the elements of a contract – law problem question

The conditions that determine the validity of the contract are complex and require considerable analysis to avoid breach of regulations that govern the law of contract. It is therefore important that a definition of what a contract is, should be outlined to guide the course of advice that may be extended to Muchimba Company Limited. … Read more

United States v Nixon

The United States v. Nixon was a historic United States Supreme Court decision. The Court resulted in a unanimous 8’0 ruling against President Richard Nixon and was important to the later stages of the Watergate affair. It is considered a crucial precedent limiting the power of any US president. Having this major political affair happen … Read more

Elections and funding

The Supreme Court insists that political money is equal to speech and allows unlimited amounts of unrestricted money through the Citizens United ruling proposed in January 2010 (Mark Lewis, The Atlantic Magazine, 2014). However, the flow of secret money distorts electoral processes and threatens the very basis of our democracy. Our elections are being outsourced … Read more

US constitution and government, separation of powers

A) During the Constitutional Convention, it was decided that the new nation would have a representative democracy, where citizens elect individuals to represent their ideas. Throughout history however, it has often been questioned whether those representatives represent the people or themselves. The government is split up into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The executive … Read more

Studying for the LL.B

The legal skills that law students are expected to have developed to study the LLB course include being able to obey all general regulations as well as assessment requirements. Additionally they are expected to be able to reference appropriately, acknowledging the sources they had used to complete a task or assignment. They are expected to … Read more

The veil of incorporation

The ”veil of incorporation” is a term used when a company separates legal responsibility from its directors and shareholders. This partition protects directors from being personally liable for a companies bad debts and obligations. In 1862 this law was established and has rarely been lifted in UK company law. The ‘veil of Incorporation’ was used … Read more

Criminal law problem question

In this scenario, Jack is guilty for Pratt murder and attempted murder of Bert. Jack’s attorney fails to understand that jack was really determined to kill Bert. If the gun had not malfunctioned, Jack would have killed Bert on the spot. He attempted twice to kill him with no success. What if the gun did … Read more

Voting and discrimination in the US

For many years, gaining equality has been an objective of many blacks in America. Having endured slavery, discrimination, and constant denial of their fundamental rights by white Americans, blacks began standing up for their rights and demanding those freedoms delegated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence affirms that all … Read more

Undocumented Immigrants and the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act was enacted in March 2010, and its purpose was to provide Americans with a better health security and improve the quality of care for all Americans. However, the Affordable Care Act fails to include the undocumented immigrants. According to the Department of Homeland Security, there are approximately 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants … Read more

Illegal music downloading

At present, illegal music downloading has become an unstoppable and a widespread activity specifically among the young generation that includes university students that have been discouraged by the legal actions taken by the industry. The key purpose of this research is to observe the current condition of illegal downloading and the impact of the consumer … Read more

Alternative dispute resolution

I work as a Bankruptcy Analyst at American InfoSource. I had no experience going into this job but it has definitely caught my interest. I have learned quite a bit of terminology in the five years I have worked there. I research court dockets and file claims for major creditors. I started working in the … Read more

Employment in the health care sector

Every employee working within the Health care sector is responsible for following the Guidelines of Legislation, Policies, Procedures, concerning the individual company working environment. Usually a written contract is drawn up stating clearly the companies’ policies and procedures, there are generally two sides to the agreement as the employer and the employee both of who … Read more

Royal prerogative

As there is no single accepted definition of the ‘Royal prerogative’ various other ones are offered for conflict with each other. One of the main reasons for this uncertainty is that the prerogative has been changing in the developing years. The definition of the ‘Royal prerogative that is widely used and accepted today is that … Read more