Who should judge the judges? Discuss the benefits of merit selection of judges and also elections? What role should special interest play in selecting judges? Which system is best? How does Republican v. White (2002) as discussed in your textbook impact the system of selecting judges?
Why might judicial sentencing guidelines be viewed as an infringement of the legislative branch on the powers of the judiciary? How are divorce cases and divorce law different from most other civil cases?
The death penalty debate usually brings about three main issues – morality, deterrence, and fairness – which provides the best argument for abolishing the death penalty? Which one is the most persuasive for keeping the death penalty? Do you think the issue of innocents on death row justifies a moratorium on the death penalty?
4. Define the following and give an example:
1. Plea bargaining
2. Sentencing guidelines
3. Sentencing discrimination
4. Miranda Rights
5. Grand Juries
Define a mass tort claim and discuss how such cases differ from ordinary tort litigation.
6. Is the United States suffering from a litigation explosion? Explain your answer.
7. Compare and contrast the view that Americans are “too quick to sue” with the view that everyone deserves “equal access to the civil legal system.”
What is Alternative Dispute Resolution? How is it similar or different from traditional court based litigation?
9. What are the seven steps of a Civil Case Proceeding? List and define.
10. In a civil case, discuss the – concept of burden of proof and the use of evidence in proving the case. – What types of evidence can be used?
11. Define the following:
1.Voir – Dire
2.Challenge for cause
3.Peremptory challenge
4.Ripeness and
5.Mootness
12. Are concerns about the impact of pretrial publicity warranted in most cases? Examine efforts to limit prejudicial pretrial publicity in this era of the 24/7 new cycle.
13. Describe what is meant by the term “jury nullification” and offer an explanation for why jurors might want to engage in such behavior.
14. What are the primary differences between trial and appellate courts?
15. What is meant by habeas corpus relief? Explain the history of habeas corpus in the United States and relate it the current situation of enemy combatants being held by the U.S. government in Cuba.
16. What are two important factors in understanding how appellate court judges make their decisions?
17. Why is Roe v. Wade (1973) a useful decision for considering the scope of the Supreme Court’s political power?
18. What are two reasons why a Supreme Court justice might be reluctant to vote to consider a case?
19. Explain the rule of four and why it is important in considering which cases the Supreme Court places on its docket.
20. Describe the Supreme Court’s workload
Assignment 3: Inductive and Deductive Arguments
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In this assignment, you will apply key concepts covered in the module readings. You will identify the component parts of arguments and differentiate between various types of arguments such as inductive and deductive. You will then construct specific, original arguments.
There are two parts to the assignment. Complete both parts. The following is a summary of the assignment tasks.
Part 1
1a: Identify Components of Arguments
Identify the component parts of the argument, premises and conclusion, for the passages. Where applicable, highlight key words or phrases that identify a claim as a premise or a conclusion. Part 1a has three questions.
1b: Identify Arguments as Inductive or Deductive
Identify the arguments as inductive or deductive for given passages. Offer a brief explanation why each argument is either inductive or deductive. 1b has three questions.
Part 2
2a: Argument Identification and Analysis
In these longer text passages, identify the key components of each argument. For each argument, list the main conclusion and the reasons (or premises) that support the conclusion.
2b: Constructing Original Arguments
Construct one original inductive argument. Using 75–100 words, explain why the argument is an inductive one. Then, construct one original deductive argument. Using 75–100 words, explain why the argument is a deductive one.
2c: Finding Native Argument Examples
Find one example of an argument from contemporary media; this can be a short argument. Include or reproduce the original passage of the argument, paraphrase the conclusion(s), and identify the argument as either inductive or deductive. Using 75–100 words, explain why the argument is either inductive or deductive.
Download details for this assignment here and respond to each item thoroughly.
Submit your assignment in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.
By Wednesday, January 13, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.
Assignment 3 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified and explained types and component parts of arguments displaying analysis and application of research.
24
Accurately identified key component parts of arguments in longer text passages, reflecting comprehension and critical thinking.
12
Constructed original inductive and deductive arguments demonstrating in-depth understanding of concepts.
30
Evaluated and explained instances from contemporary media to identify arguments as representative of inductive or deductive reasoning.
