Statutory Rape A’ram Christopher Criminal Law Professor James Barney Statutory Rape Introduction Statutory rape is usually defined by the state law concerned. However‚ statutory rape is distinguished from other forms of rape in that the victim must necessarily be below the age of consent and that lack of consent is not a requisite to the crime on the common understanding that a person below a certain age lacks the capability to give an informed consent. Prior to the development of modern
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Law homework Due 28/11/11 A) The source refers to the literal rule. Describe the literal rule using the source and cases to illustrate your answer (15 Marks) The literal rule is where the courts will give their words a plain‚ ordinary or literal meaning‚ even if the result is not very sensible. It involves the judge applying the literal rule even if it results in absurdity. R v Judge of City of London Court (1892) in which Lord Esher said ‘If the words of an Act are clear then you must
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the law‚ statutory rape would be a difficult situation to address. Statutory rape is for someone sexually assaulted under the age of 18. If there was no set age on becoming an adult‚ what would be classified as statutory rape? Statutory rape would not exist for someone under the age of eighteen. For example‚ Caiti is 14 and her boyfriend is 19. If Caiti is raped by her boyfriend‚ she can file for statutory rape. You can file for statutory rape even if you wanted to have sex. If statutory rape was
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Global Work Place Solutions Strategic Plan Proposal University of Phoenix STR / 581 Professor Elaine Earle January 21‚ 2013 Global WorkPlace Solutions is a business within Johnson Controls‚ Inc. A Business Proposal to Increase Facilities Infrastructure Performance‚ and Raise Profits Prepared for Robert Giro Regional Director of Operations - Northeast Global WorkPlace Solutions Global WorkPlace Solutions January 21‚ 2013 Proposal Number: 01-21 Global WorkPlace
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This paper will examine the statutory rape laws within the state of California. It will look at the laws and punishment for coming statutory rape. It will also look at the laws regarding sexual acts toward children. Also‚ the paper will examine how these laws work to protect children from sexual abuse. Statutory Rape Laws Statutory rape falls under the California Penal Code of 261.5 PC. This code states “statutory rape" takes place when any person engages in sexual intercourse with a person
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Law Assignment Statutory Interpretation Anthony Thompson-North Statutory interpretation is the process of interpreting and applying legislation. Some amount of interpretation is always necessary when a case involves a statute. Sometimes the words of a statute have a plain and straightforward meaning. But in most cases‚ there is some ambiguity or vagueness in the words of the statute that must be resolved by the judge. To find the meanings of statutes
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In The Other Wes Moore‚ the author teaches the reader when a mother holds herself accountable‚ they can positively impact their children’s futures. Joy reacts to Wes’s bad choices by taking action over Wes’s future. She takes action for Wes to ensure he does not make a “decisive and possibly irrevocable turn.” (95). When Joy speaks to Wes about attending Valley Forge Military Academy‚ he accepts the fact that his “mother made the decision to intervene- and decided that overdoing it was better than
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According to the law statutory rape refers to having sexual relation with someone under the “age of consent.” People under the age of consent cannot legally agree to have sex‚ so having sex with them breaks the law. In most to all of the states they age of consent is usually 17‚ the rest is 18. However‚ if the couple are three years within each other and not younger than the age 14‚ then that wouldn’t be considered to be statutory rape. These laws were set into place to protect young people based
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The purpose of this research is to analyze the role of middle school counselors and determine whether the job functions and roles are changing to represent the change in societal youth. The purpose of conducting a study of this topic is to determine if middle school counselors’ roles and job functions should be redesigned to better reflect the needs of students today. The article published by the “American Secondary Education Vol. 40‚ 2012” conducted a study that provides me with information on
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P5: Outline the rules for Statutory Interpretation Judges are highly qualified professionals that enforce the law in court while dealing with cases but sometimes‚ judges need help understanding the law that has been put in place by Parliament. Statutory interpretation helps judges in court understand a piece of delegated legislation when the words are unclear. There are a few reasons why the meaning of an Act may be uncertain: • If during the making of the Act‚ Parliament failed to notice any error
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