Statutory rape

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…

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…

consent to go back to his room. The next thing that the victim remembers was waking up in a hospital room. She explains that she was told she had been found unconscious behind a dumpster and had been raped. She details her experience of going through a rape…

In the UK, power and control over society is divided equally between three separate bodies. The separation of powers according to Montesquieu, a 18th Century philosopher, is made up of the Legislature (Parliament), the Government, and the Judiciary (judges) . The power is divided to prevent it becoming dangerously concentrated in the hands of one person or a small group of people . The Government is responsible for developing and implementing laws and is made up of the Prime Minister and…

Historically, parliament should make the law and judges simply apply the law, this fits in with the separation of powers theory. Blackstone 's dictation theory also states this. Judges create law by precedent and statutory interpretation. Under the Literal Rule judges have very little scope for judicial creativity as they are limited to giving words in the Act of Parliament their plain, ordinary, grammatical meaning from a standard English dictionary, this means judges are following the exact…

work” to employees used as a basis for comparison. The law defines comparable work as that which “requires substantially similar skill, effort and responsibility and is performed under similar working conditions”—language that mirrors California’s statutory text. Massachusetts’ statute, however, also adds that “a job title or . . . description alone” is not determinative of comparable jobs. Massachusetts also more closely defines “working conditions”—unlike California and New York—as a…

Brock never showed remorse for the situation and never apologized or admitted his fault, but instead it was claimed that none of it was his fault. However, Brock was an exception; out of every 1,000 rapes, 994 of the rapists walk free. Even though Brock only served three months, he was part of the 0.6% that had any jail time. The author of the article continues to explain that even though Brock served such a short amount of time, he is still paying…

above and then after having answered these questions, ‘a judge had a duty to construe the Act’. Therefore, the courts role for the mischief rule is to supress all aspects of the mischief and to advance the remedy. Another rule and principle of statutory interpretation is the literal rule. The literal rule: “provides that words must be given their plan, ordinary, and literal meaning.” A case that illustrates this is R v. Harris 1836. In this case the accused tried to bite off Harris’s nose.…

The literal rule is one way in which statues are interpreted. The courts do not subvert the law but just apply the law that is created by parliament. This rule gives all words their ordinary meaning and must be followed even if the result is absurd. In the case R v city of London Court Judge Lord Esher stated if the word of an act is clear then you must follow them even if it manifestly leads to an absurd result . Highlighting the absurdity of the literal rule Berriman a railway worker died hit…

set by the government, people could do whatever they want whenever they want without any consequences. In Lord of The Flies, proper rules and punishments weren’t applied and everything slowly escalated to chaos. There would probably be mass murder, rape, theft, and much more happening at a much higher rate. Punishments serve as a deterrent to potential criminals to not commit crimes. In a society with laws, a potential criminal might not murder someone because he is afraid of said punishment. In…