Unwritten Law

Maiorum, which literally meant the ways of the elders. The Mos Maiorum was an unwritten law that was intended to function in accordance to the written law. The Romans structured all aspects of their life according to this code from the military and the private life, to the government and other social conventions. Arguably Rome’s greatest contribution to modern society was her form of rovernment and her laws. The Roman Republic used a system of senatorial representation that…

The founders of the structure realized that adjust was inevitable time beyond regulation, and that to make certain that a government to prevail, it desires to keep up. They thereby developed the structure as an adaptable file, one that may be prepared to advance and alter together with the humans it governs. For that reason, the structure can even be transformed each formally and informally. The formal modification strategy of the constitution includes two phases, proposal and ratification,…

Throughout Ancient Greek history, a theme present throughout time has been the conflict between divine and civil law and its fatal results. In the Iliad and the Odyssey, it was made evident that man’s desire to preserve his memory on earth after death often led them to commit acts of hubris, which was anything that disrespected the gods. In Antigone, Creon’s loyalty to the land of Thebes led him to commit an act of hubris by leaving Eteocles’s body out to rot and not burying him properly.…

for me since some of my relatives and friends are here illegally and it’s a very hot topic that affects not only myself by millions of other individuals and their families. The laws centered at this article are immigration laws and basic human laws as they some seek refuge from other countries under the humanitarian law. This article is also important to our society as this issues affects millions, these immigrants have started lives here and are giving their families a better opportunity here…

Adam Torres had already served nearly ten months in confinement prior to receiving his final sentence, therefore he only had two more months of his prison term remaining after the court had made its decision (Jackman 2016). This perceived injustice sent ripples through the Northern Virginia community. In fact Don Geer, the father of the victim, stated that, “Nothing about this [case] has been done in a timely manner. It’s been a long time for everything to take place” (WTOP Staff, 2016). He…

Democratic societies like Canada and the United States follow the unwritten and underlying principle of “rule of law”. The rule of law ensure that a certain level of procedural justice are achieved in trials, as they provide the court with a basic grid of evaluation. However, such procedural processes were not respected in the Bryant-Milam trial, as the the two social categories of race and social class tarnished the processes of the trial, fostering impartial judicial proceedings and ultimately…

define a rule if a customary law or not: the physical and the psychical. In the aspect of the physical element, a customary law has international usage, general practice or usus. Namely, a customary law has to be practiced worldwide, continuously, repeatedly, unanimously and analogously. In the aspect of the psychical element, a customary law has to be accepted by states in the international society, to get the opinion Juris. The customary laws are usually unwritten. However, there is a trend…

"It was not Zeus who made this proclamation; nor was it Justice dwelling with the gods below who set in place such laws as these for humankind; nor did I think that your proclamations had such strength that, mortal as you are, you could outrun those laws that are the gods', unwritten and unshakable”( lines 450-457). In the Greek tragedy Antigone, written by philosopher Sophocles, the author presents a plethora of timeless themes that never lose their relevance. Amongst these themes is the idea…

Trier of law- The trier of law is the person or people responsible for determining the law in a case. This term contrasts the “trier of fact,” which is the person or people who are going to determine the facts in a case. In a typical criminal case, the trier of law is most often going to be a judge, who is going to take a look at the case at hand, as well as what the laws are that are related to the case. When acting as the trier of law, the facts of the case are not going to be as relevant as…

adopted Harlan’s reasoning in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 595 U.S. 833, 850 (1992), which established the “undue burden” standard of evaluating abortion restrictions. Critics charge that Harlan’s approach give judges carte blanche to enforce the unwritten purposes of the Due Process Clause, thereby removing important social issues from the democratic process. Harlan responded that judges could be trusted to exercise restraint in enforcing the idea of “liberty” in the Due Process Clause.…