Johnny, a neighbor who is not a merchant under the Uniform Commercial Code, offers to buy a car from Mark for $30,000.   Mark asks Johnny for some time to think about it. Johnny says sure. He writes on a piece of paper that he will keep the offer open for two weeks.   A week later Johnny sees another car he would rather buy. […]

You are a gender non-conforming person who lives in a jurisdiction where gender non-conforming people are forced by law to use restrooms that correspond to their anatomical sex.  You have tried to appeal to the legislature to repeal the law, but it is dominated by politicians who are unwilling to listen to you.  You also have tried to appeal to the courts, but the judges […]

Typologies of Crime Chapter 10 in your textbook discusses several violent crimes and crime typologies related to them. Considering what you have learned here, and drawing on information learned in previous chapters, such as Chapter 4 which discusses Rational Choice Theory and several aspects of crimes and the offenders who commit various types of crimes, write a well-constructed, one page essay (500+ words) that discusses […]

Answer each of the following questions in 50-100 words for each of the disasters you research: ● How did recovery efforts include one type of mitigation projects but not the other? ● What challenges did emergency managers faced in implementing these programs? ● What were some of the pros with implementing this type of mitigation? ● What were some of the cons with implementing this […]

1) ABC Corp. brought a lawsuit against Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, won the suit, and obtained a judgment for monetary damages in the amount of $53,000. ABC Corp. recorded a judgement lien against the Morgans’ homestead property. The homestead property is located an any county, any state. The Morgans then filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy relief and included the judgement lien as a discharge – […]

As an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, prepare a 4–5 page opinion for the Court based on the following facts: James Smith was arrested for burglarizing his next door neighbor’s apartment in the state of California. And without the benefit of a warrant, the neighbor, who is a friend of Mr. Smith, forced open the front door to Mr. Smith’s apartment and saw his […]

Based  on your readings for this week write a response in at least 250-300 words to the following prompt: Chapter 7 introduces us to Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. A provocative question is whether the system of law enforcement should, on any level, make distinctions between crimes motivated by more or less moral interests. For example, should we consider persons who violate the law for […]

This is your Life Skills Project Research Assignment. This assignment is worth 25% of your Life Skills Project portion of your final grade (i.e. 5% of your final class grade). You are a legal assistant for the attorney of the ABCD company. For this assignment you must conduct research and find three (3) court opinions (i.e. cases that have been previously decided by the court) […]

For this assignment, you will select 1 entity (company, organization, or governmental agency related to your field of study ( CRIMINAL JUSTICE) and perform an analysis of its use of its Web site and social media pages, searching for the strengths and weakness, advantages and liabilities, and general effectiveness of its online presence.  For the second part of the assignment, you will conduct research online […]

This week of class, we examine Chapter 7 (Criminal Law) and Chapter 8 (Tort Law).  In the Learning Unit for this week of class, there is a video involving the OJ Simpson criminal trial and a link to a NY Times article involving the OJ Simpson civil case (posted below).  For those who are younger, you may not remember this case.  I remember it well […]