The United States has a representative democracy. Why do you think the US chose a Representative democracy over a direct democracy or an authoritarian government?

Passport video produced a video documentary titled the definitive elvis, comprising sixteen one-hour episodes. the producers interviewed more than 200 people regarding virtually all aspects of elvis's life. passport sold the videos commercially for a profit. approximately 5 to 10 percent of the videos were composed of copyrighted music and appearances of presley on television and in movies owned by copyright holders other than passport. passport did not obtain permission to use those copyrighted works. elvis presley enterprises, inc., and other companies and individuals that owned copyrights to the presley works used by passport sued passport for copyright infringement. passport defended, arguing that its use of the copyrighted materials was fair use. the u. s. district court held in favor of the plaintiff copyright holders and enjoined passport from further distribution of its documentary videos. passport appealed. did passport act ethically in including the elvis presley copyrighted material in its video? why do you think passport video did so? has there been fair use in this case, or has there been copyright infringement?

You are a cfp and although you never went to law school, you consider yourself to be very good at reviewing wills. your client, catherine, asks you to prepare a will for her. should you prepare a will for catherine? a. yes, catherine is your best client and you might lose her if you do not prepare the will. b. yes, it is permissible for a cfp to prepare a legal document. c. no, preparing catherine's will would be considered the unauthorized practice of law. d. no, you should only prepare catherine's will if you are going to prepare her husband's will as well.

Annie and bart are coworkers. in fact, they share a cubicle wall. recently, they were involved in a fender-bender in the company parking lot. each blames the other for the accident, and the two have stopped speaking. would you advise them to try to settle their dispute through arbitration, mediation, or with a traditional lawsuit? why?