Utilize the Justice Center collateral consequences tool to explore the various ways a criminal conviction can affect a person.  https://niccc.csgjusticecenter.orgLinks to an external site. https://niccc.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/Links to an external site. Provide a brief reflection about what you learned and/or feel about these consequences.  (One or two paragraphs is sufficient.)

What are some problems with the public defender system? How do you believe the system could be improved? Do public defender’s offices have problems that are similar to the problems faced by prosecutors? How are they similar and/or different?

Define the crime control model and due process model and list at least three differences between these two approaches. Then you will have to differentiate civil from criminal cases, provide an overview of each, and identify the burden of proof within each category. Are you a proponent of a higher standard for the burden of […]

Jennifer Koerner adopted a dog-called the Stig-from the Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago, Illinois, for $95. Jennifer wrote a poem and presented it to Kent Nielson, her live-in boyfriend. In the poem, she expressed her intent to give the dog named Stig to him as a gift. While Jennifer and Nielson lived together, they were both […]

Rule of Law is a myth. Explain the rule of law and then elaborate on how and why it’s a myth using 3 theorists (Marx, Mill, Weber, Durkheim, Foucault, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Legal Theory).

Please read the attached U.S. Department of Justice press release in the case United States v. Olympus Corporation of the Americas and provide a brief overview of the charges against Olympus Corporation of America (OCA) and its subsidiary Olympus Latin America (OLA). In addition, please be sure to address the following items in your discussion:

A very famous example of legal change resulting from deliberate breaking of unjust laws involved various legal cases and acts of parliament which responded to the civil rights movement in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a concerted campaign involving many people, and many instances of civil disobedience. BEFORE CLASS, please read […]

Under s 199 of the Property Law Act (Old) a requirement exists that the assignment must be absolute and not conditional. If the assignment was included in a contract for the sale of a business, would that constitute as not absolute and conditional?

THE AUSTRALIAN BILL OF RIGHTS DEBATE  Reading Julie Debeljak, ‘The Fragile Foundations of Human Rights Protections: Why Australia Needs a Human Rights Instrument’ in Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan (eds) Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia: Volume 1 (Thomson Reuters, 2021) 39, 62-78.       Momcilovic v The Queen [2011] HCA 34 […]

Are there restrictions on who can own a ship? If yes, would the different types of flag state affects who can own or register a ship in a particular country? Briefly examine the case of the Polzeath