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The Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) is the statute that allows for the recovery of damages against the United States (Cann 487). This Act allows prisoners of the federal government and pretrial detainees in federal correction facilities to file lawsuits against the United States if a federal officer injures them. The Federal Torts Claims Act enables a litigant to sue the federal government over torts committed by its employees (Cann 487). The United States has no qualified immunity under this Act. It is important to note that the Act does not limit a noncitizen from suing the federal government. ...

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The United States Bill of Right is scattered in several Amendments of the Constitution due to the progressive developmental history of the U.S law and Constitution. Each amendment either introduced a new right or enhanced on the existing one. Of essence to my discussion, however, is the Due Process Clause was introduced in the American Bill of Rights by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S Constitution. As per the Amendment, no state should deprive any person his or her life, liberty, or property without following the due process of the law. In the Fifth Amendment, a similar stand was ...

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The purpose of this assignment is to build a basic understanding of family businesses. Family businesses are those which are owned and operated by family members which are related to each other by blood or marriage. In family businesses, most of the employees come from within the family and the decision making power lies at the hand of the elders and influential of the family. Family owned businesses still follow traditional approaches to profit making however; non family businesses are more open to new and innovative business ideas. SWOT analysis has been presented on general family businesses. The SWOT ...

The Bills of Rights and Criminal Justice in the United States of America

The criminal justice is one of the critical component of the United States government and social systems. Although the Constitution defined the main foundations of the social life in the country, it is the Bill of Rights, which substantially expanded the personal rights and liberties of the American citizens (Bodenhamer & Ely, 2008).

In particular, the following Amendments are of particular interest for the members of the law enforcement community:

The Fourth Amendment made unwarranted searches and seizures illegal (Schwarz, 1992). The Fifth Amendment serves to protect the community from self-incrimination and double jeopardy. In addition, it established the ideas of due process and grand jury for the criminal proceedings (Schwartz, 1992). The Six Amendment provides a ...

The sentencing of youths after trials to adult prison has continued in the United States for quite some time now with an estimated 250, 000 youths being incarcerated as adults and hence landing into Adult prison annually. This has been attributed to the changes in laws across forty-nine American states in the ‘90s that increase the number of youths being given adult trials. However, CDC (Center for Disease and Control) and the US Department of Justice stated in 2008 that sending minors to a criminal justice system that is specifically designed to handle adults does not reduce or protect ...

Introduction

Tax forms one of the major sources of government revenue; it contributes to economic growth and development as well as the overall prosperity of a country. Based on the method of collection, a tax system can be flat, regressive or progressive. The progressive tax system entails increasing taxes with an increase in individual or household income. The regressive system involves decreasing tax as income increases while the flat tax is a system where everyone pays the same tax irrespective of the income (Roach, 2003). The tax system adopted in a country depends on set objectives, its impacts on taxpayers, ...