judiciary to apply statutory interpretation‚ to interpret words of a given Act‚ to give them an exact meaning and to give them legal effect. Statutory interpretation is an integral part of the court ruling process‚ as the role of a judge is to apply the law‚ not make it. When trying to establish Parliament’s intention within an Act‚ there are various aids available to help. Firstly‚ there are three approaches to interpretation. The first of these is the literal rule‚ where‚ according to Martin (2007)1
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COMMON LAW V CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW(characteristics)for comparing or contrast purpose Common law systems are mostly found in former british colony and protectorate including US‚ it is less prescriptive than civil law system‚citizens are benefited by enactment and legislation in specific fields.more often are the implied terms usage. 1)represents the law of courts as expressed in judicial decision 2)based on precedents provided by past judicial decisions‚no written statues or prescribed texts
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contempt. The rap video clip of the National Anthem Negarakuku was uploaded onto You Tube by Wee Meng Chee himself on July 15‚ 2007. In the video clip it features montage phonographs of Malaysia i.e. image of Malaysian flag as backdrop‚ official law enforcement‚ politicians‚ mosque‚ Malay community and reviling animation of a woman breastfeeding her infant. The song composed by Wee Meng Chee‚ Negarakuku covers elements of daily lives in Malaysia from his perspective and point of view‚ expressing
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Law of Attraction: Positive Thinking Creates Positive Living One can declare their life happy or unhappy; those who declare their life happy attract such felicity into their own lives‚ vice versa. How can one attract a blissful lifestyle? Can positive thinking‚ if used correctly‚ change one’s life? Chiefly‚ with possibilities of attracting a positive life‚ why don’t others take advantage of such attractions? To satisfy the previous questions‚ I have conducted a research that has led me to a house
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system includes laws that are developed from two sources: common law and statutory law. Common law is created by judges in a court hierarchy‚ using an approach called the doctrine of precedent. Statutory law is law written in parliament by the leaders of the country or state‚ depending on where the power to legislate lies. Both common law and statutory law are components of substantive law‚ which concerns the actual content of law and procedural law‚ which concern the way in which law is constructed
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Civil law (common law) Civil law is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations‚ in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance‚ if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident‚ this will be a civil law case.[1] Civil law differs from criminal law‚ whose emphasis is more on punishment than in dispute resolution. The law relating to civil wrongs and quasi-contract is part of the civil law.[2] -------------------------------------------------
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Court of the United States | |Argued December 9‚ 1952 | |Reargued December 8‚ 1953 | |Decided May 17‚ 1954 | |Full case name |Oliver Brown‚ et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka‚ et | | |al. | |Citations
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new property rights takes place in response to . . . new benefit-cost possibilities” as resource values change;3 in other words‚ property rights develop in a society when the benefits of having † Earl Warren DeLano Professor‚ University of Michigan Law School. I am grateful to Greg York‚ Ph.D. (Biology)‚ M.I.T. 1998‚ J.D.‚ University of Michigan 2008‚ for exemplary research assistance and constructive criticism‚ especially on matters of evolutionary biology. Thanks also to the following for discussions
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MATERIALS ON THE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Spring 2012: PART 4 1 Caroline Bradley Free Movement of Goods Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Customs Duties and Charges Having Equivalent Effect.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Articles 28 and 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jersey Produce Marketing Organisation
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proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people. Whereas it is essential‚ if man is not to be compelled to have recourse‚ as a last resort‚ to rebellion against tyranny and oppression‚ that human rights should be protected by the rule of law. Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations‚ Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights‚ in the dignity and worth of the human person
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