Criminal Procedure

Entrapment defenses in criminal law or charges are said to be exculpatory defenses. Exculpatory defenses can be described as factors which excuse a person from being liable to an act of crime (Brody  Acker, 2009). Entrapments do exist if the officer enforcing laws encourages one to commit crime with an intention of instituting against them criminal prosecutions. Entrapment defenses cannot be permissible if the law enforcer can provide material evidence for the crime. Entrapment defense is...
1. Under Incoterms 2000, CIF (Cost, Freight and Insurance) means that seller delivers when the goods pass the ship rail in the port of shipment. In particular, in CIF seller should provide a marine insurance against buyers risk of loss or of damage to the goods in the period of carriage. The risk of loss passes from seller to buyer after the goods passed the bulwark of the ship in the port of delivery. From the presented case it is understood that the ship passed the ship rail in the port of embarking...
Introduction There are a lot of controversies and debates concerned with freedom of speech and religion across the globe. Should the press be prohibited from publishing illustrations that may offend the Islamic community Can stating that practicing homosexuality is a sin according to the Holy Bible be considered a form of hate speech Should keepers of shops and department stores avoid greeting the shoppers Merry Christmas to avoid offending non-Christians Should there be a law prohibiting the establishment...

Statement of Purpose

I Mr. Akawee Kosumwongwiwat a Thailand national hereby express my great passion of pursuing a Master of Criminal Law at the University of Sunderland UK. My interest in law stems from a fascination in helping to resolve criminology cases and making consequential important contribution this profession makes to our society. I am convinced that this kind of program will help me improve the societys way of life for the better.  I am thrilled by the developments in criminal law and the way it has...

Courts of the Tampa Bay Area

Introduction This study involved visiting courtrooms and observing the court proceeding. I was to follow several cases and evaluate everyones behavior in the courtroom. During this period I visited two courtrooms, Criminal Justice Center at 14250 49th Street North Clearwater, FL 33762 and the 501 building in St. Petersburg at 501 1st Avenue North St. Petersburg, FL 33701. I visited the courtrooms on several occasions. Case observations On June 16 2010, I visited the criminal Justice center at 14250...

Alternative dispute resolution

Negotiation is a mutual, consensual, voluntary, procedure followed in generating solutions for disputes. It is designed in such a way as to facilitate discussion between two conflicting parties. Due to the fact that no neutral third party is involved, the conflicting parties have to establish their own process as well as the rules to follow, and also find a solution for their own conflicts. However, the rules of negotiation remain unstated, but are completely established in the due course of negotiation....

State of Confusion Paper

The statutory law or a statute law is any law that is written opposing the oral or a customary law that is set forth by the legislature. This kind of law opposes the laws set forth by the executive branch or the regulatory law. The statute laws can originate from the legislatures or the local municipalities. The lower statutes of jurisdiction are subordinate the statutes of the higher jurisdiction. There are two types of statutory laws, the codified law and the private law. The codified law- can...