Essays on Personal Property

This essay provides information about Deidre Henderson who represents District 7 of the Utah State Senate. She is a white-American incumbent senator who has served in her position since 1st Jan 2013. In terms of education, Henderson went to Taylorville High school as well as Eagan High before attending Brigham Young University. She has five children with her husband - Gabe Henderson. Before being involved in politics, Henderson worked in various positions in business as she and her husband operate small businesses within the state of Utah. Evidently, Henderson belongs to the middle class in terms of the legislator’ ...

Abstract

Steven Dewayne Bond was a passenger on a Greyhound bus when a border patrol officer squeezed his luggage after conducted an immigration check of the passengers. Bond allowed the officer to open his luggage when asked, and a brick of methamphetamine was discovered that was wrapped in duct tape and rolled in a pair of pants. Bond was charged with possession and intent to distribute as well as conspiracy. In pretrial matters, Bond’s attorney filed a motion to suppress the methamphetamine claiming that the search conducted by the officer was unreasonable and in violation of the Fourth Amendment. ...

Insurance Risk Mitigation: Case Study

Insurance Risk Mitigation: Case Study

People face different kinds of risks in their personal lives and in the communities where they live. Being aware of one’s level of risk exposure and taking concrete steps to mitigate the risks and associated liabilities can help people protect their lives and properties. Most risks are manageable and the resulting losses avoidable if the right measures are taken. From the case study, it is clear that Mr. Arkanfarkar and his family are exposed to several types of personal and commercial risks. This report presents a strategy for managing the personal exposures of ...

Vacation Home Tax Introduction

According to the Internal Revenue Service, a vacation home permanently places. This includes a lake home, condo, mobile home, RV, house trailer or a yacht. The home has to offer sleeping, cooking and toilet facilities. It is not required to be fancy, or the location does not have to be in a vacation community. The main thing is it is a structure, land by itself does not count. This paper will discuss the tax information that can be used when filing an annual tax return .

As long as the vacation home meets requirements, the interest on the mortgage can ...

Can you (or Mr. Youprop’s Supervisor) search Youprop’s personal vehicle parked in the Company lot for digital evidence?

No. The situation that has been developed after the incidence with Mr. Youprop is a matter that needs to be handled delicately because of the possibility of application of the 4th amendment. Privacy, particularly in areas of work has been an issue that is steadily gaining attention from the justice system. More people are currently concerned with matters of employee searches, be it their personal property or their workspaces. Workers such as Mr., Youprop are usually searched when they are suspected of theft. One of the best ways to handle this issue with minimal law infringement would be, first ...

Identity Politics in the Visible World: Race, Anonymity, and Human Rights

The name Noam Galai is more than just a buzzword in all debates and topics related to privacy, secrecy, digital data and social media in the contemporary world. Rachel Kadish, who is a cousin to Noam Galai, tells the heartbreaking story of how his supposedly shy cousin becomes a victim of the greatest vice in the world internet today – theft of digital property. In her article "Who Is This Man and Why He is screaming?” Kadish narrates how the now international picture of her cousin robbed him of his privacy and the right to consent. Galai, who posted his controversial picture on ...

1. Describe the pros and cons of government legislation on issues of employment and give some specific examples of employment law.

There are various employment laws in place in USA such as at-will employment, minimum wage for employees and title VII. At-will employment policy gives the employer the right to hire and fire employees at will without any legal liability at any time without any reason or for a petty reason, excluding an illegal one (NSCL). This policy also gives employees the privilege to quit the job at any time without notice or within a short notice of 7-15 days depending on the agreement between employers and employees. Employees can also bargain for a raise if they get a better offer. This policy allows ...

Chapter 3: The American Judicial System, Jurisdiction and Venue

This memo reports the concerns raised in your e-mail regarding Santiago’s plan to expand the functionality of the website to use the email advertisement for selected customers and include ordering the products online. I would like to bring it to your notice that the plans to expand the website and email advertisements subjects us to be under the authority of out of state courts in case there is any difference of opinion related to our products and services. This authority is recognized as a law by the court that describes the businesses conducted outside the local state must be ...

There are various forms of business organizations which define how business units are structured. It is usually the primary responsibility of the owner or owners of the business venture to determine the form in which it operates. While making this decision, the entrepreneur needs to have several variables in mind with respect to the various forms of business organization as anchored in the law. There are four main types or forms of business organizations recognized by law namely sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and cooperatives. One of the variables considered is the issue of capital to venture into the business. ...

