There are solid reasons for China to claim ownership of the Diaoyu Islands. The islands have been under the jurisdiction of China’s navy as islands affiliated with Taiwan since the Ming Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties of China exercised sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands‚ and officially included them in maps. Japan has its own claims. It believes that Japan and China signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 and as a result‚ China ceded Japan the island of
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consideration of some of the contestations in English-language scholarship of the ‘meanings’ of ‘Islamic law’ and its relationship particularly to women in the family. I then look at the paradigm of the husband ’s authority (qiwama ) over his wife in jurisprudence and pre-modern practice‚ moving from there to the maintenance-obedience equation in Arab state family law codifications. I end with a comparison of the way in which Morocco and the United Arab Emirates deal with this issue in their recent family
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Accommodating diversity: Is the doctrine of margin of appreciation as applied in the European Court of Human Rights relevant in the African human rights system? Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Faculty of Law‚ Centre for Human Rights‚ University of Pretoria By Herbert RUBASHA Student No. 26500401 Prepared under the supervision of Prof. Gilles CISTAC At the Faculty of Law‚ Universidade Eduardo Mondlane‚ Maputo‚ Moçambique
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Marx never lost his Teutonic accent while speaking he came to master the English language and loved Shakespeare‚ whose works Marx would come to know by heart. In October of 1835 Karl Marx attended Bonn University where he mostly took classes in jurisprudence because it was his fathers wish for his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer. Marx however was more interested in philosophy and literature than he was law because he wanted to become a poet and dramatist. Marx wrote
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Abstract The United States and Australian laws of criminal procedure show many common features which originate from their common English origin. These include the presumption of innocence‚ the neutral role of the trial judge‚ and the use of the jury trial. However‚ between the jurisdictions there are also significant different approaches especially in relation to the treatment of illegally obtained evidence‚ improperly obtained confessions and entrapment. The transparency of the jury is also an important
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appellant court continues. The CCJ was established in 2001 and is based in Trinidad and Tobago. The objective of the CCJ was to provide for the Caribbean community an accessible‚ fair‚ efficient‚ innovative and impartial justice system built on jurisprudence reflective of our history‚ values and traditions while maintaining an inspirational‚ independent institution worthy of emulation by the courts of the region and the trust and confidence of its people. However‚ like any other objective‚ there are
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return to them so that they may guard themselves against evil." Literacy was highly valued by our holy Prophet. One of his famous Hadiths says‚ "Seeking of knowledge is the duty of every Muslim." Acquisition of the knowledge of religious jurisprudence is essential for every civilised and cultured person. Francis Bacon said Knowledge itself is power. Knowledge is the awareness of a fact or a situation. It is a rich and a unique possession that cannot be stolen or plundered. Knowledge doesn’t
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Adam Smith (baptized June 5‚ 1723 O.S. / June 16 N.S. July 17‚ 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. One of the key figures of the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment‚ he is known primarily as the author of two treatises: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)‚ and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter was one of the earliest attempts to systematically study the historical development of industry
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PREVENTION OF CRIMES: THE FOURTH ESTATE AS A BOULEVARD Gargi Whorra* Sudipto Mitra** Abstract The media is a chief spring of information on felony and wellbeing for a noteworthy fraction of the world’s populace. Technology has made it easier for criminals to commit crimes at the same time facilitates people to stand against crimes through
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people • US Constitution – we the people – bedrock beliefs • Federal Law – State Law o No Federal commercial law • Statutes – States UCC o Explain uniform laws • Common law • Public law o Crimes • Private law o Contracts o Torts JURISPRUDENCE • Stare Decisis – predictability4 o judge made o Precedent Mandatory Persuasive Dual court systems Departures from precedent • Public hospitals • Plessey – Dred Scott o What goes into a court´s decision Public policy? Economic
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