I. John M. Richmond v. State of Iowa‚ 97-954 (Plaintiff John M. Richmond) v. (Defendant the State of Iowa) II. Procedural History Defendant John M. Richmond and partner Robyn Krell were in an intimate relationship. Once the relationship ended‚ Richmond appeared at Krell’s residence and forced her to have sex with him while holding a knife in his hand. Richmond called his hired counselor‚ Fr. Dick Osing for counseling on the incident. Richmond was charged with second-degree sexual abuse. Richmond
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The U.S. Supreme Court case 469 U.S. 528 (1985)‚ Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority‚ was first argued on Monday‚ March 19‚ 1984 and reargued on Monday‚ October 1‚ 1984. It was finally decided on Tuesday‚ February 19‚ 1985. The panel consisted of Chief Justice‚ Warren E. Burger and Associate Justices‚ William J. Brennan‚ Jr.‚ Byron White‚ Thurgood Marshall‚ Harry Blackmun‚ Lewis F. Powell‚ Jr.‚ William Rehnquist‚ John Paul Stevens‚ Sandra Day O’Connor. The majority vote of 5 to
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and it could be argued this process makes it legitimate. But not all states in the world are democratic‚ so can they be seen to be a legitimate governing body‚ with the authority to rule the people of that territory? This essay will examine the legitimacy of the states power and if they are justified to be the governing authority in a given territory. The United Kingdom is a democratic society; the people are given the opportunity to vote‚ for the political party they consider will be the best
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Antigone In Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the main conflict is civic authority versus natural law. Creon‚ the king of Thebes‚ is faced with the decision of standing by the laws he has enforced or to make the people of Thebes happy. Antigone‚ the protagonist of the play‚ countered Creon by breaking his law to not provide a burial for her brother‚ Polynices. The fundamental struggle between the protagonist and antagonist is developed according to a set pattern that theater audiences have come to recognize
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Power‚ Authority‚ and Influence BrandMarker Case Study. SUBMITTED BY: S. L. REAMS MGT302 :: Org. Behavior and Teamwork Module 2 – Case Assignment Trident University 05 August 2013 CEO Tom Morris and his team are about to face consequential challenges. The first obstacle that needs to be overcome by Tom Morris and his team is the replacement of the old head of the division‚ John Goodwin. Since the latter has spent his last ten years as head of the Corporate Identity
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Edward de Bono thought to be one of the leading authority in the world in the field of creative thinking and direct teaching of thinking as a skill. A de Bonian thinker states‚ "There are highly intelligent people who are poor thinkers. Intelligent people may use their thinking to simply defend a point of view. The more skilled they are at mounting a convincing defense‚ the less they see a need to explore that subject‚ listen to others‚ or generate alternatives. This is poor thinking" (Wiesendanger
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LEGAL AUTHORITY Rational-legal authority (also known as rational authority‚ legal authority‚ rational domination‚ legal domination‚ or bureaucratic authority) is a form of leadership in which the authority of an organization or a ruling regime is largely tied to legal rationality‚ legal legitimacy and bureaucracy. The majority of the modern states of the twentieth century are rational-legal authorities‚ according to those who use this form of classification Authority Types Traditional authority is
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Law’s Authority comes from its ability to create a moral obligation to follow it. The question of whether or not Law’s authority results from the fact that it has a moral obligation is one which has been heavily debated for centuries. It seems that the biggest proportion of this debate has been sparked by the emergence of legal positivism and utilitarianism from writers such as Hobbes‚ John Austin‚ and H.L.A Hart. Before this train of thought‚ morality in law was seen as a key necessity and
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The Law of Nationbuilding - Does the UN Security Council have Authority to create new States? – - by Alexander-Georg Rackow – I. Introduction A. Situation in Kosovo and Iraq “Kosovo‚ an explosive region that once was a province of Serbia‚ has been on a long road to a kind of independence with international supervision. During the negotiations‚ the United Nations Security Council faced the challenge of finding a formula to protect about 114‚000 ethnic Serbs while giving the majority ethnic
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COMPLIANCE OF LOCAL AUTHORITY TAX BY SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN NAIROBI (Case of Single Business Permit within Kasarani Constituency) By CAMERON KAGEHA KMU/EMBA/550/2002 ABSTRACT For decades‚ tax researchers have investigated why some people pay taxes and others do not. Through experiments‚ random surveys‚ and available tax databases‚ researchers have identified characteristics of noncompliant taxpayers and
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