Franchise ADVISING YOUR CLIENT ON BECOMING A FRANCHISEE: LEAGL ASPECTS Muriel M. Malone I. INTRODUCTION Franchising is a popular business endeavor for entrepreneurs. According to the International Franchise Association (IFA), in 2000 franchisors and franchisees accounted for one trillion in annual United States retail sales. In addition franchising business accounted

Bobby Sands Life of Bobby Sands Bobby Sands was born in 1954 in Rathcoole, a loyalist community in North Belfast as the first child of John and Rosaleen Sands. He was followed by two sisters, Marcella and Burnadette, and a brother, Sean. The first years of Bobby’s life were spent quietly at Abbots Cross in the Newtonabbey area of North Belfast. However, the anti-Catholic attitudes rais

Assumption of Risk Assumption of Risk: Who is to Blame For Our Actions The doctrine of "assumption of risk" clearly defines the responsibility of all voluntary actions taken on by individuals, independent of the inherent risk or danger involved with such actions. Are we only to assume responsibility for the positive outcomes of our actions, without also accepting the negative ou

Border Patrol The U.S. Border Patrol has a proud history of over 75 years of service to our nation. Although enormous changes have affected nearly every aspect of its operations from its earliest days, the basic values that helped shape the Patrol in the early years; professionalism, honor, integrity, respect for human life, and a shared effort, have remained. The Origins of the Borde

Candian Con Law SUBJECT: Constitutional Law and the Crisis with Canada In light of the recent situation between Washington state’s fishing vessels and the Canadian Navy, the President has openly stated that he is “prepared to identify and activate Army National Guard troops” as a countermeasure to Canadian attacks on our U.S. commercial fishing boats. In response to Canadian Naval

Cap Pun Maintaining the Death Penalty Since 1976, when capital punishment was reinstated, over 618 people have been killed by cause of the death penalty. It is still supported by 70% Americans for a narrow range of murder crimes such as murder of children or mass murders. The top reasons to support capital punishment are for deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, and retribu

Capital Punishment Capital Punishment The death penalty at the current time is the harshest form of punishment that can be enforced in the United States. The death penalty and its methods have become a heated controversial issue, as death row has become excessively populated. Important aspects of Capital Punishment are the history, methods of execution, costs, the pro’s and con’s. T

Capital Punishment Crime is a problem that plagues this society today. Any time that anyone turns the television on these days, and flips on the news there are talks of murders, rapes, drug–rings, and things of this nature. Something needs to be done about it. Some would say that the prison system is doing something about the problem. The prison system in this country is an absolute

Capital Punishment Capital Punishment How do you feel about the saying, “an eye for an eye'” Do you feel that it is a good saying to run a nation by' Or do you agree with Gandhi who added to that statement, “and everyone is blind'” There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control; however, capital punishment has been one of

Capital Punishment The leaders of our country use capital punishment as a way of trying to deter people from committing violent crimes, (Cauthen 4) but is it a violation of the Eight Amendment' The Eight Amendment says that "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" (Constitution). The term capital comes from earlier t

Capital Punishment There have been many controversies in the history of the United States. Ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most widely contested issues in recent decades. The questions of facts concerning capital punishment fall into three general areas: Does capital punishment save money' Does capital punishment strike fear into offen

Capital Punishment Capital Punishment “The 99th reason to get rid of the death penalty was recently released and walked off Florida’s death row on January 3.” (www.nodeathpenalty.org) Juan Roberto Melendez spent nearly 18 years on death row for a crime that he did not commit. Thi

Capital Punishment Right now, convicted murderers and rapists are walking free because they were not given the death penalty. They managed to go free because they get out of prison on parole or they plea bargain their case. People are trying to abolish the death penalty because they say it is inhumane and they fear that innocent people may be wrongfully executed. In 1999, out of almos

Capital Punishment The United States is one of the few countries left in the world to practice the often debated punishment by death widely known as the death penalty or capital punishment. Those in favor of capital punishment argue that the consequence of death prevents persons from committing the heinous crime of murder. Those who disagree with its practice argue that it is proven th

Capital Punishment Capital Punishment In the United States, the use of the death penalty has always been, and continues to be a controversial issue. Every election year, politicians, wishing to appeal to the moral sentiments of voters, routinely compete with each other as to who will be toughest in extending the death penalty to those people who have been convicted of first-degree m

