CRIMINAL LAW

In October 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency (“NSA”) “to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaida and related terrorist organizations.”1 Four years and two months later, news of the program became public. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended the Commander-in-Chief’s power to ignore warrants otherw…

THE HAMLYN LECTURES FORTIETH SERIES

The Hamlyn Trust came into existence under the will of the late Miss Emma Warburton Hamlyn, of Torquay, who died in 1941 at the age of eighty. She came of an old and well- known Devon family. Her father, William Bussell Hamlyn, practised in Torquay as a solicitor for many years. She was a woman of strong character, intelligent and cultured, well versed in literature, music and art, and a lover …

The ACT OF INCORPORATION and the BY-LAWS of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic M…

The Society, at its Annual Meeting, shall elect, by ballot, a President, two Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, and five Censors, who shall together constitute an Executive Committee, to whom shall be intrusted the general business of the Society when it is not in session; the appointment of all standing committees, and such other committees as …

Right of the People

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MEDIA LAW

Thoughtful people disagree about the proper role of the news media. Some believe that journalists should support government and supply the public only with information the government deems appropriate. Some believe the press instead should be the government’s watchdog, searching out and reporting on abuses of power

Administrative Law

Administrative law is the bye-product of the growing socio-economic functions of the State and the increased powers of the government. Administrative law has become very necessary in the developed society, the relationship of the administrative authorities and the people have become very complex. In order to regulate these complex, relations, some law is necessary, which may bring about regula…

Business Law Notes

The word “law” is generally associated with the word “rules.” McInnes, Kerr, and Van Duzer provide a simple definition of law as “a rule that can be enforced by the courts.”2 Similarly, Yates defines law as “the body of rules that can be enforced by the courts or by other government agencies.”3 DuPlessis and O’Byrne define law as “a set of rules and principles intended to gu…

The National Interest and the Law of the Sea

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing th…

Criminal Justice

On 4 August 2011, a young black man was shot dead by police officers in the north London area of Tottenham. The shooting of Mark Duggan, as well as the way in which it was handled by the Metropolitan Police and Independent Police Complaints Commission, triggered a series of riots that spread like wildfire across the cities of England. As with the disturbances in the northern English towns in …

THE BASICS

People go to court for many reasons. One of the big reasons people go to court is to ask a judge to help them when someone hurts them. Or they may have a disagreement with someone and need a judge to tell them what to do. Or sometimes a person gets in trouble with the police and ends up in court. There are many different courts located in New York City. Some courts handle only certain kinds of…

BUSINESS LAW

The study of business law and, more generally, the legal environment of business has universal applicability. A student entering any field of business must have at least a passing understanding of business law in order to function in the real world. Additionally, students preparing for a career in accounting, government and political science, economics, and even medicine can use much of the inf…

FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMIGRATION LAW

Before the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”), the decision as to whether an alien was subject to deportation proceedings or exclusion proceedings was based on whether or not the alien had made an “entry” into the U.S. An alien who had made an entry was entitled to a deportation hearing and the greater procedural safeguards it…

Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyb…

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The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science

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Information Security and Cyber Law

The Internet has now become all-encompassing; it touches the lives of every human being. We cannot undermine the benefits of Internet, however its anonymous nature allows miscreants to indulge in various cybercrimes. This is a brief tutorial that explains the cyber laws that are in place to keep cybercrimes in check. In addition to cyber laws, it elaborates various IT Security measures that ca…

PRIVY COUNCIL LAW.

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PRINCIPLES OF TUB ENGLISH LAW OF CONTRACT

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Legal Philosophy and the Provable in English Courts

The intellectual history of the law of evidence, according to Professor W. Twining, “reaches back to classical rhetoric and has fascinating ramifications for the philosophy of knowledge, debates about proof of the existence of God, the emergence of theories of probability and the development of modern psychology, forensic science and several other fields”.1 This reflection on the entelech…

Conveyancing Law for Paralegals and Law Students

The system of registering land dates back to the earliest times. In the year 3000 BC the Egyptians already had a form of land registration. Towards the end of the middle Ages in some areas of the Netherlands, the practice arose of transferring the right of ownership of immovable property by registration before a court in the region in which the land was situated. On 10 May 1529 Emperor Charles …

MONEY ; NATURAL LAW OF MONEY , INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLISM FREE SILVER , CURR…

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Public Sector Bargaining Laws Really Matter: Evidence from Ohio and Illinois

A generation ago, America had two starkly different legal policies governing collective bargaining and union activity-one for employees of the government and another for employees of private corporations. The erosion of this difference, as more and more states have enacted public sector bargaining laws patterned after the National Labor Re- lations Act (NLRA), is one of the most important devel…

COMPILATION OF THE LAWS LOUISIANA

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GIS for Crime Analysis, Law Enforcement, and Public Safety

Law enforcement agencies face unique and new challenges combating crime in the 21st century. To address the ever-changing activities of some of the most sophisticated criminals to small time offenders, GIS has helped manage enormous amounts of location-based data to create actionable intelligence that is used and shared within an agency and other law enforcement partners. Agencies are increas…

SPORTS DEVELOPMENT , LAW AND COMMERCIALIZATION

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LAW OF NATURE AND NATIONS

Before I begin a course of lectures on a science of great extent and importance, I think it my duty to lay before the public the reasons which have induced me to undertake such a labour, as well as a short account of the nature and objects of the course which I propose to deliver. I have always been unwilling to waste in unprofitable inactivity that leisure which the first years of my profess…

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

For twenty-four hundred years—from the Greek thinkers of the fifth century B. C., who asked whether right was right by nature or only by enactment and convention, to the social philosophers of today, who seek the ends, the ethical basis and the enduring principles of social control—the philosophy of law has taken a leading rôle in all study of human institutions. The perennial struggle of…

Guide to Family Law

This guide provides general legal information to people involved in separation or divorce proceedings. It is also a useful reference on child custody and access, and on child support or spousal support. This publication is not a substitute for legal advice from a lawyer and it does not provide advice on specific situations. The Yukon Department of Justice suggests that people with legal proble…

International Law Aspects of Countering Terrorism

The format of the publication provides short answers to many of the questions about inter- national law frequently asked during UNODC/TPB training workshops and other technical assistance activities. It is written in simple language and sets out the fundamentals of inter- national law without exploring the more complex debates and arguments that exist in relation to international law and its re…