Sources of Criminal Law. Statute/”The Book” vs. Common Law/Case Law A statute is a codified rule or written form of law. A statute identifies a particular rule of law or condition of a particular state or government. Each State has its own constitution; the states constitution and its laws are considered statutes. Generally‚ statutes are named through numbers or codes. Example: In Illinois‚ the definition of a forcible felony is found under : 720 ILCS 5/2-8. 720 is the criminal code‚ ILCS
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Contemporary Australian law Common law British origins‚ including: Development of common law The Australian legal system developed from the legal system of Britain‚ which was brought to Australia as part of the process of Britain setting up a colony in Australia‚ beginning in the year 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet. Therefore‚ in order to determine the nature and development of the Australian legal system‚ it is necessary to investigate its British origins. The common law system of law making
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Congress can enact statutes‚ which contain substantive law—Doc Sanford‚ Sarbanes - Oxley Procedural Law: requirements you need to bring your case to law‚ ex: Miranda Rights‚ also include civil procedure (certain steps you need to take) Common Law: judge made law‚ an act is passed and court makes a ruling about definitions of act Legal Cases: New London Connecticut (Kilo) involves Pfizer (a big drug company); wanted to set up a research facility and old lady’s house was the only
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CONCEPT INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER 1.Definition and origin of the word "term" 4 CHAPTER 2. Anglo-saxon law system 6 2.1. Statutory Law and Common Law 6 2.2 The origin of the Common Law 7 2.2.1 Formation of the Anglo-American legal system 8 CHAPTER 3. English legal terminology 10 3.1. Latin borrowings in Anglo-Saxon law terminology 11 3.3. French borrowings in Anglo-Saxon Law terminology 13 3.4 The terminology of English origin. 16 3.5. Comparative analysis of the lexical structure of English and
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NOTES Interpretation of Statutes IOS201-6 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1. Definition Statutory interpretation as a subject of study is the body of rules and principles used to construct and justify the meaning of legislative provisions to be applied in practical situations. 1.2. Why can statutes not be interpreted in a mechanical or rule-like fashion? Many rules of interpretation overlap and cannot be neatly compartmentalised as: the circumstances and sets of facts will differ from case to case
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------------------------------------------------- Civil law (common law) Civil law is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations‚ in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance‚ if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident‚ this will be a civil law case.[1] Civil law differs from criminal law‚ whose emphasis is more on punishment than in dispute resolution. The law relating to civil wrongs and quasi-contract is
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Sky SA and others v Kookmin Bank facts X 3.3 Leading speech of Patten LJ in Court of Appeal 3.4 Leading speech of Lord Clarke in Surpreme Court X 3.5 Business common sense X 3.6 What if neither option will flout common sense? 3.7 Chalabi v Agha-Jaffar facts 3.8 Applying the Business common sense Hoofdstuk 4 Comparison & conclusion Preface In this thesis I want to discuss the distinctions between the interpretation of Dutch contracts and English contracts. Because
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Something like a haircut‚ for instance‚ is not a good. It is a service. Contracts that don’t cover the sale of goods are covered by either other portions of the UCC or by common law. Common law‚ also known as case law‚ consists of laws formed through previous court decisions. Things like services and land sales are covered by common law. Hmm‚ land is a tangible item that can be bought or sold‚ right? Why isn’t it considered a good? Well‚ because it’s not often that during a land purchase the land is
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everyone probably knows what I am talking about and got sick this way at least once in their life time. Today I am here to talk about many different ways a viral illness can spread and how you can protect from it. The most common illness you hear about the most is the common cold. The cold can spread in many ways. It can spread by someone coughing or sneezing on you‚ but that isn’t the only way. The person with the cold can sneeze or cough in their hand. That leads to many bad things. That person
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Common Sense vs. Psychology According to the English Encarta Dictionary psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and mental states‚ and of human and animal behaviour‚ while common sense is defined as a sound practical judgement derived from experience rather than study. It is evident from the two contrasting definitions that common sense and psychology are not one in the same (that is not to say that they have no relation to each other). Psychology is science based and looks for evidentiary
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