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    Martial Law

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    What started the martial law? It all started from bombing in Plaza Miranda. The 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing occurred during a political campaign rally of the Liberal Party at Plaza Miranda in the district of Quiapo‚ Manila on August 21‚ 1971. It caused nine deaths and injured 95 others. The injured Party’s campaign rally was held to proclaim the candidacies of eight Senatorial bets as well as the candidate for the Mayoralty race in Manila. As a crowd of about 4‚000 gathered to hear speeches. Two

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    Criminal Law

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    Philosophical Foundation Professor Novich Characteristics of the Criminal Law Criminal behavior is behavior that goes against societies norms and the laws of the people. These laws are put in place to protect the people and their property. The laws are usually enforced by a law enforcement agency and punishment issued by a judicial system. There are several different characteristics that make up a body of law. Sutherland and Cressey (1974) states‚ “ the characteristics which distinguish the

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    Definition of Law

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    Laws are created to maintain equality‚ stability‚ and structure. To maintain order in society‚ laws are established as is punishment for disobeying these laws. Laws are broken down by classification and to some degree‚ may interact with one another. Substantive law sets the ground rules for individuals whereas procedural law is the policy on how to carry out the rules. Criminal law is for the protection of society and civil law is to serve the purpose of compensating someone for a loss due to the

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    environmental laws

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    NO. 1 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS Introduction A collective term describing international treaties‚ statutes‚ regulations‚ and common law and national legislation that operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment‚ towards the purpose of human activity is called Environmental law (Akpan‚ 2004). Environmental impact statements have mostly been applied to individual projects and have led to various offshoot techniques‚ such as health impact assessments‚ social

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    Role of Law

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    The role of the law "is a system of rules usually enforced through a set of institutions". (Wikipedia‚ 2007) These rules are governed and regulated as specific types of laws. Some types of laws are constitutional laws‚ which exist only at state and federal levels. (Mallor et al.‚ p.2‚p.3) This types of law sets up structure and oversee prevention of other government levels. (Mallor et al.‚ p.2‚p.3) Another type of law is Statues in which elected representatives draft a book or code that is authorized

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    Hubble's Laws

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    Our universe is expanding by light years everyday. Before you can know how and why our universe is exponentially growing‚ Hubble’s law‚ it is imperative you learn the different scales humans use to measure distance‚ mass‚ and time in space. For distance‚ we primarily use light years‚ parsecs‚ and the astronomical unit. Even with these units of measurement there are subsets; parsecs can go to megaparsecs. Furthermore‚ mass varies from planet to planet due to the different gravitational pulls. Time

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    Tort Law

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    tort law INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF NEGLIGENCE…………………………………………….........4 Buchan v. Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada) Ltd Hollis v. Dow Corning Cor Tobacco Tort Cases in Ontario (1) THE DUTY OF CARE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES……………………………………………….....6 (a) An Introduction to the Concept of Duty……………………………………………………...6 (i) General Duty of Care Test……………………………………………………………..6 Donoghue v. Stevenson (sets out general neighbour DoC)

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    Procedural Law

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    PROCEDURAL LAW COMMON LAW AND EQUITY THE COMMON LAW SYSTEM OF EARLY ENGLAND - one who believes he has a legal claim brings a cause of action in court (vložitev tožbe‚ s katero se sproži pravda) - he is seeking some form of relief‚ remedy (zadoščenje) - remedy is supposed to cure or satisfy his claim of harm or injury (terjatev za škodo ali poškodbo) - in the beginning only certain forms of action were recognized by the law courts - a claim had to fit one of recognized forms

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    Counselling and the Law

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    THE COUNSELLOR AND THE LAW The law would seem to affect the counsellor predominantly over issues of confidentiality which cause ethical dilemmas in a variety of areas. It would seem the counsellor tends to end up torn between their responsibility towards their clients and the law or doctors/other health officials/organisations and society in general. The counsellor must weigh up client confidentiality against that of public interest and the guidelines of what is or is not in the public interest

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    Outline Law

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    designation: a) Nominate b) Innominate 2) According to perfection: a) Consensual b) Real 3) According to cause: a) Onerous b) Remuneratory or remunerative c) Gratuitous 4) According to form: a) Informal or common b) Formal or solemn 5) According to obligatory force: a) Valid b) Rescissible c) Voidable d) Unenforceable e) Void or inexistent 6) According to person obliged: a) Unilateral b) Bilateral 7) According to

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