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Antitrust Case of Microsoft and a Supreme Court Judge's Opinion

God-like, Bill Gates stands on the top of the highest monetary mountain. However, the Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Offi...

Judge's Role in US Plea Bargaining Process

This paper examines the diminishing role of the judge in the American plea bargaining process in 5 pages. Two sources are cited i...

U.S. Judicial System and Prejudice

our limitations. If an individual is judging who is guilty of a crime with a choice of two people, and has the knowledge of the ...

1984 Case on Burning the American Flag Texas v. Johnson

In three pages this paper examines the reasons why a Chief Justice overturned the ruling of the judge in this important 1984 flag ...

A Comparison of Juvenile and Adult Courts

that a ten year old can be prosecuted for murder. In contemplating this issue, it pays to take a look at the juvenile justice syst...

Juvenile Delinquency Theories - Choice And Criminal Atavism

very distinct physical characteristics (Clinton Community College, n.d.). Examples include a flattened nose, very large jaws, stro...

Criminal Law, Identity And Culture

Social Control theories are two in particular where crime, culture and identity intersect, the former of which asserts how everyon...

Labor Case Study of Employer HCL, Inc. a/k/a A. B. Inc. and Union Laborers International Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 576A

jurisdiction over such matters. The unions position is that an agreement was reached when the agreement was extended to 2005 as i...

NY Times Article Critique, Sulzberger (2011)

This essay is a critique of an article pertaining to the restriction that anyone who failed to pass a drug test cannot receive pub...

The Case of Campagnola V. Mulholland, Minion & Roe and Its’ Relevance Within The Legal System

included the presence of the contingency fee; that the firm would receive one third of any money recovered to compensate her for h...

Sentencing for Identity Theft

sentencing, they generally provide a range within which the judge must remain when imposing sentence. Also, legal issues can affe...

Case of Commonwealth vs. Tracy L. Prashaw

that had cocaine residue was confiscated (2004). It was found in her pocket, and she was arrested (2004). Another warrant was then...

John Rawls, Utilitarianism, and Distributive Justice

In five pages utilitarianism and distributive justice as depicted by political philosopher John Rawls in A Theory of Justice are d...

Cultural Climate of the Period and the Dred Scott Decision

even if the federal government could buy the slaves, the freed slaves could not be turned into citizens without an amendment to th...

Race and Class Roles in the Juvenile Justice System's Development

and, therefore, cannot begin to identify with the situation or see the need for drastic change. What, exactly, compels one ...

'Letter from Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luther King Jr. and Social Justice

the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts...

Organizational Justice and Motivation

that this will impact on behavior. As seen in the Mayos Hawthorne studies, where employees had a good employment relationship with...

Aging and Dying in the Modenr Family

process can have tremendous detrimental effects on families, both from a financial standpoint and an emotional one. Results from t...

An Evaluation of the U.S. Legal System

that the rage that the public feels toward lawyers is generated is not generated by the trial lawyers obligation to defend the gui...

Charter Schools and Vouchers: Assessing the Value

United States around the end of the 20th century, as something of a middle ground in the traditional dichotomy of public and priva...

Overview of the Juvenile Justice System

this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...

Delinquency Concept Evaluation

This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...

US Juvenile Justice System

(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get toug...

Youth Offenses, the Juvenile Justice System, and Probation Issues

rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...

Edward Humes' 'No Matter How Loud I Shout : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court'

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

Mentally Ill Individuals and Ethical Treatment

In eight pages the U.S. justice system's treatment of mentally ill individuals is discussed in terms of what should be proper ethi...

Use Of Shaming In Criminal Sentencing

and overlook the possible social benefits associated with alternative sentencing...If federally imposed mandatory minimum sentence...

The Treatment of Criminals for the Protection of Society

treated (Hare, 1993). They basically do not believe they have a problem. In most cases, people seek treatment because they want to...

Higher Education For Police Officers

upon a combination of myriad elements that work in a synergistic way to address the criminal mind. The aspects of psychology and ...

Criminal Profiling and Other Issues

artists, ruthless manipulators, and petty criminals. Psychopaths usually commit crimes because they like to control, dominate, and...