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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Licup 1 Metaphor‚ Tone and Antithesis in "Legal Alien" "Legal Alien‚" a collection from "Chants‚" is a short free versed poem written by Pat Mora. The poem explores the lives of Mexican-Americans and the cultural tension they have to face. The poet discusses a bi-cultural person whose parents are from Mexico but the person was born and raised in America and is an American citizen by law. Although he can speak fluent English and Spanish‚ he still has a hard time being accepted by both or one race
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11/17/11 Legalize Gambling in California People don’t like gambling until they win‚ and people love money. The government doesn’t like gambling‚ unless they can tax it. People think of gambling and automatically like a trained gambler think of Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Gambling has been in America’s blood since before we were a country. All thirteen original colonies established lotteries to raise revenue. 48 states today that have legalized
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Tison v. Arizona – Defense In this case‚ the felony-murder law is unconstitutional and Tisons cannot be executed because if they did not plan to or actually kill anyone‚ under the 8th Amendment‚ their punishment given is cruel and unusual. In Enmund v. Florida‚ Earl Enmund was given the death sentence for being an accessory to two murders. He later appealed and the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful and his death sentence was vacated. The defendant’s punishment must be proportionate to the
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Legal Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful? James Nix Soc:102 Amber Anderson May 25‚ 2013 Legal Marijuana: Helpful or Harmful? The year is 2013 and the reality of legalized marijuana in the United States seems to be getting closer with each year. A highly controversial topic because marijuana’s primary use throughout history has been for abusive purposes more than anything else. Marijuana has medicinal uses and the stalks of the plants can be used for making paper or even fibers for ropes or canvases
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1. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling of Miranda v. Arizona set a precedence on how future suspects would be interrogated. It makes complete sense to advise a person that is being interrogated that he or she has a right to remain silent during interrogation and that he or she has the right to have counsel present during an interrogation. It’s also important that the suspect be fully aware and full understand his or her rights before the interrogation begins. -WRITTEN AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION-METHODS
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Statement of Purpose Umang Moda ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I admit the obstacle to writing a Statement of Purpose has been in not knowing how to begin with one. I start in this manner not on a whim‚ but from necessity. It was either this or facing the grim possibility that I would never finish with one. I have tried my best to not disseminate the differences on how one is written and how it ought to be written. As such‚ I
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assessor must explain the course requirements and explain the units to the learners and support them in choosing the units. The assessor with the candidate must then decide on an assessment plan. This will include setting target dates‚ dates and times to meet with the learners and also agreeing on the best assessment method to use for individual learners to meet individual’s need. For example the assessor can do observation‚ question and answer‚ request personal statements‚ witness testimony or examine
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[pic] LTKK Lappeenranta University of Technology Department of Information Technology Requirements Specification College Library Management System Version 1.0 Requirements Engineer: Peter Mugenya Kenya Table of Contents 1. Project Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Requirements for Reporting Comprehensive Income FASB topic 220-10-45 outlines what is required for companies to report comprehensive income (CI). To do this‚ the entity must report CI either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements. If an entity prefers to report CI in a single continuous financial statement‚ then the entity must report the components in two sections entitled net income and other comprehensive income (OCI). For both net
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