One Moment with Passion‚ A Lifetime with the Law Statutory rape laws should be enforced‚ but to a certain extent so teenagers won’t have to lie to their parents about dating older individuals‚ and so parents will have more control over their children. Regardless whether there are laws on statutory rape or not it’s still going to be out there. The government doesn’t suggest that anyone is free to do whatever they want. However‚ the government should believe that people are free to make their own
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Cyberbullying Protection by Law in California and Alabama Cyberbullying has caused rampant damage all across America. It is a crime that can destroy its victims. In fact‚ the cyberbully often has more power than a regular bully. Because of the damages incurred through cyberbullying‚ individual states have created their own laws about cyberbullying. However‚ America is a democracy‚ and the federal government has not yet issued laws over the whole county. Though cyberbullying is a prevalent and potentially
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Classification of Laws An important method of classifying law is according to the system in which it is created. • common law Rules of law created by the courts through judicial decisions. Courts “make law” as part of the process of deciding cases and controversies before them. The case law created in this process is based on a doctrine known as stare decisis. This doctrine is based on the notion that prior decisions provide guidance that should be followed in subsequent cases involving the
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It Should Be Law! Handguns and teens do not go together. Why then is the number of young people being killed by handguns increasing each year? It is against the law for anyone under the age of twenty-one to handle a gun‚ but it seems that this law isn’t being followed by the world today. Many people have guns in their homes‚ for “protection” they say‚ but one cannot honestly say that the weapon killing young people is a good means of protection. As a nation‚ a society‚ the people of today should
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possible to capture what law is? It is possible to capture what law is from a standpoint independent of its content by positing a descriptive account of its characteristic features. In response to the limitations of early empirical positivism propounding the command theory‚ the conventional positivists put forth the separability thesis‚ by which law can be described distinct from any morally laden propositions. However‚ the value of such a purely descriptive account of what law is remains fundamentally
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Substantive law is the statutory or written law that defines rights and duties‚ such as crimes and punishments (in the criminal law)‚ civil rights and responsibilities in civil law. It is codified in legislated statutes or can be enacted through the initiative process. Substantive law stands in contrast to procedural law‚ which is the "machinery" for enforcing those rights and duties. Procedural law comprises the rules by which a court hears and determines what happens in civil or criminal proceedings
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THE FIRM The California Lemon Law Group‚ Inc.‚ is a law firm dedicated to the enforcement of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act‚ popularly known as the California Lemon Law‚ to protect the rights of California’s consumers. The California Lemon Law Group‚ Inc.‚ has offices located throughout the state of California and represents consumers statewide. The California Lemon Law attorney who founded this law firm has extensive experience with the California Lemon Law and she is considered to be a
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should not do. However‚ some rules that are made by the state or the courts are called "laws". Laws resemble our moral compass because they are designed to control the way we do things and determine what is right and what is wrong. But unlike our own moral compasses‚ laws are enforced by the courts; if you break a law‚ even if you like that law or not‚ you may be forced to pay a fine or go to prison. The purpose of laws is to help keep our society under control and provide a safe place for people to live
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Situational Analysis on Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice System Atty. Sedfrey Candelaria; Atty. Aleli Domingo; Amanda Roselle Abrera; Geo Carbonell; Ma. Victoria Cardona and Tricia Oco Adhikain Para sa Karapatang Pambata (AKAP) of the Ateneo Human Rights Center‚ Ateneo Law School and United Nations Children’s Fund‚ 1998. E-mail: ahrc@acc.aiti.admu.edu.ph/ manila@unicef.org The Philippine Senate‚ through Resolution No. 109 dated July 20‚ 1990 ratified the Convention
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Boyle’s Law 5-1: Boyle’s Law: Pressure and Volume Robert Boyle‚ a philosopher and theologian‚ studied the properties of gases in the 17th century. He noticed that gases behave similarly to springs; when compressed or expanded‚ they tend to ‘spring’ back to their original volume. He published his findings in 1662 in a monograph entitled The Spring of the Air and Its Effects. You will make observations similar to those of Robert Boyle and learn about the relationship between the pressure and
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