Law

Answer and explain question. How should legislators make decisions? Should they fulfill the role as a trustee, delegate, or politico?

Article summary: Please click the link below to access this article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-limit-political-ads-week-before-election-label-premature-calls-11599130800?mod=business_lead_pos1 Two interesting questions at the end to engage the readers. (answer the two following questions) 1. What did the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security and intelligence agencies ask Facebook to do? 2. What are some of the new Facebook election policies being implemented?

How can legal research be applied to assist a legal researcher in creating a memorandum of law? Why is legal research critical to the creation of a proper memorandum of law? What are some of the pitfalls a legal researcher should avoid when preparing a memorandum of law?

The transfer of a juvenile from the juvenile justice system to face prosecution in adult court is known as Direct File in the State of Florida and has several other names throughout the nation such as transfer, waiver and remand etc.  After researching how juveniles are transferred to adult court throughout the United States including the State of Florida, answer the following questions in the essay paper: 1) Briefly describe how juveniles are transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution in the United States. 2) Briefly describe how juveniles are transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution in the State of Florida. 3) Do you believe juveniles should be transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution?  If so, on what type of charges?  Why or why not should juveniles be transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution? 4) Who do you believe should be making the decision whether to transfer juvenile cases to adult court for prosecution? (judges, legislators, prosecutors etc.).  Why? Include a word count for the essay paper at the end.  Your essay should follow APA guidelines including the following: double-spaced with 1″ margins on all sides. You should use a clear font that is highly readable. APA recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Include a cover page and a reference page. You must use a minimum of 3 scholarly articles/references to support your position/findings.    All sources used must be listed on a reference page which is a separate page at the end of the essay paper.

What are the powers granted to the president in the Constitution?  Should there be more or less presidential power and why? What are the non-constitutional sources of presidential power?  When were these sources of power first tapped? Relate this topic to a current event.

Discuss the relationship between law, morality, and ethics. How does one determine what is ethical behaviour and what is not if you can’t use the law as the test? You must use at least one external source of information (e.g. the textbook) that is credible and academically reliable. (Do not use Wikipedia or Legalpedia which are neither credible or academically reliable). Sources must be cited in APA format. Yates, R. A. (2016), Legal Fundamentals for Canadian Business (4th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 9780133370287 ISBN: 9780135177044 eBook

Should the law allow an employer to fire an employee without a good reason? Conduct research to provide examples to support your position and use your own personal employment experiences when possible. Have you observed situations where an employee was fired? Did the employer give a reason? Do you believe the employer’s actions were legal?

Using data from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health, choose ONE of the following essay topics: Which drug is the most dangerous in the United States? Why? Why is it essential to study co-occurring disorders? How can this survey be improved to get better data? Please use 1-inch margins, Times New Roman, font 12, double-spaced, no title page, no header or footer, approximately two pages long. Cite any outside information you use using APA format at the end of the assignment. https://www.datafiles.samhsa.gov/study/national-survey-drug-use-and-health-nsduh-2018-nid18757 https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/nsduh-national-survey-drug-use-and-health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7pPHuRNMA

Read the scenario and answer the questions. Karen is shopping at Big Mart. She has with her an umbrella which is the same brand Big Mart carries. When a Big Mart employee, Steve, sees her leave with the umbrella without going through the checkout lane, he asks her to come back into the store. Steve says that he thinks Karen is shoplifting the umbrella. Karen tells him that she has had the umbrella for years and shows him marks of wear and tear. Steve apologizes and tells Karen she is free to go. Can Karen successfully sue for false imprisonment or defamation? From what you have learned about the relationship between a principal and an agent, analyze whether Steve or Big Mart could be liable because of Steve’s actions.

This discussion board is for Week 3 readings. Please take a look in your syllabus on how you should respond to these questions. Your answers for the questions should be more than 250 words in total and you will need to respond to two classmates posts. Your answers to the following questions are due by September 9th, 2020 at 9am. According to Calavita, how does the economic and social conditions in a society affect the types of law in a society? Summarize the arguments of two philosophers’ views on why we have certain types of law (Marx, Foucault, Durkheim, etc.) Why is defining law a ‘tricky business’ (p. 24)? What do you think drives the types of laws we have in our society today? (Ex. economic system, religion, etc). Give an example