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    Maritime Law

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    Maritime Law The value of many shipments depends upon fluctuations in the currency rates‚ freight‚ handling charges‚ and other expenses. By means of insurance protection will be provided to goods from any uncontrollable variables. A contract of Marine Insurance is defined by section 7 of the Marine Insurance Act of 1909 as: "A contract whereby the insurer undertakes to indemnify the assured‚ in manner and to the extent thereby agreed‚ against marine losses‚ that is to say‚ the losses incident to

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    Space Law

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    “Lawst in Space” The concept of space law‚ an aspect of international law‚ began with United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s introduction of the idea into the United Nations in 1957‚ in connection with disarmament negotiations. The United Nations General Assembly assumed responsibility for all outer space matters and discharged it primarily through its Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). It was established in 1958‚ shortly after the launch of Sputnik‚ the first

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    Relevance of Sociology for the study of Law. If societies are based upon agreed upon laws‚ then they are very much interrelated subjects. They are symbiotic‚ interwoven‚ interconnected. When someone commits a crime against another person or their property‚ they will have to face the consequences in a court of law. Or reduce it to a smaller group such as a tribe. Even amongst members of a tribe‚ there are laws that may only be verbal‚ or perhaps not even as formal as that. They are followed because

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    Business Law Notes Definition of Law Definition of Law – A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state‚ commanding what is right‚ and prohibiting what is wrong. Nature of Law Functions of Law - To maintain stability in the social‚ political‚ and economic system through dispute resolution‚ protection of property‚ and the preservation of the state‚ while simultaneously permitting ordered change. Law and Morals * Are different but overlapping; law provides

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    vagrant laws

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    1. What did the "Vagrant Law" in the Mississippi Black Code prohibit? Look to the primary sources from chapter 15 in Voices of Freedom. Be specific and use several examples. The “Vagrant Law of the Mississippi Black Code was essentially designed to punish freed black slaves and mulattos from living their lives the way the seemed was right for them. Under the Codes freed slaves and mulattos were not allowed to be unemployed nor were they allowed to assemble together during the day or night. (Foner

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    Rule of Law

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    national emergency [the Second World War] there was one voice – eloquent and courageous – which asserted older‚ nobler‚ more enduring values: the right of the individual against the state duty to govern in accordance of law; the role of the courts as guarantor of legality and individual right‚ the priceless gift‚ subject only to constraints by law established‚ of individual freedom.”(Lord Bingham of Cornhill‚ The case of Liversidge v Anderson: the Rule of Law Amid the Clash of Arms‚2009) From my

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    Introduction Rule of law is a legal principle that its ideal is started long before 16th century England. The Oxford English Dictionary has defined "rule of law" this way: The authority and influence of law in society‚ esp. when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behaviour; (hence) the principle whereby all members of a society (including those in government) are considered equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes. Hence‚ it implies the idea of each citizen

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    Rule of Law

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    The idea of the rule of law can be traced back to at least the time of Aristotle who observed that given the choice between a king who ruled by discretion and a king who ruled by law‚ the later was clearly superior to the former. In more recent times‚ it is Albert V. Dicey who is credited with providing the logical foundation upon which the modern notion of the rule of law is based. Dicey did not invent the idea of the rule of law but he popularized it in the late nineteenth century. His book‚ Introduction

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    Unjust Laws

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    Unjust Laws The United States is homeland for millions of immigrants who risk their lives for a better existence. In Jefferson’s words‚ it is a nation in which “All men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that among them are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Our nation is a country in which equal opportunity if provided for those in search of a better life and our law is meant to apply evenly to citizens and non-citizens alike. However

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    concepts to understand in this subject. These three tenets are as follows; law is whatever a judge decides it is‚ law and morality are independent of each other‚ and rights are conferred. This is in opposition to the theories of natural law and legal positivism. During this chapter we will examine three separate works from three different authors. The first article is "Legal Realism" by Jerome Frank‚ the second is "The Path of the Law" by O.W. Holmes Jr. and the third selection is "Ships and Shoes and

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