72 Search Results for Statutory Interpretation and Statute Law
The second case highlights how Commonwealth Chemicals Commission officers made a major mistake by not detaining Lucia for further questioning under the Act. This is troubling because she was in possession of the banned chemical, had large quantitie Continue Reading...
Statutory interpretation is indeed a crucial issue in English law and an aspect of the legal system which definitely is controversial and ambiguous at times. Professor John Willis memorably and successfully analysed statutory interpretation in a famo Continue Reading...
Introduction: The Structure and Sources of LawThe American government comprises three distinct branches at the state and federal levels: the legislative, judicial, and executive. Each branch contributes to creating laws within its jurisdiction, formi Continue Reading...
Judicial Interpretation Theory
Judges draft no legislation, but they create law nevertheless, through their powers of judicial interpretation. Judges determine the outcome of particular cases by interpreting the meaning of a single phrase, and somet Continue Reading...
As technology and the capability of removing artifacts from recordings improve this area of the law will be likely to be revisited in the future.
This last revision to copyright law raised more questions than it answered. For instance, was it accep Continue Reading...
News commentaries online face even more difficulties in regard to laws regarding digital distribution and what constitutes fair use.
Fair Use Focusing on Educational Uses
The fair use exception as it applies to educational cases has raised signifi Continue Reading...
English Right of Set-Off and Combination in the Circumstance of Insolvency
The right of combination and set-off, as developed under English law offer a number of safeguards to banks and creditors in general. These rights were expanded under the pri Continue Reading...
This essay provides a brief overview of several of the key factors in conflict of laws, including the areas where choice of law is likely to be at issue.
Domicile
Domicile is one of the key factors in choice of law. Domicile is not the same as loc Continue Reading...
Volition and Contract Law
In the everyday life, people make choices on various subjects. The personal rights in the constitution grant every individual the chance and ability to choose. This cognitive process, which facilitates the individual to dec Continue Reading...
Metal Workers Employment Law Case Review
One of the primary functions of the judiciary is to clearly define the parameters of legislative intent, as the passage of any law necessarily creates parties with a vested interest in bypassing or overturni Continue Reading...
Not all offense levels are entitled to a jury trial and each jurisdiction has its own standard in this regard. As a general rule, however, any offense involving the possibility of incarceration as a sanction is entitled to the benefit of a jury tria Continue Reading...
Contract law lies at the center of our legal system and serves as the basis of our whole society. Our society relies on free exchange in the marketplace at every stage. Contract law is what makes this probable. Exchanges in the marketplace always rel Continue Reading...
Australian Tort Law on Wilkinson v Downton
Talk about whether or not the trigger of action in Wilkinson v Downton provides a viable remedy to victims of intentionally inflicted psychiatric harm in Australia these days.
The Wilkinson v Downton judgm Continue Reading...
S. Congress 2006). Under a military commission's procedures and rules of evidence, the accused may present evidence, cross examine witnesses against him, and respond to evidence presented against him; attend all the sessions of the trial; and have th Continue Reading...
Final rules will determine the effective date. In response to a request by ABA and other trade associations, on November 24, 2004, the banking agencies and the Federal Trade Commission wrote that institutions do not have to comply with those FACTA p Continue Reading...
8. State the "law of the case" of each of the following: (10) a) Gonzales v. Raisch: Affirmed Oregon statute allowing doctors to prescribe controlled substances in assisted suicide and invalidated Attorney General's statutory interpretation that as Continue Reading...
They also had the power to decide the merits of evidence and arguments. In the 19th century, judges gained greater control over juries and the role of juries became what it is currently; hearing evidence presented on both sides and determining the g Continue Reading...
Judicial Dissent in the Voice of John AustinTitle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The Act applies to all employers with 1 Continue Reading...
BUTTERBAUGH VS.DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CASE
This paper is about the formation of an opinion concerning the Federal Court of Appeals decision on the Butterbaugh vs. Department of Justice case. The IRAC (issue, rule, analysis, and conclusion) metrics wi Continue Reading...
Tribe refers to what Ronald Dworkin says later in the book. Dworkin holds that everyone is an originalist now but that they are not seeking what the lawmakers expected but what they meant to say in their law, suggesting perhaps that they may not be Continue Reading...
