obliged to obey even unjust laws? Think about what this means. This means that laws‚ regardless of how unfair‚ unjust‚ or immoral they may be‚ must be followed with no better reason that they are the law. To the thesis that we are obliged to obey even unjust laws‚ I will argue that the standard objections to Civil Disobedience‚ given by Singer‚ are incorrect To begin‚ however‚ I believe it is necessary to define an "unjust" law. According to St. Thomas Aquinas‚ "Any law that uplifts human personality
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Islamic law is therefore the expression of Allah’s command for Muslim society and‚ in application‚ constitutes a system of duties that are incumbent upon a Muslim by virtue of his religious belief. Known as the Shari’a (literally‚ “the path leading to the watering place”)‚ the law constitutes a divinely ordained path of conduct that guides the Muslim toward a practical expression of his religious conviction in this world and the goal of divine favour in the world to come. Muslim Family Law (MFL)‚
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LAW OF CONTRACT NOTES INTRODUCTION. A contract is an agreement between two parties which is enforceable by law.An agreement is made when a person signifies his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything with a view of obtaining the assent of the other party. Such act or abstinence is said to make a proposal.The person making the proposal is called the offeror and the person accepting the proposal is called the offeree TYPES OF CONTRACTS: Contracts may be classified into: -Written
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In addition‚ there were some major Civil War laws of the Western Expansion‚ such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest
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Frederic Bastiat‚ in his famous essay ’The Law’‚ argued that law’s sole purpose ought to be to serve the people. That means that when the Law becomes tyrannical‚ it is the duty of the people to overturn it. A free society is ensured not by the presence of laws‚ but by the presence of people willing to defend their freedom when laws overstep their boundaries. Thus‚ it becomes necessary to resist law when it is tyrannical‚ to speak through action when words are not loud enough‚ and to rise against
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Is it considered okay to disobey some laws? Does committing civil disobedience actually do any good? Martin Luther King Jr. believed that it was moral to obey just laws and disobey unjust law. “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just law. Conversely‚ one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” (Jacobus 382). Henry David Thoreau also conveyed this same idea when he said “If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government‚ let it
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accountability 8 1. Political accountability 8 2. Financial Accountability 8 3. Administrative Law accountability 9 4. Ethical responsibility and integrity 10 Red-Light‚ Green-Light 11 Red Light Approach 11 Green Light Approach 11 Amber Light approach 11 Foundations of Administrative Law 12 Accountability across the public/private divide 13 Legality: rules‚ discretion & policy 15 What is administrative law? 15 Legality 15 Categories of Government Legal Entity 15 Sources of Government Power
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RH Bill is NOW RH Law! After 14 years of struggle‚ the Reproductive Health Bill has finally been passed into law! Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III quietly signed the bill into law last December 21‚ 2012‚ four days away before Christmas – for me the best Christmas gift for Filipino women and youth especially us RH advocates who were tireless in our efforts to lobby‚ dialogue‚ march on the streets and campaign for the passage of the RH Bill into a law. The new law will now be called
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Methodology Hypothesis This paper is an attempt to understand the efficiency of existing Airspace & Outer space laws at the international stage. Research Questions This project will explore the answers to certain questions * To understand the position of Airspace law? * To understand the position of Outer space law? * To analyze the role of existing policies & laws on Airspace & Outer space? * The Difficulties in Definition: Outer Space and Air Space? Method of writing
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(the law of the place of conclusion of the marriage). This rule is founded firmly in Roman-Dutch law and entrenched in South African case law. ( Exception: S 10 of the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 makes provision for South African diplomatic and consular officers to solemnise marriages between South Africans in the countries in which they are stationed. Such embassy marriages are deemed to have been concluded in South Africa and their formal validity is thus governed by South African law (as the
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