Law & Ethics - August 2007

Gandhi,by his philosophy of non-violence and self discipline managed to get independence for India. He opposed violence and independence was gained without any bloodshed. He swayed masses without any oratory. He lived like millions of poor Indians. He practised what he said.In spite of this neither the British nor Nobel ecognized his great achievement. One can understand the British as after India its Empire crumbled. Nobel seems to be very biased.

2007-08-30 08:43:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am selling my buick and some guy e mails me saying he likes it. after three days of talking with this jerk, he says he will send someone to pick up my car with a check of 16,000 when i was only asking for 10,000. he says the other 6000 will need to be wired back to him to provide shipment of the vehicle and to take care of all other expenses. .....so heres how it goes...i cash the check. get my money....i wire his 6,000 and in two weeks or so the check bounces and i m screwed with 16000 dollars. while that creep made away with 6000. how can i get this *** back!?!?! where can i report him. how can i get him to call me. all he does is email me.

2007-08-30 08:13:15 · 13 answers · asked by buickwc67 1

I have gotten two virtually polar opposite opinions on how child support is eliminated once a child emancipated.
My understanding is, that a child is ''emancipated'' once the are married, in the military or 18 and not taking higher education. Or in my case aged 21 and in College.
Given that, my brother had an attorney say that Indiana Statues over rule any judges order. So he may stop without further notice to the court when the child is legally emancipated. The Clerk in my county said this is incorrect and I must fill out a form ''www.in.gov/judiciary/selfservice/forms/eman_term.html'' to petition the court to terminate due to emancipation. What is the real rule of law here?

2007-08-30 08:12:03 · 2 answers · asked by Kari 1

My brother is on intease probation until november. Well the day before yesterday the cops got called because he was drunk [he's only 20] & telling his dad he was gonna kill him so the cops fired two warning shots and stuff, he's in jail.. did he provoke his probation and go to jail for four years or could he get off? [state of ga]

2007-08-30 08:01:34 · 3 answers · asked by BeLLa 1

No one will explain to us what papers to file or even how to file them. An attorney said if we had $2,000 dollars to throw away he would take the case. Unfortunatily, we don't. He also said file an amendment before time runs out. ???? Legalaide wasn't any help either. Any information would be greatly appreicated.

2007-08-30 08:01:31 · 2 answers · asked by Katt 1

indentity thieves ruin lives, destroy credit, wipe out life savings....since the penal system just slaps these dirtbags on the wrist, if you find the guy who stole your name first, should you be able to mete out your own justice? they took your life, should you be able to take theirs in turn?

2007-08-30 07:55:52 · 8 answers · asked by ash tray 1

Hi, my mother back in ,99 had a car accident and had to have a plate put in. After the surgery my mom was in horrible pain the doctor who did the surgery did an x-ray and said he could not see why she was in so much pain . she went to have second opinons and that just led us to this point this year my mom found out she had a ruptured disc and the bone where she her plate was wearing away she was sent to a surgeon and after looking at the MRI said the doctor who put the plate in did a shabby job ! i want to know in the state of Alabama how long after a surgery has been preformed can you sue the doctor ? I want him to lose his licence and not be able to practice medicine in any state . I don't want no other family to go threw what my family has ! Thank you & God Bless ,
Heather

2007-08-30 07:52:42 · 6 answers · asked by must_love_dogs_and_me 4

2007-08-30 07:36:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

By that I mean, require me when I go on sick leave to have a doctor excuse with the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment and then go to the employee clinic to be "re-admitted" to work? If not, is there some legal web-site that I can find that a employer can't do this??

2007-08-30 07:33:28 · 5 answers · asked by Renay N 2

If you are on a jury, would you be willing to err on the side of innocence (of the accused), and if necessary to rule in direct conflict with what the law says in order to prevent injustice?

If not, why do you believe that innocent people should be sent to jail (as nearly happened in the Duke Lacrosse case and as has happened in the Ramos and Compean case and the Padilla case)?

