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toArthurChiu,niorpartner,ofyourlawfirm;assignmentisforCAREORGANIZATIONclient

regardingvideorecording&distributionofanimalabulegislationrearch)

*SECTIONI:ISSUESTATEMENTS[header]

gislationagainstvideorecordinganddistributingactsofanimal

abu?Ifso,

woulditapplytothefactsofthepublicizedsituationofHuangXu?

*SECTIONII:INTRO[header]

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ctionrelatestotheinformationtheywantandbrieflywhateachctionisabout.

*SECTIONIII:ATION[header]

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legislation[thelawcometobeandwhatpurpodoesthelawrve?];ii)

legislativehistory-[thelawevolvedtoitscurrentstate,indraft,amendment,

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sociallyeffective?aretheregovernmentalbodies,courtsorsocialgroupswantingtochange

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toanswerthequestions,andyouwillhavetoaddyourownopinionoranalysistocertain

partsofIII(2)toyourrearchtomakeacompleteanswer.

*ISSUEIV:JUDICIALAPPLICATIONANDINTERPRETATION[header]

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STRICTANDHIGHLYENFORCEDDUEDATE:April28,2011;3:

manageyourtimeefficientlyandtakenecessarystepstoPRINTOUTyourmemo

assignmentpriortoclass.

Statute:18U.S.C.A.§48

Definition:"animalcrushvideo"meansanyphotograph,motion-picturefilm,

videoordigitalrecording,orelectronicimage

Prohibition:Creationofanimalcrushvideos.--Itshallbeunlawfulforanyperson

toknowinglycreateananimalcrushvideo,if--

(A)thepersonintendsorhasreasontoknowthattheanimalcrushvideo

willbedistributedin,orusingameansorfacilityof,interstateor

foreigncommerce;or

(B)theanimalcrushvideoisdistributedin,orusingameansorfacility

of,interstateorforeigncommerce.

(2)Distributionofanimalcrushvideos.--Itshallbeunlawfulforanyperson

toknowinglyll,market,adverti,exchange,ordistributeananimalcrush

videoin,orusingameansorfacilityof,interstateorforeigncommerce.

To:ArthurChiu,niorpartnerofABClawfirm

FROM:LiviaQiu

DATE:April24,2011

RE:ForCAREORGANIZATIONclientregardingvideorecordinganddistributionofanimal

abulegislationrearch

gislationagainstvideorecordinganddistributingactsofanimal

abu?Ifso,would

itapplytothefactsofthepublicizedsituationofHuangXu?

summarizeabouttheclient'sinformationandwhatyouunderstandwhatitisthatthey

wanttoknowand2)thestructureofyourmemohoweachctionrelatestotheinformation

theywantandbrieflywhateachctionisabout.

CAREORGANIZATIONsuggesteddraftingChina’sfirstlawontheprotectionofanimal

welfareunderanunderdeveloped

(ISSUEIV)

Awoman,whoaliasisHuangXu,waspaidtoaburabbitstodeathonavideoclipand

entifiedfriendofHuangsaidshewas

ntactedher

andofferedherajobmakingvideoof“preparingsaladbyfoot”,whichmeanttotramplefruit

reportedlytoldHuangthatthevideowouldonlybesold

abroadandeachtimehewouldgiveher100yuan($15).Huangsaidshereceived400yuanfor

beensufferingpsychologicalharassment.