Category: Law

The doctrine of precedent is a key feature within the case law system. It specifies that a court apply the same rulings of a higher court judge, given the case involves similar facts and issues. There are two types of precedent within the court system. The first being ‘binding’. This means that the court is …

IXHumanities1/23/03In Sophecles’ Antigone, Creon is not a good person; in fact, he is astubborn, selfish ruler. Creon rarely listens to an opinion other than hisown. He also turns his back on his own niece, Antigone, because she breaksan unfair law by burying her brother’s body. Throughout the play, Creonignores his son’s pleas to spare his …

SAINT AUGUSTINE AND THOMAS HOBBES ON DOCTRINE OF LEX INJUSTA NON EST LEX Jurisprudence Submitted by- Shellina Bhabar ID-SF0117046 2nd Year &3rd Sem Faculty in charge- Saheb Choudhary National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam 5th November, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERIZATION PAGE NUMBER 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………3 2. Doctrine of Lex injusta non est lex……………………………………3 3. …

There are many common, familiar clichs about illusion versus truth. “All that glitters is not gold” and “Things are seldom what they seem” are the most universal hackneyed phrases, but they do not cover entirely every aspect of appearance versus reality. In Charles Dickens’ novel, Great Expectations, there are several differences between the illusion and …

Recently, congress has been going over the issue of partial birth abortions. A partial birth abortion is performed in the second and third trimesters. A partial birth abortion entails (1) inducing a breech delivery with forceps, (2) delivering the legs, arms, and torso only, (3) puncturing the back of the skull with scissors or a …

Sir Thomas More: Is he the morally and legally person that we think he is?Sir Thomas More has been in the news a great deal recently. I’m sure that most of you know that he had been convicted and put to death for treason.Many people probably don’t know his conviction was based on the tainted …

Lowell PoliceMy independent project was done on a whimsical basis. It’sthanksgiving eve and my family and I are all gathered around watching football.The Redskins and Cowboy’s are all tied up, and my uncle is on the verge ofhaving a nervous breakdown. A diehard Cowboys fan, who can’t even remember whenwas the last time he didn’t …

Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan as a testament on how to run a country. In fact, it is very comparable to Machiavelli and his works. Hobbes is a monarchist, and an absolutist as his works reflect. His work came about during political instability, as it was published in 1651. Though his philosophy of the universe is …

A) In relation to the first issue which we are presented, Arshad claims to have the advantage of a restrictive covenant. This is a type of contractual agreement which is written into a properties deed and restricts or limits the title registry owner of the land or lease from what they can and cannot do …