Essays on Justice Page 28

Approximately 280 groups registered with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to participate in the May 13, 2013 party-list elections. However, Comelec disqualified 52 groups for not representing the “marginalized and underrepresented sector,” or for failing to prove their nominees belong to the sectoral group they aim to represent, or for lacking a track record as…

Uncertain event ‘Contingent contract is to do or not to do anything, if an uncertain future event happens, it cannot be enforced by law unless and until that event has happened. ’ Illustration: ‘A’ makes a contract with ‘B’ to buy B’s car if A survives. Thus contract can’t be enforced until and unless ‘B’…

The first issue is whether Mat’s reply was a counteroffer or a request for further information on whether or not Michael would change the upholstery in the car before sale. If it was a counteroffer, as was held in Hyde Vs. Wrench (1840) 3 BEA 3341, this would have amounted to a negation of the…

What is an ethical choice? Well, put yourself in the shoes of “Cornelia Williams. ” Cornelia is a young teenaged single mother in high school. Her life at this point is an everyday struggle. Living under her mother’s roof, who as well is a struggling single parent caring for Cordillera’s two younger siblings on a…

Two policemen, Sir Thomas Legge and Inspector Maine, are discussing the perplexing Indian Island case. They have reconstructed much of what happened on Indian Island from diaries kept by various guests. It is evident to them that Blore, Lombard, or Vera are not the murderers. Upon their arrival, the police discovered that the chair Vera…

In a preface to the book, Euben clearly delineated two research questions underlying the whole study. First, the author analyzed the crisis of “secular liberal democracies” on the example of the United States with its voter absenteeism and decrease of active citizenship within the context of “religio-political movements [which] are galvanizing peoples into extraordinary attempts…

The issue here is whether the purchase agreement entered by Mr.. Echoing Fat and Mania is avoidable by virtue of Sec. 17(b)? In order for a contract to be executed properly, it must be done in favor of Sec. 10, 13 and 14. Sec. 10 prescribes that an agreement in a contract if it done…

Serapio is a member of a beggars’ federation. The federation collects all the alms gathered by its members and distributes a portion to each member as well as a percentage to the founder. The situation arose when two prostitutes, both members of the federation, informed the founder that Serapio has a daughter. These two prostitutes…

On a windy winter night in 1932, a kidnapper crept onto the estate of Charles A. Lindbergh, climbed a homemade ladder, placed a ransom note on the window, and left with the baby of the most famous man in the world. The ransom was paid, but the child was found months later, dead in the…

A Class of Community Supervision, on ISP. Mr. Jim Paul, an Officer of the New Jersey State Intensive Supervision Program (ISP), presentations to the class was very, very informative and detailed to the entire class. During his lecture, he stressed very forcefully the importance of the Intensive Supervision Program, and this program’s better treatment in…