Complete both Parts 1 and 2. PART I Pick 4 (4) of the following scenarios that r

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Complete both Parts 1 and 2.
PART I
Pick 4 (4) of the following scenarios that resulted in actual legal cases that were then appealed and made case law. Include the name of each case you pick in your typed assignment.
For each case you pick, explain all of the following:
What should have been done differently to achieve the result desired
What do you think the court decided and why
If applicable, did the agent do something wrong – why/what, etc.
I’ve included a few questions with some of the cases, but those are just a starting point for you
Include the general legal principle or reasoning that would support your comments — I don’t expect you to cite case law or actual statute by number but I want to see your reasoning for your statements, not just blanket statements such as “the contract was void and they didn’t have to sell the house” – why was it void? General or non-supported statements such as “the contract was void” will not be given points – I want to see how you came to that conclusion.
Each case explanation should be 1.5-2 paragraphs. They do not need to be longer than that.
PART 2
Type up 1.5-2 paragraphs describing the legal case example you found the most interesting in the textbook and why – identify it by case name, page # in textbook as well.
Cases:
Smith v Robinson – disclosure etc.
The Smiths listed their home with George Suarez at Hall Realty. The Smiths entered into a sales contract with the Robinson family. Both the Smiths and their agent Suarez claimed that the property could have an addition, and there were no significant property defects. The Robinsons represented themselves and had no agent. Following closing, the Robinsons discovered that due to a zoning variance, they could not build an addition and they also found several other physical defects. The Robinsons sued both the sellers and Suarez, claiming that they had a duty to disclose the zoning issues and that the disclosures provided constituted a breach of contract, including the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Suarez moved to have the case dismissed against him, stating that he had no responsibility for investigating on the buyers’ behalf and that the defects were not immediately visible so beyond his agency duty of disclosure. Should the judge dismiss this case against Suarez in part or entirely?
Zhang v. Santos Realty – contract
George Santos of Santos Realty listed the Zhang home for $3,000,000. The seller’s agent verbally told Zhang that he was Zhang’s exclusive agent. During verbal contract negotiations, he told Zhang that unless he lowered the price to $2,800,000 he would lose a prospective buyer. During these negotiations, Santos had told the seller how much the buyer was willing to offer and also told the buyer how little the seller was willing to take, but eventually advised the seller that he shouldn’t accept a less than full price offer. There was no written offer, but when escrow was opened, Santos provided an agency confirmation of dual agency to Zhang, which he signed without reading. How do you think the courts rule on this? Was agency properly confirmed? What should happen?
Adverse possession
A property owner sought title through adverse possession to a neighbor’s property. He’d met all the requirements, except for paying taxes. Because the neighboring property was a religious institution, taxes were not assessed. The plaintiff contended that since taxes were not assessed, he didn’t need to pay them to qualify for adverse possession. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
Neighbor issues
Weeds were growing in a drainage ditch; seeds from the weeds invaded the neighboring property and those owners brought an action to abate them as a nuisance. Must the owner of the drainage ditch remove the weeds?
Escrow
An escrow agent agreed to withhold funds to cover a debt due to the plaintiff. The escrow agent failed to withhold the funds as agreed. The plaintiff was not a party to the escrow. Is the escrow agent liable to the plaintiff?
Agent Liability
While looking at a house, a prospective tenant thought she was opening a closet door but fell down the basement stairs that were actually behind the inward-swinging door. The stairs had no landing or handrails. What is the liability of the agent?
Commission
Carter, a broker, sold a net listing to his daughter and received a $5000 commission. The seller had agreed to the list price based on the Carter’s CMA/recommendations. What are the problems involved in this case?
Title issue
A husband whose wife was in a mental hospital acquired an interest in a house with another woman he was living with. The husband used community property for his share of the down payment; the other woman used her separate property to purchase. Can they hold title as joint tenants?
Copyright Monique Young 2022

Discussion on the analytical framework for analyzing disaster.

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Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on the analytical framework for analyzing disaster. Some classifications include. natural disaster, socio-natural disaster, anthropogenic disaster, biological disaster, physical disaster, mechanical disaster and psychological disaster. This paper however seeks to discuss: the pre-existing situation in the disaster areas, the characteristics of the disaster, the efforts made by the government and non-government organizations to facilitate disaster recovery, and the attitudes of the local community and their relationships with the government.

