Basic rules of international humanitarian law in armed conflicts The seven fundamental rules which are the basis of The Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols. This tex has been prepared for dissemination purposes and cannot in any circumstances serve as a substitute for the complete provisions of the international agreements - Extract from "Basic rules of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols" [pic]1 - Persons hors de combat and those who do not take a direct part in
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ADMIN LAW 1. ANTONIO H. NOBLEJAS‚ as Commissioner of Land Registration‚ petitioner‚ vs. CLAUDIO TEEHANKEE‚ as Secretary of Justice‚ and RAFAEL M. SALAS‚ as Executive Secretary‚respondents. Petition for a writ of prohibition with preliminary injunction to restrain the Secretary of Justice from investigating the official actuations of the Commissioner of Land Registration‚ and to declare inoperative his suspension by the Executive Secretary pending investigation. The facts are not in dispute
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The rule of law is a legal maxim stating that no person is above the law‚ that no one can be punished by the state except for a breach of the law‚ and that no one can be convicted of breaching the law except in the manner set forth by the law itself. The rule of law stands in contrast to the idea that the leader is above the law‚ a feature of Roman law‚ Nazi law‚ and certain other legal systems. Albert Dicey British jurist A. V. Dicey popularised the phrase "rule of law" in 1885. Dicey emphasized
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The Functions and Role of Law in Business and Society Courtney Cunningham LAW 421 June 22‚ 2015 Professor Milton Luoma The function and Role of Law in Business and Society What is the meaning of law? If you were to look up the online meaning of law‚ most likely you will find this definition: “a body of rules of conduct of binding legal force and effect‚ prescribed‚ recognized‚ and enforced by controlling authority”(The Free Dictionary‚ 2013). Another way of looking at it is a group of rules of
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Fate Vs. Free Will Antigone‚ the play‚ fuels the debate whether fate is stronger than one’s free will. Antigone’s fate was to die fighting for respect of her family. At first‚ Antigone’s fate was to live‚ but her free will let her to choose to disobey Creon’s law about burying her brother. When she made the choice to go against Creon‚ her fate was to die. Towards the end of "Antigone‚" Creon on changed his mind to kill Antigone but fate had already taken over and she died. Likewise‚ Creon’s fate
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Spectrophotometry/Beer’s Law Lecture Chemistry 114 Overview: Spectroscopy will be a tool that you will use as you continue in your chemistry‚ biology and physics courses. Already‚ you have used spectroscopy in this course and CHM 113. Earlier in the term‚ we used the spectrophotometer to monitor double stranded and single stranded DNA. We have also used it to measure concentration of chemicals. This lecture will discuss spectophotometry in more detail. Background: You will recall from
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Law and Justice Abstract Justice is the quality of being fair or just. This is not an exhaustive definition of justice. Different philosophers have defined justice in different ways. Justice is a concept that provides balance between law and morality. Rawls proposition for law and justice has been accepted by world judicial fraternity as a landmark vision to understand the system. Similarly it has earned a good amount of criticism which shows the basic strength of the thought. As such: Rawls theories
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On one hand‚ Anti-Gun laws persons aver that guns help them during self-defense and argue that if more gun laws were enacted‚ it would violate their rights. While‚ Pro-Gun laws persons claim that with more gun laws‚ society would be safer because there would be a decline in gun deaths and tragedies. There have been many gun-restricting laws such as the Brady Handgun Violence Act and Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act and Child
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common law become so rigid and inflexible? Answer: By the reign of henry II‚ the practice of sending the royal justice throughout the country “on circuit” began to result in fairly uniform body of law developing around the country- the common law. The judges were assisted in finding an agreement among them by keeping records known as plea rolls. They set out not only the facts of each case and judgement‚ but often the reasoning behind the judgement‚ in much the same way as the modern law reports
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CONTENTS Introduction 1 History of Stark Law 2 Key Concepts 3 General Prohibition Under Stark Law 3 Financial Relationships 4 Exceptions 4 Stark Law vs. Anti-kickback Statutes 4 Enforcement of Stark Law 5 Compliance with Stark Law 6 Examples of Problems 6 Compliance Plan 7 Risk of Not Making Repayments 8 Physician Recruitment 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction
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