Essays on Grindle

The concept of political development seems to be quite a simple one on its face. Without investigating the role of the state too deeply, it is clear to see that in general, there are distinctions between the developmental levels of states around the world; while poverty exists in every nation, there are some that are much more stricken with the problem than others. In addition, relative levels of poverty within a nation is a scalable phenomenon—that is, levels of poverty and the very meaning of poverty can change across different political landscapes around the world. The conceptualisation of ...

The Fair Sentencing Act

On August 3, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, for the first time in the History of the U.S (Grindle, 2010). This law was a response to the then claims of racial biases of the law in convicting drug dealers. This Act established new quantity thresholds, which were meant to trigger statutory mandatory minimum and maximum penalties for offenses related to cocaine. By so doing, this law amended the Controlled Substance Act and the controlled import and export of substance. This new law saw to it that the quantities of cocaine that ...

The legal doctrines which can be applied in this case of John Falstaff verses Revere Furniture company can be drawn from the physical requirements of the applicants to the position of a store floor manager. For instance, the applicants had to be in a healthy condition in order to meet physical demands of the job. The physical demands of the job included for example the ability of the customer to stand for along without break. Another doctrine can be drawn from the behavior of the plaintiff after he had resumed work from sick leave. The American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act ( ...