Law

state law being that some decisions are unjust, unworthy of law. In my view, law as ‘state law’ offers the most compelling account for the paradox that is defining law. The following arguemnts will be premised upon the concepts of an unjust law still technically existing as law and the weaknesses that Socrates identifies for law as social order and law as justice or right as less subjective and more likely to hold true when the philosophy is applied to real situations. II. STATE LAW Laws can…

Characteristic of the Law and Legal Systems of the United States Origin of the Common Law Legal System The common law is used in all the states except Louisiana. Louisiana uses a civil law legal system, which is common throughout Europe. Characteristics of the Common Law Legal System Origin of the Civil Law Legal System It can be argued that any time a state legislature encodes a law which was not previously coded, that the state legal system becomes partly a civil code system.…

UK follow Sharia Law? The Sharia law is a code that dictates how Muslims must live their life. They believe through following Sharia Law, originally a concept from the teachings of their God, Allah, they should dictate how aspects of their life should run. The Sharia law is Islam’s legal system; it is literary translated as ‘The clear trodden path to water’. To Muslims Sharia helps them in their daily understanding of how to live their life. To me, extreme types of the Sharia Law mean rape,…

incorporation between Islamic Law and the customary law, which then tried to perform the national law. Scholars had recognized the existence of customary law (named as Adat) and Islamic Law in Indonesia which coexisted…

Double Jeopardy is a general principle of English law, that a person will not be tried twice for the same offence whether he was acquitted on the first occasion (autrefois acquit) or convicted (autrefois convict) Connelly v DPP [1964]. This has been established for many centuries. There might be instances when a person guilty of a crime may gain immunity from conviction and punishment. There are some reforms made in order to make this rule better. The first development is concerned with the…

Natural law is the belief that law, and morality are intertwined. There are several notable theorists whom believe that natural law should be applied to our legal system and to the law-making bodies. St. Thomas Aquinas and lon Fuller both represent ancient and modern natural law respectively and both believe that natural law should be applicable to our society. On the other hand, legal positivism is the belief that law, and morality are two separate entities. Some notable theorists that believe…

International law is a broad body that operates within an anarchic system. It contains two sections of law as well as a multitude of organizations that work within the laws. These laws also are enforced, or attempted to be enforced, by international courts in which states hold each other accountable for their actions. International law contains two types, public and private. Public international law is legal norms such as treaties that apply to interactions between states or states and other…

believes that a law is nothing other than an ordinance of reason to show that the law is for the common good, and it is executed by one that cares for the community, and that it must also be clear to those that are under that law (Adams 85). Law is said to bind one to act; therefore, a law is a rule and measurement of acts by which one is either induced to act or restrained from acting (Adams 85). Aquinas discusses four laws; Eternal Law, Natural Law, Divine Law, and Human Law. Eternal law is…

default or breach of the contract [9] (Bailey, 2015). The agreement component involves offers, counter-offers, and eventually what Australian agreement law calls the “meeting of the minds.” (Clarke, 2015) [10] When looking at the arrangements in place, agreement law is often looked into. For example, offer and acceptance may occur electronically via…

New York’s pay equity law closely resembles the new provisions in California’s law with a few key differences in the scope of comparison employees can make when bringing claims and available affirmative defenses. New York’s statute is more restrictive in the scope employees have to compare themselves to their counterparts to prove wage discrepancies: the law requires employees to perform jobs that necessitate “equal skill, effort and responsibility . . . under similar working conditions.”…