Tort Law and Amendments

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        This week was all about tort law and for me the concept that I was taught was basically anything that a person feels they were made either harmed, stressed, sad, depressed about they can sue based on the tort laws. There are however, good ones in there like “Defamation”, “false imprisonment” “battery and assault”, “fraud” and a couple others. The one that stood out most to me was “intentional infliction of emotional distress.” I liked this one because in my opinion its stating that if someone was given false hopes about if they would do a certain act they were going to be either repaid or happier. I don’t think that people should be so naïve in believing everything that people say. If someone asks for you to get information from your employer which should be kept confidential, I’m sure it has to cross your mind “is this ethical?” If an action that could put you at risk then research more about it.

        I also liked chapter 6 where it includes a lot about the amendments. I was surprised in seeing how the amendments protect the people so much. For example there is the fourth amendment, “Gathering Evidence” which protects citizens against police or detectives from entering or taking things without a Warrant unless there is immediate need. Then there is “Exclusionary Rule” which prohibits evidence that the government found illegally to be used in a case.  I didn’t know too much about felonies and misdemeanors, all I knew was that they are bad but now I learned about each one. The last important concept that I liked was the fifth- amendment: “Self Incrimination”. There are many cases that I’m sure don’t make it to court or are mentioned in a case about government forcing a person to provide evidence against himself. Well, first of all why would anyone do that willingly unless being threatened or harmed to do so?