Essays on Law

I gave birth to my son, Malik when I was sixteen. As confused as I was, I was determined not to let him grow up in a neighborhood where I had seen the extreme of violence both from the locals and the police. However, by the time he was getting...

The Federal Register The Federal Register is an official government journal published in the US on a daily basis containing proposed rules, government agency rules, and public notices. Rules broadcasted are finally documented by the subject matter and collated in the Code of State Regulations. Legal Service Corporation (LSC) Legal Services Corporation is...

The Board of Education and Mrs. Pettit's Right to Privacy The Board of Education did not violate Mrs. Pettit’s right to privacy. Mrs. Pettit would have the right to privacy only if she chose to keep her sexual lifestyle a secret. In such a case, Mrs. Pettit would have an absolute...

In the article "The Blind and the Elephant:" A parable of crime and justice, Cromwell emphasizes on the need for academics, scholars, criminal justice stakeholders, and members to embrace diversity and acceptance of others' ideas. By so doing, there is the realization of change and advancement in terms of acquisition...

The United States has become its own worst nightmare. In 2015, the average number of the individuals who were killed by the police in the country was at 2.6 while in Britain; there were only 2 people that had been killed for the last 3 years by the law enforcement...

Gun Control Gun control is an act where regulations are put in place to help control the use of the harmful weapons amongst the citizens. In the United, there has been an emergence of the debate whether gun use should be limited to some individuals or every citizen should be allowed...

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was signed in 1982 and came into force in 1994. It was ratified by a total of 168 parties among them is the European Union (United Nations, 1982). Maritime Sector...

In an era characterized by different societal challenges, the media has emerged as perhaps the biggest law enforcement most formidable enemy. For a very long time the media has been perceived as a source of political and social empowerment (Mawby 2014). Therefore, the information they provide has a significant influence...

Introduction Although the presence of a rotten potato in one bag brings the suspicion of the potential destruction of the entire bag, it is also true that removal of the potato early enough renders the rest of the potatoes useful. Just like the potato scenario, racial profiling is based on the...

On June 6th 2018, Kim Kardashian West, wife to right-winged pundit and African American rapper Kanye West met president Trump in the Oval office and urged him to offer clemency to one Alice Marie Johnson. Convicted in 1996, for her involvement in Memphis cocaine tariffing organization with links to a...

Following a wave of recent gun-related acts of violence and mortalities caused by the use of firearms in the United States, the issue of gun control has turned into one of the most divisive subjects of cultural, social, and political interest. Gun control specifically refers to the regulations that govern...

With the increasing cases of sexual harassment in the Latin America, the paper focuses on a special feature in which students from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education were moved by the social problem and invented a protective garment that would generate electronic shock of up to 90...