Illegal cattle farming - Implications and possible actions by the European commission and Brazilian government
Case study - 11 pages - Environment law
The Amazon Forest is the world's largest tropical rainforest and is a vital ecosystem with a wide range of flora and fauna (WWF, n.d.). However, the Amazon Forest is under threat due to various anthropogenic activities, including illegal cattle farming which is a significant driver of...
Criminal Law in an Islamic Legal Society
Essay - 5 pages - Criminal law
The Shari'a does not focus as much on criminal law as it does on family law, but a small part is dedicated to crimes and sanctions, and despite not being strictly applied, those principles still have a normative force among different modern Muslim states' legal systems. Islamic...
How does the French legal system differ from the common law system with reference to the powers of judges and the functioning of the courts?
Essay - 3 pages - Constitutional law
Judicial systems differ from country to country. Two common legal systems are civil law and common law. Often the choice to use one system over another is based on the history of the country or region in question. For example, France uses the civil law and England uses the common law. The...
The Jurisdictional Requirement of the Existence of a Legal Dispute
Essay - 2 pages - International law
In its 1974 judgment, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) resolved solely to admit a case before its framework on the very basis of the genuine existence of a dispute. This provision is not unique to the ICJ: the article 25(1) of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes...
Legal English
Course material - 13 pages - Other law subjects
This document contains a Legal English course. Many legal aspects are seen using the right English vocabulary. The English legal system is taken into consideration.
Legal Proceedings in Common Law Jurisdictions and Civil Law Jurisdictions
Dissertation - 4 pages - Civil law
Common law and civil law jurisdictions are often regarded as antagonist interpretation of the rule of law in modern societies. Indeed, both constitute the dominant views of law in general, as they are "often made the basis of comparative law studies". The bipolarisation of the legal...
Common Law and Origins of the English Legal System
Presentation - 17 pages - Constitutional law
What is common law? Why is it important to have a knowledge of the principles of common law? How did it develop?
History of the Common Law System on the English Legal System
Essay - 11 pages - International law
As a direct result of the colonization by the British, many of its states naturally acquired this common law system, being the English law in globo, maintaining its primary principles, procedures, actors and modes of proof. As a consequence of this adoption and utilization of English law, and the...
The American Legal system versus the English Legal System
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Other law subjects
When we talk about the American legal system, it should be understood as the legal system that applies in the United States of American (US), whereas the English legal system is the one that takes place in the United Kingdom (UK) : England, Wales, Scotland and Northern...
The precautionary principle and its consequences upon the community legal order: gmos and bse
Essay - 28 pages - European law
Concentrating on the expression itself it is clear that the word "principle? implies a peculiar importance given to the "precaution?. It is to say that the principle of precaution is a principle of law, even if it is not clear how and where this scope has been given: some would say in Treaties,...
Legal Philosophy - Value judgments and how judges decide cases - Mapodile v Minister of Correctional Services 2016 (2) SACR 413 (GJ)
Law case study - 5 pages - Civil law
This case concerned the rights of gay prisoners and their treatment in prison. The applicant was a gay prisoner who brought an application to the court seeking the court's assistance in establishing the rights of gay and lesbian men and women to be confined in cells with people of similar...
Crimes Against Humanity And The Principles Of Legality: What Could the Potential Offender Expect?
Essay - 10 pages - International law
Les juges ne sont que la bouche qui prononce les paroles de la loi, des êtres inanimés qui ne peuvent ni en adresser la force ni la rigueur. " Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, L'esprit des Lois, Livre XI, Ch. III, 127 (1748). " If the interpretation of laws is evil, their obscurity, which...
"Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law" by Herbert Wechsler and the Brown v. the Board of Education Legal Decision
Essay - 2 pages - Constitutional law
In "Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law", Herbert Wechsler brings up difficult issues that are eternally present in cases that make their way up to the Supreme Court. While we often deny these issues and simply assume that the court is making a decision that is "Constitutional" and...
LexisNexis Legal Research
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Given the number of the different states from which the bulk of the clients of Hickey-Marco & Associates comes from, it is of great significance to understand the statutes of limitation for the various causes of action in those states. The states in question include Wisconsin state, Michigan...