2007-08-30 07:23:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a super sensitive, sweet son who is a hockey player. Last spring he wanted to improve so we had him in private skating lessons. He is expected to practice what he learns during open skate. One day he was practicing and bumped into an old lady who was standing on the ice. My son was horrified and stayed with her until an adult arrived. She tried to sue the rink but it is a "skate at your own risk" facility. She is now suing us.

Do we have a leg to stand on? My son did nothing intentional or wrong.

2007-08-30 07:20:36 · 16 answers · asked by starbrite74♥♥ 3

I live in a small town and my family owns a funeral home..just recently my father hired a new guy to drive our hearse..hes not very sensitive when it comes to the deceased recently i noticed him dropping the casket out of the hearse and the women sort of slipped out..he then very angrily shoved her back in..then i noticed him stealing money from one of the deceased..he took the jewerly off of the elderly woman and put it in his pocket.then he slapped her across her face.laughed and did it again.this time even harder.. it seemed unreal.i tried to tell my mom to watch him but she thinks im dreaming it all up.i mean those are just a few things ive saw.who knows what i havent seen..i would hate for him to do something worse nextime.how could he be such a coward.these are innocent people hes harming..should i tell my dad so he can be fired.

2007-08-30 07:12:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-30 07:12:07 · 23 answers · asked by thomas crocks 1

My brother just had a second interview with a company and they gave him a job – told him they’d be sending his new employee packet to him, they went over benefits and pay. I guess someone at his current job (at a construction company) heard that he may be going to this new company. He then proceeded to call up someone he knew at this new company (they buy parts from this new company) and told them that if they hired my brother, they would NOT be placing any further business with them (his current job is a 1-million dollar account or more for this new company). So, within that hour, my brother got a call from the new company saying that they can’t hire him because they are worried that their relationship with his current company will be jeopardized if they hire him. So…now he didn’t get hired after they told him he was. Is it illegal for his company to threaten to take away their relationship/business with this other company because my brother is choosing to go work there??? It's crazy

2007-08-30 07:10:34 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm Wondering if i could some how scan bunch of news paper here in my country and sell it Online.. But is it Legal? Im in the philippines.

2007-08-30 07:05:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

we were staying in a city and wanted to move to a more serene area and started communicating with the person in question who years ago had purchased various plots at throw away prices and has now built colonies and made millions. Firstly, he hoodwinked us on many, many issues like the electrity is slim, even our two invertors conck out, he has not made drainage system the rain water is just left to accummulate for 8 to 10 days waiting for the sun to dry it out, we have purchased these flats on ownership basis but the builder behaves as if he owns all of us dictating terms to all and sundry, as there is the panchayat raj out here.. when we asked him before coming if there were all emergency services availabe and he said yes, but he did not tell us that to reach an equipped hospital we have to travel 45 kms, the list is endless.. where there is no municipality whom do we approach...panchayat people, our local watchmen everybody are in his fists, and they bow to him as if he is a demi god

2007-08-30 07:02:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my mother is mentally unstable (example: she burned most of my things because she believes that pokemon is of the devil)...she wont let me get a job or an ID she wont even let me out except to church, even if i try to get out all the doors are locked and you need a key to open them. i need to get out and go to a real school instead of this crap Christan academy that is a sad excuse for an education and i want to get a job for some real world experience. i found a family that lives in a good school district and will take me in on the fact that i get a job and graduate, but the problem is my mom wont allow me to leave and if i ran away then she would find me and send me to live in dallas but i have a phobia of large new places and people. if i could live with this family now then at least i can have a chance at life.... i am going to turn 18 in 8 months but i have no real world practice i need to use these last months to explore the rules of society, so i need to move out asap

2007-08-30 06:58:41 · 5 answers · asked by nina q 1

Since the erly sixties while I was in gradeschool we have KNOWN the enviorment was in trouble, (this isnt new folks), and rather then pass laws to help save the planet, the government went gleefully on pillageing and rapeing the earth. Now we are in serious and possibly un fixable straights. Shouldnt I be able to sue the US government for at least inaction? Malfeasence? Deraliction of duty? You cant be a nurse or dr and walk away from a dying person without being sued. Doesnt our government have at least as much responsibility to insure our futures and those of our progeny?

