A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DOCTRINE OF LEGAL PRECEDENTS ADITI GHOSH 2ND Yr. LL.B. (HONS.) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW RAJIV GANDHI SCHOOL OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IIT KHARAGPUR 15 August 2011 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 WHAT IS MEANT BY A PRECEDENT? 2 TYPES OF PRECEDENTS 2 Original precedent 2 Authoritative or Binding precedent 2 Persuasive precedent 3 THE DOCTRINE OF STARE DECISIS? 3 HOW RELEVANT IS THE IDEA OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS? 6 WHAT IS THE BINDING ELEMENT OF A CASE? 7 WHY
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the group boasted between 130‚000-180‚000 members (UCD). However‚ John Redmond’s call to enlist in World War II quickly split the organization after Pearse and several other Irish Republicans signed a statement declaring that Ireland “cannot‚ with honour or safety‚ take part in foreign quarrels otherwise than through free action of a National Government of her own” (UCD). Pearse then established the secret Military Council within the Irish Brotherhood in May 1915‚ composed of only seven members. The
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Tennant Hamlet was nothing like I thought he would be in his meeting with Ophelia. Although she is acting sad‚ her genuine concern is overlooked since she is acting only for the benefit of Polonius and Claudius. As well‚ when she says‚ “Heavenly powers restore him!” and‚ “O help him‚ you sweet heavens!” she overdoes these parts by the throwing of her hand up and lying on the floor. As well‚ Hamlet’s runs to her after she says these things are too much. If I were angry I would not run back to my lover and
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Final Year Project Low cost PC-based quad channel real-time / storage oscilloscope Final Report Supervisors: First: Second: Dr. S. Katzen Dr C. Tuner COURSE: MODULE: BY: DATE: BEng (HONS) Electronic Systems EEE516J4 - Honours Project Colin K McCord Friday‚ 21 June 2002 Friday‚ 21 June 2002 Final Report Colin K McCord ACKNOWLEGEMENTS Dr. S. Katzen: For everything that he has done in helping the project along‚ and for offering support and encouraging an interest in the field
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your selected philosopher? As a rationalist‚ Plato challenges inquiries of “what we know how we know” by centralizing the human mind (conscience and thought) as the essence of knowledge. Plato often debates using his deceased mentor‚ Socrates‚ to honour Socrates’ reputation as a valuable teacher. True knowledge can be rediscovered deep within the mind; otherwise known as the World of Forms. He shows evidence of innate ideas in Platonic Doctrine of Recollection. In Plato’s book Republic he writes
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Although composed centuries apart‚ both Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator explore the similar idea of ambition‚ through their villainous characters Macbeth and Commodus. Macbeth composed in 1606 for King James delineates a noble soldier’s character transformation from an ambitious individual to corrupted tyrant as supernatural Witches and Lady Macbeth ignite his desire for power. Similarly‚ Gladiator’s vicious antagonist is a malevolent personage‚ whose desire to be loved transforms
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Tragedy involves the downfall of a hero as a result of his tragic flaw. How true is this? It is not simply the existence of a tragic flaw that is the sole causation of the demise of the hero and other significant characters but rather the interplay between the negative externalities and the hero’s actions as a result of his tragic flaws which does so. In Shakespeare’s Elizabethan tragedy Othello‚ Othello’s hamartia arises from a magnified sense of jealousy‚ hubris and misplaced trust brought
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I believe that religion and spirituality play a major role in the understanding of human behavior. Religion and spirituality have been apart of human experience throughout the course of history‚ tapping into almost every aspect of life from cultural beliefs to the arts. Religion and spirituality encompass a world that goes beyond our general understanding of how and why by attaching a higher overall purpose and meaning that extends outside of our lives here on earth. I do not believe that an adequate
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The Augustan Age 44BC-AD14 Impact of Caesars death‚ Early Career of Octavian‚ Second Triumvirate and Civil War * Caesars death left a power vacuum. This was a split in the population politics were divided into: The Roman Republic (Cicero)‚ the Neutrals (people avoiding war)‚ Caesars men (Marc Antony). * Caesars will‚ made Octavian heir to ¾ of his estate and was now formally adopted as his son who went by the name: Gaius Julius Caesar. “It seems likeliest that Antonius had been irritated
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Current Legal Events Assignment Legal Issue: Honour Killing Ilham.Yakub CLN4U1 Honour Killings in Canada An "honour killing” is described as the right to take the life of a family member if that specific person has brought disgrace/dishonor
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