Civil law

beliefs. In an effort to give full disclosure here, I believe that I should state that directly after I completed my undergraduate degree I did apply and got into Law School. While I decided not to attend Law School, I do believe that the courses I took on Pre-Law and Constitutional Law had a profound impact on my beliefs. Before Law School, I had a difficult time excepting when someone would speak out against my own personal core beliefs. It took years of higher education to teach me that…

things that have civil liberties advocates Nervous” by Sal Gentile is talking about how the police in the United States are really aggressive to American citizens. A lot of U.S citizens got killed by the police last year. As it stated in the article, the ACLU has criticized the targeted killing program as blatantly violating the Fifth Amendment, which guarantees that no American citizen shall “be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” However, even when the law said…

The advantage of law enforcement using drones helps law enforcement to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, keeping the general public safe, and the community safe. Spotting marijuana fields on the ground is nearly impossible, but spotting these areas from the air is easier than starting a car. To tackle the drug problems in cities, law enforcement is turning to using drones with much success. This was the case in the city of Halton, Canada, which is a suburb of Toronto. Law enforcement was…

obligation to one’s people and one’s family must be balanced in order to achieve harmony. This is best seen in Sophocles’ Antigone, where Antigone is the yin with a fatal commitment to her brother and Creon is the yang with a staunch resolve to uphold the laws of his kingdom. Both these characters are lacking a crucial element of the other, and consequently reach a tragic end. However due to Creon’s conviction throughout and responsibility, his guilt and moment of catharsis ultimately makes him…

We need to have an overhead power that keeps citizens in check. In the text, “Civil Disobedience”, it is argued that the government should back off and do less governing of the people or even maybe no governing at all. I believe this is false and we need an authority for our wellbeing. It is more beneficial for citizens and their well being when the government has control over society, puts effort into enforcing the laws, and rules with a strong hand that shows dominance. "The government is…

The first known law code for the history of Rome, prior to its codification in 529 CE, was the Law of the Twelve Tables. The laws of ancient Rome remained in effect from the founding of the city in 753 BCE until the fall of the western empire, led by Romulus, in 476 CE. Emperor Justinian codified Roman law into what is known as "Corpus ius Civilis" or the body of civil law (Clements). The Code of Justinian protected the security of property, the rights, and equality of its citizens which, in…

use solely for medical purposes is legal in twenty-four states. Federal marijuana criminalization laws are “the supreme law of the land” despite state decriminalization laws. The CSA and federal anti-money laundering statutes declare that financial institutions that either “conduct” or “knowing[ly]” facilitate transactions with marijuana businesses violates federal law, regardless of state law. Financial institutions that are…

government and the governed. Like every other pact or agreement, it identifies all mutually agreed powers, duties and obligations and limitations and also identifying citizen participation in the government (Texas Politics). These provide fundamental law on which legal systems are established. But the government does give power to states to govern its people and still comply under the federal government as a whole. Both U.S and Texas constitutions are similar in many ways, but their difference…

You may argue that a law like that should be there because voting is a civic duty, but a legislation like that would not be beneficial to America and can create a lot of problems. America should not make a law enforcing mandatory voting because it would be undemocratic, it will not make the voting process much better, it will alienate people from the government, it would be expensive and it is not constitutional. America considers itself to be a democracy and making a law that makes it…

Common Law Development Australia has not formally recognised a legal right to privacy, however, it is argued that privacy is incidentally protected by other civil actions, such as breach of confidence, or trespass. The absence of a common law right to privacy was established in Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor (‘Victoria’). Nevertheless, this long established principle was challenged recently in Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (‘Lenah')…