English Poor Laws

Discretion in Public Administration: Analysis of Sugihara Scott D. McPherson Indiana Wesleyan University The purpose of this writing is to identify and analyze three writings that are relative to the famed Japanese consular Chiune Sugihara. Each of three works will be identified separately and similarities of the author’s points of view and the actions of Sugihara will be discussed in depth. Finally, two insights will be made in regards to the implementation of decision-making,…

The concept of rule of law (ROL) was made popular in the 19th century by a British jurist called A. V. Dicey. The rule of law can be defined as the legal principle that a nation should be governed by the law, instead of being governed by decisions of individual that are the government officials. Basically, the law is subjected to every person in the country, the law that exercises limitation upon one’s behaviour including those who serve as government officials. The law has the utmost power and…

For an individual to be blameworthy and criminally responsible for their actions, the accused person must have committed the actus reus and the mens rea. In the case of the accused pleading Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder (NCRMD), the court focuses on whether the accused had the mens rea while committing the alleged offence (Verdun-Jones, 2015). If the accused person did not know what he or she was doing was wrong, or did not appreciate the conduct or omission, the…

Policy that that prevented the use of England’s laws for the colonies in order to maintain the obedience from the colonies to England, contributed to the foundations of the British Colonists’ own government by giving the population the same rights as the British, through mercantilism, and through…

For example, several components of English common law were taken into account when building the framework of our government, the most important of which was the Magna Carta, written in the Middle Ages. The Magna Carta introduced two crucial ideas - the idea of equality under the law and the right to a fair trial by jury. The document explicitly says, “to no one will we sell, to no one will we deny, or delay…

Justice Name of the Author: Justice P.N. Bhagwati Publisher: Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, commonly known as Justice P.N. Bhagwati was born in Gujarat on December 21, 1921. He was the 17th Chief Justice of India serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He did his Mathematics (Hons.) degree from Bombay University in 1941, and did law from Government Law College, Mumbai. He started his career practicing at the Bombay High…

According to Statement of Auditing 100, these opinions are not guarantee, which means that auditors through the best knowledge and experiences to make judgments about the financial statements. It is reasonable to have negligence mistakes. Under the Tort Law, profession has liability when it provides “false information” to others. In the Blue Bell case, Blue Bell blamed PPM for offering the combined statements instead of consolidated financial statements, which did not “’present fairly’ an…

seventeenth century to shield sailors from potential charges. English courts clearly identified the legal demarcation between privateers and pirates as early as the fourteenth century. The sovereign issued commissions to privateer captains authorizing them to attack the vessels of specified enemy nations. Since piracy included an element of robbery, no property legally changed hands as a result of such undertakings. Therefore, English law required that privateer captains present their wartime…

The Crown had appealed the case on a question of law alone. The Ontario Supreme Court granted the appeal. The Court understood that it had the task of looking into the correctness of both this decision and the decision of R. V. Dix. In the end, both decisions were found to have been wrongfully decided. The Court had admitted that the decision in R. V. Dix was in fact wrong, and it did not comply with the laws and rules of the common law. The court also stated that people should not be able to…

Common Law legal tradition, which is one of the four major families of law (Dammer and Albanese, 2014, p. 42). It should be noted that most legal traditions originated from the type of religion practiced in the region or country. Originally Common Law originated from when William the Conqueror captured England and became its King. He faced difficulty trying to rule his subjects as he was French, and due to some other anticipated obstacles when conquering a country. However, Common Law was…