What are the difference between Aboriginal customary laws and Australian contemporary laws? ... This was later combined with equity law and mercantile law, which is the basis of Australian law today, known as "statute law". ... Australian laws have two forms, public and private law. Public law is an individual versus the Australian government, for example, criminal law, constitutional law and environmental law. ... Private law involves disputes between private citizens or entities, for example, contract law, family law and probate laws. ...

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The government should not strengthen gun control laws because it will not guarantee national security, reduce crime rate, or violate the constitution. ... The government's move to strengthen gun control laws will lead to a violation of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution that states. ... In essence, the provisions of the 2nd Amendment create a balance that safeguards rights of citizens and also allows the government to reinforce gun control laws. ... Therefore, the government should not strengthen gun control laws because it will become a violation of the Constitution. ... The feder...

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Hate Crime Laws: Abolish Them In the 1980's the governments of the United States created a new sort of crime; hate crime. ... The only reason hate crime gets a separate distinction is that the government does not know how to deal with this phenomenon, by creating these laws they avoid being "perceived as defending racists, bigots and homophobes"(Martin). ... With creating the hate crime laws, the government has made the fact that a crime is more or less serious according to the thoughts of the perpetrator. ... By creating the hate crime laws the government is giving victims of h...

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After the law was passed, there began to be a rapid spread of states adopting the Three Strikes law. ... To understand the consequences of Three Strike law, it is important to know the purpose for states adopting the law and particulars about Three Strikes law. ... According to Karch and Cravens (2014), "between 1993 and 1995, 24 states and the national government adopted Three Strikes laws as part of a broader movement in criminal justice policy that guaranteed longer sentences for convicted criminals" (p. 462). ... The sentencing for Three Strikes law is subjective and harsh. ... A...

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The laws do not punish opinions or speech but are based purely on criminal actions (An Introduction to Hate Crime Laws, n.d). ... Butler uses the Trayvon Martin case as an example saying that in order for Zimmerman to have a harsher sentence through aggravating factors "the government would have to prove that Mr. ... Opposition/ Criticism to Hate Crime Laws There are some individuals and groups who believe that hate crime laws are not necessary. ... In Hate Crimes: Criminal Law and Identity Politics, James B. ... Costing the government more money to care for them. ...

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The government has the ability to enforce more laws so they can reduce the number of guns on the streets. ... The government needs to make laws against these types of incidents. ... The government has to ability to set strict laws so why are they not doing anything. ... The government is beginning to show stricter laws. Some states are going out on a limb to enforce stricter laws instead of waiting on government to do something. ...

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The reasons these laws are set up are the functions of law. ... Some laws prevent behaviors that challenge the government. These laws are created so that the government can control society from any type of behavior that might hurt the government. ... The law gives states the authority to punish law violators. ... The government also uses laws to control an individual's need for revenge against those that violate their rights. ...

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Various laws and regulations of customs authorities are being issued more and more often. Because of that sometimes certain difficulties in the tracking of all the changes in the legislation may arise. - Joint efforts of law enforcement agencies , taking into account the legal distribution of their powers have not yet fully focused on the identification, detection, investigation and prevention of crimes in the customs area; -Lack of proper interaction between law enforcement and customs authorities largely motivated by shortcomings and irregularities in the activities of law enforcement agenc...

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The government constantly passes new laws prohibiting certain types of guns, yet homeowners are entitled to have any type of pool that they want. ... If the government is going to have such control of guns, what's next? ... The government along with the media has people believing that these normal, everyday, law-abiding citizens for one reason or another just go berserk, and because a gun was available to them in a moment of uncontrollable rage, it was used. ... Yet the government is still trying to impose more laws, restrictions, and regulations on gun owners instead of using and enfor...

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The government has been listening to the people and has already passed laws to help this. ... The government hasn't gone so far as to ban guns completely, but they have started to pass some laws aimed at controlling guns. ... The government is also considering mandatory gunlocks. ... The government has already instituted some gun control laws. ... The fact that these laws have had a positive effect shows that the government is on the right track by enacting gun control laws. ...

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A good example of this is his first law which imbeds slander. ... The word put do death was used in about 94 % of his laws. ... Since those times, the laws have changed dramatically. ... This limited the power of state and local government as well as the federal government. ... Starting everyday now, laws are becoming more and more tougher, because no one is being affected by the laws, and people still do crimes, soo maybe we should consider bringing Hammurabi's laws back into play....

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There are even laws in place that help stave off the opportunity of fraud, however, only the individual can control their integrity and ethics. ... To help combat armed robbery crimes, the community leaders, along with local government agencies should partner together and provide more funding than what is already being provided. ... A suggestion to aid in this area would be to employ sociologists and psychologists alongside criminologists and law enforcement. Many law enforcement agencies rely on "old school" detective work to try to solve these types of cases. ... These should all c...

