Criminal law

Public Safety Exception to Miranda Rights Name Institutional Affiliation Public Safety Exception to Miranda Rights The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States stipulates the rights of the citizens. One of such rights is the fact that defendants are protected from self-incrimination, meaning that police officers should not compel the suspects to give any evidence against themselves. This requirement is mostly observed during arrests, whereby police officers should give the Miranda warning. The Miranda warning refers to the advice given by police officers to suspects who whatever they say during arrests could be used against them (Rogers et al., 2010). Miranda rights are a...

Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Course: Date: Business partnerships Question 1 Advantages of business partnerships include (Jux Law Firm, np): Businesses which are in the form of partnerships are not required by law to pay income tax. Instead, each partner files the losses or profits of the business partnership as their personal income tax return. Therefore, the business is exempted from paying taxes. Business partnerships are also easy to establish. There is no much legal procedure for one to start a partnership, especially a general partnership. The cost of starting a business partnership is lower compared to other forms of business such as a public limited company. Since there is...

Why do we have warrants? Why not simply allow police to search and or arrest persons or property without going through the steps of obtaining a warrant? Imagine you are sitting in your house with a friend. You hear a knock at the door and rush to open. You find two police officers standing with their police car parked at the gate. Before you ask what is wrong, they push the door and start searching the house. They find a packet of marijuana hidden under the couch. They take you with them to the police station to be charged with marijuana possession. However, upon asking one of your lawyer friends, he informs you that the police cannot do that. They must have a search and arrest warrant to enter...

Name Professor Course Date Article Summary This article is about the divorce of Stephen and Lucy, most of the divorces happen before third of January. This is the day when most divorce lawyers are busy attending their clients. Most of the couples hold things together over the festive season. The article is about the family of Stephen Armstrong and Lucy Cavendish divorce. This couple has two daughters. Just like any other couple, Lucy and Stephen thought that they would raise their children together, but now they have already drifted away from each other. Divorce is a process that may affect the behavior and welfare of the children. Therefore is important to seek help from an expert. Lucy...