obliged to obey even unjust laws? Think about what this means. This means that laws‚ regardless of how unfair‚ unjust‚ or immoral they may be‚ must be followed with no better reason that they are the law. To the thesis that we are obliged to obey even unjust laws‚ I will argue that the standard objections to Civil Disobedience‚ given by Singer‚ are incorrect To begin‚ however‚ I believe it is necessary to define an "unjust" law. According to St. Thomas Aquinas‚ "Any law that uplifts human personality
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Nontraditional Litigation Systems Law/531 [ July 30‚ 2012 ] The traditional legal system of utilizes law as it is foundation for all decisions. Laws in the United States have four sources; constitutional‚ statutes and ordinance‚ common law and administrative. The features of these four are: * Constitutional Law is based on a formal document that defines broad powers. Federal constitutional law originates from the U.S. constitution. State constitutional law originates from the individual state
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Laws and Ethics are actually two different things. When you say ethics‚ it is actually rules of conduct‚ it tells the society on how one should behave and it is the guiding rules when creating laws. It does not have punishment‚ unlike in the laws. Ethics depends on the person’s conscience and self worth. A person‚ who knows what is right from wrong‚ is a person who is ethical. Ethics is also defined as how individuals prefer to interact with one another. Stealing is a good example. Not stealing a
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summaries of the statutes that are used in South Carolina‚ how often they are used‚ the success rate and what the critics think about this law. In today’s Justice System‚ more often than not criminals that get caught think the first thing and that is to plead insanity. Most offenders are repeat offenders. With the repeat offenders they seem to know the law and yet they still decide to break it and are amazed when they get caught. For the insanity plea it is normally used by the defendant‚ what
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Constitutional law 2013 Greg Lowndes 1. Constitutions and Constitutional Law. a). What is a Constitution? * The empowering structures of a government that allows them to govern. * Along with the limitation f the power that they can exercise. * In totalitarian systems of government a Constitution may place far more emphasis on the empowering of organs of the government rather than on the limits of power. * Emphasis on the democratic constitutionalism *
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Laws are a familiar concept‚ and provide a basic social framework of right and wrong to which the majority adhere. Ethical theories may also be applied to all issues of uncertainty‚ including those not covered by laws or professional guidelines. They create a mechanism within which issues of moral uncertainty may be questioned and resolved (Jones 1994). One such area of moral dilemma is that of informed consent. In it’s simplest terms‚ consent may be defined as giving permission: “… in current
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2.3 Parallel teaching in the course There is no parallel teaching involved in this course. 2.4 Relationship of this course to others BA167IU – Introduction to Vietnamese Legal System is pre-requisite subject to other Law subjects‚ such as Business Law and Legal Environment for Businesses‚ as well as other elective courses such as Franchising. 2.5 Approach to learning and teaching This is a foundation course so materials will be mainly presented in the form of lecturing. Besides
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The law‚ generically known as “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force” is the bond that holds the society intact. The most recognizable function is to provide some system of order. According to Melvin‚ that basic fulfillment of the law has spread to mean not only a definition of crimes and determination of punishment for violation of crimes‚ but has evolved to ensure consistency and fairness. The law has grown to promote equality and
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and have to be taken with utter most consideration of the acceptance‚ however in order to understand in depth a binding agreement‚ we must first discuss‚ what determines a contract or binding agreement. These can be defined as “an agreement which the law will enforce” as well as a “promise or set of promises which the court will enforce”. To facilitate a binding agreement‚ an acceptance must occur and must be absolutely unconditional so that the contract may be considered as valid. As mentioned‚ the
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Copyright Laws on Computer Programs and Cyberspace Tort Computer programs and cyber space usage has become a major part of our every day lives. Nearly everyone has to use a computer at some point‚ and for some it may be an all day every day affair. This being the case‚ every one should be aware of the laws and boundaries of cyber space usage‚ copyright infringement on shareware‚ freeware‚ and computer software programs. Most of the main legal issues that relate to cyberspace can be listed
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