Law Case Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (274) essays
Cases essays:
The Brady bill and its passage
... a bill becomes a law through compromises made by diverse and sometimes conflicting interests in this country. There have been many controversial bills passed by Congress, but among all, I have taken a particular interest in the passage of the Brady bill. When the Brady debate was in full swing ...
UMG Recordings vs. MP3.com
... UMG RECORDINGS, INC. v. MP3.COM, INC. 92 F.Supp.2d 349 (S.D.N.Y., 2000) UMG Recordings is suing MP3.com, which is a site similar Napster that allows users to download songs when they are logged on to their site. The technology known as "MP3" permits rapid and efficient conversion of compact disc ...
Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education
... Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery, and the Fourteenth Amendment makes them citizens, but they do not knock down the socially and legally constructed racial barriers, which last until 1954 when they begin to start crumbling away. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education ...
A Fair Trial? The Azaria Chamberlain Case (Australia). How did a jury of twelve people come to convict Lindy Chamberlain of her daughter's death? 24/25
... of a witness, and are can determine what behaviour is characterised as being reasonable or unreasonable. The reasoning behind this is that they bring a multitude of backgrounds and experiences to the task of determining a verdict that is far broader than one judge alone could possess ... associate of ...
CASE 8-4--AUSTIN INSTRUMENT, INC. v. LORAL CORPORATION
... court for a computation of its damages. Rule of the Law. A contract is voidable on the ground of duress when it is established that the party making the claim was forced to agree to it by means of a wrongful threat precluding the exercise of his free will. The existence of ...
Telecommuting in the Federal Government
... associate loss of control with difficulty in monitoring the job performance of remote workers. Managers worry that flexible work prevents effective communications with and among their staff. They believe that a loss of control will lower their own performance records ...
This is an overview of the landmark Engel v. Vitale Supreme Court case in 1962 regarding religion in school.
... Supreme Court who would recognize the case. As the case began, Engel maintained his position in which the school prayer violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. But of course Vitale and the Board of Education ...
The Murder of Martha Moxley: Why Micheal Skael did it
... of the crucial consequences he would have to come up against. Michael acted out his rage by retaliating and murdering Martha because he simply lost his mind and temporarily went insane since he couldn't control his feelings of ...
United States V. Microsoft
... nations shall be deemed guilty of a felony". - That Microsoft violated section 2 of the Sherman Act by attempting to monopolize the web browser market when Microsoft tried to drive its competitors out of the market by depriving their customers of ...
Microsoft Antitrust Case
... Act, it is not sufficient for a company to "monopolize" a market in the sense of possessing a very large market share, even a market share of 100%. Further, Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act ...