International Law – courts or arbitral tribunals can be “international” in three ways 1. Can be set up by international agreement 2. Apply international law 3. Deal with cases involving parties or transactions touching more than one country * Municipal courts and many arbitral tribunals are not international in the first constitutional sense; they are often international in the second rule or third transactional sense. * Sovereignty – States can make their own law without outside
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To what extent is religious language meaningful? There are two ways to approach whether religious language is meaningful. Some philosophers such as logical positivist have a cognitive approach based on facts and learning through experience. Anthony flew is one philosopher whom shares the belief that something can be seen as meaningful through assertion‚ statements that can be proved empirically through synthetic reasoning. The other approach to the statement is a non-cognitivist method‚ which
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What is Jurisprudence The term Jurisprudence is derived from the Latin word “Jurisprudentia” which means either “knowledge of law” or “skill of law”. The definitions for jurisprudence are universal; however the following definition was given by a leading jurist. According to known Barrister-at-law Esq John Austin‚ jurisprudence is a “philosophy of positive law” which is laid down by a political superior for controlling the conduct of those subject to his authority. He states that jurisprudence
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activities or behaviours” (Boyd‚ 2007‚ p.45). Every citizen in our society is affected by the law in one shape or the other. As such‚ this paper will examine that as students and analysts of law’s evolution we should accept both natural law and positivism. Consequently‚ this essay will gauge the strengths and weaknesses of this claim. Indeed‚ this is paramount as our beliefs and values in relation to law define us as citizens within our given society‚ they are shaped and influenced by economics‚
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In this essay it is important to introduce the three main perspectives on crime‚ law and order based primarily on young people. Whilst considering these three areas; classicism‚ positivism and social constructionism‚ it is essential to demonstrate an understanding‚ finally giving a brief discussion of these whilst reflecting the influence these have had on contemporary theory and practice in youth justice. Classicism and its views on crime and punishment were derived from the philosophy of Enlightenment
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crime. Classical criminology has its origins in the concepts of free will‚ individual decision-making and the benefits of society to the individual. The school addresses the problem of crime using punishment and deterrent actions. On the other hand‚ positivism rejects the concept of the individual and free will and instead embraces the idea of enduring evolutionary traits that define a basic criminal personality‚ and which can be assessed using scientific methods. The two perspectives‚ though very different
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The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast post-colonialism and post-structuralism as theories of international politics‚ by providing an explanation of the basic principles of each theory and an analysis of the similarities and differences. The first part of this essay will explain the basic principles of post-colonialism and post-structuralism as theories of international politics in order to examine the differences and similarities between these two approaches. In the second part of
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DHL Express has teamed up with Malaysian postal operator Pos Malaysia to offer a new international express service for shipments to and from the south-east Asian country. The new service‚ PosPriority Express‚ is being offered through PosLaju‚ the postal group’s courier unit. DHL will provide the international express delivery service and customer service‚ while PosLaju will be responsible for sales. The new product offers international express delivery of 5kg‚ 10kg and 25kg boxes. It is initially
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Why positivists prefer quantitative data while interpretivists prefer qualitative data In sociology‚ there are two different groups of researchers in the study of human behaviour and society. There are the positivists and interpretivists. They both use different methods for their research. Positivists view that sociology can and should use the methods of the natural sciences like physics and chemistry. “It therefore involves applying the methods and principles of the natural science to the study
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Implications for Researching the Organisation [a] Post Fordism? i) The 1980s: Flexible Specialisation and ’Disorganised Capitalism’: Piore and Sabel (1984) argue in The Second Industrial Divide[i] that new production systems must orientate towards multi-skilling and rapid re-skilling in order to accommodate the search for shifting and newly forming niche markets in a post mass production/mass consumer world. This implies economies of scope rather than economies of scale and a more creative
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