TOPIC: THE MAXIM IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENCE‚ SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE GHANA LEGAL SYSTEM SINCE MANY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE RURAL AREAS ARE ILLETREATES. IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENSE This maxim can also be translated as ignorance of the law is no excuse. When one is found guilty of a crime the accused tends to hold unto the saying that he did not know that what he did is unlawful thereby ignoring that fact that ignorance of the law is no excuse or defense. This maxim
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LIU Post | Self-Defense Law | A WSJ Article by Joe Palazzolo and Rob Barry | | Robert Hallam | 4/1/2012 | LAW-13 Paper #2 | Self-defense laws‚ also known as “stand your ground laws”‚ have been a significant aspect of many court cases. However‚ like most other laws‚ these laws can be used improperly and cause excess controversy around a case. Joe Palazzolo and Rob Barry’s article titled “More Killings Called Self-Defense” from the March 31st edition of Wall Street Journal
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around the expectations of marriage‚ the role of women in ancient Greece‚ and the dangers a husband faces after failing to properly supervise his wife. Euphiletus stands accused of the murder of Eratosthenes‚ his wife’s lover. According to Athenian law‚ if a husband finds his wife in bed with another man‚ it is the husband’s right to determine what penalty the male adulterer will face. The Husband could demand he pay a fine‚ or even justifiably kill him. The time period of Euphiletus’ trial had come
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English 2 Pre-Ap / period-3 10-19-2013 Ignorance is Not Bliss Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles‚ premiered in 429 B.C.E.‚ tackles the idea of fate‚ and how too great of a desire to change fate will result in the opposite of what you want to happen. I believe that this play was created to argue against the idea that your fate can be changed. I also believe that you can’t change your fate but I am convinced that you will never know your fate until after it happens. The story of Oedipus was carried orally
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I G N O R A N C E Ignorance is bliss they say‚ but if we seriously consider things‚ is it? Ignorance is created by one man and his failings to understand that individuals are inherently the same. His failings to acknowledge that people’s preferences do not label them as ‘abnormal’. Ignorance is fear of the unknown‚ judgement without education and false assumptions inflicted upon groups and individuals in society. Throughout history‚ we can trace major social and cultural conflicts back to the oblivious
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the self defense law be reformed? When is it acceptable to protect yourself? Is it when you’re nearly beaten to death? Or a more suitable question would be does self defense only apply to certain individuals? Self defense is one of the biggest motives that individuals acclaim to while undergoing criminal court cases. This law specifically states that you are entitled to defend yourself when someone provokes you or pursue you in a violent manner. Although I am favorable of this law‚ I passionately
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‘veil of ignorance’ method within the idea of ‘justice as fairness’. The veil has two factors that contribute to its’ success. Firstly‚ that a party/person has no knowledge of themselves including (but not limited to) class‚ wealth‚ race‚ gender‚ age and intelligence. Second‚ that knowledge is enough so you are able to form a standard of justice in which free and rational people accept a position of equality to defend the association. A criticism to Rawls’ theory on the veil of ignorance is it is
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Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR THE MILITARY AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES 3rd Floor‚ Ombudsman Building‚ Agham Road Diliman‚ Quezon City (1104) NELSON A. CALLEJA‚ Complainant‚ -versus- PO ABE ESCIO‚ ET AL.‚ Respondent. x------------------------------------x REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT I‚ ABE BARRERA ESCIO‚ Filipino
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Argumentatively discuss the strengths and weaknesses of John Rawls ‘Veil of ignorance’ method John Rawls was a leader in moral and political philosophy‚ a political theorist who argues against utilitarianism and communism. Rawls works with the social contract theory of Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Rousseau and Kant and argues that the moral and political point of view is discovered via impartiality. Rawls explores this viewpoint by envisioning persons in a hypothetical situation‚ the ‘original position’. The
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Ignorance is Bliss Flowers for Algernon Ignorance makes you unaware of anything but yourself and while you are unaware of all the problems you will not feel the stress. Which is ignorance is bliss. Before the operation Charlie was similar to a little child. He acted how kids acted when they were little. After the operation Charlie looked back at his old progress reports from before the operation and he came to realize how many grammatical and punctuation errors he had. After the operation
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