What is a law? A law is a rule of conduct‚ established by government‚ for society to follow and obey. Laws have been around in civilizations for many‚ many years. The first know set of laws was written by King Hammurabi. Hammurabi ruled in Babylon‚ from 1792- 1750 B.C.E. The Code of Hammurabi which is the first written set of laws known to mankind‚ set the stage for all laws written‚ even today. You may ask why do we need laws in our society? The meaning‚ and function of laws in a democratic society
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made to establish order. It might seem that the purpose of laws it to establish and keep order in society‚ however‚ things don’t always pan out. Despite the purpose of laws‚ some laws are unjust in the sense that they are unethical or they may keep one from achieving a virtuous act for society‚ while‚ on occasion‚ one is authorized by the government to break a law‚ justifying the fact than some laws are all right to be broken. Some laws are unjust in their ruling‚ by denying basic human rights to
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Law‚ The Multifaced Phenomenon What is law? This is one of those questions that is impossible to give one definite answer to since law is a multifaced phenomenon. Law is an extremely complex subject that could mean different things to various people. There is no single definition that could fit to everyone’s mindset. I believe that law‚ this multifaced phenomenon is everywhere and shows its dissimilar sides to all of us. It surrounds us in every aspect of our lives. Law is there when you drive
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Police and Law Enforcement Response Jamie Erwin CJS/200 August 17‚ 2014 William Hubbard Police and Law Enforcement Response Police have many roles in society‚ to uphold and enforce the law without judgment‚ to protect all human life‚ human rights and liberty. Police promote and preserve public order‚ they also protect public properties. They create a feeling of safeness with-in the community‚ they provide assistance to people who are in danger. Facilitate orderly movement of people and vehicles
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NATURAL LAW ROBERT P. GEORGE* Oliver Wendell Holmes‚ the legal philosopher and judge whom Richard Posner has‚ with admiration‚ dubbed “the American Nietzsche‚”1 established in the minds of many people a certain image of what natural law theories are theories of‚ and a certain set of reasons for supposing that such theories are misguided and even ridiculous. While I have my own reasons for admiring some of Holmes’s work—despite‚ rather than because of‚ the Nietzscheanism that endears him
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throughout the United States‚ and the World. Dr. King agreed with Saint Augustine‚ “An unjust law is no law at all.” I think you can all agree that any law that is created to hinder a person‚ keep them bond‚ and make them feel inferiority is unjust. Any law that allows certain people the right to rape‚ abuse‚ humiliate‚ and belittle someone is unjust. Any time people that are in trusted in the fair distribution of the law‚ abuses‚ demean‚ deride‚ and depreciate for any reason is also unjust. There has been
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Law in Business and Society LAW/421 January 28th‚ 2013 C.J. Hughes The role of law in business and society plays a critical role and has both moral and ethical implications. Businesses laws help regulate business and social behavior in the marketplace and provide an ethical compass for businesses and consumer to follow. This is accomplished by providing the laws on a federal and state level to govern our actions and provide guidelines for conflict resolution. There are federal laws‚
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Legal Notes Conflict between special and general law By Judge Gabriel T. Ingles Cebu Daily News First Posted 11:59:00 10/12/2007 Filed Under: Laws • [pic]Reprint this article • [pic]Send as an e-mail • [pic]Post a comment • [pic] Related Articles • Pelaez gets court relief • Esperon dares coup plotters: Tell truth in court • California bans smoking in cars with child passengers Also in this section • Gestalt • Swerte pa si PB Member Teban
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damage‚ injury or loss as a result. And in order to access the negligence of any individual as well as the liability that those individuals may encounter due to their act of negligent‚ it is important to know how negligence is determined in law. According to the Law of Negligence‚ the Panel is requested to examine the formulation of duties for Tom and the bar owner; the causation of Tom and the bar owner; the foreseeability of harm by the two parties as well as the remoteness of the risk. Furthermore
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between a just law and an unjust law? To me the answer is evident‚ and I have a hard time believing that anyone couldn’t easily know the distinction or disagree with the distinction that Martin Luther King Jr. makes during his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” That “a just law is a man-made code that’s squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law” (533). At its very basic definition‚ just laws protect the people and unjust laws hurt the people
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