Discuss the relationship between law and morals and whether law should uphold moral values? Phil Harris in an introduction to law defines a society’s ‘code of morality’ as a set of beliefs‚ values‚ principles and a standard of behaviour. A compliance with these rules is not compulsory and not required by the state. People are influenced by their family‚ friend’s religion. However‚ they could consider from themselves what they believe to be moral or immoral in their view‚ because a society is pluralistic
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Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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Running head: LAW ENFORCEMENT GLOBALLY & CIVIL DISORDER Law Enforcement Globally & Civil Disorder Tami Wallace American InterContinental University Law Enforcement Globally & Civil Disorder The concept of law enforcement encompasses all levels of the executive – federal‚ state and local – branch of government here in the United States. It includes agencies that enforce administrative codes and regulations and criminal laws relating to the safety‚ welfare‚ and help of the people
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Natural law and sexual ethics by Janet Smith | I am honored to be among the lecturers in this series on natural law. Many of the speakers are among my heroes and friends. One of my heroes‚ Alasdair MacIntyre‚ used one of his favorite terms in his talk: he spoke of "plain persons" and their grasp of morality and natural law in contradistinction to the experts and professional philosophers and their grasp of these matters. A few years ago in Dallas he gave a talk entitled "Do plain persons need
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The European civil law system is all about finding the truth‚ even if a lawyer has to lose the case for their client while doing so. The American adversarial system is about winning‚ even if it means avoiding and stretching the truth to do so. Civil law has the laws made by the government and the courts apply them‚ while common law has the judges making the majority of the laws through precedents. The adversarial system uses specific laws‚ precedents‚ and legal rules to determine who wins. It
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LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTER NAME: SUNNA HILAL LUQMAN Answer to the question; BREIF FACTS: Peter reads an advertisement in the new vision of a special x-mas discounted fare of shs 20000 only to Arua by the executive coach bus company but on reaching he was told that the offer was only for the first ten customers and he was not eligible which made him pay 40000 for a regular seat. His suitcase with clothes valued at 1000000shs was given to another passenger whose suitcase was given to peter since
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be identifies is whether there exist a valid agreement between Joyce and Rashid. The third issue that need to be identifies is whether the revocation of proposal made by Rashid is valid. The fourth issue will be the effect of a contract entered into with a bankrupt and what kind of remedies were there have for such contracts. Explanation of relevant law According to the Contracts Act 1950‚ under section 2(h)‚ an agreement enforceable by law is a contract. Furthermore‚ S. 2(h) of the Contracts Act
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CIVIL CASE AND CRIMINAL CASE Civil Cases A civil case begins when a person or entity (such as a corporation or the government)‚ called the plaintiff‚ claims that another person or entity (the defendant) has failed to carry out a legal duty owed to the plaintiff. Both the plaintiff and the defendant are also referred to as "parties" or "litigants." The plaintiff may ask the court to tell the defendant to fulfill the duty‚ or make compensation for the harm done‚ or both. Legal duties include respecting
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Civil disobedience has been occurring all throughout the history of this country. Peaceful resistance to laws is a positive way to impact a free society. It is called a peaceful resistance when it is non-violent and there is no blood shed. People such as Rosa Parks peacefully resisted against unfair laws. As it says in the article‚"Parks was arrested for her act of civil disobedience and convicted of violating the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial segregation in the South until 1965. Her arrest
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Obeying the law is a general moral obligation. Usually‚ laws are written from societal ethical codes; therefore the law can embody morality. Obeying the law usually implies the greatest good for the greatest number of people and therefore complies with Mill’s utilitarianism. Especially if the law reflects general morality or protects people from pain‚ such as the admonition against murder‚ utilitarian theorists would argue that obeying the law is a general moral obligation. However‚ there are certain
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