Court Cases
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United State v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
Who is/are the plaintiff(s) (i.e. consumer, company, employee, government) and what type of legal relief is/are the plaintiff(s) seeking?
The United States government who i Continue Reading...
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Terrett v. Taylor, 13 U.S. 43 (1815)
Who is/are the plaintiff(s) (i.e. consumer, company, employee, government) and what type of legal relief is/are the plaintiff(s) seeking?
Taylor and other members of the Episcopal church o Continue Reading...
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Quinain v. Doe, 516140 App. Div., 3rd Dept (2013)
Who is/are the plaintiff(s) (i.e. consumer, company, employee, government) and what type of legal relief is/are the plaintiff(s) seeking?
The plaintiff are a group of people who Continue Reading...
Parliament enacting section 3 [Human Rights Act]
It is clear that the Human Rights Act is a Bill of Rights were composed of several decades of debate that went across all political parties, on the need to include the European Convention on Human Ri Continue Reading...
4Giles v. CommonwealthCite as 672 S.E. 2d 879 (Va. 2009)Facts of CaseDefendant, Christopher Lee Giles, took part in breaking and entering a house on September 28, 2005, in the City of Martinsville. The house belonged to Oscar Thornton, which was an i Continue Reading...
In examining sentencing options, judges are free to look at mitigating circumstances that might limit the term of the sentence but they are also free to look at factors surrounding the case that might serve to enhance the sentence. Once such enhanc Continue Reading...
Appellate Brief
Question Presented / Issue Statement
Appellant Mary Smith seeks review of the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Anytown, which granted judgment in favor of appellees, the United States Postal Service ( Continue Reading...
The judge must choose a sentence from within the guideline range unless the court identifies an aggravating or mitigating circumstance that was not adequately considered by the Sentencing Commission. In mandatory minimum drug cases, judges can depar Continue Reading...
In March of 2005, she was finally removed from life support and died thirteen days later. The case had 14 appeals, numerous motions, petitions and hearings in Florida courts, five suits in the Federal District Court; Florida legislation struck down Continue Reading...
Tucker, deputy sheriff of said county, from giving and securing to the said Robert R. Smith and others, naming them, the due and equal protection of the laws of said state, in this, to-wit, that at and before the entering into said conspiracy, the s Continue Reading...
This was followed by the enactments by House of Lords in 1897 in Solomon v. Solomon & Company. The concepts of corporate entity and limited liability were incorporated in English law in the same period. In this case, the head court announced tha Continue Reading...
All of the employees on an airplane, for example, could form themselves into a vertical bargaining unit if they chose, the unit including stewards and stewardesses, as well as pilots. Similarly, in a school, teachers, janitors, and office staff coul Continue Reading...
As Waldron (2009) emphasizes in an article entitled, The Concept of the Rule of law, the rule of law
... is invoked whenever we criticize governments that are trying to get their way by arbitrary and oppressive action or by short-circuiting the pro Continue Reading...
Atomic Mushroom should prevail.
6. The plaintiff would have available three possible causes of action related to the same set of facts: the taking of the keys. The first cause of action would be based in conversion. The problem in this approach wou Continue Reading...
As such, any valid arbitration agreement will be accordingly handled and implemented by the arbitrators on the case.
4) What specific steps can be taken effectively to change this legal outcome in future cases?
In the case of Clinton Cole vs. Burn Continue Reading...
history of Habeas Corpus. There are twelve references used for this paper.
There have been a number of laws that have survived the test of time and continue to influence the legal world. It is important to look at the history of Habeas Corpus and t Continue Reading...
(Schall, 1998)
In addition to a lightened burden of proof and broader definition there were two additional changes resulting from the amendment which served to positively affect the impact and ultimate effectiveness of the legislation. This amendme Continue Reading...
function of any responsible business is to take risks. Risks lead to profits and ensure that the company continues growing. In order to properly mitigate risks, business owners enter into contracts. Contracts are enforceable agreements between parti Continue Reading...
In my judgment, the statutory provisions on which these prosecutions are based, abridge freedom of speech, press and assembly in violation of the 1st Amendment" ("Black, J, Concurring in Part").
Hence, the Yates decision was a precursor of the thin Continue Reading...