Law Assessment Outcome 1 1) List the main sources of Scots Law? Legislation (Statute) Judicial Precedent Institutional Writers Custom 2) List any four Acts of Parliament from within the UK Statute of Westminster adoption Act 1942 Post-16 education Act 2013 4th road bridge 2013 National trusts act 2013 3) What is meant by the doctrine of judicial precedent and give an example? Judicial precedent refers to the sources of law where past decisions made by judges create law for future
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The rule of law is a legal maxim stating that no person is above the law‚ that no one can be punished by the state except for a breach of the law‚ and that no one can be convicted of breaching the law except in the manner set forth by the law itself. The rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the leader is above the law‚ a feature of Roman law‚ Nazi law‚ and certain other legal systems. Albert Dicey British jurist A. V. Dicey popularised the phrase "rule of law" in 1885. Dicey emphasized
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[pic] LAW 012- INTRODUCTION TO LAW 1 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: REPORTED CASE ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY OFFENCE OF INCEST MOHD RAMZAN BIN RAMLI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR NAME: RAJA NUR HANANI BINTI RAJA ABD RAHMAN STUDENT’S ID: 2012205054 CLASS: LWA01A INTRODUCTION WHAT IS LAW? POSITIVISTS J.M. FINNIS: Rules made‚ in accordance with regulative legal rules‚ by a determinate and effective authority (itself identified
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Education Law and Regulation (ED 674) – FINAL EXAM Question 1 Breaking down the first case of Stew Starr at Caldwellia High School his provocative web page advocating the recreational use of illegal drugs by students was clearly something that did not belong in the educational environment. In the landmark decision of 1969‚ the U.S. Supreme Court in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District declared that students “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression
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Answers: (d)‚ (a) ➢ Some tips on studying this course Corporations Law is a difficult course. The phenomena giving rise to disputes in the company law context are complex. The corporate law is a mix of statute‚ common law‚ and equity. The typical failure rate of the equivalent course in the Griffith Law School (while I was teaching there) is 30%. The failure rate of the undergraduate Company Law course at Nathan in semester 2‚ 2010 was close to this figure. To pass this course well
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PART 1: The first law of the Hammurabi’s Code of Laws‚ ‘If anyone ensnare another‚ putting a ban upon him‚ but he cannot prove it‚ then he that ensnared him shall be put to death.’ The meaning of this code is that if you accuse someone of a crime you better be able to re-enforce your statement or if you can’t then you will be put to death. The 106th law of the Hammurabi’s Code: ‘If the agent accept money from the merchant‚ but have a quarrel with the merchant (denying the receipt)‚ then shall the
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CYBER LAW INTRODUCTION: Cyberlaw is a new phenomenon having emerged much after the onset of Internet. Internet grew in a completely unplanned and unregulated manner. Even the inventors of Internet could not have really anticipated the scope and far reaching consequences of cyberspace. The growth rate of cyberspace has been enormous. Internet is growing rapidly and with the population of Internet doubling roughly every 100 days‚ Cyberspace is becoming the new preferred environment of the
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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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Study Unit 1. Activity 1. Column A: Public law | Column B: Private law | * Is aimed at the public interest. | * It furthers individual or private interests | * Orders the relationship between the state and individual. | * Orders the respective rights and obligations of private persons. | * Its a vertical relationship | * It is a horizontal relationship | * Denotes a relationship of authority | * Relationship are agreed on equal terms. | Self evaluation 1.
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Law and morality Both law and Morals are well respected as they both often state what should be done in a situation or what a person should and should not do. Laws are often created with morals in mind e:g Abortion Embryo research Capital punishment However during history‚ there have been some areas of law that have clashed with morals Tort law – Donoghue v Stevenson (1932) Lord Aitken ‘Do not harm your neighbour’ The bible is the main source for moral thinking There are some things however that
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