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    (1) Explain the historical background of the American Legal System‚ providing specific examples to support your answer. The American Legal System was built from Europe. The settlers brought their rules and principles from England to America and established them in the new colonies. It was known as the common law which was formed from historical events that originated from English events. The laws were formed from Norman Conquest of England. The common law was a system used to settle disputes through

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    Explain the sources of Malaysian Legal System. In different country‚ there are different types of legal system. Some county practices a the mixture of two or more legal systems which is known as mixed legal system while some country practices only one type of legal systems. Malaysia practices the mixed legal system which consists of the Customary Law‚ Islamic Law and Common Law. The sources of Malaysian legal system law are from two different laws which are the Written and Unwritten law.

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    There are many different legal requirements when travelling a horse‚ this is to ensure the horses are kept safe at all times. This includes no one shall transport an animal in a way that they are going to be injured‚ journeys time have to be kept to a minimum and the animals must be fit to travel to make sure they do not hurt themselves. This means that a horse shouldn’t travel if they are ill (unless a qualified vet has given permission)‚ fatigued or if a mare has given birth to a foal during the

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    LEGAL METHOD PROJECT Sagrika Wadhwa Roll no- 122 LLB 3yr section B Amity Law School     ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to my teacher Ms. Sumiti in stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me to coordinate my project. Furthermore I would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of the staff of AMITY‚ who gave

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    Explain the Platonic concept of Forms. Plato believed that reality is more than what we sense around the world (e.g. taste‚ smell‚ hear‚ see and touch)‚ he believed that behind these physical realities lies a perfect version of them in which he called Forms and that the greatest thing we can learn is to have knowledge and understanding of them. Plato’s theory means that what we can sense around us (for example a chair) is just a mere shadow of the perfect version which exists in the world of Forms

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    Explain Christian concepts of love The idea of Christian love as presented in the Bible is mainly based upon the concept of agape love. Agape is the epitome of Christian love. It is an unconditional love for others which expects nothing in return‚ it is both a chosen and committed love. This concept appears in the Bible when Jesus said‚ "By this all will know that you are My disciples‚ if you have love for one another" (John 13:35). This shows us that agape love is the unconditional and abundant

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    a) Explain the concept of ‘Irreducible Complexity’. [25marks] The concept of Irreducible Complexity comes from the argument about Intelligent Design. The argument refers to certain features that are present within the universe and within living organisms and where they possibly came from. Those who argue irreducible complexity say that these features are too complex to not have come from design‚ whereas those who argue against irreducible complexity say that it is possible for these complex features

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    ’How do the writers of the bible explain the concepts of God as creater?’ In the bible there is two main creation stories; genesis one and genesis two. Each of these are very different concepts of God as creater. In genesis one the world is created by God in six days‚ and on the seveneth day God rests. On the first day God created light‚ on the second day God created day and night‚ on the third day God created earth‚ on the fourth day God created sky‚ on the fifth day God created sea and fish

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of the jury system Advantages of the Jury System Long established trial by peers which has public confidence Lord Devlin‚ a famous House of Lords judge‚ has said that trial by jury is the “lamp that shows that freedom lives”‚ arguing that a defendant has the right to be tried by his peers. Supporters of this view maintain that a jury will exercise common sense rather than slavishly follow the law. For example the case of R v Wang W was charged with having an article

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    advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions to help them decide similar cases where the law and facts are alike. Top of Form Bottom of Form Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the doctrine of precedent.   Judicial precedent concerns itself with the influence and value of past decisions of case law and prior legal experience. The doctrine of precedent means that judges refer back to previous decisions

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