Statute

As the seventh biggest company in the United States at the time, Enron’s downfall in 2001 sent seismic shocks through corporate America. A week before Enron disclosed charges for bad investments totaling more than $1 billion, Arthur Andersen, Enron’s accounting firm, started shredding documents as well as emails that connected them to Enron’s crime. After Enron’s bankruptcy announcement, Congress turned its attention to the regulatory and legal aspect that enabled Enron’s façade to go on for…

abolished and took away the right to claim for compensation at common law. In the UK statutory sources are higher in legal status than the common law. In short, where the content of the common law and a statute are inconsistent, the latter will…

#1 Penal codes, also known as criminal codes, are a “collection of criminal statutes” that specifically define criminal activities in their jurisdictions and establishes the penalties enforced on those criminal acts (Cheeseman, 2013, p. 132). “Each state has criminal penal codes that list and defines the activities that are illegal in that state” (Cheeseman, 2013, p. 132). For example, the state of Kentucky defines theft as a Class D felony when the value of the stolen property is more than…

Parliament are best discovered by following the literal and natural meaning of the word in the statute[1]. In other words, the law must be read in its entirety and given its’ usual dictionary meaning. Thus, it is not a requisite for judges to look elsewhere for aid in interpreting the statute.[2] This argument was supported in the Sussex Peerage case,[3] where Tindal Chief Justice stated “If the words of the statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous then no more can be necessary than to…

the pain and suffering which resulted from a doctor's negligence. In cases of death, the attorney attempts to college damages for the family of the deceased. This can be a complicated procedure, as malpractice laws and regulations, particularly the statute of limitations, may vary from state to state. There are two types of damages available to victims of medical malpractice. A successful malpractice attorney may be able to secure the client both compensatory, as well as punitive, damages.…

accompanies the statute and can reveal its purpose or legislative intent. After the grievous consequences of using chemicals as weapons in WWI, Iran and Japan, the international treaty was enacted by the US in order to end the use of chemical weapons in warfare. Dann will use a purposivist approach to argue the treaty’s aim was to prevent chemical warfare and terrorism, not to deter local assaults. Dann can use the Committee Report of the Senate Armed Services Committee that implies the statute…

Mike and Donald were walking in the park with their wives. A heated argument ensued which evolved into a fist fight. Donald punched Mike in the eye and caused Mike to lose sight in his eye. During the fight between the two, Donald’s wife, Melania pulled off her high heel shoe and began striking Mike over the head causing severe injury. Is a defendant who punches another person in the eye liable for battery? Is a defendant who hits another person on the head with a shoe resulting in injuries…

shot a man for no apparent reason, other than he fit the description of an alleged suspect who was later determined to be non-existent. Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, commonly referred to as "section 1983" provides: “Every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any…

It will highlight the power comparison between the two government bodies. The High Court’s decision is the final say; therefore the examination of what would occur if the High Court found reasoning for a statute to be unconstitutional. Finally the misinterpretation of the unconstitutional statute…

to their actions, but we should not correlate law and morality. The First Deputy mentions that there were no laws against what the Grudge Informers did, so they should not be punish, but that is why I agree with the Fourth Deputy to come up with statutes to punish them. The Second Deputy says that laws can only be enforced if they are known to the public. The Third Deputy says that every case should be examined and decided differently. Finally, the Fifth Deputy states that we should just seek…