1.8 Give an example of a law that implements an ethical principle. Give an example of a law that enforces a particular group ’s idea of how people should behave? There are many examples of a law that implements an ethical principle‚ such as the laws of theft‚ murder‚ marriage‚ copyrights etc. Laws that implement ethical principles exist for the sake of societal harmony and to maintain stability among the communities. One such law is the Law of Bribery (Title 18 of the US Code). The government
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Email Alert 1Comment 0 Votes 1 inShare more + Philippine cybercrime law must protect‚ not harass‚ citizens Summary: We need law and order in cyberspace‚ but it must not be used to stifle freedom of expression and intimidate citizens. By Melvin G. Calimag for Pinoy Post | November 5‚ 2012 -- 02:47 GMT (10:47 SGT) Now that the massive public outcry against Republic Act 10175‚ otherwise known as the Cybercrime Law‚ has died down a bit--by virtue of a TRO (temporary restraining order) issued
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Business Law “The doctrine laid down in Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 has to be watched very carefully. It has often been supposed to cast a veil on the personality of a limited company through which the courts cannot see. But that is not true. The courts can‚ and often do‚ draw aside the veil. They can‚ and often do‚ pull off the mark. They look to see what really lies behind” - Lord Denning in Littlewoods Mail Order Stores v Inland revenue Commissioners [1969] 3 All ER 422.
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INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE OF LAY ADVENTISTS OF KIGALI (INILAK) FACULTY OF LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE WORK DISCUSSION ON THE FACTS AND LEGAL ISSUES IN S V MAKWANYANE 1995 (3) S.A.391 (CC) Prepared by: Hyacinthe H. Kigali‚ March 2011 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CC : Criminal Court Http : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Ibid : Ibidem Id : Idem S v : State Versus S.A. : South Africa ULK : Kigali Independent University WWW : World Wide Web TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CASE LAW Review Problems 3 and 4 (pp. 221‚ 223) Problem 3 p221 I. INTRODUCTION The principle law that this question is concerned with is the doctrine of nuisance. In particular it focuses on private nuisance. This doctrine with regards to private nuisance is intended to prevent annoyance and disruptive conduct of unreasonable interference with the rights of private landowners. II. ISSUE The issue in this case is whether Elliot’s billboards interfering with sunlight making
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Balancing Societal and individual interests: Copyright Law What are we dealing with? Introduction The intent of this project is to delve deeply into the matter of copyright law and how it is possible to balance on an equal footing both the interests of an individual and that of a society with regard to the matter at hand. It will also initiate the reader into the world of copyrights acting on the assumption that the reader is somewhat of a layman‚ and on the other hand‚ will try not to over simplify
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“All laws are rules but all rules are not laws” The fact that all laws are rules but all rules are not laws can be wholly feasible. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ a “law” is outlined as an enforceable body of official rules and regulations‚ established by people in authority who use them to govern the affairs of people in a society whereas a “rule” is a special category of law written by state agencies to support‚ clarify‚ or implement specific laws enacted by the legislature called
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classification of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law is unhelpful and misleading in reflecting enforceability in international law. What are the sources of international law? What is meant by ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ law? Do you agree with Chinkin’s assessment and why? ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This essay first discusses the nature and lack enforcement of hard laws‚ being those defined under the ICJ statue and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 (VCLT). It argues
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care to plaintiff ii) Defendant breached the duty of care iii) Defendants breach of duty caused injury or damage to plaintiff There are several parties of defendants involved in this case including Bart‚ the owner of 1 Main Street‚ the initial property where the fire broke out; Provincial Insurance Inc. for the lack of clarification on its insurance policy‚ and potentially the fire department for not responding promptly. Putting aside the fire department and the insurance company for further discussion
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� PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Property 2 Constitution is the last of the formalities that the law requires to create an effective and enforceable trust. Failure to constitute a trust will mean that no gift or trust is applicable; and the law that relates to perfect constituted gifts and trusts will not be appropriate. Moreover‚ the axiom of equity will intervene: "equity will not perfect an imperfect gift". The state of equity at the start of 21st century has changed significantly through a number
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