Christian Biblical Laws

Portfolio Assignment

Arletha Walton

Fall - 2017

Belhaven University

December 16, 2017

Portfolio Assignment

This portfolio is a summary of everything I have learned over the last eight weeks while studying the course of Legal Environment of Business and the way it effects the lifestyle of both personal and business.  Furthermore, it will also elaborate on the similarities between United States civil and criminal laws and the Christian Biblical laws.  It is essential that as Christians, we are guided by the Biblical laws as well as uphold the United States and criminal laws according to the God’s teachings.  With that being said, the areas of my chief focus will be centered on applying the Christian ethical standards of the Bible laws to the living ethical standards of the legal laws of our environment.  In other word, the laws of the Bible and the legal laws of the United States were created to ensure that we live in harmony as righteous law-abiding citizens through the faith of God.

Clarification of Law

God created Biblical laws for the well-being and love humanity.  Accordingly, Bible Scripture (Deuteronomy 4:13 New American Standard Bible) states, “So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and He wrote them on two tables of stone”.  Basically, the secular laws are designed to conform our ethical standards to the Biblical standards God has decree within the Bible by His formation of the 10 commandments.  Moreover, as an extension of God’s Christian law of commandments, humanity has structured the to model as a parameter to enforce disciplinary actions to uphold a righteous and justice law.  Jennings (2015), define the term for law as “…simple the body of rules governing individuals and their relationships (p. 3).  That is to say, the characteristics are the embodiment of humanity’s rights, freedom, and protection. Most assuredly, the sources and characteristics of laws are shaped upon the significant qualities of the Public Law relating to the relationship of the government and its citizens, as well as the Private Law which relates to the duties and rights the citizens enact toward each other.  Furthermore, Jennings (2015) goes on to explain that “Private laws are a final source of written law and are found, for example, in contracts and landlord regulations” (p. 13).

Dispute Resolution

Alternative dispute resolutions are methods used to resolve public and private disputes.  Blankley (2016) emphasizes that “Fitting the forum to the fuss is the concept of trying to ensure that individual disputes can be resolved in the most appropriate way, whether that be through negotiation, arbitration, litigation, or other hybrid procedure” (p. 743).  Inasmuch alternative dispute is a way of presenting different techniques to resolve issues without the use of an actual courtroom litigation.  The method also reduces costly expenses and is less time-consuming.  However, it is essential to understand and recognize the different methods that are available.  Specifically, the alternative dispute resolution has eight methods which consist of arbitration, mediation; Medarb; minitrial; rent-a-judge; summary jury trails; early neutral evaluation; and peer review.  The arbitration process is an original procedure which is often used to aid in preventing the addition of complicated conflicts.  Once awarded the decision cannot be changed or reversed.  Mediation is conducted by a mediator who negotiate the international transactions of both parties.  The Medarb attempts to mediate and resolve the dispute.  The minitrial takes place if the dispute cannot be resolved.  The rent-a-judge is a process which takes place on commercial television.  The jury trail takes place before a jury and judge.  Jennings (2015) states that the, “Early neutral evaluation requires another attorney to meet with the parties, receive an assessment of the case by both sides, and then provide an evaluation of the merits of the case” (p. 107).  The final dispute if the peer review which is reviewed by employees who are chosen within the organization.