Up to the early 1970s, the actions of the disaster professionals were generally limited to the aftermath of disaster and disaster responses. They never looked at efforts or activities in disaster-prone areas that could limit the possibility of a disaster occurring in such places. However, the disaster strategies changed following the 1985 earthquake in Mexico. The general assembly of the United Nations launched the international decade of natural disaster reduction with the aim of implementing the mitigation programs of disaster. The pre-existing situations in the disaster areas are characterized by fundamental aspects of disaster management, i.e. disaster preparedness, disaster mitigation and disaster response.

The fundamental aspects of disaster management should be implemented in the regions prone to disaster or with the probability of a disaster occurring. The pre-existing situation should therefore encompass disaster mitigation strategies, the efforts that are designed to lessen or prevent the impact of the agents of disaster. These efforts are referred to as countermeasures and include things like disaster awareness, education, insurance and building codes. Another pre-existing situation in a disaster-prone area is the disaster preparedness strategies. These are plans of action to be undertaken if the disaster occurs. They include obtaining emergency supplies, establishing emergency operation centers, and developing warning,&nbsp.evacuation and logistic procedures.

research paper on my political passport.

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Need an research paper on my political passport. Needs to be 2 pages. Please no plagiarism. My Political Passport

My life as one of the world’s mega-rich would be very different than it is now as a middle-class male. There are so many choices that I make every day because I have to live within a small budget that I simply wouldn’t have to worry about if I were mega-rich. My material culture would undergo a radical transformation.

The first thing that would change remarkably would be the amount of free time I would gain by hiring a staff to take care of my needs that I do not want to attend to. I would have people to cook, clean and drive me around. I could send people on errands to take care of shopping and doing odd stuff like dropping letters at the post office and picking up dry cleaning. Of course, if I wanted to cook a meal for pleasure or guests, I would do this, but only if I wanted to. My wealth would allow me to avoid most of the mundane tasks that take-up the time of a middle-class guy.

I doubt that I would have many more things than I currently possess, but all of the things I would buy would be finer. My feeling is rich people and middle-class people both have only 24 hours in a day. There is only so much to do or enjoy. Having more stuff wouldn’t change the fact that I can only do so much on any given day. I would have a more spacious home that would accommodate my friends if I wanted to entertain. I would have luxuries such as a pool and an outdoor entertainment area. Most importantly, I would have multiple homes and staff at each house to take care to the place. This would be my vacation. I would simply go and stay in a different place when I tired of my surroundings. I guess I wouldn’t buy lots of stuff, but the things I would buy would be things that give me more options for fun and entertainment than I currently have.

Another thing that would change would be my social life. A stress that I currently do not have would come from the endowments and charitable organizations that would constantly ask me for donations. I am sure that the mega-rich have constant requests from these types of organizations. I would want to use my money for good, but there are so many worthy causes I would not be sure which would be best to give to. For example, I would love to help cure cancer, but which research facility would be best? The only way to know would be to get out and mingle with the people that run these organizations. Instead of watching football on the couch with my buddies, I probably would be spending more time at galas and openings sponsored by these various groups and individuals.

I think that one of the biggest differences in my life would be the exposure my wealth would bring to me. Simply because I am rich, people will judge all of my actions in a different light than they would a middle-class guy. If I would drive myself around in a 1985 Toyota Corolla, the media would probably call me cheap and tacky. If I am driven about in an armor-plated stretch Hummer everywhere, I will be accused of waste and self-importance. It would seem to be easy to simply ignore the attention and focus on my own pleasure. But I know that deep inside. I like to be liked by others. Even though I am in a dominant group in society, I would still want people to accept me for who I am. I do not know if this is possible for the mega-rich because of the constant media scrutiny of their every move.

A final way I would change is in my political activity. I would be much more involved in politics because I recognize that controlling politicians is probably the key to maintaining my wealth. Politicians control the tax code and therefore I need to control the politicians if I want to keep what is mine. I would go beyond voting by contributing to campaign funds and using my influence with mega-rich friends to ensure the election of friendly candidates.

Discuss Philosophy of Community Policing 2007 Community Policing is an absolute break from the traditional approaches to policing.

