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pleasure in the absence of pain while unhappiness is defined as pain in the lack of pleasure. (Utilitarianism book). An action that increases happiness and decreases negative consequences for the most people is utility. The greatest happiness principal’s states that “the ultimate end is an existence as free as possible from pain and as rich as possible in enjoyments.” Mills contends that morality should be judged based on those outcomes that produces the most happiness and least amount of pain.…

I, Judge Anderson, concludes the case of Christian Louboutin versus Yves Saint Laurent find the defendant guilty of the charge of trademark infringement. I understand that Yves Saint Laurent is liable under the Lanham Act, meaning that they violated the likelihood of confusion, trademark infringement and counterfeiting, false designation of origin, unfair competition, trademark dilution and two of the various forms of confusion. The factors that helped determine the likelihood of confusion are…

injuria. There was no violation of any legal right, though actual loss in money. In the case of Acton vs. Blundell, the defendant drained the underground water, which went into the plaintiff’s well, making it unusable and causing him injury, but the court held that as the defendant’s act was legal i.e. in accordance with the law and did not breach any legal right of the plaintiff, he will not be liable for the injuries suffered by the plaintiff. This maxim ‘ Injuria sine Damnum ‘ is just…

In Street v Montford the House of Lords had issued a warning to the courts to 'be astute to detect and frustrate sham devices and artificial transactions whose only object is to disguise the grant of a tenancy and to evade the Rent Acts’. The vast amount of the Court of Appeal in AG Securities v Vaughan viewed the agreement between both parties as establishing a tenancy, on the premise that the occupiers had the legal…

Some logical reason why don't teenagers get involves in this state is lack of financial stability. Most teenagers spend their time in school with the tuition on hand ,miscellaneous and other expenses, the needs of a new born child would be highly at stake. Diapers and milk and vitamins for years would be taken as…

Prayer in school is a highly talked about topic, and whether kids should be allowed to say prayer or if they should not allow any type of prayer all together. Allowing prayer in school or not has been a subject that is the most talked about, and controversial topic. This topic has a great role in the public school system because it can cause outbreaks among children, controversy between children, and children believing in other religions because of other kids. “This principle ensures that…

When talking about discretion we need an actual definition before anything. Discretion is when someone with power like a judge, public officer, anyone with authority makes decisions on innumerable Matters based on his/her opinion within legal guidelines. This term discretion is both problematic and helpful in making and enforcing of criminal laws in Canada. When looking at discretion we can look at police and the Crown, police use discretion every day and so do the members of the crown.…

driving under the influence, firing a .22 caliber pistol from a moving vehicle and disorderly conduct in Jefferson County, Colorado. At the time she was under the alias “Sandra Kretsch.” Following this arrest, she was charged with failing to appear in court. In the year 1976 Aileen was given a restraining order from her husband, Lewis Gratz Fell for allegedly striking him with his…

practice and refuses to perform abortions, even when he recognizes that certain situations would benefit from them, causing a moral dilemma. As the story progresses, Homer delivers a baby and the mother wants nothing to do with the child. She states,…

factors in court cases. There are several key differences between the two however. Original jurisdiction is held by the court that hears a case first, usually a district court. Appellant jurisdiction is held in the circuit courts and is so called because a case can be appealed to the circuit courts to judge if the defendant’s due process right was violated or not. As mentioned previously, district courts hold original jurisdiction, but they only hold original jurisdiction. Circuit courts,…