” Creon Both sacred and secular laws are broken as boundaries are crossed by the feuding family members in Sophocles’s play‚ Antigone. Rebelling against his gods and people‚ Creon‚ who took the throne after his nephews died in their own civil war‚ fights for total control. Meanwhile‚ Antigone defies the state of Thebes so as “not [to] prove disloyal” to the oldest Greek laws (Sophocles 3). These conflicting ideologies result in tragedy. Violating religious laws by disallowing the burial of Polynices
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Kaplan University PA205 – Unit 1 Assignment 1. The case study references 42.09(a)(3) of the Texas Penal Code. The statute refers to offenses against public order and decency regarding disorderly conduct. The offenses generally involve someone being offended by another’s actions. The statute includes‚ but is not limited to‚ use of vulgar or abusive language in a public place‚ exposing one’s genitals in a public place‚ displaying a firearm in a public place‚ and fighting with another in
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and international law. To what extent can they be said to be similar or different? Introduction The world has witnessed the development of law since times immemorial in response to growing interaction among the individuals resulting in a need for a framework to regulate their interactions in the territories they live in. Similarly‚ ever since the interaction between the states has increased‚ the evolution of International Law has evolved accordingly side by side the National Law regulating the relations
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Understanding the Differences of Law There are several distinctions of law in business and society designed to protect humanity. Not properly exposed to law we may not know hot to distinguish them. To understand the differences we will be discussing the meaning between criminal‚ civil‚ common‚ and statutory laws while also providing an example. Last we will also cover what the United States Constitutional provisions most affect the rights of businesses and organizations. Criminal Law Criminal law according
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employer started requiring him and other salespeople to sign a series of one-year agreements that stated they could be terminated on 60 days’ notice. Three years later it required Brad to incorporate‚ and from that point forward‚ the agreements were between Lay-Z-Guy and Brad’s corporation. The agreements defined Brad‚ and later his corporation‚ as an “independent marketing consultant” and expressly stated that the relationship was not one of employment‚ but rather of an independent contractor–principal
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To know the relationship between International law and Municipal law‚ it is important to know what these to laws are. International law is the rules and conducts which deals with the conduct of states. To put into simpler terms‚ the international law is a set of rules in which the countries use in dealing with each other. The Municipal law is the internal law of the land. There are different theories that distinguish the difference of the two laws. The dualists or the pluralist theory states that
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law In law‚ a sentence forms the final explicit act of a judge-ruled process‚ and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment‚ a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime. Those imprisoned for multiple crimes‚ will serve a consecutive sentence (in which the period of imprisonment equals the sum of all the sentences)‚ a concurrent sentence (in which the period of imprisonment equals the length
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TASK 1 Explain the reference to legal principle and relevant case law‚ the legal aspect of placing the ‘Klick’ clock in the shop window with a price tag attached. Ann antiques has a rare ‘Klick’ clock on its shop with price tags of €1‚000 attached. In spite of its wording the sign in the window does not constitute a legal offer‚ it is merely an invitation to treat. Invitation to treat is an indication that the person who invite is willing to enter into a negotiation but it is not yet prepared
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What is the distinction between a just law and an unjust law? To me the answer is evident‚ and I have a hard time believing that anyone couldn’t easily know the distinction or disagree with the distinction that Martin Luther King Jr. makes during his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” That “a just law is a man-made code that’s squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law” (533). At its very basic definition‚ just laws protect the people and
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Traditional Marriages Compared to Common Law Relationships - Law Individual Position Paper - Name: xxx Course Code: CLU3M Teacher: Mr. Logan Submission Date: January 11‚ 2013. The Benefits of Traditional Marriages Compared to Common Law Relationships Living in a society with freedom comes with many choices to be made‚ some better than others. Common law relationships are becoming more common than ever‚ where lovers or cohabiters
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