Article annotation. “Sources of Human Rights Law: Custom‚ Jus Cogens and General Principles” by Brunno Simma and Philip Alston. Topicality The issue of establishment‚ authentication and protection of human rights and freedoms is of significant prominence nowadays. The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of subsequent Covenants in 1948 and 1966 respectively‚ the establishment of the European Court of Human Rights‚ Inter American Court of Human Rights and African Court
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2 of 4: Legislation‚ policies and procedures for health‚ safety and security P4 Outline how legislation‚ policies and procedures relating to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care settings Data Protection Act 1998 The act is protected and covers the individual’s personal data about their living so that the persons are protected from exploitation. (Beryl Stretch‚ 2010) explains this act is important to protect people’s personal belongings and which can cover broadsheet
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Running Head: THE MAIN SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW 1 The Main Sources of Criminal Law Byron Swift Everest University Online THE MAIN SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW 2 The purposes of criminal punishment were intended to send direct signals (not mixed signals) to those participating in random acts of terror and all other crimes to understand that these acts along with crime of any kind will not be tolerated. As we learned under the retribution side
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Identify the sources and purposes of criminal law. Kristi Adams April 9th‚ 2014 If you had to choose between • • (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing‚ even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? • You are the driver of a light rail car when the brakes fail. • You can steer the rail car. • Ahead on the track are five workers
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Binding Precedent The English Legal System is hierarchical whereby the decision of a higher court binds lower courts. The doctrine of binding precedent‚ stare decisis‚ (stand by things decided) is at the core of the legal system. The Superior Court is at the top of the legal pyramid and its decisions bind all lower courts‚ except on civil cases involving European law where the European Court of Justice is the court of last resort. Below the Superior Court‚ we have the Court of Appeal‚ and it is
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Anglo-American common-law tradition is built on the doctrine of Stare Decisis ("stand by decided matters")‚ which directs a court to look to past decisions for guidance on how to decide a case before it. This means that the legal rules applied to a prior case with facts similar to those of the case now before a court should be applied to resolve the legal dispute. The use of precedent has been justified as providing predictability‚ stability‚ fairness‚ and efficiency in the law. Reliance upon precedent
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definitely easier for me to for my own opinion. I can’t imagine being treaded so unfairly by my own country‚ but I can imagine how angry it would make me. I can in a way identify with the more radical approaches to the civil rights movement. Being traded as if you don’t matter is and incredible infuriating thought‚ that would surely make one want to lash out. But I was surprised to learn that there was much more to the Party then that. I had absolutely no idea that they provided the poor with free meals
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The topic of Source One is how explorers and colonists of the New World took part in horrific‚ illegal events to colonize the foreign lands‚ but yet they were not the ones who suffered from these events. This phenomenon is portrayed in the source through the image of a wanted poster for Christopher Columbus‚ where Columbus is wanted for several offences including: genocide‚ racism‚ initiating the destruction of a culture and rape. The poster also goes on to state that the reward for Columbus is “500
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E1 Identify FIVE (5) pieces of current legislation/ E2 Describe how each piece of legislation will influence working practices in the setting. 1.) Children Act 1989 - The Children Act 1989 has influenced setting by bringing together several sets of guidance and provided the foundation for many of the standards practitioners adhere to and maintain when working with children. The Act requires that settings work together in the best interests of the child and that they form partnerships with parents
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Judicial legislation: Practically‚ every enacted law on a probing analysis reveals certain gaps which the judiciary is expected to fill up by way of interpretation. This is popularly known as “Judicial Legislation”. Such filling up is however expected to be done in consonance and conformity with the constitutional dictates and confined to the extent permitted by the Constitution which distinguishes it from being branded as an instance of “Judicial overreach” Do Judges make law? The traditional
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