The law generally requires that the accused possess a ‘blameworthy’ state of mind at the time the act comprising the offence was committed‚ and the basic presumption is that mens rea is required for every offence (‘actus non fit reus nisi mens sit rea’)‚ authority for which stems from Sherras v De Rutzen [1895] – “There is a presumption that mens rea … is an essential ingredient in every offence; but that presumption is liable to be displaced either by the words of the statute creating the offence
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Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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The law of “Stand Your Ground” deals with a self-defense law which is for giving the individual rights for making use of deadly force which are for defending themselves without any kind of requirement of evading or retreating from any dangerous situation. Stand Your Ground is a law which places non obligation at all on the potential victims of any crime for retreating and calling the law enforcement personnel. This research is going to deal with the particular law of “Stand Your Ground law”; this
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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Obeying the law is a general moral obligation. Usually‚ laws are written from societal ethical codes; therefore the law can embody morality. Obeying the law usually implies the greatest good for the greatest number of people and therefore complies with Mill’s utilitarianism. Especially if the law reflects general morality or protects people from pain‚ such as the admonition against murder‚ utilitarian theorists would argue that obeying the law is a general moral obligation. However‚ there are certain
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LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTER NAME: SUNNA HILAL LUQMAN Answer to the question; BREIF FACTS: Peter reads an advertisement in the new vision of a special x-mas discounted fare of shs 20000 only to Arua by the executive coach bus company but on reaching he was told that the offer was only for the first ten customers and he was not eligible which made him pay 40000 for a regular seat. His suitcase with clothes valued at 1000000shs was given to another passenger whose suitcase was given to peter since
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extent does criminal law reflect the moral and ethical standards of society? Criminal law is a construct of the government‚ enforced through tangible measures. In a democratic society‚ the government is elected by the citizens‚ and as such‚ laws are generally conceived with the aim to reflect whatever ethical or moral standards are presently acceptable. However‚ in order to be truly effective‚ some legislation must circumvent current sociological viewpoints in order to create laws that are genuinely
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Florence Low Poh Geok Program / Intake: BCom27 Module: Commercial Law Lecturer: Daniel Theyagu Student ID: 32736209 Program Manager: Hazel Ong / Ang Kang Ling Total Words Count: 1998 Question 1A The legal point in question is whether Leila advertisement constitutes a binding contract and that she go can back on her promise of paying the reward $50 to Julie for returning the gold chain and locket to her. Relevant principle of law relating to this issue is that an advertisement made to the world
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The article is entitled “Teen charged with bullying boyfriend via text message to kill himself”. It is a Massachusetts criminal law case that is about a 17-year-old girl named Michelle Carter essentially pressuring her boyfriend into committing suicide .These pressuring text messages with her late 18- year-old boyfriend Conrad Roy III ultimately resulted in the teen being charged with involuntary manslaughter. The article displays both the prosecution and defence for this case with defense stating
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Handout 3.1 - The Difference Between Civil Law and Criminal Law When is a legal problem criminal and when is it civil? What difference does it make whether it is criminal or civil? One way of looking at criminal law is that it is dealing with something of public interest. For example‚ the public has an interest in seeing that people are protected from being robbed or assaulted. These are legal problems that fall into the criminal law. Criminal law involves punishing and rehabilitating offenders
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