Law Essays

Have you ever Google’d yourself? What did you find? Have you read your “Rate My Professor” reviews? What if one of your students wrote a review that was dishonest, or worse, depicted you in a negative light? Have you ever wondered what happens to Yelp reviews? Do they remain online …

In conducting an investigation regarding child pornography, the FBI created an account (user name) on Limewire—peer-to-peer file sharing software. Using their established account, they searched the database. Any users/account holders who logged on to download and/or upload, had their IP address(es) recorded. The FBI gained access to their personal information …

Some form of prison is generally accepted as necessary that institution that every civilized society must have to function effectively. That being said, if prisons truly do need to exist, they need to be devoid of corruption and unjust treatment. Currently, there are copious amounts of people are met with …

Is not an issue that is new, however it is one that is becoming more and more of a problem each day. The more people that we have fleeing into the United States, the more barbaric the system is becoming in regards to dealing with these immigrants. The immigration policy …

That the US border patrol may be permitted to set up internal checkpoints up to 100 miles within the interior of the U.S. The justices ruled the 4th amendment was not violated and that it’d be unreasonable to require a warrant to establish each checkpoint. It was hoped that such …

Marx’s conflict theory mainly emphasizes that powerful people in society control the people with low social and economic status and decide whether their behavior is legal or illegal. Therefore, it focuses on the role of social institutions in the creation of crimes and deviations, as well as the impact of …

“I Can’t Wait For Jury Duty!” – Said No One, Ever Mark sits in a cramped basement. The room is quiet, even though there are other people in the room. Mark shakes his leg with impatience. He could be at work right now earning more money. He wonders why he …

Are words homogeneous to an ongoing complication our population has faced for over thousands of years. The ideology underlying these racist practices often includes the idea that humans can be subdivided into distinct groups that are different due to their social behavior and their innate capacities as well as the …

As I reflect upon my reading on: Reconfiguring Race and Crime on the Road to Mass Incarceration”, I continuously found myself wondering how the definition of criminality has been redefined throughout the years. The reading described criminality as a socially constructed concept where the roots are based on racial discrimination …

Throughout the past few weeks, my definition of justice had definitely changed. My definition of justice prior was you do something wrong you get punished or sent away for it. The severity of the punishment was dependent upon the nature of the crime. Although I knew many crimes produce victims, …