Civil Disobedience What is the most effective means of protesting an unjust law? by Maria Cristina Coello June 19‚ 2014 Summer 2014 No matter how much society fights against injustice and inequality‚ there is always something that corrupts laws into unjust ones. Often these “unjust” laws affect directly to a certain type of group or individuals just because of characteristics or social class. The minority groups affected by the special treatment given by the law to them for their characteristics
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Question 1 5 out of 5 points Persons who believe that law is "discovered" by men and women through the use of reasoning and choosing between good and evil‚ believe in which school of jurisprudential thought? Selected Answer: The Natural School Question 2 0 out of 5 points The English law courts were characterized by the ability to apply a wide variety of flexible remedies. Selected Answer: True X Question 3 5 out of 5 points The Supreme Court’s
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Introduction A law is an obligatory rule of conduct imposed and enforced by the sovereign[1]. Therefore the law is the body of principles recognized and enforced by the state in the application of justice. The law is mainly made by a parliament‚ a legislative body given power by the constitution to draft law. However in the last few decades there has been a notion that judges make law.A judge is a public official appointed or elected to hear and decide legal matters in court[2]‚ Judges exercise
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Judges do make law — it’s their job By Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk Misleading and silly slogans about what judges do are dominating the debate about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. President Bush and Republican politicians constantly repeat‚ as a mantra‚ that Roberts is a desirable choice because he won’t "legislate from the bench" and will merely "apply the law‚ not make it." But every lawyer knows that judges make law — it’s their job. In fact‚ law students learn in the first semester
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What do we want from our government? One answer is that we want a great deal more than we did several decades ago. The role of government has expanded dramatically in the last 75+ years. In 1929 (the year the Commerce Department began keeping annual data on macroeconomic performance in the United States)‚ government expenditures at all levels (state‚ local‚ and federal) were less than 10% of the nation’s total output‚ which is called gross domestic product (GDP). In the current century‚ that share
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federal and state laws‚ and how it impacts my daily life. While you may not always realize it many laws actually impact the choices many people make. Federal laws are regulations based on the rules that are applied throughout the united states‚ and how these laws apply to every citizen of the United States‚ or anyone who may migrate here from other countries. Federal laws actually do Impact my life on a daily basis with education‚ and labor regulations. Being able to graduate from high school and having
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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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DO JUDGES MAKE LAW? There are two main sources of English Law- legislation and cases. When interpreting legislation judges must ascertain the intention of Parliament and‚ except insofar as they apply the mischief rule of interpretation‚ they do not make law. Traditionally and due to the doctrine of the separation of powers judicial role is really not properly legislative at all‚ but consist merely in stating what the existing law actually is‚ and interpreting authoritatively doubtful points as
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Where Does Our Food Come From? I have gotten into the pattern of trusting the safety of any food that is available for purchase but does my blind trust put my health in jeopardy? It seems that having access to safe and healthy food has always been an assumed right as an American‚ but why? We have all witnessed food recalls‚ e-coli outbreaks and heard reports on unsafe food processing practices by US companies. Who is ’approving’ this food for American consumption and through which process? What
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The law of “Stand Your Ground” deals with a self-defense law which is for giving the individual rights for making use of deadly force which are for defending themselves without any kind of requirement of evading or retreating from any dangerous situation. Stand Your Ground is a law which places non obligation at all on the potential victims of any crime for retreating and calling the law enforcement personnel. This research is going to deal with the particular law of “Stand Your Ground law”; this
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