This canon provide the guidance to which judges interpret the laws. ... Judges can use their discretion to interpret the laws that already exist, as long as the interpretation does not oppose with the language of the existing law. ... If the state or the federal administration passes a law, then it's called statutory law, which judges are compelled to follow, although when the law it's not clear they can interpret it. However they can interpret a law, judges cannot use their discretion to overruled statutory laws. ... There are other circumstances where the law is fair but the facts ...

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The killing or wounding of enemy combatants falls under the natural law idea of self-defense. ... The military property of one's enemy can be confiscated or destroyed just as one can do so against an unjust aggressor. ... In the language of the Nuremberg prosecutors, aggressive leaders who launch unjust wars commit "crimes against peace." What constitutes a just or unjust resort to armed force is disclosed to us by the rules of jus ad bellum. ...

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The principle of self-determination according to some scholars represents the obligation to an individual's autonomy "So long as any change is peaceful and orderly, consistent with standard liberals rights and does not involve any unjust taking of territory or unfair terms of separation. " On the other hand, collective force theory constitutes of a coalition of parties within one organization. ... Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory...

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The principle of self-determination according to some scholars represents the obligation to an individual's autonomy "So long as any change is peaceful and orderly, consistent with standard liberals rights and does not involve any unjust taking of territory or unfair terms of separation. " On the other hand, collective force theory constitutes of a coalition of parties within one organization. ... Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory...

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Furthermore, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have for many years adopted laws and policies in the name of combating violence or "terrorism-, which are not in consistency with their obligations under human rights law and standards. ... Such measures include arrests, trials by special or military courts, new anti-terrorist laws or increased application of existing such laws, and restrictions on freedom of association and expression. ... In fact, The United States itself passed a law like it that allows the trials of terrorists before military courts, and Britain set up a simil...

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Her themes are of utmost importance: racial insensitivity, the human costs of bureaucratic and discriminatory laws and the humanity of the Chinese. ... In Lae Choo, Eaton gives the reading public a naive, trusting woman whose entire life is devoted to the small child that the law of "this land of the free" manages to keep away from her for nearly one year. ... Compare and Contrast with Critics At the turn of the twentieth century, American culture witnessed related literary and political shifts through which marginalized voices gained increased strength despite the severe racism that informe...

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Homosexual acts were forbidden by law in most of the states in the 1960s, same sex couples were also not allowed to marry or to adopt children. ... They were treated unjustly and often violently by the police and did not find justice in the courts. ... The society worked also for legislation to abolish penalties for homosexual intercourse between consenting adults and tried to provide assistance for homosexuals who had been treated unjustly by law enforcement officials or courts.8 The Society took a particular interest in Civil Rights violations and discriminations against homosexuals in parti...

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As Congress debated the tariff bill, Wilson presented his program for reform of the banking and currency laws. ... Our laws are still meant for business done, by individuals that have not been satisfactorily adjusted to business done by great combinations and we have got to adjust them, 2in that big business was unjust and somebody needed to watch out for the people, and Wilson was just the man to do that. ... It had been responsible for laws that restricted child labor, promoted the welfare of seamen, and created a credit system for farmers. ... Businesses made larger gains than labor as a re...

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Stephen Austin received permission from Mexican authorities to bring into Texas as many as 300 families each year as long as they professed to be Catholics, learned spanish and agreed to live by Mexican law. ...

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Berkman, Ronald Opening the Gates: The Rise of the Prisoners" Movement. Lexington Books: Lexington, Mass, 1979. Bowker, Lee H. Prisoner Subcultures. Lexington Books: Lexington Mass, 1977. ...

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Cultural conditions, marriage laws, economic realities, and physical inferiority all teach women they have no direct control over their own lives. ... She denies to herself that she is angry about being unjustly hurt psychologically or physically. ...

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This philosophy is the groundwork for what we now more wholly understand as laws of nature, in whatever form, not to be exploited or undermined. ... Along with advances in science and technology, philosophers began to see the world as governed by natural laws such as gravity and motion. ... Montesquieu also advocated freedom and liberty that can only be achieved through legitimate rule: "Men are governed by several kinds of laws and the great worth of human reason consists in perfectly knowing to which of these orders the things that are to be determined ought to have a principal relation, and...

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The Law says that humans have inalienable rights that existed outside of and before government. ... It is evident, then that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder," (Bastiat 24-26). ... After all, if the law is set up to protect our right to live, it seems as though it should be able to keep convicted murderers from murdering again. ... Of course, there is a possibility of wrongly sending an innocent man to prison, or wrongly fining an...

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World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. ... In a world that is being transformed by complex financial systems and revolutionary information technologies into a vast global marketplace, an effective international system of law is needed now more than ever. ... This forewarned destruction might seem impossible in a post-Cold War era, yet international law is still needed to prevent technological warfare. ...

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Libertarianism can trace its history as far back as sixth century BC philosopher Lao-tzu who accordingly stated "Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony." (6:27) Nevertheless, Libertarianism as it pertains to the United States struck a cord with Americans under the despotic colonial rule of Great Britain. ...

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If the government does not watch and impose the laws and policies, people will continue to write off women for jobs.16 The barriers mentioned are not the only things preventing women from advancement. ...

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American capitalism was ever as powerful as the 20th century. It's a memorable stage of time that companies were infamous for involved into foreign scandal that was written in history. More specifically, United Fruit Company, an American company, created relationships with Central America's dictator...

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Annotated Bibliography The Death Penalty for Juveniles The following research draws upon different opinions and perceptions for and against the further enactment of the death penalty for juvenile offenders. The various articles that are presented draw conclusions on the pros and cons of using the death penalty as punishment for young offenders. Numerous views surfaced in my research such as the views of president Bush, prominent authors and court officials as well as the views of individual states. In order to fully evaluate this sensitive topic I have presented a mixture of opposing p...

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Abstract This paper gives an opportunity to take a deeper look into a Global Business Cultural Analysis of the nation of Ireland. In writing this paper, there are four research areas and questions were analyzed: The major elements and dimensions of culture in Ireland: how these elements and dimensio...

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