The Eighth Amendment has been the topic of much controversy mostly concerning the death penalty, but it also covers the treatment of those convicted of crimes. ... Public punishment usually in the form of public whippings and the use of the pillory, as well as the death penalty were common sentences in the Eighteenth Century. ...
l categories of the law and also included specific penalties for various infractions. ... A child born ten months after the father's death will not be admitted into a legal inheritance. ... If any person has sung or composed against another person a song such as was causing slander or insult to another, he shall be clubbed to death. ... Born Gaius Octavius and adopted by Julius Caesar, he was given the name Augustus, meaning, "consecrated," by the Roman Senate after he avenged Caesar's death and consolidated his power. ...
As Marcia Yablon-Zug states in the journal, "Separation, Deportation, Termination," "the most extreme cases of punishing post-IRCA immigration laws came in 1996 with the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) and Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA)" (132). ...
Austin: Positivist Identity of law: what makes the law the law Law (is) = Rules + (issued by a) Sovereignty. Rules = General Commands A command is an expression of a wish backed by a threat to inflict an evil (=sanction, like telling the child to get the toy is not a command unless it is backed by a threat) in case the wish is not fulfilled, issued by someone who is willing and able to act on the threat. All commands impose obligations. But only the general rules and commands. Eg: Prohibition of importation of corn is a rule, but one that prohibits the importation of a specific shipment of ...