Capital Punishment: Fair Or Unfair' Capital punishment: Fair or unfair' The most severe form of punishment of all legal sentences is that of death. This is referred to as the death penalty, or capital punishment; this is the most severe form of corporal punishment, requiring law enforcement officers to actually kill the offenders. It has been banned in numerous countries, in the United

Child Abandonment Running Head: The intention of this new law is to give mothers who do not wish to provide care for their infants an alternative. Abstract There are magnitudes of reasons why a woman will abandon a baby, but an increasing number of state officials have decided that the reasons are irrelevant: The answer is how can the state stop babies from being thrown into dumpst

Child Labor Child labor is a serious moral issue. There have been many controversial debates over whether it should be legal or not. Two different viewpoints on the subject exist. Many argue that child labor is morally wrong and that the children should not work, no matter how poverty stricken their family might be. Advocates and major corporations that support child labor argue that it

Child Savers The Child Savers Movement was a movement in New York, Boston, and Chicago. This was a group of people that came together called Child Savers. These groups were formed to assist the better living of America’s children. They created many different programs to help these needy children, and argued for separate legal status for children. These reforms were set up to help all of

Compare And Contrast Compare and Contrast One day in July of 1994, a thirty three year old man named Jesse Timmendequas, who had been convicted twice before for sexually assaulting young girls, raped and strangled seven-year-old Megan Kanka. The citizens of Hamilton Township, along with thousands of people from around New Jersey were “outraged” by what had happened to Megan. These

Concealed and Carrry Laws While most citizens are not conscious of the fact, it has been a proven defense in court cases across the country that the police are to act only as a general deterrent to benefit the community as a whole. The police are not responsible for the protection of any single person from crime. I’m here to address the advantage that universal, possibly nationwide, conc

Bailment Commercial Law (LAWS 2210) Lionel Hardcastle v Alistair Deakin A bailment came into existence when Lionel delivered the computers into Alistair’s possession upon the promise that Alistair would deliver them to Jeannie . It is essential to show the computers were in Alistair’s actual possession, otherwise, there would be no bailment . In the ordinary course of busines

Con Law Paper - Operation Bold Eagle Wilmington police, in effort to crack down on drugs, has developed a program entitled Operation Bold Eagle. The participating officers would jump out of an unmarked vehicle, frisk suspects, and take a picture of the individuals, even with no evidence of unlawful activity, to file in a database. The units involved in Operation Bold Eagle are known to t

Conflicts Of Interest 1. Salomon Smith Barney~{!/~}s legal problems are in regard to the conflicts of interest between analysts and investment bankers. With all of the similar scams currently being investigated this is surely not giving corporations a good name. This is impacting the broader business as well. Top officials of the stock exchange met to update rules about these conflicts o

Contracts Contracts are promises that the law will enforce. The law provides remedies if a promise is breached or recognizes the performance of a promise as a duty. Contracts arise when a duty does or may come into existence, because of a promise made by one of the parties. To be legally binding as a contract, a promise must be exchanged for adequate consideration. Adequate consideration

Contracts Of Employment A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT is a contract between an employer and an employee, which should be in writing, and should carry certain elements of a basic contract. There must be an offer, an acceptance; intention to create legal relations; consideration; capacity and the objects of the contract must be legal. An offer is a promise, which is capable of acceptance, t

Copright And Patent Laws Copyright and Patent Fraud Copyright and Patent Fraud by David Lee Roth 12th hon. Government Mr. Pibb January 5, 1998 Roth 1 Today, more than ever before, products, goods, and services are being provided by businesses of all variations. Fewer and fewer people today are self-sufficient. Practically no one today makes his or her own clothes, and some people d

Copyright Infringement Copyright: Issues Raised by the Internet and Music Downloading Introduction As technology advances, people search for quicker and easier ways to do everything. The Compact Disc (CD) digitalized music in the early 1980s, and with the discovery of the MP3 file in 1992, people were able to share music files on the Internet at high-speeds. MP3 stands for motion

Corporal Punishment Corporal Punishment Corporal Punishment refers to the deliberate infliction of pain on anything or someone as correction. · Used in schools, homes, and as punishment for criminals. · Milder forms used in homes by parents referred to as “spanking.” · In schools, corporal punishment is legal in 23 states (Corpun.com) · Corporal and capital punishment were long

Cranston In Maurice Cranston’s essay, Human Rights: Real and Supposed, the author proposes the idea that there are legal rights and there are moral rights and one is significantly distinct from the other. Rights should also be divided into political and civil rights and social and economic rights. While what he includes in his assessment of valuable rights – life, liberty and due process