in their future husband‚ and after marriage‚ whether divorced or widowed‚ a woman’s rights became even less prominent. However‚ the rules for each unwed woman varied in India and China. The following examples present an assortment of proof of the unjust discrimination towards women in medieval India and China. Women in medieval India and China had no say in who they married. They were often forced into many unhealthy relationships. This shows how little respect was
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JUST TAKE AWAY THEIR GUNS THE PRESIDENT WANTS STILL tougher gun control legislation and thinks it will work. The public supports more gun control laws but suspects they won’t work. The public is right. Legal restraints on the lawful purchase of guns will have little effect on the illegal use of guns. There are some 200 million guns in private ownership‚ about one-third of them handguns. Only about 2 percent of the latter are employed to commit crimes. It would take a Draconian‚ and politically
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Law 12 2012/2013 Criminal Quiz Summary Notes CRIMINAL LAW I know it’s illegal‚ but is it a crime? Many things are illegal: jay-walking‚ speeding‚ or setting up a clothes line outside to dry your laundry (in West Vancouver)‚ but they aren’t necessarily crimes. What then makes something a crime? Criminal Law Criminal law deals with offences committed against society (often these appear to be against individuals). The purpose of criminal law is to keep order in society and deter the committing
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The Role of Law LAW/421 August 6‚ 2012 Michael S. Green The Role of Law Laws are “the body of rules or principles‚ prescribed by authority or established by custom‚ that a state‚ community‚ society‚ or other group recognizes as binding on its members” (Ferguson Publishing‚ 1999‚ p. 105). The purposes of laws are to maintain peace and order‚ to define the rights of citizens‚ to secure justice‚ to harmonize conflicting interests‚ and to provide means for punishing wrongdoers. Laws are applied
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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS LAW The Law of Tort Core Reading: Lucy Jones‚ Introduction to Business Law (Oxford University Press‚ 2011). Chapter 11 on The Tort of Negligence (Refer to pages 340 – 374). Please note that we ARE NOT going through every single areas in relation to negligence. For instance‚ the area on nervous shock. Aims and Objectives: - To enable students to appreciate the general law of tort‚ especially the concept of negligence; To understand how this area applies
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The case I have chosen is Meras Engineering‚ INC.‚ et al. (Plaintiffs) V. CH20‚ INC.‚ et al.‚ (Defendants). Meras Engineering is a provider of water treatment solutions. They develop products that treat industrial and agricultural water applications. CH20 is a similar company that provides clients with chemicals that control the biological fouling in cooling towers. Rich Beriner and Jay Sughroue were employed by CH20 and signed a non-compete agreement during their employment. They both left
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Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer and the author of the book “Just Mercy.” The main story is about him defending an African American named Walter McMillan‚ from a small town named ‘Monroeville’ in Alabama. This man was falsely accused and convicted of killing a young white woman. The story of this book takes place in the 1980s and 1990s‚ which makes it so unbelievable. The writer compares the occurrence of his book to a very well-known American Classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” in which a black male was
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What it Just? If a human kills another human‚ He shall die also. His death shall come the same way as the victim’s. The year is 1772‚ Hammurabi had became the new leader of Babylon. Hammurabi had to create a new way to keep order within his people. Therefore he created 282 laws telling them what they could and could not do. In this essay‚ we will be determining if Hammurabi’s laws were fair or‚ just. We will determine that by examining some of the laws and codes. I belive that the laws were fair
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confers a benefit on another who retains the benefit in a situation where it would be unjust to allow the recipient to retain the benefit without paying for it‚ is known as: a. Quasi-contract. b. Pseudo-contract. c. Unjust-contract. d. Unilateral-contract. A [easy p. 197] 57. Which of the following are two terms for concept or situation? a. Implied-in-law contract and implied-in-fact contract. b. Implied-in-law contract and quasi-contract. c. Implied-in-fact contract and quasi-contract. d.
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Antigone: Moral Law vs Civil Law When it comes to morality‚ what is right and wrong based on a person’s personal beliefs‚ the story of Antigone is a great literary reference towards the internal struggles of an individual’s morality. Antigone chose to attribute herself with moral law instead of Creon’s rash and destructive civil law. Antigone felt that no one had the right to decide another’s fate‚ let alone the fate of someone else’s deceased body. Antigone believed that her brother deserved a
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