OF CYBER LAW I– Why and what of cyber law? Cyber law‚ or the law dealing with cyber-space‚ popularly called ‘internet’ or ‘net’‚ is the buzz word today in law school curriculums and across the generation of old lawyers across the world. Why? Because this is more to do with technology rather than law alone. Imagine a law providing definition of ‘meta tag’‚ something which any computing geek can tell you. Then the law defining an ISP. Sounds hilarious and then absurd. Why should the law attempt
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judge-made law is a law rooted in a judiciary decision‚ not an act of legislation made by lawmakers or a regulation created by a government agency with the legal authority to do so. The collective body of judge-made laws in a nation is also known as case law. Many nations allow judges to set legal precedents when making high court decisions‚ adding to the body of law in a nation and providing new interpretation of existing laws. Lower courts do not have the authority to make judge-made law. Only judges
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Laws are one of the most important parts in the life of a human today and they have been for many centuries. They decide what people in that region can or cannot do and if you break a law you get punishment‚ sometimes a fine‚ sometimes a jail sentence‚ and sometimes you can even get put on death row. But do citizens have to follow a law if it is unjust? In the play‚ Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ this occurred‚ Bertram Cates‚ a public school teacher in Hillsboro‚ Tennessee
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Part A: Media Report Analysis A) Identify aspects of the media that relate to the law. (2 Marks) The article reports on Lance Armstrong who is famous cyclist that use performances-enhancing drugs to bring his career to a successful. Criminal law US Anti-Doping Agency was published a report saying that he is a liar‚ it is because US Anti-Doping Agency found evidence saying that he is using performance-enhancing drugs during his tournament of cyclist . But‚ he keeps defending himself from using performance-enhancing
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hold me accountable for these contracts. An undisclosed principal generally refers to a principal person whose existence is unknown to the third party with whom the agent deals and so‚ in the eyes of the third party‚ the agent is the principal. Common law doctrine on undisclosed principals confers rights and imposes liabilities on the undisclosed principal‚ notwithstanding that he is not made a party to the relevant contract (Reserved‚ 2006). The rights and duties between the principal and the agent
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a source of law for Roman Law Name: Kristina Azzopardi I.D. card: 492895 M Roman law is the legal system of Ancient Rome and it is a rather primitive law as it dates back to hundreds of years B.C. mainly because Rome was founded in B.C. 753. During this period‚ law was customary rather than enacted however it was developed because the Emperor Justinian felt that an organised society was essential and that laws should not remain scattered‚ and in fact‚ what today is called ‘law’ is a result
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Response Laws change for reasons such as; technology advancements‚ changes in community values‚ political agendas of: parties of government‚ pressure groups or general public‚ changes in expectations of the legal system and significant incidents. Many issues of the modern world need edits to the laws and creation of new laws. These include law changes in; counter-terrorism‚ surrogacy‚ medical cannabis‚ euthanasia and same-sex marriage. The Counter-terrorism laws in Australia is the example of law changes
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Medical Law and Ethics Project Ethical Question: Should abortion be abolished? Is abortion murder? Should rape be considered a reason for a young woman to get an abortion? Ethical Scenario 1: A beautiful 20 year old female having the time of her life‚ maybe going crazy having unprotected sex while whoever and not caring or even thinking of her consequences. A few weeks go by and the female ends up pregnant and automatically she decides to have an abortion because she don’t know the father
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This paper contains an observation from a competition that was held by Liberty University. In the courtroom Observation four law students argue the case of White vs. O’Malley’s Tavern. The original case (case number 82A04-8876-CB285) has gone before the United States District Court in Northern Indiana. In the case Mrs. White is asking that O’Malley’s Tavern be held liable for her husband’s death‚ while O’Malley’s Tavern is stating that they should not be held liable for the incident. This paper
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Mutual Mistakes in Contract Law 4-3 Mutual Mistakes in Contract Law Southern New Hampshire University Abstract In contractual law‚ a mutual mistake is: “Where a mistake of both parties at the time of contract was made as to a basic assumption on which the contract was made has a material effect on the agreed exchange of performances‚ the contract is voidable by the adversely affected party unless he bears the risk of the mistake under the rule stated in 154.” (Rasmusen‚ 1993) 4-3
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