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The underlying theme that inextricably bonds the three together is past and present law. ... There was a distinct dispute between the British law that assumed superiority and Indigenous Australian customary law. ... An example of this was the 2006 Law Reform Commission report from Western Australia which produced a lengthy paper detailing the opportunities for Indigenous Australian customary law to exist within Western Australian legal law (http://www.Irc.justice.wa.gov.au). ... Furthermore the commission's view is that by recognising Aboriginal customary law and providing a role of cul...

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Execution corrupts the government itself. It creates disrespect for the law. ... Also, many countries that have death penalty laws have not used them in many years. ... If the government wrongfully executes one person, that is reason enough to do away with capital punishment. ... The poor are the ones who are killed on death row and the government spends millions of dollars killing them. ...

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Racial profiling is a form of discrimination by which law enforcement uses a person's race or cultural background as the primary reason to suspect that the individual has broken the law. ... While these groups of individuals may feel they are being subjected to racism, law enforcement stand to believe it is a simple act of private security. ... Law enforcement agencies have gone through time consuming and expensive litigation over civil rights concerns. ... Racial profiling is problematic because it is a form of discrimination enacted and organized by the federal and local government (...

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Stricter Gun Laws Complete gun control would virtually eliminate the chances of children getting a hold of their parent's guns. ... These laws would not infringe on anyone's 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. ... The government? ... The majority of our group felt the government was mainly to blame for the legal loopholes in the system that allows minors access to guns. The government should raise the minimum age required to obtain a gun permit and to purchase a gun to 21. ...

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The government should abolish this law for the sake of people's lives. ... If executions were made public, America would see the torture we put Americans through and be so ashamed by it that they would want the government to abolish the law. ... Kant's law of equal retribution is not a way to guide the punishment of criminals. ... "Government is a teacher, for good or for bad, but government should set the example. ... That is why they feel the death penalty is a good law. ...

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The use of the National Government's budget surplus to fund law enforcement for nationwide public school districts on a permanent basis. Although it would be costly, this would allow local law enforcement to safeguard schools in their respective districts. ... Although it would be costly to the local and state government agencies, the federal budget surplus would be able to provide annual compensation for the proposed solution. ...

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Anticipating the possibility that an increasingly centralized and aggressive government might seek to restrict or abolish that right, they included the right in our Constitution. ... Isn't it ironic how laws like gun registration, made to reduce firearm violence, can instead arm criminals with the very guns the government so desperately wants to control access to. In addition to the foregoing, the danger posed by gun registration in the event the government turns on its citizens is obvious. Whatever check or balance gun ownership might provide on the government is completely nullified onc...

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Reforming America's criminal justice system is a top priority, in order to end racism, and to clear up the population's tarnished image of law enforcement. Although the media, has its right to portray things the way they desire, we still have to fix what they depict, as it is our government/country that we live in and we are supposed to take pride in it. ... Racism in law enforcement has become such a common deed, as we date it back to 1991 with the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles, California. We won't go into detail about it, as it is just an example, for how long law enforc...

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According to the consensus view, crimes are behaviors considered harmful by a majority of citizens that because of their potentential for causing social harm have been controlled or prohibited by the existing criminal law. Some people believe that the law and the concept of crime is influenced by those who hold social power and use it to reflect their way of thinking. But the majority does not consider what is defining by the law as a crime a criminal act. ... Although it is considered a crime in the eyes of the law to average citizen its not considered a crime nor even immoral. ... To lower t...

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So in turn the United States government is considering to pass a law that would treat all hackers, or people which gain unauthorized access to other computers, as terrorist. ... The government was now online and willing to do anything to stop these hackers. In 1986 the government passed a law called the federal computer fraud and abuse act which meant a felony got put you behind bars for five years (Slatalla). ... It will also neglect the law that states that everyone has a fair trial. ... CyberLaw : the Law of the Internet (November 1996) Slatalla, Michelle. ...

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Many laws have since been passed on the right to bear arms. ... There is a need for gun laws. ... Some gun control laws may save lives. ... I agree with the government that guns can be made safer, and less accessible to children and felons. ... The government has tried to address the gun problem by passing numerous gun laws. ...

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The small amount of funds given by the Government of Canada to break down biker gangs is being placed into the wrong aspects of law enforcement. Not only this, but the Government also needs to recognize the brutal impact of biker gangs and enact laws to assist in their demise. ... Even when the government does decide to dedicate funds, the money is placed in all the wrong aspects of law enforcement. ... The government is not seeing the drastic impact biker gangs are making on society as they feel that there are law enforcement issues much more important than organized crime. ... If the govern...

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Describe Law and Order in London in the late nineteenth century At the start of the nineteenth century the enforcement of law and order was the same in England has it had been in the Middle Ages. The main people in charge of law and order were the Justice of Peace who were chosen by the King. ... When serious problems occurred, the government would summon the army. ... These mass movements frightened the British government into wanting an organised police force. ... The first major reform of law enforcement in the nineteenth century was the metropolitan Police Act in 1829. ...

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