The Law of Nature Must Carry its Punitive Consequences With It

“since Sin has broke in upon the World, and vitiated the humane Nature.” (John Bernard) This is the opening line of John Bernard’s speech or at least what John Locke hears as he gets to the sermon. Massachusetts is cold, John Locke isn’t surprised. He has heard things about it, the weather, the people and now the righteous. The ground is covered in snow and the church is packed with men, women and children; All awaiting to hear more of the words of John Bernard. He moves to take a seat or at…

(400 words) Unethical Consequences of Three Strikes Laws Zimring (1996) illustrates the inconsistency with which three strikes laws have been applied, producing unjustifiable differences in sentences for individuals with very similar criminal histories. Even more importantly, Zimring's comparison illustrates that the three strikes law in question is typically applied without any objective principle of justice or justification in terms of the acceptable purposes of penal laws. In California and elsewhere…

at least in regard to human nature. Hobbes takes the position that in a “state of nature” there are no laws and as such the concept of justice and injustice is null, because there is no law to violate or enforce. Which, in the most basic, factual and literary sense, is true. But in application, I don’t believe that the theory holds much merit. Hobbes’ basis for the state of nature is that in such a state, there is no authority, and without authority, there are no laws. That being said, Hobbes comes…

Nature and scope of private international law Private international law is a set of procedural rules which determines which legal system, law of' which jurisdiction, applies when legal dispute has a "foreign element", such as contract agreed by parties located in different countries. It is a branch of English law known as the 'conflict of laws'. By a foreign element is meant simply a contact with some system of law other than English law, it has three main objects: Firstly, to prescribe the conditions…

culture, especially to the younger generation. Too often the examples of celebrity divorce are poor ones, and many celebrity relationships end in ugly divorces. Even though marriages are changing, we need to implement stricter marriage and divorce laws in order to keep pace. My experience with marriage has not been without some bumps and struggles. As a child, I struggled with my parents’ divorce. It was so devastating to me. I could not comprehend as a child why two people could no longer bond…

PAGE 1 – THE NATURE AND AUTHORITY OF THE SHARIA PAGE 2 – HOW THE WILL OF GOD MAY BE KNOWN REGARDING CONTEMPORAY ISSUES PAGE 3 – AUTHORITY PAGE 4 – IMPORTANCE (GUIDE TO LIFE, ACCURACY) PAGE 5 – DIFFERING UNDERSTANDINGS OF IJTIHAD PAGE 6 – GLOSSARY Nature and Authority of the Shari’a In technical terms it is a clearly defined way of following the guidance of God that was left as a pattern for Islamic living by each of the messengers: Muhammad [SAW] left a Shari’a left for the…

INTRODUCTION: Parliament, the supreme law-making body, has an unrestricted legislative power, and the laws it passes cannot be set aside by the courts. The role of judges, in relation to laws enacted by Parliament, is to interpret and apply them, rather than to pass judgment on whether they are good or bad laws. However, evidence has shown that they have a tendency to deviate from their ‘real roles’ and instead formulate laws on their own terms. Thus the real role of a judge in any legal system…

There was a Harvard study that discovered “Nations with stringent anti-gun laws generally have substantially higher murder rates than those that do not”. This helps support why the U.S does not need stricter gun laws. Three consequences that would come from stricter gun laws are that they would increase violent crimes, impede the 2nd amendment rights, and we are also not enforcing the laws that we already have in effect. The violent crimes would increase with less legal firearms because less…

world wind of sin as discussed in Genesis chapters 3-11 After God made man (Adam) He put him into a deep slumber and removed from a rib from his body and made Eve. Their lives began honest and sin free within the Garden of Eden. They violated the laws of God when they ate from the forbidden fruit from the forbidden tree. They “transgressed” away from God. This first ever act of sin by Adam and Eve led to many other deceits. From Adam and Eve come Cain and Abel. Cain’s jealousy of his brother led…

people arrested for marijuana are arrested for possession. And because of harsh federal and state penalties, these people may be sentenced to lengthy jail terms. This is an abuse of drug laws in a great nation. The marijuana laws need to be reformed, and the war against marijuana rethought. One reason these laws need to be rethought is for medicinal purposes. Most people think marijuana is a dangerous drug that can kill. This is true if taken in heavy doses but that’s also true for aspirin,…