Indeed creditors of a corporate cannot claim the assets of a company’s shareholders should the company become insolvent. This is contrasted to the situation regarding a sole proprietorship in which the creditors are allowed by the law to put claim on the property of the sole proprietor in case the assets of the business are not sufficient to cater of all of the creditor’s claims. Indeed, it is fair for the shareholders of a company to have a limited liability and for the owner of a sole proprietorship to have an unlimited liability. A shareholder with unlimited liability is one whose personal property ...

Criminal Law

1. Parol evidence rule refers to the evidence of previous or simultaneous oral rule that written contracts may not be varied, contradicted, or changed by any previous or contemporaneous oral declarations. Parol evidence is admitted when a written contract does not include or contradicts the oral understanding reached by the parties. Under the parole evidence rule, when the court finds that that written contract has represented the final and complete statement of the parties to an agreement, it will no longer allow either party to submit parole evidence (Miller, 2011, p.187).

2. The statute of frauds refers to the requirement ...

Assignment

Property can either be intangible or tangible, the ownership of property will differ, and it may be a person, a corporation or a group of people. The owner of the property has every right to utilize it in the manner they like. As such an owner can sell, consume, rent or transfer the property at will. An owner of a property has an interest or a legal title on the property. There are various types of properties. However, the most recognized types are; real property, intellectual property and personal property. Each of this types of property are distinguished by various characteristics (Troisi, 2007)

Real ...

Trespass is a legal term used to describe a wide range of offences against a property or persons. It refers to when a person or an individual or their property interfere with the property of others without their permission or pre existing terms of agreement. There exist two types of trespasses, criminal and civil trespass. Police, park rangers or sheriffs will enforce criminal trespass while in civil trespass the owner of the damaged property initiates enforcement action in a court to have any damages met for which the trespass may be held responsible. Traditionally some level of intent is required for any type of ...

Judging this conflict using the philosophical article of Rousseau ‘discourse on origin of inequality’

Rousseau’s philosophical article discourse on the origin of inequality was an attempt to analyze the source of evil and inequality that have been boggling man since his existence in this world. Rousseau in his article wrote that the very evil that faces humanity has originated from selfish behavior of the natural man. To him the man who first installed boundaries on his perceived property became the source of all evil in the world today. In this article Rousseau, wrote that life was initially good when people just had enough to make them survive and enough personal space. The ...

In order that the court may validly order a party to perform specific performance, the following elements must be present: a valid and enforceable contract, a breach of the contract, the award for damages is inadequate, the enforcement of the performance must be practical and there are no defenses that apply in the case. From the given scenarios, it can be noted that in scenario 1, specific performance may be ordered by the court because there is already a valid and enforceable contract involving a real property. Specific performance is proper when it involves real property. In scenario 2, the breach of contract ...

Introduction

The Hilton Hotels & Resorts is an international chain of service hotels and resorts that is under the flagship of the Hilton Worldwide. The company has over 530 Hilton branded hotels in close to 78 countries in six continents. The Hilton Hotels has been an industry leader in the hotel industry and continues to enjoy a huge market advantage in all countries that the hotels are in operation. The company is known for its quality service and its high-end customers. The chain of hotels has heavily invested in its premises and its staff to ensure that they offer quality service to ...

Introduction

Many practitioners see Article 81 of Mental Hygiene Law as a huge step forward in the statutory regulation of the guardianship of incapacitated persons. The Article provides for more flexible and less restrictive approach in the determination of the legal status of those incapacitated persons who are in need of guardians` protection. The principle of individual approach underlies the article. The principle implies that in every particular case the powers of a guardian must be tailored to the needs of the incapacitated person. The guardian will assist the ward only in those matters where the assistance is needed (activities of daily ...

Discussion 2.1

Reasons Why People Commit Crimes or not People commit some crimes due to the pressures of life, for example thievery due to extreme poverty. Others are driven by unstable state of mind due to consumption of some drugs. Other crimes are unexplainable by reason and mythical forces such as curses are believed to be the source of some crimes for example a person murdering his or her entire family. The people who do not commit crimes either do so due to fear of the consequences that may follow for example long jail terms. A deep rooted culture of discipline ...

