Maintenance grants for European Students – the ECJ

The HSSC referred questions to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling. They questioned: ‘ Whether and under which circumstances a student, being a national of one Member State and traveling to another Member State to study, can rely on article 18 TFEU (the prohibition of discrimination based on nationality) to obtain a … Read more

R v Levy & Drobny

1. MATERIAL FACTS On 6th July 2013 at about 5.00am, the two respondents, then both aged 19, entered a taxi. When the taxi driver became aware the respondents could not pay the fare, he said he would drive them to the police station, which prompted the respondents to begin swearing. The driver stopped the taxi … Read more

Negotiation and Conflict Case Analysis

The case study explains the end goals of both parties and the extent to which they are willing to negotiate on a neutral ground in order to achieve a win-win situation. Identifying the positions of each individual Mark is the chief negotiator for the union in widget factory and Jane is the Chief Executive Officer … Read more

Purpose of Human Resource Policy Requirements in an Organization

Human resources policy is a formal statement of a principle or rule and regulation that members of an organization should use and follow. Each policy addresses an issue important to the organization’s mission, vision, and operations. The purposes of human resources policy are designed to provide access to pertinent resources necessary for successful employment. Besides … Read more

Partition Resolution 181(II)

Every year on November 29th the international community marks the anniversary of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as the ‘UN’) Partition Resolution 181(II) . It is sometimes forgotten ‘ and often not even known ‘ that this was the first blueprint for an Israeli-Palestinian ‘two states for two peoples’ solution. While this resolution was … Read more

Term limit legislation

In 1990, beginning with California, Colorado, and Oklahoma, many states embarked on term-limit movements that resulted in the adoption of term limits for state legislatures. This was done in response to what many believed was widespread legislative tenure becoming standard with representatives securing lifelong careers in politics. Throughout the 1990’s and early 2000’s eighteen more … Read more

Environmental Laws in India

Historians, social scientists, environmentalists, social activists, civil societies, policy makers, jurists etc. are debating and writing about the various aspects of environment, including the environmental law, in India. In this process, environmental concerns are raised and remedies for safeguarding the environment are suggested. The role of judiciary is also very important in the whole scenario … Read more

Pay discrimination

Introduction Women have been experiencing pay discrimination for centuries and unfortunately it continues to do so today. In fact, ‘women make 79 cents for each dollar earned by men, although they make up nearly 50 percent of today’s workforce’ (Exchange, 2015). In a capitalist society that thrives on diversity and competition, this problem negatively affects … Read more

The Deepwater Horizon incident

Following the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, the European Commission (EC) pressed its primary views on the safety of offshore oil and gas in 2010 and concluded that the existing divergent and fragmented regulatory framework applying to the safety of offshore oil and gas operations in Europe did not … Read more

Conflict minerals

Armed groups in Central Africa earn millions of dollars every year by trading minerals extracted from the armed conflict regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Those minerals are called conflict minerals and are extracted for the use of funding for the conflicts in those zones. They are smuggled out of Congo by … Read more

Assignment: Law practical writing

March 20, 2015 xxxx Dear Mr Carlos Santiago, Mr Alfonso Ribeira owns one hectare land, which he uses for producing ethical foie gras. He does this by using a method of forced-feeding geese. Ethical foie gras is produced by making use of the natural instinct of geese to eat the wild yellow lupines seeds in … Read more

Research proposal: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

The main purpose of this research proposal will be to focusing on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act also known as SOX which was enacted on the 30th July 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was named after the two benefactors which are U.S Senator Paul Sarbanes and U.S Representative Michael Garver Oxley. This act was established after several high … Read more

The plea bargain

America has the system of common law, this includes that the courts base their decisions on prior judicial pronouncements rather than on legislative enactment. The judges are obliged to adhere to previously decided cases, or precedents, where the facts are substantially the same. And in the American common law system there is the phenomenon of … Read more

Legalization of Marijuana

Marijuana legalization has been a hot topic for last couple of years. Lately it seems that drug policy and the war on drugs has a been in the news quite a lot. Lot of people believe that marijuana should be legalize and some people against legalize marijuana believe marijuana should remain illegal . It is … Read more

Civil liberties

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