2007-08-30 06:50:35 · 19 answers · asked by RowCo G 1

Are we citizens in the US and UK giving up more and more civil liberties and rights to our govt, each day?
it certainly seems so. Whats more with the Brazilian boy killed on the tubes, and the tube attack itself. things all look too well planned for terrorists.
The UK has more CCTV cams than anywhere on earth, with 4.3million of them in london alone.
ID.cards being suggested, with a complete and intimate history of your life and actions...

am i going mad? or are we really gettting locked down into a police state where we are monitored and cataloged?

2007-08-30 06:50:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

That our country's reps can vote on their own pay raises? Have they ever voted it down?
There are state propositions that the People can vote on, but not national propositions? (How can our government represent the People when they are voting in favor of their funding contributors?)
Serve in the senate for one term, and receive a great retirement package?
The list goes on, and I am really getting fed up.

2007-08-30 06:39:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-30 06:37:20 · 8 answers · asked by cnwu 1

Nifong was disbarred in June for more than two dozen violations of the state's rules of professional conduct during his prosecution of the lacrosse case.

During a hearing last month, he apologized and acknowledged there was "no credible evidence" that the three formerly charged players committed any of the crimes he accused them of. He said then: "It is my hope that all of us can learn from the mistakes in this case, that all of us can begin to move forward."

What a bastard.

2007-08-30 06:32:03 · 5 answers · asked by Philip McCrevice 7

Police station will not give me a copy of my police report?
I went to the police station and filed out a form to get a copy of my police report for a DUI, after a week I had still not received a call that is was ready to pick up. I called the station and was told that I needed to call the prosecutors office to get it??? WTF! why was I not told this when I was thereand filed out the form for them to call me when it was ready? When I called the prosecutors office they said I need to send them a formal request and they wil lget me a copy in 7-21 days. Isn't this public info? Why am I jumping through hoops to get it. What can I do? I want it yesterday, I have already heard parts of it and its not correct? This is in WA state.

2007-08-30 06:30:42 · 3 answers · asked by eena p 1

2007-08-30 06:28:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm trying to find a state in the US that allows both gay marriage and has the death penalty. Are there any?

2007-08-30 06:25:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-30 06:21:24 · 3 answers · asked by hypnome 2

my brother has a ex gf and according to her shes pregnant and my brother is the father but the problem is we r not so sure
about that ....shes tellin us that she`ll file a case if my brother ddnt take the responsibilty bec shes a minor. is it possble that my brother go to jail....were very worried for him

2007-08-30 06:19:47 · 2 answers · asked by lani m 1

The school district Superintendent sent the schools tech. coord. to his step-daughters house during school hours twice to fix her computer, and the tech. coord. assistant was also there. The Superintendent nor the step-daughter paid for any of these services, which wouldn't that be on taxpayers dollars?

2007-08-30 06:12:54 · 2 answers · asked by Tammy73 3

I live in TN and know that here the income of both parents is taken into account before setting the amount of child support. I only work part-time right now and don't have a set amount of hours that I work nor am I guaranteed any. My question is... what is my income figured as?? Would it be calculated at "0" or what?? Would the child support office be able to tell me?

I also want to add that when we went to get the support set, they asked how much I made an hour & how many hours I worked. I told them I didn't have any set hours & they just said okay & wrote some stuff down. They never asked for a check stub or anything either & they didn't ask me what I averaged each week. Just wondering what they set my income as since I'm about to go full time there & I'm sure when my ex finds out he'll have a review of the case done. Will his payments be lowered just because I went full time??

2007-08-30 06:00:34 · 4 answers · asked by L 1

In what ways could technology help or impede the criminal justice process?

If you were a criminal defendant, would you want your court proceedings to be recorded?

What if you were a plaintiff?

2007-08-30 05:58:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous