Throughout this paper you will be reading how gender based laws such as statutory rape in California discriminate against males and not females. You may ask “why is this issue?” well this is an issue because it goes against our 14th amendment which states all laws should protect both men and women equally. The case you are about to read is concerning this law. A law that discriminates against males‚ stating that even if they have sex at a young age women are the only ones to get hurt. Studies have
Premium Supreme Court of the United States Law Sexual intercourse
Law Notes 1. Law: set of statutes and rules that individuals within a society are governed by and are compelled to follow Statute: law passed by government you must follow unlike a rule which you can’t be punished for 2. Jurisprudence: wisdom/knowledge/skill in law -- the science that deals with investigations of concepts‚ notions‚ and principles of legal thought. It enables us to explore origins of law and legal institutions. It also helps clarify the principles on which they were founded. It allows
Premium Law
DEVLIN: 1. Criminal law is not (just) for the protection of individuals but also for the protection of society Moderate / Disintegration Thesis: 1 The state has power to legislate morality in order to protect itself against behaviors that may disintegrate society and its institutions Society “means a community of ideas; without shared ideas on politics‚ morals‚ and ethics no society can exist” (Devlin‚ 10). Devlin appealed to the idea of society’s "moral fabric." He argued that the
Premium Morality
NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief LAW/531 December 21‚ 2011 Paul Loock NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief What liability does NewCorp have in this situation? NewCorp may have to deal with a couple liability issues‚ one of which has to do with Sam the supervisor of electrical manufacturing for automotive who has developed a relationship with one of his employees. The relationship has taken a turn for the worse‚ and was ended by Paula‚ which Sam was not in agreement and wanted to continue dating
Premium Employment Law Discrimination
Legal Environment of Business Class Notes 8/19/13 2 Branches of Law Civil vs. Criminal Civil Criminal Burden of Proof (quantum/amount of evidence) b.o.p is on plaintiff who initiates a civil action (51% preponderance of evidence - over 50% of the believable evidence is in the plaintiff’s favor) **Can have both Civil and Criminal in a trial burden of proving the defendant’s guilt is on the prosecution‚ and they must establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt Remedies
Premium Contract Tort
COMPLIANCES UNDER LABOUR LAWS BY SANTOSH BAGWE C:santosh/personal/compliance under labour laws COMPLIANCES UNDER LABOUR LAWS INDEX Sr. No. Particulars 1 The Apprentices Act‚1961 2 The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act‚ 1970 3 The Employee’s Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act‚ 1952 4 The Employees’ State Insurance Act‚ 1948 5 The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory notification of vacancies) Act‚ 1959 6 The Equal Remuneration Act‚ 1976
Premium Employment
LAW 401 Assessment item 3 Exam Overview document Answer the question in topic 1 using a short essay format. This should not be less than 200 words and not exceed 500 words. Mark/ TOPIC 1 Family Law Q 1 Under the Family Law Act a court must take into account’ the best interests of the child”. What does this mean? What are the factors the court is to consider in determining the best interests of the child and how do these operate Mark/10 Family law and children Answer the following
Premium Domestic violence Family law Family
TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS What is Law? 1. The law in the United States has been influenced by English‚ but not by French or Spanish law. F [moderate p. 3] Law is intended to protect persons‚ but not their property‚ from unwanted interference from others. F [easy p. 3] Businesses that are organized in the United States are subject to its laws‚ but not to the laws of other countries in which they do business. T [moderate p. 3] Promoting social justice is a function of the law. T [moderate p. 4] Law serves the functions
Free Common law Law Supreme Court of the United States
Ethical Health Care Issues Paper HCS/545 July 28‚ 2014 Shawna Butler In the last decade‚ the debate over the ethics of organ and transplant allocation has intensified and the attention sensationalized in the media. At the core of this issue‚ critical questions remain. They include but are not limited to those regarding economics‚ race‚ and geographic inequity and about the moral relevance and weight of geography‚ economics‚ and other disparities and inequities in transplant
Premium Health care Organ transplant Ethics
Civil law is concerned and deals with the relationship between individuals and relates to civil rather than criminal wrongs with the aim of compensating the suing party for such wrongs (Gibson‚ Rigby‚ Ryan & Tamsitt‚ 2001‚ p28.1). A civil action is generally brought by the party who has been injured or otherwise suffered some form of loss as the result of a wrong which only directly affected him (e.g. trespassing into private property). When a civil law is broken‚ legal action is brought by an individual
Premium Law Criminal law Security guard