RH Bill is NOW RH Law! After 14 years of struggle‚ the Reproductive Health Bill has finally been passed into law! Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III quietly signed the bill into law last December 21‚ 2012‚ four days away before Christmas – for me the best Christmas gift for Filipino women and youth especially us RH advocates who were tireless in our efforts to lobby‚ dialogue‚ march on the streets and campaign for the passage of the RH Bill into a law. The new law will now be called
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1 The application of customary law in Kenya: The application of customary law in Kenya requires the development of Kenyan legal system. This is necessary because Customary Law was treated differently during different historical time. Then came colonialism and with the introduction of such things as the region law – common law‚ equity‚ statues‚ -they had profound impact on Customary Law. During the colonialism Africans were allowed to keep their customary law then there came integration period
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Civil Law Aims‚ Parties‚ Why we require civil law and areas of civil law. A civil case is a lawsuit between one person (or organisation) against another. To right a perceived wrong in a legal sense. It can include cases of defamation‚ neighbour disputes‚ negligence leading to personal injury or the recovery of debts. Judgements in a civil case could include payment of damages (and court costs) or an enforceable court order. The purpose of civil law is to uphold the rights of individuals and
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The responsibilities of a law enforcement officer are extremely varied and depend on the branch of law enforcement in which you are employed. There are also many different positions within those branches that have different duties and responsibilities. At the federal level‚ the responsibilities of a law enforcement officer with the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) are focused on enforcing federal laws and investigating federal crimes. As of 2009‚ the FBI employed 13‚412 special agents and
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(Final Draft) Seeing Is Believing The law of attraction is the name given to the belief that “like attracts like” and that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts one can bring about positive or negative results. This belief is based upon the idea that people and their thoughts are both made from pure energy‚ and the belief that like energy attracts like energy. For example‚ if a person opened an envelope expecting to see a bill‚ then according to the law of attraction would confirm those thoughts
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“Environment” Ambiguous definition Natural resources E.g. nature‚ bio-diversity‚ climate Not looking at human-made‚ artificial environment Most landscape is seen as human made There is no one single treaty on environment but instead many different laws that address several different issues‚ both domestically and internationally 1970s – Environmental issues pop up Stockholm Conference (1972): First UN conference on environmental issues On the “human environment” Seen as a starting point on
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included contracts of utmost good faith‚ statement which are only partially true or distort the truth‚ and the statement which are true at the time of making but change before the contract is entered into. There must be a false statement of fact or law as oppose to opinion or estimate of future events in the case of Bisset v Wilkinson3. At the same time the representation must be untrue. And the person making the representation must know that it is false‚ or not believe in its truth‚ or be recklessly
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Fault Under the English law individual liability is based liability on the concept of blameworthiness. The oxford English dictionary defines fault as ‘responsibly or blame for an offence or misdeed’ it is not considered appropriate to subject someone to civil or criminal sanctions unless it can be proved that he or she performed on illegal at in a blameworthy manner. Blame does not normally attach in civil law if the injury occurs accidently or in criminal law or the crime occurs through in honest
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Laws of Exponents Here are the Laws (explanations follow): Law | Example | x1 = x | 61 = 6 | x0 = 1 | 70 = 1 | x-1 = 1/x | 4-1 = 1/4 | | | xmxn = xm+n | x2x3 = x2+3 = x5 | xm/xn = xm-n | x6/x2 = x6-2 = x4 | (xm)n = xmn | (x2)3 = x2×3 = x6 | (xy)n = xnyn | (xy)3 = x3y3 | (x/y)n = xn/yn | (x/y)2 = x2 / y2 | x-n = 1/xn | x-3 = 1/x3 | And the law about Fractional Exponents: | | | Laws Explained The first three laws above (x1 = x‚ x0 = 1 and x-1 = 1/x) are just part of
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You are a legislative aide to a state legislator who wishes to introduce legislation creating a new state department of drug enforcement. It is intended that‚ among other authorities‚ this new administrative agency will have authority to establish a list of controlled drugs‚ establish rules regarding penalties for possession or use of controlled drugs‚ establish a process for adjudicating cases involving violators of the rules‚ and enter into contracts with a private agency or agencies to establish
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