Legal Issues

1. Chapter 1 of Reddington & Bonham’s book and Chapter 2 of Mallicoat and Gardiner’s book address the issue of evidence-based policies and the scientific method which is at the core of that perspective. Please summarize and synthesis (bring together) the two discussions on evidence-based policy presented in each text. 2.  2) Discuss the political challenges associated with the adoption and implementation of evidence-based policy as discussed by Mallicoat in chapter 1 of Mallicoat & Gardiner.  3.  3) Discuss how the notion of ‘flawed policies’ as defined by Bonham in chapter 1 of Reddington & Bonham is related to the notion of the street-level bureaucracy as addressed by Arsneault in chapter 3 of Mallicoat & Gardiner.

In a two- to four-page MS Word document submit: ·         IRAC brief ·         Compare and contrast analysis Proper Bluebook citations are required. Assignment Directions Step 1: Use NexisUni to locate the following case: 531 U.S. 32. Step 2: Read and brief the case in Step 1, above, using the IRAC method. Step 3: Review the following factual pattern: Your client, Gideon Goodtime, was celebrating his birthday at The Watering Hole with his friends. On the way out to his car, an unidentified patron spilled his double shot of tequila on Gideon’s pants. Gideon was stopped at a checkpoint. The State of Ohio indicated that the checkpoint was set up to verify license and registrations. However, when Gideon was stopped at the checkpoint, the officer detected the smell of alcohol and asked him to get out of the car. While complying with the field sobriety tests, a small bag containing a white, powdery, substance fell out of Gideon’s pocket.  Gideon was arrested. He wants your firm to file suit on the basis that the checkpoint violated his Fourth Amendment rights. Step 4: Compare and contrast the facts of the case you found in Step 1, above, to the facts pattern in Step 3, Gideon Goodtime. Step 5: Submit your two- to four-page MS Word document containing your IRAC brief, and your compare and contrast analysis.

After viewing the Chinese Imports & Food Safety  (Links to an external site.)  video, consider whether U.S. retailers that utilize products or raw ingredients that are imported from China and are poorly regulated should be liable in tort for injuries to consumers who are harmed by those products. Answer parts a and b of the prompt. For this part of the prompt, answer one of the following points: If U.S. companies should not be liable, then they could be legally exempt from tort liability. Discuss the consequences of such a policy to U.S. consumers. If the U.S. companies should be liable, then those companies would not be legally exempt from tort liability. Discuss the consequences of such a policy to U.S. businesses. Regardless of your response to part a, assume that U.S. retailers do have legal liability for defective products. What steps could U.S. retailers and manufacturers take when using products imported from China that would minimize their liability exposure? For example, they could warn consumers about the potential, though speculative, dangers when using products comprised of poorly regulated ingredients or components. Given your strategy, what challenges would exist for U.S. businesses that implemented your strategy?Chinese Imports & Food Safety – PBS Newshour (Links to an external site.)- YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube – Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BKe70AAU_lc United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Links to an external site.). (www.cpsc.gov/)

Which do you believe presents the greatest threat to civil society: a corporation that commits crimes (e.g., murder, environmental crimes, or bribery), or persons who commit crimes that harm businesses (e.g., embezzlement, fraud, or larceny)? Defend your response, using at least one example from current events.

Do you think Child Protective Services has “run its course” as some critics suggest? Or should it be revamped? How would you revamp such a service?

You will pick one of the articles below on the topic of guarding the frontiers of digital expression. You will write one to two pages. You will need at least two paragraphs summarizing the article and one to two paragraphs giving your opinion of the article. You will need to list one other source besides your article to support your conclusion. You need to read at least the first twenty pages. My Article is below: The Growth of the Commons Paradigm

In chapter 6, there is a discussion about illegal downloading. “The minimum damages that the court must award for infringement is $750 per infringing act. In cases where the infringement can be shown to be “willful,” damages could be as high as $150,000 per infringement, or $600 million for the 4,000 songs on an iPod. For defendants who can prove that they weren’t even aware of the infringement, the court still must award at least $200 per infringement—a “mere” $800,000 for 4,000 songs.” Discuss how you feel about illegal downloading. Pro or con? Use sources to support your views.

interview one counselor within the field of mental health that has encountered an ethical dilemma or describe a dilemma they may experience as a counselor (based upon the professor’s discretion) and write an APA style paper presenting the following critical areas: • summary of the ethical case/dilemma, including any “spin-off” problems related • consult the ACA or ASCA codes of ethics and any additional organizations ethical codes as needed to identify which relevant codes are at play • review and identify relevant legal statues pertinent to the case • consult with an appropriate individual for advice on the dilemma • review relevant professional journals (min. of 2) • a self-exploration of the dilemma including how the student would handle the situation and why (giving specific data from ethical codes, statues, consultation, research, etc…) identify what personal values play a role in this situation.

Instructions No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.  Resources should be summarized or paraphrased with appropriate in-text and Resource page citations.  As tolerances grow for the personal possession and use of marijuana, there is a need for purposeful and well-grounded discussions on the impact the relaxation of criminal sanctions involving marijuana may have. Do laws prohibiting the growing, manufacturing, harvesting, processing, transporting, sale, distribution, possession and/or use of marijuana in any quantity reflect the socio-political values of the community; whether that community is a local town/city, a state, or the nation? Do these laws keep us safe? If prohibitions against marijuana are lifted, what’s next? For the Final Project the student will compose a three-part position paper addressing the pros and cons of marijuana tolerance. Part 1- How are the initial relaxations of the laws against marijuana an indication of a growing tolerance that should be fully adopted? All current restrictions against marijuana should be rescinded. Part 2 – How are the initial relaxations of the laws against marijuana compromising the safety, security and “quality of life” in American communities? Prohibitions that have been modified should be re-enacted to their former restrictive level. Part 3 – What impact will Part 1 and Part 2 have on the current prohibitions on other controlled dangerous substances (e.g., heroin, cocaine, meth-amphetamines, etc.)? NOTE: This is not a position paper for the expression of your personal feelings regarding the topic. The paper should objective and identify legitimate and balancedarguments for all sides of the topic. 

Prepare an essay response of at least one page in length that addresses the following items: 1. What factors distinguish the labor relations system in the public sector from that in the private sector? 2. Propose a public-sector labor relations system for the employees of the city government. 1. What would it borrow from the private sector? 2. What would it not be able to borrow? Why? 3. How would you modify your system to account for specific aspects of the city government? Why?