Drug Courts came about as a result of a backlogged court system and a steady‚ rapidly increasing prison population. Drug courts are a form of diversion that helps the offender through rehabilitation and the community through an increased sense of protection‚ which serves the best interest of everyone. Drug Courts are community based intermediate sanctions that incorporate treatment principles into the Criminal Justice System and divert drug offenders from traditional punishments of probation and
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Roughly 10 years ago a court case was introduced to sue McDonald’s Corporation for knowingly selling defective products. The particulars of the case involved a woman spilling hot coffee on her-self and being injured very badly because of it. Public opinion was (and largely still is) strongly against the woman and her settlement. Her stepson wrote an article to argue that she was justified in receiving a settlement due to the defective nature of the product being sold. The claim being presented
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Equal Inclusion Case Law AED/204 July 26‚ 2013 Vicki Kugel-Brandt Equal Inclusion Case Law In the earlier days women and African Americans had no rights to school‚ work or any other type of socialization. They were brought into slavery‚ housewives and had no rights as an individual. This included people with disabilities (even those with MMR classification) because they were‚ “viewed as nonproductive and expandable.” (Gollnick & Chinn‚ pg. 181‚ 2013) The rights we have today as women
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Brenda is breaking the rules/law. Ethical egoism Under ethical egoism‚ Tom should tell Michael what Brenda is doing‚ as he is feeling worried and guilty and this would ease his mind. He could also gain benefits from Michael. Tom would do this because he is promoting his well being above everyone else’s (QUT‚ 2011). Utilitarianism Under Utilitarianism‚ Tom should tell Michael about Brenda and Mary’s arrangement‚ because Utilitarianism states that an action is right if it leads to the best
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Commerce 2603 Summer‚ 2013 Assignment Case Distribution Date: May 15. 2013 Jim Jones was a B.Comm student at Ivory Tower University in Halifax‚ and played hockey for the "Commerce A11-Stars” in the ITU inter-faculty league. Bob Black‚ of the ITU Law School‚ played for the "Law School Lumpers" in the same league. One evening‚ Jim checked Bob heavily into the boards during a game. Bob retaliated‚ as he fell‚ by slashing Jim across the back of the neck with his hockey stick. The slash
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would have to accept it in written. The transaction in this case involves a sale of goods contract. “A contract of sale is a legal contract an exchange of goods‚ services or property to be exchanged from seller to buyer for an agreed upon value in money paid or the promise to pay same. It is a specific type of legal contract.’ (1) Offer: On May 1‚ Joseph received a written order from Steve at the price listed in Joseph’s wholesale catalog. This offer had specified a quantity‚ price‚ flavors‚ text
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Ethics Assignment The following paper will discuss the hypothetical research case given to us in problem 3-46 of our auditing textbook. The case depicts us as an audit firm that‚ during the current year’s audit of our client International Bank of Commerce (IBC)‚ has discovered some problems with loans that IBC has issued. First‚ the standards of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct‚ the ASB auditing standards‚ and the PCAOB auditing standards that apply to this will be identified and discussed
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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suspicion‚ and that was it. When the two brothers were taken into custody they were interrogated hard. Brown’s brother didn’t have a lawyer present‚ and the police just kept interrogating him. Finally he decided he wanted to go home‚ and told a story on killing the girl. The police told Brown that his brother admitted to the murder‚ and so after five hours of hard interrogating he finally just signed a statement also. When their case was heard in the courtroom‚ they changed their story and said they
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Court of Appeals of Virginia Axel Foley v. Commonwealth of Virginia _______________________ PETITION FOR APPEAL _______________________ Lawyer Name: Rowan Tully Lawyer’s Responsibility: Nature of the Case Statements of Facts‚ and parts of the Argument Lawyer Name: Elizabeth Gadd Lawyer’s Responsibility: Proceedings in the Trial Court‚ Assignments of Error‚ Parts of “Argument”. TABLE OF CONTENTS NATURE OF THE CASE – Brief summary of the case PG 2 STATEMENTS OF FACTS – Brief description
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