How Criminal Law Lost Its Mind

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Image: Flickr Many U.S. criminal statutes betray the bedrock legal principle of mens rea. The result is a deeply unjust system that punishes the morally innocent. Every morning in the United States 2.2 million people wake up in our nation’s prisons and jails, making us the world leader in incarceration. […]

The democratic essence of the common law

Let’s consider what makes common law distinctive. Law in general is about making and applying rules that coordinate social action. Civil law systems do this by collating the rules into a legal code, regularly updated. Common law systems, like our own, rely more on judges to shape the law. The […]

The Supreme Court Confirms The Common Law Approach To Contract Enforceability Applies To Post-Incorporation Contracts – Corporate/Commercial Law

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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Background On October 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its decision in The Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3905 v. Crystal Square Parking Corporation  (“Crystal Square”), an appeal about whether a pre-incorporation agreement […]

Worker Data files Lawsuit for Race and Religious Discrimination In opposition to Aerospac – Constitutional Law Legal Blogs Posted by Sidney L. Gold

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by Sidney L. Gold Posted on December 09, 2020 in Constitutional Regulation, Discrimination, Labor and Work Legally talking, discrimination is outlined as the unequal or prejudicial procedure of persons or groups based entirely on shielded properties. These characteristics are personalized traits that have nothing to do with benefit or steps […]

Iran: Adopt Draft Law to Protect Women

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(Beirut) – Iran should address gaps in its long-awaited draft law on violence against women that offers limited protections for survivors of domestic violence, and put it before the parliament for a vote, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past year alone, several widely publicized instances of violence against women […]

Law Firm Presents Totally free Legal Advice to Hospitality Firms Hit by New Covid-19 Limits in Wales

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Main legal practice Aaron & Partners is offering free of charge a single-hour lawful advice for Welsh hospitality corporations afflicted by the most up-to-date restrictions A leading regulation agency has pledged to support hospitality organizations in North Wales strike by new coronavirus constraints with an provide of absolutely free authorized […]

Photography and Law

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We have heard a common saying that “A picture is worth more than a thousand words”. The human brain recognizes and recalls images more easily and effortlessly than words 1 We have generally seen the ‘No Photograph’ sign in the common places where taking photos is illegal or is restricted […]

What is the character of the common law?

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He called it “Dog’s law.” Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill The English are curiously ambivalent about their system of law. In a way, I blame Dickens, his influence as outsized as his characters. A “monstrous maze” he called it, importuning us to take its worst elements as representative. The bleakest […]