CASE EXAMPLE A: Elaine has sued Jerry because Jerry fired her. Elaine was on the job for two months. The job offer letter she had been given mentioned the great career opportunities at the company and stated that her annual salary would be $30‚000. The employer is an employment at will employer. Elaine was given no reason for the termination. After the termination‚ Jerry hired a man named Kramer‚ who had less job experience and education than Elaine‚ for the position. Elaine has sued to get her job
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Case A FACTS: Elaine has been fired from her employment at will employer. Jerry fired her and gave her no reason for her termination. Elaine was promised good career opportunities and given an annual salary of $30‚000. Kramer‚ who was less qualified for the position‚ replaced her. Elaine has sued Jerry to get her job back. ISSUE: Is this a case for wrongful discharge or does Jerry have the right to fire Elaine? LAW/ANALYSIS: To begin‚ Elaine is an at-will employee. This means
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her open statement on the sexual harassment hearings‚ Anita Hill recounts the details of how Judge Clarence Thomas took advantage of working relationship between them and conducted inappropriate sexually offensive behaviors toward her. Although Hill does not feel comfortable to reveal her vulnerability‚ she keeps a very formal and constraining tone while she illustrates in details of the process in which Judge Thomas intentionally ignored her refusal on his innumerable invitations to social outings
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Judge Lawrence Wargrave on the stand for the mass murder on Soldier Island. How shall you plea “ Guilty of the murder of ten people”. Now to say the people on the island were guilty themselves. He knew he had done wrong and therefore killed himself as well. Knowing all those people died for no other reason but someone else’s enjoyment is wrong and Wargrave is guilty. Ever since Judge Lawrence Wargrave was a child he had a thing for seeing and causing death. He had a tormented mind. He himself could
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Judges have to make many discretionary decisions while they are on the bench. This is due to the fact that the law‚ no matter how well it is written‚ cannot anticipate every circumstance and eventuality that may be subject to that law. As a result‚ Judges are charged with making rational decisions in regards to the cases that don’t adequately fit the ramifications of the law. Most of the decisions that are made by Judges are independent of official guidelines and vary from Judge to Judge. This
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followed by a repeated course of rebellion to the Lord. The cycle of a downward path was evident throughout the period of the Mosaic Covenant and the book of Judges gives a compelling account of the ebb and flow of the Israelite’s lack of faith in God by choosing to worship Ba’al and other gods of the people groups around them. The book of Judges outlines the Israelites plunge into a moral and religious spiral by establishing a cycle of disobedience followed by defeat and oppression by their enemies
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ways and joined Judge Dee as his lieutenants. Once‚ when Judge Dee was traveling to the capital on some official business‚ these two men attacked him and his party on the road intending to rob them. Judge Dee at once saw that Ma Joong and Chiao Tai‚ far from being common thieves‚ were men of a heroic disposition‚ while the passes they made at him showed him convincingly that they were well versed in the arts of fencing and boxing. Instead of fighting with these men‚ it seemed to Judge Dee that he might
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performance of the Hamilton county judges‚ in three different courts. The data is compiled from information gathered over a three year period and includes a total of 182‚908 cases handled by 38 judges in Common Pleas Court‚ Domestic Relations Court‚ and Municipal Court. The information presented should help determine how many cases have been appealed‚ reversed‚ or a combination of stated variables which will help determine the amount of errors made by judges. The judges will also be ranked in order
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Judge Parker’s Court House and outlaws tried Fort Smith Arkansas Isaac Charles Parker • Born- October 15‚ 1838 • Hometown- Barnesfield‚ Ohio • Thought primary school to pay for law school • 1859- Moved to Missouri and had his own practice by 1861 working in county circuit courts • 1859- Became a lawyer at age 21 • 1861- Married Mary O’Toole‚ they had two sons‚ Charles and James • 1861-1863- City attorney • 1864- Member of electoral college (voted for Lincoln) • Died- November 17th‚ 1896 Isaac
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The Judiciary and Civil Liberties Assignment 3: To what extent are judges politically neutral? In theory there should be no ’political’ role for judges‚ but in practice there is. Ministers and their departments can break the law‚ MPs can be charged with breaking laws about election expenses and civil servants can be charged with handing over secrets about their political ’bosses’. A member of the judiciary has to decide whether they will be charged and‚ if so‚ what they will be charged with‚ and
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