... Magistrates may also enforce debts owed to utilities such as electric, gas or water companies, and will deal with the non-payment of council tax or television licenses. The power to grant licenses on the sale of alchahol and gambling or ...

... land and gives them the right to a say in the development and use of certain sites. There was a great lead up to the establishment of the native title, which began when the Europeans invaded Australia, claiming the land ...

... murder or attempted murder. The first condition hare concerns the Nature of the threat. The threat must be 'operating upon the mind of the defendant at the time of the alleged act' Hudson and Taylor (1971). This helps to establish ...

... to the offence described in this section. So from this we can deduct that in our country, someone's need to satisfy his physical desires, fulfill emotional needs is considered to be a crime. Act of expressing love is reduced to ...

... from his pocket raised his arm and one loud shot was then heard. The character who had been farthest from Gary fell to the ground and was picked up by the remaining two who carried him away and disappeared towards ...

... a breach of Article 8 and Article 13, but not a violation of Article 6. It was held that the applicant's right to respect for private and family life, as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention, had been violated. ...

... limitations we would have if we were stripped of these rights. I might not be allowed stand here in front of you if I did not have the freedom of speech, you might not be allowed here today if you ...

... have intended to supply a different drug, ephedrine which was not a controlled drug. According to COA the judge had rightly directed the jury that they could convict of conspiracy to supply amphetamine if it was proved he had agreed ...

... the background information for the ones above. The 3 legislations above are what are used for the majority of issues found within the armed forces. They are revised and updated if necessary every 5 years to ensure they are still ...

... abuse of children, the proposed reforms reflect changes in social attitudes and that the act makes all sexual activity for anyone under 16 an offence. The source also states the current law and the changes the government hope to make. ...

... to visit his homeland.. The aim of the case was to make the law decide that the Islanders owned the land not the Euopeans The case was motioned to the High Court at first, however they had to take ...

... important source of law in the UK. It is made by 'the Queen in Parliament', i.e. the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Monarch. Proposals for legislation ('Bills') are presented to debate by and voted upon by ...

... workhouse and there was outrage. The men worked by crushing old bones for fertiliser, but they were so starved that they had been eating the marrow from the rotting bones. Source E gives an example of a Northern, urban writer in ...

... premises are governed by Code B, which states that "searches should be made at the reasonable time, that only reasonable force should be used and that the police should show consideration and courtesy towards the property owner or the privacy ...

... assault that the person was acting in self-defence against an unlawful detention. False imprisonment is based on the idea that there must be no deprivation of personal liberty without lawful authority. The powers given to the police to act to maintain ...

... government that they had to react to the distress and abuse that existed and that the Poor Law was not doing what it was intended to do originally: provide for those who genuinely needed it. This led to an inquiry ...

... Home Office is a department of the British Government, which manage the emergency services and insure the safety of England and Wales. The Home Secretary is the MP in charge of the Home Office. The Police Authority is a localised ...

... own merits would be the one where someone asks the question "what would bring around the greatest good, this woman having abortion or not?" So if each request for abortion is going to be judged on its own merits then someone ...

... until they resign or die and are independent of the President's influence. (Burns, 360-361) For example, the chief justice of the United States is appointed and holds tenure for life. He is one of nine Justices, and has the major ...

... judge had to reason by analogy was in 1995, the case was Hunter and others V Canary Wharf Ltd. The case was about a 250m high tower that Hunter said caused interference with television reception. A decision needed to be ...

... idea of Kings being above the law was transmitted via Latin Christianity. Thus Catholic monarchs took advantage of this belief to do as they pleased. In the 13th Century Britain, King John believed strongly in the divine right of Kings ...

... make sure that the law is morally good? The first issue stated in the question was that the Rule of Law guarantees that all will be subject to the law. This is an aspect, which most commentators agree on and one ...

... that of any individual. His view was that those in power should be subject to some sort of 'higher' law and should govern in accordance with that law. Writing in the Victorian era Professor A V Dicey in his work ...

... other four originated from Chattanooga. They were traveling together looking for work. Haywood Patterson who was nineteen at the time of the arrest. Eugene Williams and Leroy Wright were only thirteen. Leroy's brother Andy Wright was nineteen. Victoria Price and Ruby ...

... created "exaggerated expectations" for it.4 Hayek stated: "the requirements that the rules of true law be general does not mean that sometimes special rules may not apply to different classes of people if they refer to properties that only some people ...