20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Conduct an evaluation of the organization based on strategic planning analysis, which includes the strengths and/or weaknesses that are internal to the organization and opportunities and/or threats external to the organization. Your strategic plan analysis must include at least three strengths and three weaknesses that are internal to the organization and at least three opportunities and three threats that are external to the organization. You must utilize at least five valid sources in your analysis. Examples of valid sources include organizational websites, annual reports, personal interviews with organizational leadership, investigative reports, government reports, and conference transcripts. Your Final Paper must address at least five key areas, concepts, and strategies that are outlined in the course text. These include:
Internal and external assessments
Competitive marketing analysis
Identification of stakeholders
Overview and assessments of services provided
Competencies and resource
Public entities and regulatory requirements
Demographics served
Strategic financial planning
Financial and operational outcomes
Current and future direction of the organization of choice
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length, excluding the title and references pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least five scholarly sources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford University Library.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined
Juvenile Justice History
Identify and discuss the five periods of juvenile justice history and which period you think was the most influential to the evolution of the juvenile justice system
Several of our works this week portray family relationships that are less than perfect. Choose one that stood out to you as particularly moving or engaging. Describe the relationship and explain its personal resonance with you.
Part Two: Research one of this week’s authors and tell us what about his or her biography struck you as being reflective of issues in the work. Be sure to cite all biographical information you report.
Part Three: Post-modern work is sometimes ambiguous. What do you think happens to Connie at the end of Oates’s story? Explain why you think so. Use direct textual evidence to support your assumption. In O’Brien’s story we meet a soldier who goes AWOL- he leaves his post and a squad of men is sent to find him. How do you think this story ends based on what you see in this short excerpt? What clues can you tease out of the chapter to give an indication of where this story might be headed?
From our text: Choose ONE
James Baldwin: Sonny’s Blues
Flannery O’Connor,:Good Country People
Tim O’Brien: from Going After Cacciat
BUYU Manufacturing has been contracted to provide SAEL Electronics with printed circuit and motherboards (PC) boards under the following terms:
100,000 PC boards will be delivered to SAEL in one month.
In 3 months, SAEL has an option to take the delivery of an additional 100,000 boards by giving BUYU a 30-day notice.
SAEL will pay $5 for each board it takes.
BUYU manufactures the PC boards through a process called batching, and manufacturing costs are as follows:
The manufacturing batch run has a fixed setup cost of $250,000, regardless of the run size.
The marginal manufacturing cost is $2.00 per board, regardless of the size of the batch run.
BUYU must decide whether it should manufacture all 200,000 PC boards now, or if it should manufacture 100,000 now and the other 100,000 boards only if SAEL decides to buy them. If BUYU manufactures 200,000 now and SAEL does not exercise its option, then BUYU will lose the manufacturing cost of the extra 100,000 boards. BUYU believes that there is a 50% chance that SAEL will exercise its option to buy the additional 100,000 PC boards.
Discuss the potential profit of manufacturing all 200,000 boards now.
Draw a decision tree for the decision that BUYU faces.
If BUYU uses its expected profit as the basis for its decision, determine the preferred course of action.
Determine the range of values of the probability that SAEL will exercise its option, making the decision found in part c as optimal, and determine the expected value of perfect information about whether SAEL will exercise its option.
Assume now that BUYU is constantly risk averse with a risk tolerance of $100,000, and answer parts 3 and 4 again
Current Trends and Issues in Managed Care
Using the the Internet, research on a series of topics that will help you understand the current issues regarding managed care. You can use keywords, such as (but not limited to) managed care, current trends and issues in managed care, pharmacy benefit management, or utilization management. Like many other aspects of health care, managed care is continually changing and evolving to meet current consumer and market demands. This week, you are required to write an essay on the following topics:
Pharmacy benefit management
Utilization management
Use the following guidelines for developing your essay:
Select at least two articles for each topic from the Internet, and write a review for each source of information.
Present a summary for each topic tying together the information learned about that topic.
Describe and evaluate the market forces, current trends, and changes in drug benefit programs over the last fifteen years.
Discuss basic approaches and techniques used in utilization management.
Analyze the future of utilization management approaches. How might they change and why?
Justify your ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from reputable and scholarly texts, websites, and other references.
Based on your research, summarize your findings on the selected topics and compile your observations in a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document.
Support your responses with examples
The problem is not that people remember through photographs but that they remember only photographs. Thi s remembering through photographs eclipses other forms of understanding and remembering. Harrowing photographs do not inevitably lose their power to dhock. But they are not much help if the task is to understand.
Photographs do somthing else they hunt as.
Discuss the implications of Susan Sontag’s claim for contemprory politics and humanitarian organization.
