of Law Legal Positivism There are a lot of theorists who pioneered in the concept of Legal Positivism.But among them are two leading theorists who mainly contributed on this idea and further argued on each other’s respective opposite views. One of which is John Austin‚ who holds that legal positivism is the nature of law which deals with the existence and contents of law based on social facts and not on its merits. He also established the command theory of law which maintains that all laws are
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paint the canvas of American education took place. Equality was an idea that some thought we would never see. Civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King‚ Jr. saw this idea of equity as an obtainable dream that was in the hearts of all Americans. Though desegregation and the fair treatment of African Americans was at the forefront of the civil rights movement‚ there were several issues that would be brought to the attention of law makers‚ federal judges‚ and the education system. Such issues included
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Legal Defenses Barbara Butler CJS/220 2/1/13 Harvey Smith Introduction This paper will give brief description on three types of legal defenses and the elements of a crime‚ how the crime applies to the overall criminal procedure. It also will give a definition to what each element means. Legal Defenses and Their Definition A legal defense is one that satisfies all legal requirements of a court case. The three legal defenses I will be describing are insanity‚ self-defense‚ and mistake of
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA LEGAL METHODS – 1ST TRIMESTER NOTES – LECTURER FREDA KABATSI Faculty Vision: To train the students in the Faculty of Law to become conscientious and ethical lawyers who have an excellent grounding in legal principles and who will provide leadership in Kenya‚ East Africa and beyond. OVERVIEW OF LEGAL METHODS * Legal Methods is the study of how law operates in the society and how lawyers‚ judges and legislative think and do things according to the law.
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Conditional fee arrangements can be defined as fee arrangement‚ whereby payment to the solicitor is dependent upon the result of the proceedings‚ and is permitted by Section 58 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 and the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 1998. Conditional fee agreements are becoming increasingly popular‚ this is because if the claimant is unsuccessful he/she will not have to pay the Solicitor for his service‚ hence‚ no win‚ no fee. Therefore it is in the best interest of both
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MEMORANDUM TO: Senior Partner FROM: Paralegal RE: Natalie Attire DATE: July 3‚ 2013 QUESTION PRESENTED Did Natalie Attire act in a professional manner when she got the full length tattoo on her arm‚ and was she rightfully terminated from her job because of the incident? BRIEF ANSWER Ms. Attire had asked another waitress at the establishment‚ when she should have went straight to her supervisor (Ms. Biddy Baker) and asked about getting a tattoo that would take up the
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Legal Philosophy Positive Law Law as the Sovereign’s Command – John Austin * the subject of jurisprudence is positive law * law set by political superiors to political inferiors Command – a significance of desire In commands‚ unlike in other significations of desire‚ the one commanding has the power to inflict evil or harm upon the one commanded‚ once the command is ignored. Command and Duty are correlative terms (parang games lang‚ haha!) * wherever a duty lies‚ a command
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her Canadian citizenship‚ and what will the process be? What section(s) of the Act and/or Regulations deal with this issue? 9. Can Maya become a Canadian citizen again when she decides to move back to Canada in 2007? If so‚ how? What section(s) of the Act and/or Regulations deal with this issue? 10. Can Maya buy a house if she is not a Canadian citizen? Why or why not? Answers: 1) Statue-Canadian Citizenship Act (R.S. 1985 c C29) Regulations- Citizenship Regulations SOR/93-246 2) www
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LEGAL METHOD PROJECT Sagrika Wadhwa Roll no- 122 LLB 3yr section B Amity Law School ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to my teacher Ms. Sumiti in stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me to coordinate my project. Furthermore I would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of the staff of AMITY‚ who gave
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term “golden rule” seems to have originated in the 1854 case of Mattison v. Hart as per Chief Justice Jervis’ propounding and implies a degree of enthusiasm for this particular rule of construction over alternative rules that has not been shared by all subsequent judges. For example‚ Viscount Simon made a point of including this note in a 1940 decision: “The golden rule is that the words of a statute must prima facie be given their ordinary meaning2.” Like the plain meaning rule‚ the golden rule
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