Category: Law

Lease

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Contracts play an important part of all leasing, whether it be residential or commercial. It is important that the verbiage used on a contract be carefully examined in order to determine the rights and obligations of all parties. For all intents and purposes, presume the contract, as well as all addendums, has been properly signed, it is valid and enforceable.
Tenant is planning on leaving her job and starting an online business on Etsy.com, making crafts at her rental home that she will sell online. Is she required to notify her landlord? Why or why not?
Tenant has recently been diagnosed with PTSD and her doctor has recommended she obtain a therapy dog to assist her. However, she already has a dog named Happy and plans to have him trained to be her therapy dog. How might this change her rental agreement?
Tenant’s dog recently chewed through her patio screen and she would like this replaced. Who is responsible for this repair?
Tenant’s brother is going through a difficult time finding a rental of his own and has decided to come stay with her for three months, until the rental he signed a contract for is ready. Does the tenant have any legal obligation to inform her landlord? Why or why not?
The tenant has been saving her money and is considering buying a home of her own. If she terminates her lease five months before the lease ends, what are her obligations to her landlord? Please be sure to address all financial, notice and legal obligations.

 

 

OSHA Legal Authority and Inspection Process

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As a safety professional, you have been asked by a well-known safety trade journal to write a piece on OSHA operations. They would like for your article to be
in essay format and to touch on the following:
OSHA’s legal authority and system for scheduling inspections
Include the process for scheduling construction inspections on multi-employer worksites
Employee rights related to a safe and healthful workplaces
Employer’s responsibilities and the legalities to provide a safe and healthful workplace
Including the employer’s abilities to reduce the level of citations and/or penalties
The documentation required to respond to citations and penalties
OSHA’s citation and penalty processes
Include the steps employers should take once receiving OSHA citations and proposed penalties

 

An appropriate role for the judiciary

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What constitutes an appropriate role for the judiciary? Some people argue that courts have become too powerful and that judges legislate from the bench. What does it mean for a court to be activist? What does it mean for a court to show judicial restraint? Although conservatives have long complained about the activism of liberal justices and judges, in recent years liberals have pointed out that conservative judges and justices are now more likely to overturn precedents and question the power of elected institutions of government. Conservatives counter by saying they are simply returning to an older precedent that had been ignored by liberals. If both liberals and conservatives engage in judicial activism, what is the role of the concept of “activism” (perhaps judicial activism is just a term used to describe a court decision you disagree with)?

Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005) and McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union

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In 2018, the town of Prattville erected a monument with the 10 Commandments inscribed on its face. A private citizen donated the monument to the city, which was placed in the town square next to several bronze statues of children playing with balls and leaves. A town resident filed a preliminary injunction to have the monument removed as a violation of the prohibition of the Religious Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Using the cases of Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005) and McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky, 545 U.S. 844 (2005), decide whether the monument should be removed or not.
In a 2–3-page paper, complete the following:

Restate the facts of the case.
How would you decide the case?
State the legal reasons for your final decision.
Cite specific parts of the cases that you rely upon to make your decision.

Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005) and McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union

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In 2018, the town of Prattville erected a monument with the 10 Commandments inscribed on its face. A private citizen donated the monument to the city, which was placed in the town square next to several bronze statues of children playing with balls and leaves. A town resident filed a preliminary injunction to have the monument removed as a violation of the prohibition of the Religious Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Using the cases of Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005) and McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky, 545 U.S. 844 (2005), decide whether the monument should be removed or not.
In a 2–3-page paper, complete the following:

Restate the facts of the case.
How would you decide the case?
State the legal reasons for your final decision.
Cite specific parts of the cases that you rely upon to make your decision.

Federal Consent Decree And Procedural Justice Applied

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In criminal justice, process and procedure are important. If proper discretion is not used, lives are affected and departments within criminal justice, such as the police, are affected as well. If improper discretion is used at any point during the process, there are consequences, and one of those consequences is the use of a federal consent decree to hold those in criminal justice accountable.

It requires departments to reform for the good of the department and the communities they serve. These decrees require all individuals in a given department to examine themselves, particularly their processes, procedures, and, in many cases, ethical standards. Examples provided in Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice illustrate the importance you must place on procedural justice as an employee in criminal justice.

Watch the video “Federal Consent Decrees,” located in the Wk 3 Activities folder.

Assume you are the lead criminal legal analyst for a major broadcast news network. The network has asked you to produce an in-depth opinion segment on the use of federal consent decrees in policing across America during these turbulent times.

Reentry Programs – US And World

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use the National Institute of Justice website to research and identify one reentry program (it can be shown to be effective or ineffective). Then, identify one program from another country, from a credible resource.

create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation (not including title and reference slides) which you:

Describe two reentry programs. Include at least two social or cultural perspectives on each.
For each reentry program:
Explain whether each one is effective
Describe how it is effective or ineffective
Include references to research and statistics that exist to support or oppose the furtherance of the program.
Include at least one graph for each program to illustrate your position.
Finally, explain which program is more effective at helping offenders reenter society.
Present one way you would suggest reforming the program to improve it.