Statutory Instrument

Whenever I hear about discrimination, prejudice or stereotypes, as they relate to race, ethnicity and you name it, my system aches. Being inhumane and lack respect for your fellow brothers or sisters, regardless of color, speaks volume and causes unsettling issues in our society today. In this assignment, my mission is to share an historic event that took place in Martinsville, VA back in 1949. This case includes rape and a racially motivated justice system, that leads to racial discrimination; ultimately

date someone older, much older, how would you feel? Most parents would feel disapproval of their child 's actions. Me myself, I 'm not against the situation; some may say it’s because I 'm young. The correct term for this situation is called statutory rape; others who are against it sometimes call it child pornography. Governments do their part to end global threats to children because the abuse of a child anywhere is an offense to people everywhere. Also, there are many exciting, effective new

evolve into a trail by a jury. Finally, during the 13th century the criminal definition of rape changed, yet again due to society changing. This new law stated that “the rape of matrons, nuns, widows, concubines, and prostitutes, as well as the statutory rape of children” (Richards & Marcum, 2015, p. 16) was now considered a criminal act. Taking a look at the United States, the rape law here consisted of five elements that must be met before it was considered rape in a court of law. “The act had

Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 2 (2013) Following the success of the previous entry, director Naoyuki Tomomatsu wasted no time in expanding his newfound franchise by offering a sequel to the first installment. By offering more of the same in regards to the franchises' content as well as taking the franchise into exciting new areas, this is one of the more enjoyable entries in the series and really has a lot to like about it. With the virus still a major facet of society, the wide-reaching locations

A middle aged business man holding a leather briefcase, dressed in a sleek black tailored suit, wearing a gold watch that clasps on his wrist, walks into a gas station located in the run down part of town holding a leather briefcase. After entering and paying the cashier for the gas he is about to put into his newest edition sports car, another man walks in with a gun. The robber demands the business man’s watch and all the money in his wallet. After the businessman safely makes it to the police

Throughout the semester deviance has been our primary focus of the class, I actually have gotten into the habit of determining things that I do whether they fall under the spectrum of deviant behavior. Certain behaviors correlate with certain theories that have been enmeshed into categories. Since many theories can be grouped together to explain certain behaviors I actually have a few that I am going to be talking about today. But the main form of deviance that I will be focusing on today is rape

Statutory Interpretation Model Answers Explain, the rules judges may use when interpreting Acts of Parliament There are four different rules judges can use when interpreting Acts of Parliament. The literal rule is when judges have to take the natural, ordinary or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase and apply it to the case in hand. This rule leads to absurd and unjust results. The literal rule occurred in LNER V Berriman case. An Act made it a duty to provide a look-out man wherever a

selected lawmakers is the essence of a representative democracy. Apart from the federal and state constitution statutes passed by elected lawmakers are the first laws to check in finding the law that involves to a case. As legislative enactments, statutory trail the usual process of legislation. A bill is presented in the legislature and chosen upon. If permitted, it passes to the executive branch (either a governor at the state level or the president at the federal level). If the executive signs the

Statutory rape refers to sexual relations involving someone below the "age of consent." People below the age of consent cannot legally consent to having sex. This means that sex with them, by definition, violates the law. Statutory rape laws vary by state, with states setting the age of consent differently, as well as using different names to refer to this crime. Many states punish statutory rape under laws addressing sexual assault, rape, unlawful sexual intercourse or carnal knowledge of a child

The strict liability nature of the statutory rape law is very similar to the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Statutory rape is strict liability in nature because, even if a defendant reasonably believed that the underage female was of age, the defendant can still be convicted of the crime of statutory rape because the law does not allow minors to consent to such activities. The idea behind the strict liability nature of statutory rape is to give special protection to minors