According to media reports, police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The disputed circumstances of the shooting of an unarmed man, the resultant protests, and the civil unrest due to racial undertones of the case have received considerable attention in the United States and abroad. In this case study, you […]

Review the resources regarding the Liebeck v. McDonald’scase. Think about what you learned about torts in this unit. If you were a member of the jury, would you have decided for Liebeck or for McDonald’s? Be sure to support your position with citation to authority and the elements of negligence. In response to your peers: In response to your peers: In response to your peers, […]

PAULA PLAINTIFF’S REALLY BAD WEEK, PART 2 Paula Plaintiff’s Really Bad Week, Part 2 Introduction In this assignment, you’ll need to decide whether Paula Plaintiff has any legal claims arising from another series of unfortunate events. After reading the scenario, answer the questions that follow, making sure to fully explain the basis of your decision. Paula’s bad luck continues. Five days after the events detailed in […]

  Regarding Todd’s situation, I do believe that the registration requirement and his subsequent arrest were violations of his Second Amendment right (by definition) because the Second Amendment clearly guarantees a right to bear arms. Todd’s argument is valid because of District of Columbia v. Heller, 2008, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to […]

Discuss the following:  Brad is an air traffic controller who has had significant problems with high blood pressure. He has changed his diet and takes medication, but the problem persists. His wife thinks he should find other employment because his job is very stressful and contributes to his high blood pressure. She believes that if he continues at the job, he could have a heart attack. Brad is an avid runner […]

Assignment:This week your focus was on inductive and deductive arguments. Your assignment consists of 2 parts, which you will complete using a worksheet. For Part 1 you will label the statement as a premise or an argument. For Part 2, you will review five arguments. For each argument you will label the premise and conclusion statements within the arguments, then you will classify the argument […]

As reported in a Huffington Post piece, headlined “States Are Prioritizing Prisons Over Education, Budgets Show,” a new analysis of state-level spending highlights that states have devoted more taxpayer resources to prisons than to schools. Here are the basics from the report via the HuffPost‘s summary:     If state budget trends reflect the country’s policy priorities, then the U.S. currently values prisoners over children, a new report […]

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Based on the scenario provided by this case study, you must write a three-to-four page paper addressing the questions below. Your papers must follow proper APA format. While answering these questions, your discussions must incorporate the applicable doctrines/philosophical views that you have learned in this class. 1- Does Grover understand the local culture? 2- Grover considers the option of sending Al Humaidi to a Medical […]

Business Law – Discussion Week 5