Statutory law

under age. Also, we discussed about how lawmakers decide on the age of consent based on the advice of developmental psychologists and from child advocacy organizations. Statutory rape law is designed to protect naive youths from the sexual advances of older adults who may use their advanced age to take sexual advantage of youths. The law is designed to curb the passive coercion that is inherent in sexual relationships having a great difference of age. Teenagers are developmentally in a different…

A pedophile is a male or female who is sexually attracted to children, most often children under 13 years of age. Unlike a child molester, a pedophile is determined by what they desire and their fantasies towards children in addition to their actions. Pedophiles tend to gain satisfaction exposing themselves to children, watching pornographic material about children, watching exposed children and even masturbating in front of children. Pedophiles are less likely to penetrate a child. There is no…

Statutory interpretation may be required when the meaning of the legislation enacted by the Parliament is unclear. This may occur due to many reasons such as; legislation failing to consider a specific point, a broad term being used to cover numerous possibilities , ambiguity, a drafting error, new technological developments, and changes in the use of language over time. In this essay I will attempt to answer whether statutory interpretation gives unelected judges unprecedented power to…

Task 1 Judicial precedent is based on the Latin maxim: stare decisis, meaning 'let the decision stand '. Precedent in law is to follow a previous judgment or decision that has been made in court. This is recorded in a law report, and used as an authority for reaching the same decision in subsequent cases. This makes precedents binding, and therefore they must be followed through the court hierarchy, from the Supreme Court down to the Magistrates. Distinguishing a case means a court decides the…

This article begins by introducing Brock Turner, who was sentenced to six months of prison for raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster; he only served three of those six months because he was let off for good behavior. Many people are outraged at his short sentence. He basically only got a slap on the wrist, when this crime is worth 14 years of prison. This short sentence can be blamed on the white privilege that this well-educated, rich, white man, who was a swimmer at Stanford University…

The young freshman had actually yet to sleep with any girls at the College. In fact, he'd only had sex twice in his entire life, both of those intoxicated fumbling's with High School whores who'd spread their legs for any male with a bottle of liquor and an attitude; both of which Stuart possessed in spades, and had occurred in the early morning hours, under cover of darkness. Obviously, that number had been multiplied ten-fold when swapping stories with the other members of Delta Tau Chi, as…

Informal Content Analysis on the Brock Turner Case 1. “Here’s The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read to Her Attacker" by Katie Baker The emotional article starts out explaining what happened that fateful January 2015 night and then goes onto the lengthy letter the victim wrote addressing Brock Turner—the defendant—in court. The victim, now 23 years old, speaks about the night she wanted to do something with her sister that was visiting for the weekend. They eventually decided to go to a…

The young freshman had actually yet to sleep with any of the girls at College. In fact, he'd only had sex twice in his entire life, both of those intoxicated fumblings with one of the High School whores who'd spread their legs for any male with a bottle of liquor and an attitude; both of which Stuart possessed, and had happened late at night, under the cover of darkness. Of course, that number had been multiplied ten-fold when swapping stories with the other members of Delta Tau Chi, as had…

This is why political accountability is the umbrella for both executive and legislative branch. Each branch contains their own laws, regulation, responsibilities, and accountabilities that public professionals are required to follow. It becomes an added factor in the concerns and responsibilities that these public professionals face every day. They are also required to balance…

them you can become confused and frustrated. If you have been injured on-the-job, terms and dates have probably come up that you just don’t understand, and now you are overwhelmed. One of those terms you may have heard is “statutory employer.” Who is a Statutory Employer Statutory employer is a term used in the Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act, specifically at C.R.S. § 8-41-401. It states: Any person, company, or corporation operating or engaged in or conducting any business by leasing or…