Ex post facto law

ASSESSING “SPECIAL” CONTRIBUTIONS PURSUIANT TO S 79(4) OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 (CTH) 13337720 I INTRODUCTION In distributing property, the Court must assess the parties’ respective contribution during the marriage under s 79(4) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to the extent that it is just and equitable. The scenario of “special” contribution arises where one party possesses a “special skill” which in turn results in a significant increase in the asset pool of the parties’ in a long-term…

decade prior, but the system wasn’t working. Each state was able to govern itself, and they didn’t have to abide by any regulations set by the federal government. The United States has a federalist government, meaning that the citizens are held to the laws of the state and the nation, but the federal government was left nearly powerless to enforce any type of authority. Congress had no way of being able to regulate commerce and no authority to emplace taxes. Without Congress having a way to…

reversed Robert Harris Keeler murder conviction, stating that the South Carolina Court decision restricted him from due process of the law because it imposed an “unforeseeable” (SCOCAL) crime statue in which a person is liable for a past crime without fair warning. Majority Opinion (by Justice Mosk whom Justice McComb, Peters, Trobriner, and Peek joined): A) Under the common law of abortion homicide, a fetus cannot be considered a human being unless it was born alive. B) The state is required…

dictated by Article 1 of the Constitution, as a whole are as follows: sole authority to enact or change legislation, to make all laws necessary and proper, declare war, sign or pass bills, to tax, borrow money, regulate commerce with foreign nations, regulate commerce among the states, to establish rules for the naturalization of foreigners seeking citizen ship, to establish a post office, to raise and army and navy, the right to confirm or reject presidential appointments, substantial…

Doctrine- is censorship imposed, usually by a government, on expression before the expression actually takes place. An alternative is to allow the expression to take place and to take appropriate action afterward, if the expression is found to violate the law, regulations, or other…

In Beck, the Court of Appeals interpreted New York vehicle and Traffic Law (NYVTL) 463(2)(ff)(“the Modification Law”) to provide a dealer with a private right of action to “challenge a modification and places on a franchisor the burden of proving that such modification is fair and not prohibited.” 27 N.Y. 3d at 393. In furtherance of the legislative intent, to counter the unequal will of the manufacturer, the Modification Law contemplates legal action prior to the cause of the negative…

document legally giving Marbury his desired position. This is a lose-lose situation for Marshall. If Marshall were to give the writ of mandamus, Jefferson would have Madison ignore it, the Executive branch being the only branch capable of enforcing laws, Madison would get off scot-free as…

Originally, the United States followed The Articles of Confederation, which was very weak. At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates from each state voted for the stronger document, the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution established laws, the national government, and guaranteed certain rights for each and every U.S. citizen. The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. The United States Constitution was based on a bicameral legislature. Each delegate agreed on three…

found him guilty (Simon 1996). There was consensus between psychiatrists on both the prosecutions and accused’s side that Dahmer had necrophilia, however the prosecution settled that Dahmer was able to control his urges (Reznek, 1997). The criminal law is clear in its meaning, it does not state that you must be mentally stable to be found guilty, but rather to have intended to commit the crime (Kant, 1992). In Dahmer’s case, he was found culpable by the jury because he intended to commit the…

the slave trade can continue. A tax, not exceeding ten dollars may be imposed. 1c Should northerners be forced to to turn over runaway slaves to their owners? No Person held to Service or Labor in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or Labor, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labor may be due10. This states that if a slave runs away to another state,…