The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is seeking the sum of $1 million from the (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader, for alleged copyright abuse of the song “Happy Birthday to You”. The (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is the copyright holder to the said song. The (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader is a Bistro owner who performs the song in an altered version (his own words are used) to his customers on their birthdays and have been doing so for the past twenty years without obtaining any licensing or permission from the copyright holder (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer.…
The role of courts and parliaments in law reform is to change laws that have been either requested to ‘modernize’ or have been dated since the law was first established. Courts usually change or modify laws that get brought up in court cases or by individuals. The procedure that needs to be followed in firstly the house of reps and then to the senate to become a new law.…
Parliament is the national representative body which has supreme legislative powers within its jurisdiction. While it oversees the completion of a number of other tasks parliaments’ main role is undoubtedly to make and pass laws and it has to be said that it achieves this role efficiently. Parliament and the members of parliament are elected solely by the people and are therefore responsible to the voting public. When passing laws parliament has the ability to, as part of its law making process obtain expert opinion with regards to tough and controversial issues. This process of law making is a completely structured procedure which follows a routine series of stages whenever a piece of legislation is proposed. These factors amongst others all contribute to the effective and efficient law making system that parliament is. While like any other structured organisation parliament has a number of weaknesses and faults these are minor and have very little effect on parliament as a law-making institution.…
(1) Parliament can pass whatever legislation it likes, thus it can introduce or repeal any law as it sees fit…
There is a law that has been passed by authority such as, parliament. The people that have to benefit from this legislation and policies are vulnerable individual.…
One of the major functions of the judiciary in a modern, liberal democracy is to protect the rights and freedoms of the citizens against the state or other organisations. It is the aim of this essay to expose the effective points which include: The 2009 Foundation of the Supreme Court; Human Rights Act; and Judicial rule over the government. On the other side of why it is not effective I plan to counter my previous points as well exposing different examples and explain how Parliament is sovereign.…
The parliament makes laws in future. Which means they think ahead of what the world’s developing to and thinks of what new laws will be needed for society once this is done it allows society to know what the law is and how it will apply to them.…
It is important to understand the structure of the parliamentary system within which the machinery of government operates. Parliament is known as a bi-cameral legislature where by decision making autonomy resides with the lower house. The House of Commons and the House of Lords exists as a check upon the powers exerted by respective governments thou right it’s debating and ratification functions. In theory, the bi-cameral legislature in British political system exists to ensure that policy and legislation is created democratically and secondly to protect the country from autocracy or the emergence of dictatorships. Although it could be argued that both of these functions of parliament have been apparent in recent history. In this essay I aim to answer the question to what extent is parliament an effective constraint on the executive.…
There has to be rules and protection for workers, owners of businesses and factories have never given anything to the workers without being forced to, shorter hours, paid holidays, proper safety protection, rising the age a child can be employed. All these above have to be legislated for the owners to obey the laws. It also helps us the employer and the employee.…
I believe the three most critical elements of lawmaking are Committee Action, Conference Action, and Presidential Signing or Veto with possible Congressional ⅔ Vote because these elements allow for public wants to be realized while keeping branches of the government in check and therefore creating revised bills that will reflect their proper intent as a law. Even though all of the Elements of Lawmaking are important steps into turning a bill into a law the most crucial are those that keep democracy in check and reflect the will of the people. I believe that when the will of the people is reflected in the laws that uphold American justice our government is functioning like it was intended to by our Founding Fathers.…
The Legislative Branch consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which is called “Congress.” The Legislative Branch (Congress) alone has the power to declare war and make laws. The House of Representatives has specific powers the Senate does not, including the power to impeach government officials, impose revenue bills, and to elect the President in the event of a tie in the Electoral College. The Senate also has exclusive powers, including the power to ratify treaties and accept appointments made by the President. However, these powers are limited in that the House of Representatives must also approve the appointment of the Vice President and any treaty that concerns foreign trade. Recently, the Senate has confirmed many Cabinet appointments made by President Trump. This includes Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Secretary of Defense James Mattis.…
Law is necessary for the effective operation of a society as it ensures the protection of a population and certifies that justice is fair. The law is essential as if it was non-existent, society would descend to anarchy. The law is in place to protect the whole of society, especially weaker individuals or groups within a community. Another reason that law is fundamental, is it provides equity and fairness within society; however, this is not always accurate as a number of aspects can result in an inequality such as an individual’s financial status, or a language barrier. This can be supported through various media files regarding legal processes, concepts and outcomes.…
Without law reform the law would struggle to uphold relevance and obtain high compliance leaving a society in a state of anarchy. The key role of law reform is to reflect the social values of a community this includes new concepts of justice, changing social values and adopting changes of new technology. Youth Justice Conferences is a law reform crucial in society as without it youth offenders would almost indefinitely become criminal offenders a second time and the state would be to blame for leading children to continue down a criminal path. The introduction of Youth Justice Conferences gives offenders the opportunity to grow from their mistakes and see things from someone elses perspective weather that’s through community service, getting a part time job or simply seeing the direct affect of his actions on the victim. Youth Justice Conferences save people from the severity of the court system and allows them a second chance. The effectiveness of the law reform in Youth Justice Conferences is seen in the video of a young boy named Joe and other youth offenders to rehabilitate them and to keep them away from the court system and from getting a criminal record. This showed the positive outcome of what law reform could do. Without law reform a society starts pressuring the law and creating rallies and protests. The Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) has a significant standpoint in society today, as same sex marriage is not permitted in Australia. This is largely in contribution to religious traditions however, ‘ the definition’ relating to The Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) which is ‘the idea of what constitutes a family’ no longer reflects social values of a significant number of Australians. Law reform is necessary in this instance as it has the power to stop people from resulting to violence. This is evident in figure 4.2 on page 79 of Cambridge legal studies text book as it shows a protest in Australia due to the lack of law reform relating to same-sex…
The foremost purpose of a government is to serve its people through the creation and upholding of laws. Too often, unjust laws are passed that turn government into a mechanism of oppression. Without the feedback of the common people, the governing people can never understand the effects of their unjust laws. It is the civic duty of the people of a representative government to speak out against unfair laws, for their voices cannot be heard if they never speak at all.…
The Legislative Branch is one out of the three branches of the government. All of the Legislative Branches rights and powers are defined in the U.S Constitution. However the Legislative Branch is the most powerful branch. The Legislative Branch is the most powerful branch because they make laws, declare war, and override presidential veto, and many more.…