AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW James Maurici‚ Landmark Chambers Introduction 1. This talk will look at: i. What is environmental law? ii. The sources of environmental law iii. Some key concepts in environmental law: the precautionary principle‚ the polluter pays‚ public participation and access to environmental justice iv. An introduction to the main areas of environmental law: a. air quality b. climate change c. contaminated land d. noise e. environmental permitting f. waste g. water h. nature
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Constitutional law The Mauritian Parliament has inherited much from the Westminster Model. The Westminster Model is characterised by: * Parliamentary Sovereignty * Separation of Powers between the organs of the State. A. Parliamentary Sovereignty In any state you will find one ultimate source of legal authority. In countries with a written constitution‚ it will be the constitution which has ultimate authority as in Mauritius. In the United Kingdom‚ with its uncodified constitution‚ ultimate law-making
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LAW DEPARTMENT A2 Criminal Law Study Pack 2010 / 2011 Name CONTENTS PAGE 1. Homicide - Murder 3 2. Voluntary Manslaughter 8 3. Involuntary Manslaughter 20 4. Defences: Insanity 29 5. Automatism 32 6. Intoxication 35 7. Self-defence 37 8. Consent 42 9. Critical evaluation of murder and voluntary manslaughter 47 10. Critical
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Identify the sources and purposes of criminal law. Kristi Adams April 9th‚ 2014 If you had to choose between • • (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing‚ even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? • You are the driver of a light rail car when the brakes fail. • You can steer the rail car. • Ahead on the track are five workers
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Muslim attitudes towards honour killing and the shairah law Sharia law is Islam’s legal system. It is derived from both the Quran‚ as the word of God‚ the example of the life of the prophet Muhammad‚ and fatwas also known as the rulings of Islamic scholars. Brigadier Ali Alush‚ a senior official in the interior ministry‚ told the conference that honour crimes have accounted for seven per cent of homicides so far in 2008. But he acknowledged that the figure was probably an understatement because
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Aviation Law and Space Law Aviation Law -Air space – customary law since First W.W. That aircraft from one state have right to fly over the high seas‚ but never over territorial sea of another state -Art.1 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation: “every state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the space above its territory” -It is a serious breach of international law for a state to order to violate the air space of another state (for e.g. USA military aircraft attacked
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RUNNING HEAD: Computer law Computer “Law” Edward A Celaya September 5‚ 2012 Regis University Abstract In the world of Information Technology the one thing that is king above all others should be the security of the device or network a person is on because if they feel that they can’t trust the network or device it is more than likely not going to be used. And even with cultural and corporate interests abound it is clear that intellectual property needs to be protected in order to insure
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the law Chapter 1 | Introducing the law 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Law and life The nature of law Justice‚ ethics and politics The sources of law The Australian legal system Law and life Chapter 1 Introducing the law You already know about the law ... •... from your personal life. •... from your business activities. •... from the media. •... from popular culture. •There are very few aspects of life that are not regulated by law. The nature of law Chapter 1 Introducing the law Defining the law •Law
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Laws of War The term "laws of war" refers to the rules governing the actual conduct of armed conflict. This idea that there actually exists rules that govern war is a difficult concept to understand. The simple act of war in and of itself seems to be in violation of an almost universal law prohibiting one human being from killing another. But during times of war murder of the enemy is allowed‚ which leads one to the question‚ "if murder is permissible then what possible "laws of war" could there
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International business law by ssad12 The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Buy and sell all your summaries‚ notes‚ theses‚ essays‚ papers‚ cases‚ manuals‚ researches‚ and many more.. www.stuvia.com Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material IBL 1. Introduction to International Private law and European law. International law is agreed by 2 or more states and is applicable to those states. It is laid down in treaties‚ conventions‚ regulations and
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