossil fuel systems that have long experience as well as a known level of energy availability. To get around such issues Government policy and legislation has provided for incentives enabling investment in the renewable energy sector as well as a carbon pollution tax to allow an internalisation and so greater equity with the negative externalities of the fossil fuels.

Copyright and Institutional Repositories Essay

Abstract
The paper provides a broad view of copyright; and later, explains how it affects the establishment and management of digital repositories in academic institutions. Among other things, it defines intellectual property, copyright, public domain and fair use. It is argued that knowledge of the law and in particular, copyright is crucial in the management of an institutional digital repository. Some materials may be legally sensitive which the resource manager may need to take into consideration before it is made available on open access. It is argued that a policy on institutional digital repository is necessary to guide the management of this resource.

Introduction

Tax Fraud - Fair Tax Paper

Introduction
Purpose of Paying Taxes
So, why do we pay taxes? Throughout our nation’s history, individuals have received some type of service. Whether that service was food, education, protection, etc., a higher type of government authority provided some type of service for the citizens. In simple terms, because the government is providing a service that typically could not be paid for by a mere few citizens, funds have to be collected from the entire nation’s population. Generally, the services benefit the country as a whole. For instance, the United States of America could never have become a military world power without the taxation of the citizens. Different types of services are more controversial than others; however, we do not get to pick and choose what services or programs we want to pay for and what we do not. We do, however, have the ability to vote which provides some degree of opportunity to influence the direction the government takes. Today, in America, the majority of our tax budget goes to Medicare, social security, military, and social services such as food stamps and housing.

Tax Evasion

Life Behind the Zion Curtain - Would Passing the Zion Curtain Law Cut Back on Underage Drinking?

Picture this: a three-foot tall pane of frosted glass obstructing your view of your bartender while he/she makes your drink. You are not allowed to see the alcohol behind the counter, nor the drink being made. In order to get your drink, your bartender has to walk around the bar to personally hand you your drink. That is what bartenders in Utah’s restaurants are obligated to do. A new law requires all establishments that serve alcohol behind the frosted glass, dubbed by the media as the “Zion Curtain,” after the Mormon Legislature that put the law into effect. There has been a heated debate on the effectiveness of the Zion Curtain.

The reason behind the Zion Curtain is to cut down on underage drinking, but does it really work? Researchers from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation find that it is more likely that if a teen’s parents or peers drink, they will be more inclined to do the same. But they have not found a connection between underage drinkers and bartenders mixing drinks.

Our Legal System Today: How and Why We Got Here

Drug Courts

Currently in the United States, there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the country’s prisons and jails. Out of this population, approximately one-quarter of these inmates have been convicted of a drug offense. With drug offense arrests increasing nationwide and the prison population increasing similarly, an alternative to incarceration has been implemented over the past two decade in many cities across the country. This alternative is in the form of local drug courts that are now found in most major cities in the United States. A drug court is a specialized court in which the judge, prosecutor, public defender or private attorney, probation officers, and treatment counselors work in tandem to help chemically dependent offenders obtain needed treatment and rehabilitation in an attempt to break the cycle of addiction and further criminal offenses.

The Benefits and Risks of a Color-Blind Society: Discussing Racial Discrimination Laws

The Paper Chase – Paper on Archives and the Public Records Office of Hong Kong

This evening I propose to tell you something about the development of the Public Records Office of Hong Kong and about the role which it can or should play in the conservation and use of Hong Kong’s archival resources. But before doing this I think that it may be worthwhile to spend some time talking about archives as such - about what archives are and how modern archive institutions operate. Many of you may be quite knowledgeable on this subject already and if you are I apologise for seeming to assume otherwise. But some quite astonishing misconceptions exist about archivists and their profession, as all archivists know, and when we asked to address a general audience few of us can quell the thought that at least some present may be harbouring what we have come to recognise as the classic delusions about us. And what are these :

Islamic Jurisprudence and Legal Maxims

Abstract

Legal maxims replicate established principles of law to which jurists appeal when confronting new legal cases. The rules of the Shariah specify the set of principles which great Muslim jurists derived from the Quran and the Sunnah. This research paper encapsulates the selection of largely accepted legal maxims (rules) that are relevant in contemporary situations, reflecting the economic activities of individuals and society and its application. The broad classification of these legal maxims sets out certain rules from the Fiqh, construed in accordance with intention, the applicable legal theories which are normative legal maxims, guided by the textual injunctions of the Qu’ran and the Sunnah.

Although various researches have been conducted and discussed in all major works of jurisprudence, these great works have been confined mostly to rituals or citing of the precedents. The current study shall attempt to articulate the application of certain applicable maxims to contemporary economic activities.

Objectives of the research:

Adolescent Sexual Offenders - Youth Justice System

The issue of adolescent sexual offenders is an important topic within the youth justice system. It is worthy of research and discussion for anyone wishing to get involved with the youth justice system because of the seriousness of the offences committed, and the impact on both the victim and offenders. This essay will examine recent data on this topic, the relationship between adolescent sexual offenders and the youth justice system, the promising practices used to help treat these adolescent sexual offenders, and provide a discussion on why this topic should be discussed within Community Justice Programs.

Criminology Paper in Letter Form to a Supreme Court Judge

Dear Judge Gresh,

I am going to try to influence your decision on the appeal by demonstrating some of the procedures and processes that will have to be in-order for this case to press further. Then bring to light the laws set on and around our constitution in particular the fourth amendment. We need to discuss how the charges brought forth were done in an unlawfully manner and how they violate the law and jurisdictions that bind our law enforcement agencies. Also as a close friend, I will give you my honest opinion on the appeal, if I were in your shoes as one of the appellate judge presiding over this case I would uphold the first judgment handed down in this matter.
The court’s decision on this case was decided by using proper procedures to make sure that no citizen’s rights would be violated. The fourth amendment offers every citizen of the United States of America the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures (Mount, 2011). In this case the police officers may have had good intentions in mind but there are rules and laws set in place to protect citizens from their rights to be violated.

Handgun Laws in Kansas

The topic I chose to write about is the handgun laws in Kansas. I believe that they should change the age of legally buying and owning a handgun to 18. There are several reasons why I feel this would be appropriate. With so many things going on in the world today, people are forced to grow up younger and younger everyday. I believe that if it is okay for a young man of eighteen to be sent into combat, possibly against his will, it should be okay for him to own a handgun. With the age of owning a high-powered rifle being only eighteen, it would only make sense for the handgun law to follow suit.

Introduction to Tort Law

In order to compare and contrast different areas of the law we must first get a clear definition of tort law, constitutional law, business law, and criminal law. According to Buckley & Okrent (2004) a tort is defined simply as a wrongful doing or injury to and individual or their property. Tort law is comes from both areas of common law and statutory law. Though tort law covers a broad area of the law there are three main categories that it covers: negligence, intentional torts, and strict or absolute liability. Even though all categories of tort law differ they must contain at these elements: duty, breach of duty, causation or damages (p. 2-4).

The next area of law we need to look at is constitutional law. According to Law preview (2011) constitutional law mainly focus on two categories: Supreme Court decisions and individual right according to the Constitution (p.1). Constitutional law looks at the government structure and the people's rights within it. Each case that the Supreme Court decides affects the rights of all U.S. citizens. Constitutional law keeps our government and citizens in order.

Contemporary Theories of Social Justice

How Can Justice be said to Give Priority to the Protection of Liberties?