Statute

permanent court which began its functions on July 1, 2002. The Court Prosecutes people who commit these harsh crimes, when the responsible country has its hands tied, or has a delay. It supports and prosecutes for 123 states who are part of the Rome Statute. The International Criminal Court…

but was told that, “because the suspected misconduct occurred so far in the past, law enforcement did not want to receive, and could not act on, the information.” A fact that I learned is,Statutes of limitations for child sex abuse claims vary from state to state, and New York has one of the most restrictive statutes in the country. Victims have until they are 23 years old to file civil claims against their perpetrator,Crazy right . I do not think its right to just not announce the names of the…

This case was brought to court when Jane Roe was denied an abortion because it was not to save her life and believed that certain statutes were unconstitutional and that an injunction should be put in place. The people involved in this case are the plaintiff Jane Roe, who is an alias for Nora McCorvey, and the defendant Henry Wade, who is the district attorney for Dallas County. The…

Federal statutes like the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, which according to the National Research Council, was intended to direct the U.S Commission to develop guidelines for reducing disparities, to provide alternatives to incarceration for most nonviolent and non…

must prove that Ms. Austin was the keeper of the dog Trixie at the time of the bite. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 140, § 155 (West). Keeper is defined by statute as a person or corporation other than the owner who harbors or has in their possession any dog. Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 140, § 155 (West). M.G.L.A. c. 140, § 155 creates a strict liability statute, which imposes liability onto the owner or keeper of a dog without requiring misfeasance or nonfeasance on their part. Audette v. Commonwealth,…

landmark document that confirmed Canada as a fully independent country, united with Britain and other Dominions. However another event occurred at the imperial conference which also pushed Canada towards being an independent nation, the signing of the Statute of Westminster was talked about and in the subsequent 1929 and 1930 Conference continued to work towards agreement of making…

specific circumstances. For example, a word has its core meaning, however it is the outer reaches of the word or the ‘penumbra’ which may be unclear and judges must use their discretion to interpret the word. Or there may be weasel words used in a statute such as ‘reasonable’ or ‘likely’ which do not have absolute meanings and demands a judgement call. Hart shows that judges do look beyond the law, but their discretion must be relevant and fully informed. Neil MacCormick summarises Hart’s…

Ralph Woodley and his son Harvey went to visit the local zoo. After spending few hours there visiting the various exhibits, they decided to visit one final exhibit building. Although this building looked like all the rest at the zoo, it was set apart from the majority. Upon walking up to the building, they spotted a large dog that seemed friendly at first and it nuzzled them. In a playful manner, the son made a snowball to throw at his father, who ducked and inadvertently the dog got hit. This…

To begin, cccording to Schmalleger and Smykla (2015), inmates today have five legal mechanisms to challenge the legality of their confinement and associated prison conditions. They are a state habeas corpus action, a federal habeas corpus action after state remedies have been exhausted, a state tort lawsuit, a federal civil rights lawsuit and a petition for injunction relief. I do feel that inmates have a legal right to challenge prison conditions. Prison is their living space and if conditions…

laws. In an attempt to avoid tort law, companies have left the United States, and opened operations overseas. An over 200 year old federal law, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) allowed ambassadors and other foreign nationals to sue in U.S. federal courts for assaults or other offenses committed in violation of international law. This same statute was used to argue cases citing the right to bring tort cases against companies that have moved overseas, but there was continuous differences in the…