Need for Interpretation In his The Law-Making Process‚ Michael Zander gives has stated the three reasons why statutory interpretation is necessary: 1. Intricacy of statutes with respect to the way of the subject‚ various artists and the mixture of legal and technical language can bring about incongruity‚ obscure and questionable language. 2. Anticipating the future occasion’s prompts the utilization of uncertain terms. Statutes are interpreted by the judges. Case of indeterminate dialect incorporate
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The fundamental fact that decides the type of regime and‚ by extension‚ the type of laws that the regime should have is the structure of authority in the regime. The two most common types of regimes are democracy and oligarchy. All regimes desire to be wealthy‚ therefore all regimes are oligarchical to some extent‚ but more specifically oligarchies are regimes where the wealthy rule. Democracies on the other hand are defined as the rule of the majority‚ which is assuming that the majority ruling
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Explain the relationship that you think exists between law and justice. The relationship between law and justice has always been a topic of great controversy. Many people rely fully on the law to bring about‚ what they believe‚ to be justice‚ while others are of the opinion that the law is too ‘black and white’ to be wholly regarded as just. The debate of whether a jury is an effective way of bringing forth justice has been present for centuries. The opinion that it is not a reliable way
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TUTORIAL WEEK 3 TOPIC: APPLYING THE LAW LEARNING OBJECTIVE: 1. To understand how laws and the legal system are used to solve legal problems A. COMMON LAW AND THE DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT 1. The three meanings of the term common law 2. The concept of equity. 3. The doctrine of precedent; the concept of stare decisis a. binding precedent b. persuasive precedent c. ratio decidendi d. obiter
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Law and criminality How is the law system different between countries? Do different law and criminality systems affect the development of a country? Every country should follow a specific set of laws to maintain peace and order in it and preventing often conflicts and problems amongst the people living there. Laws vary according to the type of government followed by the country‚ for sure a Monarchy has entirely different laws from a Democratic country‚ considering an example‚ in a Monarch country
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Criminal Law Assessment Paper Nicole Mazurkiewicz CJA/343 Graham Quisenberry July 12‚ 2010 This paper will present an assessment of Criminal Law. The paper will discuss sources and purposes of criminal law. Some of the topics that will be discussed will be‚ explain jurisdiction to create and enforce criminal law‚ the adversarial system and what standards of proof are needed in criminal cases. We will also discuss the concepts of criminal liability versus accomplice liability as well
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OF CYBER LAW I– Why and what of cyber law? Cyber law‚ or the law dealing with cyber-space‚ popularly called ‘internet’ or ‘net’‚ is the buzz word today in law school curriculums and across the generation of old lawyers across the world. Why? Because this is more to do with technology rather than law alone. Imagine a law providing definition of ‘meta tag’‚ something which any computing geek can tell you. Then the law defining an ISP. Sounds hilarious and then absurd. Why should the law attempt
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judge-made law is a law rooted in a judiciary decision‚ not an act of legislation made by lawmakers or a regulation created by a government agency with the legal authority to do so. The collective body of judge-made laws in a nation is also known as case law. Many nations allow judges to set legal precedents when making high court decisions‚ adding to the body of law in a nation and providing new interpretation of existing laws. Lower courts do not have the authority to make judge-made law. Only judges
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Part A: Media Report Analysis A) Identify aspects of the media that relate to the law. (2 Marks) The article reports on Lance Armstrong who is famous cyclist that use performances-enhancing drugs to bring his career to a successful. Criminal law US Anti-Doping Agency was published a report saying that he is a liar‚ it is because US Anti-Doping Agency found evidence saying that he is using performance-enhancing drugs during his tournament of cyclist . But‚ he keeps defending himself from using performance-enhancing
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University of Phoenix Chris W. Poe LAW/531 Discussion Questions Maurice Rosano Discussion Questions 1. What is one way the U.S. legal systems affects U.S. businesses? Answer: There are several ways the legal system can affect businesses but the one way the U.S. legal system affect U. S. businesses are the antitrust law which changed the way businesses operate. This law controlled some a banned others in the way businesses compete/operate. This law would hinder business from competing
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