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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

words in a statute are given their ordinary and natural meaning Fisher v Bell (1960). The golden rule is an extension of the Literal Rule and is applied when the use of the literal rule would give an ‘absurd’ result, which according to the judge, could not have been intended by Parliament. The judge can substitute and slightly stretch the meaning of the words in a statute Adler v George (1964). The Mischief Rule requires judges to consider three factors: • What the law was before the statute was passed

The Differences Betweek the UK and US Constitutions The constitution of a state, at its most basic, can be described as the fundamental principles from which it is governed, usually defining how power is split up within it and thereby constructing a framework within which it operates (www.oed.com). In this essay, I will first provide a brief summary of the UK and US constitutions and then attempt to outline the key differences and similarities between the two and discuss

see. The prisoners see the shadows cast by the statutes move and think they are real. Most people mistake the products of their deletion, generalization, distortions and projections as real and reflecting reality. They mistake their internal map of the world for the real world.

Decades before the implementation of the Human Rights Act , Viscount Sankey’s prose in Woolmington v DPP alluded to the presumption of innocence as the “one golden thread” which runs through the web of English criminal law . He essentially establishes that the legal burden of proving the defendant’s guilt lies with the prosecution . This principle is arguably underlying in every jurisdiction that respects ones right to a fair trial and is the foundation of the criminal law. There are two important

The term ‘common law’ is the name given to legal systems who embrace the English legal system. Originally, it was created as a case law, judge made centered system. It set out to focus on legal principles, which were created by judicial verdict. However, over time the body of the legal principles matured from the courts, as now, when a judge handles a case, they have to set out to establish what the facts are proceeding the case, and how to determine how the law applies to those facts. When making

constitution is precisely a charter that has been codified, in that the rules and regulations that citizens / individuals must abide by are stated in a single document format. Although elements of the UK constitution are written e.g. the statute law, sections of

Introduction A ‘free society’ is a system of interaction between humans wherein every person can participate in a civilised manner and without discrimination. In Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) is the primary source by which society operates as an essentially free society. This paper seeks to establish that the functioning of such a society is dependent upon the existence of a legal framework supporting the rule of law, which is ultimately, an ideology.

Democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people. Many theorists believe that New Zealand has a weak constitutional framework and therefore a weak democratic structure. However there are many other theorists who state that unwritten constitutions bring flexibility, and can evolve with modern society. The accuracy of this statement can be evaluated in relation to New Zealand 's legal architecture and constitutional arrangements. New Zealand doesn 't have a single codified constitutional

120 states around the globe adopted a statute, on 17th July 1998- what is now famously known as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court or simply put “the Rome Statute”. This statute established the International Criminal Court (ICC). According to the Statute, the ICC is not an alternative to national courts; each state has the responsibility to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes. The ICC intervenes only where a given state is unwilling