New Bankruptcy Law When the next credit card representative comes to campus, trying to market the newest MasterCard or Visa -- run away! Congress has made it more difficult for individuals to declare and extricate themselves from bankruptcy. Although the idea the new bankruptcy legislation is supposed to support, namely that consumers must become more fiscally responsible, may seem neutral on its surface and merely designed to reign in an overspent

The recent impositions on personal bankruptcies attracted the attention but the legal experts opined that new rules could have extensive effects. In common, in the words of a bankruptcy lawyer Jon Schneider of Goodwin Procter in Boston, "There is probably going to be a raft of filings in September to avoid this new law." (Law could trigger Chapter 11 surge) D.J. Baker of Skadden Arps a New York lawyer,

Arizona's new immigration law is a fundamental violation of the principles of the Civil Rights Act of 1994, and existing federal non-discrimination legislation. The law enables police to randomly stop and demand proof of citizenship from people who the authorities think are illegal aliens. This law will obviously have a disproportionate impact upon individuals of non-white heritage, particularly Hispanics. The law "would make the failure to carry immigration documents a

If the purpose of law is to maintain the order of society yielding the best possible circumstance for each individual man, woman, and child, then the argument arises as to whether such direct revenge is actually conducive to preventing further disorders. Revenge can easily run in endless cycles, and fear of punishment may not in and of itself be any deterrent at all, in particular if the act which is

New Zealand Constitutional Arrangements NEEDING REFORM New Zealand's Constitutional Arrangements A truly effective and relevant Constitution must completely reflect the values and norms of society's leaders and their followers (CAC, 2005). Prime movers in New Zealand believe that fundamental issues about its constitutional arrangements warrant the widest popular discussion and approval and the creation of corresponding reforms. One of these issues is the lack of a written Constitution. New Zealand is one of

This showed me that law-protection of people from harm- was exclusive from the moral obligations of the society-such as working to improve the community. Basically, I eventually came to associate the Separability Thesis based on my observation; essentially, the legality and morality of the island were independent of one another. Ultimately, the member of my expedition who spoke the language of Pango-Pango was able to have a conversation with one