Nontraditional Litigation Systems Law/531 [ July 30‚ 2012 ] The traditional legal system of utilizes law as it is foundation for all decisions. Laws in the United States have four sources; constitutional‚ statutes and ordinance‚ common law and administrative. The features of these four are: * Constitutional Law is based on a formal document that defines broad powers. Federal constitutional law originates from the U.S. constitution. State constitutional law originates from the individual state
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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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Constitutional law 2013 Greg Lowndes 1. Constitutions and Constitutional Law. a). What is a Constitution? * The empowering structures of a government that allows them to govern. * Along with the limitation f the power that they can exercise. * In totalitarian systems of government a Constitution may place far more emphasis on the empowering of organs of the government rather than on the limits of power. * Emphasis on the democratic constitutionalism *
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Law and Justice Abstract Justice is the quality of being fair or just. This is not an exhaustive definition of justice. Different philosophers have defined justice in different ways. Justice is a concept that provides balance between law and morality. Rawls proposition for law and justice has been accepted by world judicial fraternity as a landmark vision to understand the system. Similarly it has earned a good amount of criticism which shows the basic strength of the thought. As such: Rawls theories
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Arts. 1305-1329 Art. 1305 Contracts- meeting of minds between two parties which takes place when anoffer by one party is accepted by the other; one or more persons bind himself or themselves with respect to another to the fulfillment of a prestation to give‚ to fo or not to do. Contract and obligation distinguished: Contract | Obligation | One of the sources of obligations | Legal tie or the relation to itself that exists after a contract has been entered into. | Contract and agreement
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Sources of Roman law Archaic Period Custom A law that was not written down. The cumstoms were so firmly established that they had acquired obligatiory force. The recognition of a custom was however not an exact science and jurists debated whether the custom could be called a law or a binding. Roman law was almost entirely customary in origin. Royal decrees The decree of the Kings had a direct binding force as law. Republic The twelve tables 451 BC Ten men were appointed to study
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Serina Harvell Mr. Colagross English 2 14 April 2014 The Drug Laws: A Time For Change The so-called "drug war"‚ and "drug laws" haven ’t seemed to be as effective as it was supposed to be. Its original intent was to attack the drug problem in America. President Richard Nixon started the war on drugs in the late sixties to stop drug abuse at the source‚ the distributors. Another intention of the drug laws was to show individuals that taking part in this illegal activity would cause serious consequences
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Definition of Law a. Law is defined as a set of rules and principles by which a community regulates its activities. b. Law is different and yet similar because it can be applied differently across various borders. c. Unlike law‚ internal rules and regulations of clubs‚ societies and other organizations may only be enforced within the group that governs them. d. Law is therefore concerned with the legal rights and obligations of individuals‚ business organizations‚ various entities
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Objectives of Report * To get an idea about the law structure of Sri Lanka * To study about contract law * To get an idea about the low governing offerer and acceptance in Sri Lankan Law. Methodology * Library and Internet research Colonial History and the Law Sri Lanka‚ formally known as Ceylon‚ is a multi-ethnic and multi-religion island nation in the Indian Ocean‚ near the southern coast of India. The ethnic and religious diversity of the nation‚ and
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KENYATTA UNIVERSITY CITY CAMPUS NAME :OOKO BEVERLY ACHIENG ADM NO:D33S/CTY/11363/2012 COURSE:BUSINESS LAW COURSE CODE: LECTURER: TASK: STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION OF THE COURT In pre colonial era‚ different communities had different ways of restoring justice. The African Traditional Communities used the fora of justice at family‚ shrines‚ churches and mosques. Other dispute resolutions mechanisms included: a.Reconsiliation: is the process of making it possible for two different ideas‚ facts
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