LE 101 Legal System

Imagine you are the director of health information services for a medium-sized health care facility. Like many of your peers, you have contracted with an outside copying service to handle all requests for release of patient health information at your facility. You have learned that a lobbying organization for trial attorneys in your state is promoting legislation to place a cap on photocopying costs, which is significantly below the actual costs incurred as part of the contract. (Case Study, p. 20)

Therapeutic jurisprudence is the study of the law in conjunction with the emotional and psychological welfare of those who come in contact with the legal and justice system. This report, in conjunction with the cases below, intends to show that therapeutic jurisprudence has a focus on the law as a social force that has the potential to enhance or inhibit therapeutic outcomes. In V’s case, therapeutic jurisprudence aided the defendant by giving him an option to rehabilitate instead of further compounding his financial circumstances if the magistrate were to fine him multiple times for future offences. Furthermore, in H’s case, the defendant was given a more lenient sentence, educating him about the consequences of his actions.

I define myself as a curious researcher and reflective practitioner who perceives legal education as a combination of passion and practicality. Whereas my idealistic side wants to thoroughly understand the development of global legal ethics, my pragmatic side asks what actions should be taken by lawyers to solve international legal problems. Hence, Penn Law’s core strengths in providing a remarkably interdisciplinary learning experience and the program of Legal Practice Skills will be the bridge to my academic and professional aspirations.

The legal elements of this book, is the lack of justice for the defendants, lack of resources in the courtroom, and the bias that the people within the courtroom had. This related to our law and society class because society looks

Between the two schools of epistemology, rationalism and empiricism, I am inclined towards the philosophies of rationalism. I am persuaded towards philosophical approaches which are superior at attaining truth. Empiricism relies on observation using the five senses in reasoning to achieve truth. However, in Plato’s Thaetetus, Socrates gives strong arguments for the limitations of human perception. The Canadian legal system, also, recognizes flaws in human observation, which increases my skepticism of empiricism. Conversely, rationalism relies solely on the use of logic and deduction in reasoning. Both, Plato and Socrates stressed the value of rationalism through the ability to know and express combinations of elements through mathematics. Large

Widget Tech Inc. is in need of update the company’s current code of ethics due to growth of the company and the changing workforce. Research has been conducted to revise the current policy and address topics that were previously

3-Schubert, F. A. (2012). Introduction to law and the legal system. Mason, Ohio: Cengage Learning.

heavily focuses on the law, cases, rules and courts. The students are taught to debate, argue,

What is hydraulic fracturing or fracking, and is it safe for our environment? What types of environmental issues are there with fracking? Are the laws in place for fracking good enough or should they be stronger? How much energy does the United States need for the future and is hydraulic fracturing the answer? These are all good questions

The American court system reinforces positive behavior and was designed to protect and provide justice to the members of society. To fully understand how the criminal court system operates, one must examine the role of courts in today’s criminal justice system. They must also understand the purpose of the court system and examine the role early legal codes, the common law, and precedent played in the development of courts.

Comprehend the complex relationships among the legal, psychological and historical influences impacting the U.S. legal system

The differences between legal rules and other kinds of rules is that criminal law refers to the consequences associated with breaking them. As the substantive law meaning that it is the law of crimes, referring that Criminal law is the code conduct that all in the society need to follow the rule, and the prohibitions on murder, assault, and burglary. Meaning that if an individual violates or commits these crimes they are going to be treated as a criminal by punishing act from the state. Civil law is refers to procedural law to follow the rule of the state from someone that has committed a crime. Which it is divided into 5 categories, for example torts, property, contract, family, and juvenile law.

Popular culture has a complex relationship to the legal field. “Works of popular culture often illuminate what real people actually do and believe” (Asimow & Mader, p. 7). Similarly, the works of popular legal culture reflect what people generally believe about the legal field. “Pop culture producers always distort reality, including the operation of the legal system, for dramatic, commercial, or ideological purposes” (p. 8). Therefore, popular culture may not be a perfect reflection of legal education as it is open to bias based on personal ideaologies. Irregardless, popular culture can tell us a lot about legal education. Law schools have been depicted in The Paper Chase as well as in several other movies and television series including Legally

In today’s society, there are so many factors that affect our lives, one of the biggest being law. Every small detail within our life is monitored by laws that have been set out to benefit us. Studying law has always been at the back of my head, but it was only recently that I became wholly interested in law itself. My personal trigger for this was both a documentary called Dear Zachary and my decision to take applied law as one of my subjects. The documentary was extremely influential of how the justice system and unsound rulings can affect people’s lives so much.

In the English Law system, the effect of legislation remains statute in force until they are repealed. (R v Ducan, 1994). The application of legislation is ambiguous.