When are we justified in breaking the law? In the case of Socrates I believe him breaking the law was justifiable‚ although I don’t believe what he did was really breaking the law especially today in modern government. Today we are free with our speech‚ press and free to do what we want within limitations of laws. According to Mill “The only freedom which deserves the name‚ is that of pursuing our own good in our own way‚ so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs‚ or impede
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Role and Functions of Law February 25‚ 2014 LAW/421 The role and functions of law has a significant part in the operations of business and society. Its design ensures order‚ provides resolutions to conflicts‚ gives not only individuals‚ but also their assets a safe haven‚ maintains the structure of society‚ and protects municipal liberties. In order to create a safer life from those who are unjust. Furthermore‚ these laws create “duties‚ obligations‚ and rights that reflect
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Summary International Law Week 1: International law: Rules and principles that govern the international relations between sovereign states and other institutional subjects of international law. * Created primarily by states. * The fact that rules come into being in the manner accepted and recognized by states as authoritative‚ is enough to ensure that ‘law’ exists. * When a country breaches international law‚ the Security Council may take enforcement action‚ or it can result in the loss of
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LIU Post | Self-Defense Law | A WSJ Article by Joe Palazzolo and Rob Barry | | Robert Hallam | 4/1/2012 | LAW-13 Paper #2 | Self-defense laws‚ also known as “stand your ground laws”‚ have been a significant aspect of many court cases. However‚ like most other laws‚ these laws can be used improperly and cause excess controversy around a case. Joe Palazzolo and Rob Barry’s article titled “More Killings Called Self-Defense” from the March 31st edition of Wall Street Journal
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throughout our history because of crude laws that have been passed. These laws are not based on logic‚ but on the creator’s own skewed biases against certain populations.
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SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW In a democratic government‚ the laws are established by a body of legislature. This means the legislative arm of government is responsible for the making of laws for the state (country) while in a military regime laws are established by a decree. However‚ the sources of IL are different from that of the state since the laws are derived from the agreements signed by the states involved and not an act of the legislatives function. Therefore‚ what are the sources of IL?
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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW Name of the Case: SADC Asylum Case (Asante/Gopenia) Year of the decision: 2014 Court: SADC Tribunal Legal Issues before the Tribunal: 1. Is Asante competent‚ as the country that grants asylum‚ to unilaterally qualify the offence for the purpose of asylum under treaty law and international law? 2. Was Gopenia‚ as the territorial State‚ bound to give a guarantee of safe passage? The Tribunal’s Decision: As a point of departure‚ Article 38(1) UN Charter provides
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Characterisation • Sections 51 & 52 assign legislative powers to Cth Parliament. • Characterisation = process of determining whether a law falls within one of these heads of power. • The question is whether the law relates to the subject matter or purpose of the heads of power in a way that allows it to be described as a law “with respect to” that head of power. • Simplest view of ‘characterisation’& the judicial review of legislation encapsulated by Roberts J in United States
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LANGUAGE OF THE LAW Characteristics of the courtroom discourse Eva Přidalová Introduction In all societies‚ law is formulated‚ interpreted and enforced: there are codes‚ courts and constables. The greater part of these different legal processes is realised primarily through language. “Language is medium‚ process and product in the various arenas of the law where legal texts‚ spoken or written‚ are generated in the service of regulating social behaviour.”1 In the Anglo-Saxon common law system‚ a discrete
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2015 Voter I.D. Laws The Voter I.D. Law is a law that requires some form of identification in order to vote for an election. Currently‚ there is much controversy over this issue. On one side‚ Republicans feel that this law will “protect the integrity of our Democracy”(Von Spakovsky). In addition‚ this law will prevent fraud and can be accessible to most citizens. On the other hand‚ Democrats feel that this law is “designed to keep people from voting”(Weiser). The idea of this law is to further improve
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