Law

himself has said, “Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet”. This message sings true even today with the world’s current laws. Mark Twain would have no knowledge that his statement would be a sort of prophecy. Today’s copyright laws prevent the creativity of content creators all around the world. With laws prohibiting sharing of media and contradicting the laws of fair use, we as individuals are prevented from cultural exchanges and collection…

The Good, The Bad, and The Laws When it comes to the topic of when someone can break the law, most of us will readily agree that breaking the law is unjust because laws are put in place to keep the community safe. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of when a law can acceptably be broken. Whereas some conclude that laws should never be broken, others maintain that there are some (4) instances where laws should be broken such as when the law is immoral. Socrates and…

me, I obey the law because it is the right thing to do. There are three motivations to comply with the law of society, freedom, money, and family. Freedom is on the top of that list. In the Webster dictionary it states being free not in confinement or under physical restraint. (Webster 2009) The thought of being jailed for anything is terrifying to me being caged in an 8X8 cell is not for me. For example, I will abide by the speed limit on the streets and highway. There are laws for motorist…

Law, what is it? Sweeney, O’Reilly and Coleman (2013, p.5) expresses “law” as “any rule which a court of law will enforce”. Furthermore, they indicate the way the court of law determines what rules are to be enforced, through the history of proposed legal rules. The courts either apply or reject a recommended rule on the merits of its sources. Two sources in Australia have been mentioned by Sweeney, O’Reilly and Coleman (2013, p.5), that are able provide legally enforceable rules: parliament…

non-legal actions are effective in administering justice for consumers. Consumer law has continually evolved in order to maintain its ability to protect consumers within the ever-changing modern marketplace - progressing from the common law notion of caveat emptor to an intensive legal framework recognising the fundamental need for consumer protections. While much of this contemporary framework - comprised of statutory bodies, law courts and tribunals, and working in conjunction with a myriad of…

Today our law enforcement is perceived as racists, pigs, and greedy. As a cop walking around trying to do your job to protect people, how would you react knowing this is what people who you protect think of you? Would it be difficult to do your job? There is over 1.1 million police officers who have sworn in, in 2008 according to www.bjs.gov. That means there are over 1.1 million of police officers in the United States who protect and serve us. In this paper you will learn how the public…

the study of the law as a therapeutic agent. TJ focuses on the law´s impact on emotional life and on psychological well-being. TJ humanize the law and the legal process with emotional aspects. TJ is a perspective that regards the law as a social force that creates behaviors and effects. These effects fall within the realm of TJ which goals is to give the law more value through justice and due process. The concept of therapeutic jurisprudence TJ is an interdisciplinary study of law and its…

As Boyd (2015) explains, constitutional law is special in that it cannot be subjected to alteration through “the mere passage of new law through the House of Commons and the Senate” (p. 98). On the surface, this fact appears to guarantee respect for the authority of the rights laid out in the Constitution. This is significant because constitutional law supposedly, in the words of Cheffins and Tucker (as cited in Boyd, 2015), is a “mirror reflecting the national soul” (p. 98). However, many…

As of the 21st century, regulatory laws have impacted our daily activities and lives. Regulatory laws are regulations that set out certain requirements on what is legal or illegal. The Impact of Regulatory Law on American Criminal Justice- Are there too many laws? by Vincent Del Castillo provides an overview of the results of having regulatory laws. While the book talks about a variety of topics, we will mainly focus on illegal drugs, guns, the police, and also the societal consequences. We must…

a) How are Constitutional Laws made? Constitutional laws are amended through a referendum. A referendum is a direct vote in which the whole nation is proposed to vote for a change in the nation’s constitution. It involves similar aspects as a plebiscite, however, it a plebiscite does not affect the Constitution. It has to go through a process of approval known as the double majority. A double majority in a referendum entails that for the law to be approved, it must receive consent from the…