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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Unwritten Law's Power

marry his mother. This involves a very powerful unwritten law concerning incest. While there was perhaps no laws concerning this p...

Law of Prgnanz and Productive Thinking of Max Wertheimer

like a star, however, the mind does not see the dots for themselves and only perceives the holistic value of the star. The law o...

Consumer Protection and Business Law

topic does tend to support the consumer, although sometimes the consumer has to appeal. For example, in Leipart v. Guardian Indust...

Canada, Ethics, and Cheating

cheat. They cheat with timesheets, for example, as well as cheat on financial statements which might include a deduction for a bus...

Operational Discharges, the Law, and Marine Pollution

pollution. Maritime law has recognised the need to protect the environment for many years. However, there are still many breaches...

The Law's Role in Anti Oppression

cannot change peoples attitudes, even if it successful in changing an individuals behaviour. We first need to accept that a law i...

Overview of European Trademark Law

commodities and differentiated goods (Sterns & Reardon, 2002). Standards provide a method of transferring information as well as t...

Meaning of Hate Crimes

are placid and do nothing, allowing these they of crime to continue. If we consider the way that those in society are...

Brazilian Rubber Plantation and Estates Ltd [1911] 1 Ch 425 and United Kingdom Company Law

their duty of care, they had done their best and exercised the skills that they had. These had obviously not been up to the job, b...

A Civil War History of Devil's Den Action

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

UK Contract Law's Doctrine of Intention

individual to get out of a contract, merely by saying I did not mean to create legal relations (McKendrick, 1998). It can also be ...

English Criminal Law's Function

or threat may cease to be a threat yet still remain a crime (James, 1984). The English Criminal Justice system is unlike ot...

Byzantium Emperor Justinian I

By 476, the fall of Rome left the eastern city the undisputed imperial capital. During the reign of Justinian (527-565) the Byzant...

Criminal Intent and Inter Vivos Trusts

the conviction of most crimes. The intent element is usually fulfilled if the defendant was generally aware that she or he was ve...

Cannon Murder Case Scenario

murder. Criminal homicide is generally differentiated from manslaughter by the elements of malice and, or, forethought. This bri...

United Kingdom's Judiciary Independence

In nine pages this paper discusses judiciary independence in the United Kingdom when a bad law has been passed in a consideration ...

English Law from the Sixth through Tenth Centuries

In six pages this time period is examined in terms of the development of English law in a consideration of theory and whether the ...

A Contract Law Case Study - David Lynch and the Melbourne Recital Group

The writer uses a case study supplied by the student to demonstrate the application of common law to an Australian contract case....

The Need for Reform and Three-Strikes Sentencing

not violate the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment (Samaha, 2011). Ewing was sentence to 25 years to l...

Shadow and De Facto Directors

behaves, not just the directors or the officers of a company. Individuals that are not on the board may still be at...

21st Century Intellectual Property Laws

easier than ever to pirate and illegally distribute the same material. This paper provides an overview of intellectual property in...

Directors Duties in Australia - The Influence of the Centro Case

and the Centro Retail Group. In the former $1.5 billion of liabilities which should have been classified as short term liabilities...

Antitrust in the 21st Century: Looking at Microsoft

Microsoft was giving away many of its popular products for free through Windows bundles, which it could afford due once again to t...

Is the Law Based on Morals?

guide the making of the law. In applying this to the study of the law and how it is made there...

Twenty First Century Policing

Policing today shares many similarities with policing of any particular era. At the same time...

Contesting a Will on Grounds of Mental Capacity

the family home, where Jill still resided, $150,000 in bank deposits as well as some antiques and personal chattels to her grandch...

Miranda Laws - When Are They Essential?

of Rights is to provide some assurance for the proper administration of justice within the judicial system. Part of this framework...

Are Safe Haven Laws Safe?

In a paper of three pages, the author considers the issue of safe haven laws, including those without age limits, and the implicat...

A Consideration of the Color of the Law

Numerous safeguards exist to protect US citizens from a misuse of power by officials. Officials that purport to be doing their du...

Firoozeh Dumas' "Sweet, Sour, and Resentful"

example, the author describes how her mother always shopped for fresh ingredients, and prepared fresh herbs, such as "parsley, cil...