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    widely popular Golden Rule and the lesser known Platinum Rule. The Golden Rule‚ which seems to be almost a moral standard as variations of this rule are found amongst various religions which we sum to “Treat others as you would like to be treated.” The platinum rule is the idea that you should “Treat others as they would like to be treated ”. The Golden Rule encourages an egocentric based morality which cultivates a distorted and disconnected view of service while the Platinum Rule encourages individualism

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    Anderson: the Rule of Law Amid the Clash of Arms‚2009) From my view‚ Lord Bingham expressed the importance of rule of law through the comment he gave in the case Liversidge v Anderson(1942).As he claimed in the rule of law that the right of the individual is getting protected against the state‚ and there is a duty for the state to conduct their power based on the law without abuses it. Courts are playing an important role to make sure the justice and individual right is achieved. Rule of law is a

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    Majority Rules

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    “Majority Rule Day” What is Majority Rule? Only a few Bahamians can answer that. But to know what is Majority rules you have to go back to the system that was in place before. This system didn’t allow women to vote‚ only black men who owned land could vote‚ the house of assembly only had the men of the English colony. The Bahamas had been run by only the people of Great Britain. This system held the Bahamian people down and out inside the country that they were born in and it held them like

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    Hammurabi's Rule

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    we do today. The people of Babylon had very strict rules and this was what made it hard the people had too build good houses and make good houses and had too be very careful. It was also hard because Hammurabi’s religion was huge and they all had too follow his beliefs. So they couldn’t believe in something different or they would die. In Source C it says if a man breaks another’s man’s bone his own shall be broke. I think that this is a bad rule what if one man slips bumps into another man and the

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    Part E The rules of statutory interpretation Introduction In this part we will explore the number of rules developed by the courts to assist with the interpretation of a statute. These are: • the literal rule • the golden rule • the mischief rule • the purposive approach. These rules each take different approaches to interpretation of a statute. Some judges prefer one rule‚ while other judges prefer another. Some judges also feel that their role is to fill the gaps and ambiguities in the

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    The idea of the rule of law can be traced back to at least the time of Aristotle who observed that given the choice between a king who ruled by discretion and a king who ruled by law‚ the later was clearly superior to the former. In more recent times‚ it is Albert V. Dicey who is credited with providing the logical foundation upon which the modern notion of the rule of law is based. Dicey did not invent the idea of the rule of law but he popularized it in the late nineteenth century. His book‚ Introduction

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    The Exclusionary Rule

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    The Exclusionary Rule Abstract This paper will present the Exclusionary Rule and the original intentions for its enactment. It will discuss the importance of the rule and how it is a protection against an unlawful search and seizure and a violation of the rights provided by the Fourth Amendment. Also‚ this document will display the history of the Exclusionary Rule‚ with its first appearance in the case‚ Boyd v. United States in 1886. Weeks v. United States will show a better-established‚

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    Family Rules

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    Family Rules Week 8: Chapter 7 October 6‚ 2011 Family Rules In speaking of the rules that pertain to the Grape’s family‚ one could say that rules are not the biggest issue to this family. The rules are far and few between. One unspoken rule in particular is that when dinner is ready‚ the girls carry the kitchen table into the living room to their mother. On one hand it’s good that they are having dinner as a family but on the other hand it’s a little absurd that they cater to her. The unspoken

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    Basmah Elahi Rule of Law London International Programs‚ UG Law‚ Public Law Essay 2. The Rule of Law‚ enforced by the courts‚ is the ultimate controlling factor on which our constitution is based. Discuss. The rule of law is one of the fundamental principles of UK’s unwritten or uncodified constitution .The key idea of the rule of law is that the law should apply equally to all‚ rulers and ruled alike. This in the words of the 19-century constitution expert

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    Final Paper This paper examines the exclusionary rule. Explains the reasons for the origin of the exclusionary rule. The paper contends that use of the exclusionary rule has enabled guilty criminals to go free and that its original intention has been so distorted that it no longer fulfills its intended function and is instead a tool for protecting the rights of criminals Not only how it came about but‚ the true meaning as well as the exceptions. There are also a number of cases mentioned throughout

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