Crimes and Torts

T-Looking at private documents
T-Not smogged
T-Film tampering
T-False advertising
T-ILLEGAL Gambling

C-ThreatsC-Reefer
C-Destruction of property
C-Assault
C-Drinking on the job
C-Lying under oath
C-Payoff witnesses
C-Bribery
C-Driving without a license
C-Sexual harassment
C-Jaywalking
C-Speeding
C-Reckless driving
C-No seatbelts
C-Assault with a deadly weapon
C-Hit and run
C-Sold a non working car
C-Off roading
C-Concealed weapon
C-Car surfing
C-Illegal passing
C-Tailgating
C-Underage driving
C-No insurance
C-Attempted murder

EOC Week 3- Responses

Sara’s blog

Sara, I have read your views on the way law is handled in the United States. I have to say that I agree with most of your ideas about how law is in America. Everybody knows that any system created by people will be flawed, but compared to a lot of countries in the world the United States does a good job enforcing and regulating the law. I do agree that most of the lawyers and people working in the system do want to do good work. The percentage of bad to good is leans a lot more towards the good. Most of the time injustice will be corrected. I have known people who have had bad experiences with the law and now they don’t trust it. But I think it’s wrong to judge a system by one bad experience. When the law works in some person’s favor they love it but as soon as it turns on them they despise it.

 

Allison’s Blog

Allison, your blog on lawyers is very interesting and it brings some very valid points to the absurdity of their profession. Your comment on the O.J. Simpson trial was very good. I agree with you that O.J. Simpson was guilty but due to a good lawyer and loopholes in the system, he ended up walking away a free man. I think we both share the same feelings about lawyers and how they operate. There are many good lawyers out there but it sometimes seems like there are more bad ones. The relationship that my mom has with her lawyer is very good. But I think it’s good because he understands his client’s pain and trouble. He’s the type of lawyer that looks at the client first and the money second.

EOC - WK 2

What I think about the law.
I think the law is well balanced in our country. Coming into the class I wasn’t quite sure what to think of law as a whole. I started reading about all the different aspects of the system and it really drew me in. The first couple of chapters have fascinated me and I surprised myself at the level of interest I have in the subject. The reading on the different types of criminal law sparked an interest in me. I loved reading about white collar crime and larceny. I have worked for companies in the past where some employees have committed some of these crimes. I once worked for a clothing store where an employee of ours was stealing money from the cash register. He eventually got caught and it was estimated that he stole about ten thousand dollars in merchandise. I knew it considered theft but now I know it’s called a larceny. I once lived in a neighborhood where a house down the street caught on fire. The police came and the family currently living in the house had lost most of their possessions. The awkward thing was that the night before they had a moving truck in front of their house. They ended up being investigated for arson because they tried to get the insurance money. The husband went to jail and I think he’s still locked up. The law fascinates me because there are so many ways to steal or cheat your way through life. But the government has created an amazing system that punishes these people from cheating the system. Law is an ever growing system that continues to stop crime and brings justice to those who have been wronged. I look forward to reading more about government and law this quarter.

EOC Wk One-Lawyers

The definition of a lawyer is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. I have not had too much experience with working with lawyers personally. My family has dealt with them in the past. I asked my parent’s if they had any experience with lawyers and this is what they told me. Mom said that most lawyers she worked with are good people. When she was involved in an accident her lawyer took care of her. He was very professional but had a deep care and understanding of her situation. She had nothing but good remarks about lawyers. My step dad on the other hand had a very different perspective about them. Most of the lawyers he has worked with have been terrible. He hasn’t had one good experience with lawyers. Most have turned his lack of knowledge in the law to their advantage. He once went through two lawyers to win back some insurance money he had lost. Both proved to be incompetent in their supposed field of practice but good at sending invoices. By the time he hired a third lawyer it was too late. The first two had messed up so bad that they couldn’t pursue the case anymore. My step dad wasted a lot of money. My step dad says that lawyers tend to complicate the law. Over the years they have turned law into a secular system that only other lawyers can understand. He wishes that there were a more simplified practice of the law. After hearing these two very different perspectives of lawyers I have decided that lawyers are like everyone else in a profession. There will be good people who genuinely want to help. There will also be bad people who are only out to get your money.