Law

they used all of their resources. The kingdom blossomed over time and they even created the first ever wheel which was a big advancement for man. The law code of Hammurabi contained 282 clauses regarding legal issues. The law code was engraved into an 8 foot pillar of basalt making it the first ever written down law. The penalty for not following the laws would end in a severe punishment, but if you look at the punishment and then compare it to now a days we can see the…

Landlord-Tenant Law The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) and the Model Residential Landlord-Tenant Code includes a lot of facets about properties, renters, and related issues governed by state from property owner rights, tenant right, rent and security deposits, states resources, repairs, and more. No organizational business is perfect, so it is bound to be a conflict between both the landlord and tenant. In order to avoid legal matter in the future properties and…

One of the other developments that a common language allowed was the development of a code of laws to help govern the empire. Laws helped to reaffirm power structures in the empire as well as protection of human rights, an idea that has lasted to present times. The ruler often used laws to express his will throughout the empire and these laws were distributed by the officials of the ruler were higher ranking than the citizens. Goodspeed discusses this structure in the Babylonians, “The…

English law means the legal system of England and Wales and the three principles of sources are statutes, EU Law and common law. Common law, case law, is the main legal system which was implemented in UK. ‘The common law is judicially created law that is developed on a case by case basis,’ Chief Justice Hannah of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in Mason v State. It simply means UK is examined the cases by judicial precedent which is referring to the previous case or statutes and applied it into…

Natural Law Theory and Neo-Natural Law Theory Natural Law Theory starts in the belief that there is an order to the universe. This ordering of the universe leads to laws that are natural; things have a purpose. The principles of law are an inherent part of nature. Even without the human capacity for reason, the principles of law would exist (Perlman). From a moral perspective, natural law is an affirmational objectivism, meaning that there can be a reasonable validity to a moral position.…

potential to destroy a nation- to cause chaos instead of hold order. In Sophocles’ Antigone, this is the case. Creon, king of Thebes, believes that the king’s word is ultimate law, and that it must be carried out regardless of the consequences. Antigone, however, is more intelligent in her thinking that sometimes, a ruler’s law is not a rational one, and that there are times when one must speak out for what is truly ethical. When Creon forces his word to be fulfilled, he ultimately causes the…

Police officers in gun searches face disbelief in courts simply because judges do not believe them or their stories. This is an important issue because this has to do with both our court system and our law enforcement officers, which should be working together to enforce laws and provide justice to individuals that were wronged. For a judge to have this type of problem of disbelief in a court room from a police officer that is truly an ethical issue that should be fixed. I believe that police…

School law has become a very important part of our school districts over the past few decades. These laws are put into place to protect the students, faculty, staff, and parents involved in the everyday operations of our schools. For example, Brown v. Board of Education opened the doors for students of all races and nationalities to attend the same schools. So, when I was deciding which administrator I was going to interview, I decided that I should find one who has been in the school system for…

An unjust law requires an unjust punishment When a burglar breaks in your home, do you ask, “how much do you want?” Or if a thief were to extort money out of you would you ask him how much?” You might. The IRS generates income like a burglar or a thief, but the difference is that the IRS keeps coming back for more. The IRS kidnapped, jailed me and has turned me into their slave. I’m an entrepreneur, worked and saved money since I was 9. In 1980, I bought a house, in 1983, I bought…

know when they’ll be jumped. Blood pours into the sewer at every street corner. Welcome to the gun controlled world. This is why we need more gun control laws then what we have now. Gun laws are super important to today’s society. The founding fathers made these laws as a precaution. Today we have updated guns. Therefore, we need updated gun laws to keep the blood off the streets. In 2015, there were 475 people killed because of school shootings. Since 2012, that number has been slowly…