The Nature of Death Penalty: Cruel And Unusual Audience: People who are interested in or want to know more law related issues One of the hottest debates on capital punishment is whether it is "cruel and unusual" according to the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution. As a pre-law major,...
The Model Code of Ethics and Professional responsibilty and Guidelines for Enforcement of a paralegal. In the next few pages that follow, I will discuss in great detail what they are and how it affects the job and or duties of today's paralegal. First and foremost let me say this: they are a few web...
Question How effective is the protection offered by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in order to preserve the marine environment? Introduction The supreme domination of the oceans has always been a common concern. In order to establish a unanimous regime to organize the rights a...
The Legal and Political Importance of Due Process The dictionary defines due process of law as The regular, customary, and fair administration of justice; a right guaranteed to people in the United States by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution and by state constitutions. ...
The British constitution is one of the very few uncodified constitutions in the world. There are many reasons provided for this by various political philosophers. Although the absence of a codified constitution raises questions as to what institution of the government has the ultimate power, the var...
This definition of crime is from the American law dictionary which differs slightly from the Australian definition under the bureau of statistics,- (CRIME) 'An offence punishable by the State on behalf of the general public whose standards do not permit the offending behaviour' (http://www.abs.gov.au) and furthermore the British law definition which states that crime is 'An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law'(http://www.oxforddictionaries.com). ...
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines a crime as, "an offence punishable by law illegal acts as a whole... Black's Law Dictionary purports a crime to be, " social harm that the law makes punishable; the breach of a legal duty treated as the subject matter of a criminal proceeding" and criminal law as, "the branch or division of the law which treats of crimes and their punishments." ...