The article that Susan Sontag wrote is called “Regarding the pain of others”
http://monoskop.org/images/a/a6/Sontag_Susan_2003_Regarding_the_Pain_of_Others.pdf
Please when writing do mention Foucault, Bourdieu and Jean Baudrillard
as well as mention some CONTEMPRORY politics like Syrain, Lebanon, Iraq and Palastine
When wriritng the research please do insert quotations betyween quotation marks with the authors and page number and refrences/ works cited at the end
the paper should be 3500 words without the last page which is the refrences
Ethical and Legal Considerations, Medical Malpractice
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I need two parts, first, the Outline as described below. The second the final project. This is a paper on Medical Malpractice, I would like to have a paper citing case law considering operations on the wrong side of the brain. PLEASE read the entire post for more information. I need the Outline ASAP, and the final paper APA format in a week.
Part I: Introduction
Parties
Facts
Claims
Part II: Analysis
Issue
Rule
Analysis
Evidence
Defenses
Ethical Issues
Conclusion
Part III: Variation
Analysis of Hypothetical
Overview
One of the most important objectives of this course is for you to be able to relate the theories in the readings and discussions to situations in real life. We will develop these critical thinking skills each week via the discussion boards and short writing assignments, which will culminate in the final project, a medical malpractice case study.
The purpose of a case study in general is to apply what you learned to a real-life or hypothetical situation where you analyze, test, and propose solutions to the case. You may have a problem to solve and be asked to present potential solutions. Or you may have a situation to analyze and describe why (or why not) certain events were effective or successful. In processing a case study, you will have to apply research, reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical skills to identify underlying problems, causes, and/or related factors and make decisions.
For the medical malpractice case study, you will prepare a paper discussing a medical malpractice case using the IRAC (issue, rule, analysis, conclusion) formula. You will discuss any relevant ethical theories involved and analyze the outcome, applying legal concepts from the course.
You should be thinking about your case and start your research by Module Three. By Module Five, you should finalize your choice of a reported case for your project. In the Module Five journal activity, you will be asked to briefly discuss your chosen case and provide an outline for your project. The final project is due at the end of Module Seven.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
• Analyze why knowledge of the legal system is important for healthcare professionals, including the distinctions between the law, ethics, and bioethics
• Compare and contrast ethical theories and discuss decision-making models applicable to healthcare providers
• Examine the legal environment in healthcare, including the physician-patient relationship, medical records and patient confidentiality, and professional liability and medical malpractice
• Explore the laws impacting the delivery of healthcare, including HIPAA, the False Claims Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and laws impacting the workplace
• Analyze the role of professional regulation, the standard of care, and codes of ethics in healthcare providers’ accountability to self, their profession, their patients, and the public
• Analyze specific legal, ethical, and bioethical issues faced by healthcare administrators, providers, and researchers, including protection of life, the right to self-determination, and end-of-life issues
Prompt
The first step of the project is to locate a medical malpractice case that interests you. The case can involve malpractice or negligence claims against any type of healthcare provider—for example, a doctor, nurse, dentist, or chiropractor or an institutional provider such as a hospital, nursing home, or rehab facility. The case you choose must be from a published decision of the court (rather than a case reported in a secondary source, such as a newspaper or internet article).
Published decisions are primary sources of law that create precedent for other courts to follow in similar cases. For more information about judicial decisions, and for help on where to find them, visit the Library of Congress Law Library.
Review these malpractice decisions to get familiar with the structure and format of a typical court decision:
• Deane v. Mount Sinai Hospital
• Carpentier v. North Shore University Hospital
These cases were found by searching the New York Official Reports website using the terms “medical malpractice” and “wrongful death.” To locate the published court decisions in your state, browse the resources available at the Library of Congress Law Library or visit FindLaw’s Cases and Codes section, which contains resources and links for cases by state.
It is easier to find medical malpractice cases in state court as opposed to federal court, so you may want to start with cases in your local state court. As you get further into your research, you will discover that some court opinions are short, and some are much longer and contain significantly more detail. For this assignment, it is important to choose a case that not only interests you but also contains a detailed description of the facts and circumstances so you have enough information for your analysis. The two examples provided above are good samples of the kind of opinion you should try to find. When researching cases, make sure the one you ultimately select contains enough information about the case to address each of the bullet points below. Your paper should contain three parts:
• Part I: Introduction
In this part, describe your case, including the parties, the facts, and the claims asserted.
• Part II: Analysis
This part is your analysis and should make up the majority of your paper. This section should be written in the IRAC format. Click here for a description of the IRAC model. Your analysis should discuss the evidence on both sides of the case and the defenses asserted by the defendant healthcare provider. This section should also identify and analyze the ethical theories involved and how they did or did not impact the decision.
• Part III: Variation
In this part, discuss how and why the outcome would have changed if the facts or evidence had been different. For example, if the plaintiff won the case, discuss a defense that, if available to the defendant, would have changed the outcome (for example, if the defendant could prove the plaintiff filed his claim after the statute of limitations had expired).