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    Stare Decisis Case Study

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    The Stare decisis was implemented as a doctrine in 1066 that served as a legal principle to recognize previous decisions as precedents to guide future deliberations. It is a type of principle that forms the basis for our modern law of adhering to precedent and makes the predictability in the law. The court means that the stare decisis standing by decided matters and the jurisdiction over them making it harder to argue a policy. Ultimately, a case that was decided on before could potentially end up

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    up our constitution some are; constitution conventions and statutes. New Zealand 's constitution structure is separated into three branches; the legislature, judiciary and the executive . The executive is the decision making branch, it is believed that the executive is where the real power of parliamentary supremacy lies, as the decisions they make influence the process of legislation . Throughout this essay I will emphasise how statutes are more important and effective in contrast to constitution

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    Another critical problem that is addressed by Scalia is the idea of “legislative history”. Legislative history is basically the process within congress leading up to the passing of a statute. Committee reports, floor debates, testimonies and other history that occurred while the statute was being constructed is what judges go to when they want the decision to go in their favor (Scalia, 1997). Finding the subjective intent of a statue and looking into the legislative history poses

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    Introduction The Emergency Services organizations in the United States are complex and challenging group’s that are a required necessity of all communities, based on law. The fire service part of the emergency services have been around over two hundred years and has been the backbone of many emergency service agencies on how the culture is built and how everyday actions are completed within the emergency services, there has been cultural ambivalence within the Emergency Service on how to deal with

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    judiciary is also known as judicial system where it is the system of courts that interprets the laws created by Parliament and applies the law . The judicial authority is exercised by the judges. Two aspects of judicial function are interpretation of statute and application of precedent . Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation. However, in many occasions, there are doubts in interpreting a statutory provision . There are several factors that leads to uncertainty

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    three components of law; statutes, cases, and writings about law. Each law has a role they play in our understanding on how law legal systems operate. A statute is a written law accepted by a legislature on the state or federal level. Statutes established forth general statements of law that courts apply to specific circumstances. A statute may prohibit a definite act, direct a definite act, make an announcemnt, or create forth governmental procedures to help society. A statute, proposed or supported

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    is to let the current bureaucratic government continue until the task is complete. There are three options about government and the constitution. The ideal and best option would be for the elected leaders to form government and to write a new statute with next six months to a year, as most parties have promised in their manifesto. The second best option would be to let the bureaucratic government continue

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    Statutes Of Limitations

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    To avoid overly complicated jargon, the statutes of limitations are the legal time-frames set by your justice system that provides specific deadlines for filing a personal injury lawsuit. For the state of Arizona, the court system allows an individual to have up to two years to file a personal injury claim in the event of a car accident causing bodily harm. In the Arizona Revised Statutes section 12-542, it specially states that an individual can file a claim up

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    written constitution There are also many argument against the UK adopting a written constitution. One of the disadvantages of the written constitution is that it is considered rigid. Higher laws are more difficult to change than the statute law. And it is also easier and faster to introduce an act of parliament than to go for the amendment of constitution. Due to the rigidity and inflexibility of the written constitution it is harder to remain relevant and up to date because written

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    INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM OF LAW TO: Sara Lee, Attorney FROM: Donna Nasser, Paralegal DATE: October 17, 2008 RE: People v. Sam Kant OFFICE FILE NUMBER: HQ 22467 DOCKET NUMBER: 09HQ9456 STATEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT: Sam Kant has requested that our office represent him in his defense against shoplifting charges. FACTS: Our client, Sam Kant, was arrested for shoplifting at Bilmart, a national department store. At his wife’s request, Mr. Kant went to Bilmart on Wednesday, October 20, 2008

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