Legal aspects of the law and legislations
Case study - 5 pages - Civil law
The purpose of this essay is to analyse a case scenario at the Sunnyland Day Respite Center with focus being on the legal aspects of the law and legislations. The paper will analyse the various aspects of the law in relation to the case that resulted in the unnecessary death of the...
Legalization of marijuana and its impacts
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Today, there are many calls for the legalization of drugs, particularly marijuana. The campaigns are all around, from the Hollywood movies to the popular Jamaican dance hall music. The popularity of this genre of films implies that the society is ready for the legalization of the drug. In...
The Legal, Ethical, and Technological Concerns in Investments
Case study - 2 pages - Business law
The need for accountability links the accounting and financial reporting of businesses to the law. The main interest of the law in this case is to protect the interests of the public from manipulations of the statements to exploit unsuspecting citizens. In addition, the law creates a platform for...
Legal methodology for students
Case study - 15 pages - Civil law
The practical case is an exercise also called legal consultation, or legal composition. The object of the practical case is to bring the legal solution to facts given and to state the consequences. For that, we applied the mechanism of the legal syllogism. There is no...
Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
This paper seeks to determine the ethical dilemmas that [professional counselors are faced with in the curse of their practice. It analyses the ACA Guidelines on termination, standard care, dual relationship and boundaries. The paper also explores the guiding principles that the State of New York...
The Third Party Doctrine - Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology
Essay - 2 pages - Computer science
It is a United States legal theory that holds that information that is freely given to third parties should not be expected to be private or people should not use the Fourth Amendment Act as a defense against the convictions. The rule gives the government and government agencies a Right to...
Critically discuss the legal theory of Austin - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
The existence of law is one thing, its merit or demerit is another. John Austin (1790-1859) defines the essence of positivism in this one sentence, which is generally cited as the standard exposition of the imperative theory of law, from his book ?The Province of Jurisprudence Determined'...
Essay against illegal immigrants receiving social service
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Illegal immigrants are simply defined as a person who has moved across borders of foreign nationals in the country in a manner that contradicts on the immigration laws of the country to which they have moved (Kennedy 12). It mostly occurs in an upward fashion where the immigrant is from a poor...
Reasons against legalization of marijuana
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Some people call it weed, pot, ganja, grass or skunk. However, its most-common name is marijuana a cannabis plant. Some people prefer to smoke while others opt to eat marijuana. The main aim of using marijuana is to entice euphoria in the user (Blundell 8). Throughout the years, there has been...
Legal risk of Nurses
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
In today's litigious society, it is possible for a nurse to be involved in legal matters of the country she or he works for, either directly or indirectly. By understanding the cases involved, nurses can avoid many of the high risk areas of trouble. Due to the shortage of nursing officers,...
History and impact of the illegal Cocaine trade by the Los Zetas Cartel
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Las Zetas forms one of the largest drug cartels in America. The group took control of cocaine and other drug trafficking activities in 1999. Illegal cocaine trade in North America dates back to 1947 when the initial legal business became illegal following its ban by the United States...
Book review: American Africans in Ghana: Black era Expatriates and the legal civil Rights Era
Book review - 3 pages - Literature
The book; American African in Ghana was written Kevin Gaines and published by Chapel Hill publishers, at the University of North Carolina. The book emphasizes on the interconnections between the African studies and African American studies by introducing, in its broad chapters the context of...
Illegal Masturbation
Case study - 4 pages - Psychology
Maddex in Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the law, he states that there is no other form of sexuality that has been frequently discussed, condemned and universally practiced than masturbation (Maddex, 2006) In the period that many laws are being passed on legalizing some aspects of the...
Ethical and legal issues
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Data publications should take into considerations the rights and responsibilities about ethical and legal issues. Fields that handle critical information as medics and the media have a duty to limit the data that is accessible to the public. Data shared should be reasonable and should not...
Amnesty and illegal immigration
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The contentious concept of amnesty for illegal immigrants in US is one that is deep rooted in the history and culture of the American nation, a fact authenticated by the fundamental foundation of the nation by early European immigrants and “melting point” phenomena. The word amnesty,...
Essay for foundations of legal philosophy
Case study - 8 pages - Philosophy
George Eliot, in her book Silas Marner, wrote that the truth is somewhere in between, and it is my opinion that this applies to the Hart-Fuller debate (the Hart-Fuller debate being representative of the greater ongoing debate between the legal positivists and the natural lawyers). It is...
