traced through history to many ancient civilizations‚ such as ancient Greece‚ Rome‚ and Mesopotamia In fifth century BC‚ Athens was a democracy‚ governed directly by its citizens. Every male citizen over thirty years of age‚ of whatever class or wealth‚ was eligible to serve (for pay) on juries that decided legal cases. To insure accountability‚ magistrates presiding over cases could be charged with violations of the law by complaints from private citizens. Equality before the law was an important
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Law of Precedent One of the major considerations on how someone is tried in a court of law depends upon the previous convictions of similar cases. This law of precedent (stare decisis) was founded hundreds of years ago as part of our common law. The literal translation of stare decisis is "that like cases be decided alike." Precedents in law play a fundamental role in the judicial processes of Canada. From stealing a loaf of bread ranging to murder in the first degree‚ there are precedents for
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Values and Attitudes Values are principles or beliefs that serve as guidelines to help people make decisions about actions‚ behaviors and choices in life. Its reflect what people value and how they feel about right or wrong of things. Values are usually influenced by many factors such as experiences‚ perceptions‚ parents‚ friends‚ school and religion. Every countries in this world have their own values‚ same goes to United States of America (USA). As a whole‚ USA is strongly being viewed as
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Supreme Court 2. Art. Article 3. cl. Clause 4. s. Section 5. AIR All India Reporter 6. SCC Supreme Court Cases 7. No.
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convicted. Before you go any further please listen to audio presentation 2 which you can access from the criminal law page of the VLE. It is important that you do so as it will give you an overview of the topic and guidance on the terms considered in this chapter (i.e. actus reus and mens rea). You will now be aware that every offence is defined somewhere – either in a statute or at common law – and will be composed of a number of elements with which you should be familiar. Note that you should be equally
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............. Study hints ............................................................................................................................................. History of South African criminal law .............................................................................................. The sources of our criminal law ........................................................................................................ The onus of proof in criminal cases ..........................
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include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides a remedy in the event that the promise is not fulfilled. Bylaw‚ certain types of contracts must be in writing‚ but oral contracts are valid in many situations
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Contracts Summary DAMAGES – REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT THE INTERESTS PROTECTED Fuller and Perdue‚ “The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages” There are three principle purposes in awarding contract damages: restitution interest – object is the prevention of unjust enrichment by the defaulting promisor at the expense of the promisee reliance interest – object is to put the plaintiff in a good position as he was before the promise was made expectation interest – object is to put the
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Cory Bonda 10/10/10 AP US HISTORY Mr. Mangan DBQ #6 Jacksonian Democrats‚ Protectors of the Constitution During the 1830’s and 1820’s the Jacksonain Democrats viewed them selves as the protectors of the Constitution from other parties who had a loose on the constitution. This statement can be viewed as both true and false as the Jacksonian Democrats did not live up to their promises. With the veto of the bank‚ Indian Removal Act‚ Jackson did little to defend the United States Constitution
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grabbed by police‚ handcuffed‚ and taken to jail. His crime was identified as defying President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s order of American citizens of Japanese descent reporting to the special camps. Korematsu ended up challenging his conviction in the courts by saying that Congress‚ the President‚ and the military authorities did not have the power to issue the relocation orders and that he was being discriminated against based on his race. The Executive Order 9066 violated Korematsu’s basic constitutional
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