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Create a 2 pages page paper that discusses pilosophy of community policing. Philosophy of Community Policing 2007 Community Policing is an absolute break from the traditional approaches to policing. It requires much work to be introduced and learnt by both police and communities. Everything depends on the ability of the top-management to properly organize the process, recruit and prepare the right people, communicating the mission and serving as an example. For this, first of all, it is necessary that top managers of the police learnt to work in team and were able to choose the people who can be of use, providing them with opportunities for creativeness, development and promotion. The notions of team work and leadership management are those to be learnt by the police of today and future (Trojanowicz & Bucqueroux, 2004). Community policing officers are “to be particularly thoughtful, creative problem solvers”, and preferably to be of the local residents (Carter 1997). After you’ve got the people you need, it is necessary to provide training, fair working conditions, permanent evaluation, appraisals, professional development, and always be ready for changes. Community policing requires unique strategies and decision in each locality, ability to build strong and lasting relations, based on co-operation and trust. It is a long-term, on-going, iterative process, demanding constant attention and flexibility. This all requires funding and governmental support. These features and requirements of the philosophy make it not that easy to implement the community policing everywhere and simultaneously.

2. Brock University Campus Security Services (2007) describes five generally accepted and interrelated components of Community policing, including: Enforcement, Continuous learning, Community development, Security Service re-engineering, Community/Security partnerships. Enforcement is an active component responding to the safety concerns. Each platoon is responsible for the community involvement into objectives determining and enforcement priorities. Continuous Learning is an imperative for both the police of all ranks and community members. It is key for revealing the commitment to the philosophy. Community Development suggests the full partnership of community and police in developing crime prevention program and public education, development of communication and cooperation. Security Service Re-engineering presupposes on-going, iterative, adaptable strategy in developing programs addressing the needs of the community. Community/Security Partnerships means “a full and equal partnership and meaningful dialogue with internal and external stakeholders in addressing community concerns” based on mutual trust (pp.4-5).

3. Whereas the major purpose of the community policing approach is to improve the quality of life of the community, and whereas traditional indicators “fail to capture many important contributions” to it made by the police, it is preferable to use multiple performance measures. Professor David H. Bayley (1994) proposed to distinguish between “direct” (“what police have achieved over time”) and “indirect” (“actions, not necessarily related to improvements in citizens’ quality of life”) measures. Further, performance measures can be divided into “hard” (“objective changes”) and “soft” (subjective perceptions of changes”). Thus we get four types of measures for success: hard direct (crime rates, victimization rates, real estate values, substantiated complaints about police behavior), hard indirect (number of police, response time, arrests, clearance rates), soft direct (satisfaction with police, fear of crime, perceptions of safety, perceptions of disorder), soft indirect (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, self esteem, perceived significance of work) (In Reisig 1997).

4. Whereas the work of the law enforcement agency should be based on team and leadership approach, the outcomes of community policing depend on all the members of organization. It is vital if top and middle management are committed to the philosophy and its major principles, if they serve as an example for the officers, if they are able to communicate the mission and properly and timely evaluate the performance of the officers, and so on. On the other hand, it is fairly noted that if only one officer has done something wrong regarding any member of the community, the community may stop cooperating with the law enforcement agency (See file at http://www.jus.state.nc.us/NCJA/w-vr-bg-art.pdf.). However, such problems can be avoided through careful background investigation during hiring. It is difficult to say exactly who the most influential person is in this case, while in teamwork a mistake of one person may spoil the hard work of the rest.

References:

Brock University Campus Security Services (2007). Community Policing Plan. (February). Retrieved October 25, 2007 from http://www.brocku.ca/campussecurity/files/communitypolicingplanweb.pdf.

Carter, David L. (1997). Human Resource Issues for Community Policing. School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Retrieved October 25, 2007 fromwww.cj.msu.edu/~people/cp/humres.html – 11k

Reisig, Michael D. (1997). Measuring Performance in the Era of Community Policing. School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Retrieved October 25, 2007 from www1.cj.msu.edu/~outreach/cp/measperf2.html – 27k

Trojanowicz, Robert C. & Bucqueroux, Bonnie (2004). Community Policing – How to get Started. Retrieved October 25, 2007 from Policing. Com. Community Policing Checklist. URL: http://www.policing.com/articles/pdf/COMMUNITY%20POLICING%20CHECKLIST.