Statute

Criminal Court (“ICC”) informed all State Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC (“Rome Statute”), to which South Africa is a party, to cooperate with the arrest warrant and to surrender Al-Bashir to the Court if he enters into their territorial jurisdiction. It is the first warrant of arrest issued to a head of state by the ICC. This illustrates the importance of accountability…

agreement made between Ndeumeni and Kemogne failed to satisfy the statute of frauds, she should be precluded from arguing that there was an agreement under a theory sounding in tort. Initially, we observe that in her original complaint Kemogne did allege that Ndeumeni breached a contract with her. Plainly, a breach of contract claim could not be sustained where it is undisputed that the parties failed to comply with the statute of frauds with respect to their agreement to transfer real…

rehabilitation, and restoration. Those goals are significant in formulating all policies as well as the two predominating hate crime statutes in the country today, the discriminatory selection model and the racial animus model. The fundamental purpose of creating hate crime statutes is to ensure the equal protection and freedom of members of the protected groups. The two statutes are rooted from two theories of punishment. On one hand is the deontologist argument of retribution, a backward…

disagree. “‘The first step in determining legislative intent is to look at the statutory language and if the words of the statute, construed according to their common and everyday meaning, are clear and unambiguous. . . .’” Johnson v. Mayor & City Council of Balt. City, 387 Md. 1, 11 (2005) (quoting Oaks v. Connors, 339 Md. 24, 35 (1995)). “If the language of the statute is clear and unambiguous, we need not look beyond the statute’s provisions and our analysis ends.” Moore v. State, 424 Md.…

of 2011, the article was written by James M. Reams and Charles T. Putnam. The article focuses on how standards of morality are not synonymous with statutes and that determining the indecency of an statute requires a lot more than moral intuition. The authors employ a wide range of argumentative strategies in order to base their claim that some statutes are necessary and serve a purpose but that it is necessary for individuals to understand determine for themselves what laws are necessary and…

Presented: Whether the statute of frauds bars Frannie Bell from recovering on the oral contract that the parties entered even though the contract lasted more than one year. Short Answer: The statute of frauds does not bar Frannie Bell from recovering on the oral contract that the parties entered into because under the contract Frannie Bell was to receive commission on all contracts for Hannah’s Berries and any renewal contracts for Hannah’s Berries. Due to this the statute of frauds will not bar…

parents right to make the decisions about his or her child care. However, in this case the U.S. Supreme Court did not rule in Troxel v Granville, “It did not invalidate Washington Statute, or another statute or any state, but instead the Supreme Court observed that visitation matters are decided on a case-by-case basis and statute is necessarily unconstitutional on its face.” (Stroud, 2016, 2). There is also the case of Camborne v Smith in the state of South Carolina where the maternal mother…

liable for the damages sustained by Blake, based on the “direct and immediate” behavior of Harvey’s dogs (Lewellin 62). The said behavior led directly to Blake incurring significant injuries. The liability Harvey faces is reinforced by the Minnesota Statute that states, If a dog, without provocation, attacks or injures any person who is acting peaceably in any place where the person may lawfully be, the owner of the dog is liable in damages to the person so attacked or injured to the full…

The lawful hypothesis or statute that is considered for this situation range from the detachment of forces as sketched out in the thought of leniency. There is additionally the hypothesis of normal law as clarified by Justice Foster. Components of positivism, the philosophical relationship in the middle of law and ethical quality together with elucidation of statutes (the uncovering of "holes" in the statutes and the need to fill them) are additionally present. Notwithstanding these we have the…

“causing death while operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated” statute which carries a 15 year prison sentence. Jim wants to argue that he did not knowingly drink enough to make him drunk, but the judge instructs the jury that it…