You are in: Home > Authors >
john metthew
Member Since: 26th June 2009
URL:
Occupation:
No of articles: 43
About Me:
Legal

The Disability Benefit Needs to Percolate Down to the Deserving

04th February 2010
The life of a disabled in not an easy one. It is a known fact. No matter whether you are suffering from some physical disability, or mental disability; the life is not what it could have been had the disability not been there. In such circumstances it bec...
Legal

Unwarranted GPS

01st July 2009
The New York State Court of Appeals overturned decisions on the Scott Weaver case based on evidence obtained by using a GPS device without a warrant on Weaver’s vehicle. The unit was in place for 65 days, during which Weaver allegedly committed two acts...
Legal

Criminal Negligence and Dangerous Operation of Vessels

01st July 2009
Serious regulation of various criminal issues while controlling a boat can seem not very serious to most of the people, still it is very important to remember that a boat accident can lead to very serious consequences and in this article we will show you ...
Legal

Plea Bargain

01st July 2009
Plea Bargain (also called plea agreement, plea deal or copping a plea) is an agreement, in a criminal case, between the prosecutor and the defendant. The defendant is given the opportunity to plead guilty usually for a part of his charges with a recommend...
Legal

Television Swears

01st July 2009
After many appeals, the lawsuit between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Fox is somewhat over. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found in favor of the FCC, stating they have the right to fine broadcasters for broadcasting “fleetin...
Legal

Severance Pay

01st July 2009
Severance pay amounts vary depending on the length of employment before separation, contract stipulations, and on salary. The age and seniority of the terminated employee are definite factors as well when determining how much severance is owed. Being that...
Legal

The Castle Law

01st July 2009
The Castle Law is one of the most interesting Self-Defense laws that exists in the United States but is largely derived from the English Common Law. The original Book 4, Chapter 16 of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England states that a ...
Legal

The Beginning of Human Rights

30th June 2009
In this article we will try to answer a controversial question: at what moment does a person becomes protected under the Human Rights Law. In Canada the answer can be found in three cases: R. v. Sullivan in 1991, Borowski v. Canada (Attorney General) in19...
Legal

Stages of a Criminal Case part.3

30th June 2009
9. Trial So after long eight stages of preparations we are at the most important but not the final stage of the whole criminal case process – the trial. The trial is the main stage of any criminal case, it is where all the preparations finally result i...
Legal

Canadian Matrimonial Property Law

30th June 2009
While mostly weddings are considered to be the alliances of hearts and souls, every wedding also has a legal background, changes in rights and most important changes in property. In Canada the Matrimonial Property is described as property owned by one or ...
Legal

Stages of a Criminal Case part.2

29th June 2009
4. Arraignment After the arrest, booking and bail stages comes arraignment, the first stage that actually happens in a courtroom. At this stage the person is already called a defendant and the judge reads him or her charges. Some of the most important pa...
Legal

Stages of a Criminal Case part.1

29th June 2009
Naturally because the law and related topics are very rich in details, some of are articles are sometimes lacking these details so this week we will present some large and detailed articles for you and to make the reading easier we will split them in part...
Legal

Child-Support and Employment Change

29th June 2009
Child Support payments in Canada are appointed by the judge and starting from 1997 regulated by federal Child Support Guidelines. The initial appointment of the Child Support payments id divided into four steps. It starts with the calculation of the gross...
Legal

Hit and Run or Failure to Stop at Scene of an Accident

28th June 2009
While the crime described in this article is pretty common it still has some controversial sides and in some cases there is a possibility that it was not caused by some criminal intentions. Usually after a motor accident occurs the involved drivers must n...
 1