Introduction

Private property is a concept that is used to define the possession or ownership of property by a non-governmental legal entity. It is distinguished from personal property in the sense that personal property means property meant for personal use. In abstract, property is referred to as the issue which is had or belongs to someone or something being regarded as a component or as an attribute. Depending on the nature of the property, the owner of the property has some right to consume, alter, and share (Troisi-Paton 2007). Rent and even transfer as well as give away the property. Though private property ...

God’s control

God is the ultimate owner of all the property that we acquire personally in our lives. The reasoning behind this assertion is tat all things seen and unseen in the world belong to God and he has control of them. Even our personal possessions are Gods property and they are under his control and at his mercies. The biblical perspective that God has the ownership and control of everything in the world is indeed right owing to several verses that support it. Psalms 24:1 is very clear on this issue as it is straight on it. In the ...

Identity theft is a crime characterized by wrong acquisition and use of another person’s data in a deceptive and fraudulent manner for economic or other purposes. The World Wide Web has made it possible to obtain another person’s data and use in a fraudulent manner without his consent. Unlike fingerprints which are unique for each and every person, personal data especially social security numbers, bank account numbers, telephone calling card numbers and other information if they fall in the wrong hands, they may be used for the wrong reasons and cause considerable damage. In the United States for instance, a lot ...

The Exclusionary Rule is one of the more important rules that is utilized in the American judicial system. The entire American judicial system is designed to protect the individual's rights from the government, and to limit the amount of power that the federal and state governments have over the citizenry. In criminal trials, the individual is considered innocent by the government until proven guilty; this is to protect the individual citizen against unfair or untrue allegations, and to ensure that all citizens receive a fair trial when they are accused of criminal activity. The exclusionary rule or the exclusionary ...

Abstract

Democratic Kampuchea was one of the most violent regimes to ever rule. During the course of their rule, they were responsible for the death of more than two million individuals; as a proportion of the nation’s size, this is an incredibly large number. The deaths were the result of a nearly fundamentalist adherence to the philosophies espoused in The Communist Manifesto, and were incredibly damaging to the nation in both the long term and the short term. The years following the second world war were a tumultuous time for the world as a whole. The world knew that to have another ...

Search and Seizure

Police and law enforcers use the search and seizure in pursuit of criminals in order to obtain evidence required in their prosecution. Search and seizure can be conducted upon a reasonable belief that information or items on premises can be used in committing a criminal offense. Although police can search premises and seize items, the law protects citizens against unreasonable police intrusions. Criminal law defines a search as an intrusion with an intention other than arrest. The United States Supreme Court defined search as any government invasion of personal privacy (Basdeo, 2009). Although the constitution grants people their right to privacy, the ...

Introduction3

Thesis statement4 The Patriot Act..4

The Homeland Security Act6

Patriot act, Homeland act and Privacy..9 Conclusions and recommendations..10

Works cited .12

Introduction Homeland security is a basic right that should be provided by the government to its citizens. This has led to enactment of several clauses in the constitution all aiming at enhancing security of each and every person. Also, from the bills of rights provided to the citizens by the constitution, every citizen is entitled to basic and proper security as a right. This is what has led to enactment of constitutional rights on homeland security. After September 11 attack on the US ...

Features of a Bureaucratic organization.

Max Weber (1864-1920), a German sociologist proposed different elements found in a bureaucratic organization, which assist in resource control, aid decision making process, accomplish organizational objectives, and protect employees. Weber conceived bureaucracy as an abstract for rational decision making procedures with minimal frictions from human emotions and errors. According to Weber, bureaucratic institutions are most rational in carrying out impartial control over workers (FISCHER and SIRIANNI, 1994). The theory of bureaucracy is founded upon the nature of power and authority relationships. It is concerned with how organizations operate rather than how they function. According to Weber, there are three forms ...

EF a travelling company was able to increase its efficiency in online booking by the use of a code generated by a former employee of its rival company, Exlporica. When Explorica were made aware of this they filed a legal suit against EF asking that the latter stop using the code and that the plaintiff gets all resources generated from the database. EF responded by filing a preliminary injucntion. EF was entitled to the injunction based on the fact that what it did was not illegal. However, since the code had been generated by a former employee of Explorica, EF had the ethical responsibility of ...