Week 2 Assignment: Land Law

Eminent Domain is the government's right under the Fifth Amendment to acquire privately owned property for public use - to build a road, a school or a courthouse. Under eminent domain, the government buys your property, paying you what's determined to be fair market value. In recent years, there has been much debate over the appropriateness of eminent domain, and further its legality in specific instances. The government is allowed to seize personal property for private use if they can prove that doing it will serve what's called "the public good". There have been many cases brought up against the government in attempt to regulate the government's power in seizing private property. There is a political push for reform to the eminent

The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is seeking the sum of $1 million from the (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader, for alleged copyright abuse of the song “Happy Birthday to You”. The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is the copyright holder to the said song. The (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader is a Bistro owner who performs the song in an altered version (his own words are used) to his customers on their birthdays and have been doing so for the past twenty years without obtaining any licensing or permission from the copyright holder (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer.

With McCrudo destroyed by the storm and with no where else to go, Ricky and his crew join the warm welcoming Delta research facility - Who is run by a woman called Rebecca. As the crew members of McCrudo settle down in to their new home, they begin to pull their weight around the base by doing various chores. Ricky becomes suspicious of Delta’s operations, when he comes across a prison like science lab with an array of security features, such as cameras, locks and sensors. When asked what this lab is used for, and why is there so much security, Rebecca warns Ricky to stay out of her business.

What is hydraulic fracturing or fracking, and is it safe for our environment? What types of environmental issues are there with fracking? Are the laws in place for fracking good enough or should they be stronger? How much energy does the United States need for the future and is hydraulic fracturing the answer? These are all good questions

Source A is reliable but does not fully support the assertion. Source A, taken from a British-based research in 1997, intends to show how Mao’s preventive healthcare measures improved the peasants’ quality of life but “sparrowcide” had resulted in people having lesser grain as they were eaten by insects. Source A states that Mao had implemented the measures such as “basic healthcare and preventive services”, closing brothels and running campaigns against opium use to bring diseases and vices under control. However, by eradicating the sparrows in the Four Pests Campaign, “the insects ... now devoured the grains instead”.

1) Since the injured plaintiff was not wearing a seatbelt, why is Ford being sued for failing to test the seatbelt sleeve?

In the reading "My Dearest Child" in Pens of Many Colours, Joy Mannette tells her son about his roots in which geographic area of Canada?

I. INTRODUCTION Land use is a field of law (and policy) that is becoming increasingly diverse, complex, and interdisciplinary in the Twenty-First century. To become an effective land use practitioner, a new lawyer must develop broad knowledge and skills. Two leading scholars in the field declared recently that teaching students to become effective land use practitioners “is no longer possible using the traditional approach to legal education. ”1

Aboriginal Land Rights Aboriginal Australians have always had an eternal bond with the land. For the 50,000 years or more, they have occupied the continent; the land provided not only the basic needs, but also the spiritual beliefs. In the Dreaming, the forms of the land, mountains, rivers, landscapes and animals took shape and the spirit of ancestors resided in places that became sacred sites to the Aboriginal people. The land to these people were their most precious commodity. When white settlement began in Australia in 1788, the concept of terra nullius {the land belonging to no-one} was adopted by the British.

Historically, land ownership in America has been basing on the racial disparity and it still applies even now at the post-slavery periods. Though some groups of Americans have associated land ownership with American promise of liberty, equality and democracy, the promise of achieving liberty through this was not open to all. This is because earlier in history the black Americans had no right to own land and later when they were allowed to own, they were not allowed to do what they wanted with it. They were used as source of labor in the whites’ farms. They tended to be tenants of wealthy white landowners where they worked for sub-poverty wages and practiced subsistence farming. The government also imposed heavy taxation to the blacks who bought

There are many fold songs that go unheard. But when you go back to the roots of folk music, there is one that most every American recognizes. "This Land Is Your Land" has been a staple of Americana for nearly 75 years.

Land is something our world has always fought over. We, humans, claim land as our own property. However, we forget that we still have to share our property with other organisms. Other non-human mammals, amphibians, insects, and more also claim that land as their own too. Humans sometimes forget that we are a part of something greater: the ecosystem. Ecosystems contain a multitude of life forms. Each and every life form is important.

Land law is split into two separate but related units. Land Law 1 and Land Law II. Land Law I deals with foundations of property law and Land Law II deals with Proprietary Rights and transactions.

In, “The Land Use Act, 1978” author J.K Agbosu considers the role of the act in the context of class relations in Nigeria. Namely, Agbosu (1988) argues that "The Land Use Act, 1978, is a product of the inherent contradictions of the colonial and neo-colonial dependent, pseudo-capitalist. economic structures established in Nigeria since colonial times" (1). Agbosu furthers this argument by proposing that the reason that the act, is in part contradictory to the norms of everyday Nigerians is the failure of legislators to look beyond their own classed perspectives and consider, “[a] solution that not only abolished private ownership rights in land but also abolished private ownership of other means of production" (1). Indeed, Agbosu takes a decidedly Marxist perspective in his analysis of the law. However, the crux of the argument, which is that the post-Colonial state offers its citizens no new possibilities in its application of citizenship rights, is valuable to the discussion of democracy in Africa.

Since, Holly spent a lot of time with her mother, she started to develop a passion for photography as well. Abby was extremely supportive, however, Adam on the other hand tried to discourage Holly’s dreams. Yet, since Adam was always working and never really there for Holly, she did not let her father’s negativity change her mind. Abby would get furious with Adam when he would discourage Holly from following her passions. The pressure from Adam’s law firm got extremely high that he would take out his frustrations with Abby. When Holly started high school, the marriage started to fall more apart, Adam would get annoyed by the littlest things. He would spit out his dinner in front of Abby, comment how the food is terrible, demand her to iron his clothes because he didn’t want her to just sit down and watch TV. When Abby would stand up for herself, Adam would get physical and grab her by the arm and force her to do what he demanded. The first few months that Holly moved away to college, Abby started to practice her photography more due to the free time. Adam and Abby’s relationship was okay, not many fights, until one day that Adam got home and dinner was not ready and his work clothes was not ready. He started calling Abby’s name and she did not answer, he called her cell and no answer. Eventually, Abby returns, once she enters the house