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    Feminist Jurisprudence Feminist jurisprudence is a growing school of legal though in which embraces various theories in reference to laws and legal issues. Every aspect of feminist jurisprudence takes a close look at and analyses the law through the examination of issues such as gender, sexuality, power, individual rights, and the judicial system. Feminist jurisprudence has come a long way since its beginnings in the 1960s. This school of thought has made its mark since the 1990s and has evolved

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    • Fourth Amendment jurisprudence is primarily concentrated in four areas: 1) defining “searches”; 2) the Warrant Requirement, in which warrantless searches are semantically precluded except in specific and tightly constricted situations; 3) the Probable Cause Requirement, whose exclusive provisions are closely associated with the Warrant Requirement’s proscription of police inquiries into same; and, 4) the exclusionary rule, which presumptively excludes any information or evidence gathered

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    THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE AND THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ) Lorna Kennedy* I. INTRODUCTION In recent years scholars, throughout the legal and educational domain, have considered a vast range of topics through a Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) lens, to include, the characteristics of mental disability law, family law, criminal law and criminal procedure, employment law, gay rights law, and tort law. But, nowhere has there been a comprehensive plea for therapeutic jurisprudence within

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    THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE AND THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ) Lorna Kennedy* I. INTRODUCTION In recent years scholars, throughout the legal and educational domain, have considered a vast range of topics through a Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) lens, to include, the characteristics of mental disability law, family law, criminal law and criminal procedure, employment law, gay rights law, and tort law. But, nowhere has there been a comprehensive plea for therapeutic jurisprudence within

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    As a presiding judge in the case of the Speluncean Explorers, my verdict will strongly relate to judge Keen’s opinion. I find the defendants guilty for the murder of Roger Whetmore. The statute states that “whoever shall wilfully take the life of another shall be punished by death”. As a positivist, the law is unambiguous and direct. Firstly what is positivism? According to positivism, there is nothing intrinsically moral about the law. A law enacted by a legislature can be evil and immoral; there

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    Explain what is meant by ‘mechanical jurisprudence’, and discuss Hart’s objections towards it. The term mechanical jurisprudence was coined by Roscoe pound in his article in 1908. It is the concept that judges apply law rigidly according to precedent and legislation without thought of consequences. In this it is argued that every eventuality that comes before the law is legislated for in advance, it is just for the judges to apply the relevant law. This concept would insinuate that every case that

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    The present study was cross sectional study conducted in private primary school , Belgaum city. Our study includes 400 children between 10 to 12 years age group. Out of 400 students maximum number of students were aged 11years (49%) followed by 10 years (38.8%) and least were 12 years (12.3%). These results of our study (Table No.1) are similar to a study conducted by Oyibo PG, in primary school children in Abraka, Delta state, Nigeria, showed that majority of the children belong s to 9-11

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    Case Study Of Cozychick

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    1 What is CozyChick? CozyChick is the trademark (Brand) of a new, innovative and patented egg packaging system. The product is unique and will be introduced to the market during the current year of 2016. It is the result of a decade of intensive R&D and investment. The product was born in Switzerland and Sweden by a joint effort of a few top design and industrial companies. CozyChick design is fully patented and protected under WIPO for most countries worldwide. 2 Target Customers Egg packaging

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    Section I Question 3: The Significance of West Virginia Barrette’s Civil Liberties Jurisprudence in Supreme Court Rulings on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech. Justice Jackson’s Majority opinion in West Virginia v Barnett declared the “..very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts”(Rossumn

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    Analytical Positivism

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    JURISPRUDENCE ASSIGNMENT TOPIC:Critical analysis of the point of view given by John Austin & Hans Kelsen on Analytical Positivism SUBMITTED BY:- DeekshaPandey B.A.LL.B. (HONS.) 7thsem Enrolment no: 062 Sec: A INTRODUCTION: Analytical Positivism is a school of thought of philosophy of law and jurisprudence, largely developed by eighteenth and nineteenth- century legal thinkers such as Jeremy Bentham, Hans Kelson and John Austin. The term ‘Analytical’ comes from linguistics and logics and

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