Essays on Prima

Master Scholarship

Leadership requires competent skills, knowledge, and enthusiasm to inspire and manage the team. I am of the view that I am a competent individual who is eager to participate and manage versatile events and activities. Regardless of extra curriculum activities in the school and college, I have always taken charge of group activities in the classroom. My problem-solving attitudes and communication skills have supported me to manage teams. I am keen to learn new things and apply in my life, as I believe that adopting new things and knowledge polishes an individual’s personality. It is also important for ...

INTRODUCTION

The film “Braveheart” takes place in the 13th century and tells the tale of William Wallace a humble Scotts-man who falls in love with a young woman whom he makes his wife. However, Scotland was still under the thumb of English rule. This rule essentially allowed British soldiers to do as they please, including accost, abuse and rape the common-folk. This is the sad fate of William Wallace’s new bride. She is essentially executed for fighting against an English officer who attempted to rape her. Enraged, her death would send Wallace on the mission of saving Scotland and ...

Philosophy Questions

1. Ross’ s Moral Theory is considered to stand between Kant’s strict deontological theory and theological theory of utilitarianism. According to the philosopher, there existed several prima facie duties that people had to hold in respect if they did not contradict one another. In case they conflicted, human’s intuition would help to make the right choice and find the weightiest and the most important duty. Ross stated that any prima facie obligation could be redefined by more important ones. While Kant saw all obligations absolute and exceptionless, Ross allowed maximization of the good as one of the ...

Introduction to Law

Issue 1: Whether Glen’s reckless driving constitute negligence A prima facie case of negligence involves a harm (physical, economic, or emotional distress) that is a direct result (causation) of a defendant’s careless conduct. Negligence involves a three-pronged analysis of defendants conduct: 1) breach of a duty of care that runs afoul of a reasonably prudent person in similar circumstances 2) plaintiff injury that is direct result of this breach; and 3) whether injury to plaintiff was foreseeable consequence of this breach. For purposes of Negligence it does not matter if defendant had intent to injure plaintiff. Here, ...

Understanding the external business environment will help Priam Rossa to make a huge step in its expansion plans. The environmental analysis provides a framework for developing strategic options in efforts to make a significant presence in the global markets. Due to globalization, the floral market is constantly facing major changes through factors that could be controlled by the organization and those that are out of control. This implies that the operations of Prima Rossa as it seeks to expand its roses retailing business will be influenced greatly by the environment in the territories it wishes to penetrate. The following ...

Introduction

This paper discusses the roles of specific players within the criminal justice system, namely judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys including how these roles sometimes intermingle with reference to given fact patterns.

The Role of the Prosecutor

Should Joe Justice want to get the deal done with Jim Lawbreaker, some of the options available for him including entering into a plea agreement or arrangement and studying the arresting or investigating police report to ascertain details of the crime and its magnitude. Yes, Joe Justice has enough evidence to take against Stick Martin to grand jury. According to Gaines and Miller (2012), a prosecutor has a ...

Discussion Question Journal

Chapter 14: The Social Contract Tradition Problems and Prospects Is it immoral to be a free rider? Is it irrational? Does the existence of free riders raise a serious problem for contractarianism? Why or why not? Take for instance a borehole constructed in an arid region by villagers. All member are to participate in contributing cash for this purpose. The water will serve the interests of the villagers. If say one or a group of members chose not to contribute but still got to use the water once the borehole was made, they would be referred to as free ...

Section

The Bidding Charterparty invited tenders for the construction of a new cruise-liner, to be called the Ocean Carpathia. Donelly was invited to tender. However, the person responsible for receiving tenders left work early.

ISSUE: WON Donelly Brothers can compel recognition of its bid? HELD: Yes

DISCUSSION: Similar to the case of Blackpool v Blackpool, it is the duty of the entity requesting for bids to inspect all those which have been submitted. In the case at bar, MC Donelly was actually able to submit its bid on time. It is not the fault of the bidder that their documents were not received in time, as it was the responsibility of the ...

Epicurus viewed death as annihilation. He observed that people fear death because they think they will have unpleasant life after death. He says this fear can be removed when a personal understands death as an annihilation since the atoms that make life disperse after death. He thinks that death is neither harmful for the people who are living nor to the dead. This, he argues, is because the living are not dead while the dead do not exist. He also thinks that when people anticipate death it is erroneous for them and irrational since there is no life after ...

HIV screening is a procedure that many countries have adopted the world over in a bid to get the necessary statistics to ensure effective detection and treatment of the virus. However, Mandatory HIV screenings is a radical measure that raises various moral and legal questions with regard to the need to protect the society and the duty to respect individual rights. There are various moral arguments that are aimed at supporting mandatory HIV screenings including paternalism, prevention of vertical transmission, and facilitation of behavior change.

Prevention of Vertical Transmission of the Virus

Mandatory HIV screenings during prenatal care are essential because they help to prevent the ...

This paper will discuss whether it is ethical to compulsorily stop migrants from entering and settling in the US or not. First, the paper will look at Huemer’s argument on the migration issues. Although many believe that it is important to keep away immigrants in order to maintain any nation’s integrity and culture, Huemer argue that it is not right to bar immigrants from entering into the United States. He argues that immigrants do not bring economic hardships for existing citizens as most countries belief. Secondly, this paper will discuss what some critics about these arguments reason ...

Introduction

A contract can be defined as a relation between two parties, who enter into an agreement that will be bidding to them and enforceable by law. The consent of the parties should be a voluntary affair. There are various categories of contracts. The following cases studied below fall under the category of a sale of goods contract. For a sale of goods contract to be legally binding to the two parties, it must fulfill all the legal requirements of a valid contract. This means that there should be adherence to the requisite elements which include an offer, an unequivocal acceptance, and intention between the ...

The moral permissibility of zoos turns on two major issues, utilitarian issues and animal rights issues. Those who concur with the animal rights issues hold that the assessment of a zoo should be done with considerations of how the animals are being treated, better still their rights. It also turns on the second issue that is the utilitarian grounds. From this perspective, the interests of the animals in the zoo must factor in when carrying out an assessment of a zoo. These particular interests include the interests of the animals in terms of freedom of movement as well as adequate and ...

DRAFT

This memo provides a comprehensive discussion on the various causes of action that Shewin may asset in good faith. The memo will canvas the elements that must be proved in all available causes of action. The paper will examine the facts that support each element and the facts that disprove any elements.

CHART ANALYSING THE VARIOUS CAUSES OF ACTION

ANALYSIS OF SHEWIN’S PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST BLABBER NEWSPAPER There are three main causes of action available to Shewin, if she is to take legal action against Blabber. These are discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment. This memo will, in this section, canvas the three ...