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    Aboriginal Legal System

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    The complex nature of the legal system allows it to be both effective and ineffective in ensuring compliance with the law regarding contemporary issues involving the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The legal system is often unable to ensure complete compliance but ensures it effectively through legislation and common laws implemented in Indigenous Peoples area of ‘loss of cultural rights including language’, ‘land rights’, ‘legal rights to natural resources’ and ‘intellectual property rights’. Any

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    Justinian Legal System

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    Shortly after Justinian became emperor in 526, he decided the empire's legal system needed repair. There existed three codices of imperial laws and other individual laws, many of which conflicted or were out of date. The Codex Gregorianus and the Codex Hermogenianus were unofficial compilations. (The term "Codex" refers to the physical aspect of the works, being in book form, rather than on papyrus rolls. The transition to the codex occurred around AD 300.)[2] The Codex Theodosianus was an official

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    Canadian Legal System

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    In contrast to the Canadian parliamentary system, which has remained fairly static and unchanged since Victorian times, the Canadian legal system has undergone a tremendous evolution over the last century and a half. When looking at Canadian history in depth one discovers the repeated movement to take power from the superiors or the overruling and place it into the palms of the people. As seen through examples our western law (canadian law) has slowly branched off from the supremacy of God (mosaic

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    Rights in Australia There is a great debate that has been raging in Australia for a long time on whether the Australian legal system adequately protects and enforces individual rights. Those who argues that additional protection is needed push for the creation of a Bill of Rights, a document that contains a formal list of the rights of a citizen in a society which the society regards as being fundamentally to its citizens. On the other hand, some argues that the current Constitution in Australia

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    Through the seventeenth and eighteenth century, multiple developments that occurred in England aided in the advancements and recognition of children’s rights. Over time, these advancements affected the juvenile legal system as it emerged in America. These changes include changes in family style and child care, the English Poor Laws, the apprenticeship movement, and the role of the chancery court. (Siegel and Welsh) Changes in family structure made a huge difference with children’s rights. Marriage

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    Dutch Legal System

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    The Dutch Legal System The Kingdom of the Netherlands was founded in 1813. It was part of France from 1795 until 1813, before 1795 the greater part of the current territory was governed by a confederation of sovereign provinces. Government Structure 'Central government is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Since 1814 there has been a hereditary monarchy occupied in turn by Kings William I, William II and William III, followed by the Princess Regent Emma and Queens Wilhelmina

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    1. Australia’s legal system is based on the English legal system.” To what extent is this statement correct? Discuss. Understanding of law: Law can be defined as a system of rules and regulations that are enforced through social institution to govern the country which can be made by legislatures by legislation, executives or judges through binding precedent. The law can be regarded as a constitution enforced that shapes politics, economics and society in various ways . Every country has different

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    Malaysian Legal System

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    can be divided into 2 section which are : 1) Superior Courts Federal Court, Special Court, Court of Appeal and High Court 2) Subordinate Courts Sessions Court, Magistrates' Court and Court for Children “Promotion of judges, wherever such a system

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    One of the main differences between criminal cases and civil cases is that they are held in different courts, this is because there is a significant distinction between a civil wrong and a criminal wrong. Crimes are considered to be a type of wrongdoing, however civil wrongs tend to have only an impact on the parties involved in the case. For example: a breach of contract. Where as criminal wrongs tend to have an impact on society itself. For example: a murder, theft or rape

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    Introduction: The task here is to compare the Australian Legal System with the legal system of the country of origin therefore the comparison is with the Pakistani Legal System. The structure of the Common Wealth Government, Australia briefed in the constitution is divided into three branches, the legislature (Senate “upper house” and House of Representatives “lower house”), executive (the administrative arm of Government) and judiciary (the legal arm of the Government). While in Pakistan the Parliament

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