Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States bestowed upon the US Congress the power to compel private businesses to adhere to Title II of the Civil Rights Act 1964, which prohibits racial discrimination in public places or...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 has helped to improve things on a superficial level, with more legal barriers to white collar crime in place, yet it still lacks the number of staff members required on behalf of the SEC to really regulate the new laws put into place. The...

I. Handi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004) Decided on Monday, June 28, 2004 by the United States Supreme Court II. Facts of the Case Yaser Hamdi, an American citizen, was apprehended by the U.S. military in Afghanistan in the fall of 2001. The government had reason to believe Hamdi...

Cruz’s article, “Defending U.S. Sovereignty, Separation of Powers, and Federalism in Medellin v. Texas” sought to describe the underlying legal ramifications of the Medellin v. Texas case. The case, which served as a seminal case regarding the clarification of the powers of influence of external judicial agencies on domestic court...

Conclusion A legal contract is an agreement between two parties, which helps in creating standards and enforceable obligations. Several elements should be present to ensure that the deal is binding between the two parties. They include the offer, acceptance, mutual assent, consideration, capacity, and legality. II. Elements of a Contract...