King says an unjust law is “a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself….difference made legal.”…
The law since defined so vague gives options to prosecutors and police officers to interpret it as they see fit. Prejudice and bias then emerges making the whole system run by officials. Stuntz (2016) also states that “Like most lawmakers, they wrote their constitutional texts with an eye toward the past they knew, not the future they had yet to see..the Bill was the product of its time and place” (p. 73). The constitution was made in a time where it was completely different then how it is now. Applying everything that it says and taking it literally creates a problem.…
The call for justice was unquenchable, the tensions in Birmingham starved people for justice and equality, the fight for change was inevitable. Martin had many acts of protest against segregation, after being sent to jail and belittled, he felt compelled to give his explanation and reasoning to the Clergymen that criticized his work. Although Martin’s philosophy was based on nonviolent protest, it was necessary to fight for moral injustice even if that meant breaking the law. In the case of Birmingham, it was vital for Martin to response to the out cries of the people due to the unconstitional behaviors that continued to take place there. Martin focus on 3 central themes; moral obligation over unjust laws, direct action and justification of…
The law isn't always a fair game. The law is a long process that the government and Supreme Court and president are apart of. They are the ones that decide if the law benefits the majority of people. 9 out of 10 times the law is in the best interest of the people.…
Martin Luther King Jr said, “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” (382) Just and unjust; right and wrong is the basic skill that everyone have to learn when they were young. People come to school to learn how to follow the laws, and it is true that laws are made to protect people and make things fair for everyone. However base on Martin Luther King Jr, I recognized not all laws are ethical and just. Arizona’s immigration law is an unjust law and it should be abolish because it creates racial profiling, effects public health and impact economic.…
The United States is homeland for millions of immigrants who risk their lives for a better existence. In Jefferson’s words, it is a nation in which “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that among them are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Our nation is a country in which equal opportunity if provided for those in search of a better life and our law is meant to apply evenly to citizens and non-citizens alike. However, throughout history and even in our present day, Congress has undermined this utopian goal by passing laws which some may consider unjust.…
The definition I will take is a combination of these two. I define an unjust law as one that degrades human personality through the unfair suffering of a minority group at the hands of a majority group. Keep in mind that a majority can be in either power or number. A majority in number can be oppressed by a majority in power. Any law that causes a person to suffer simply because they do not agree with this majority is an incorrect and unjust law.…
Governance of the laws maintains social controls. The role law plays in society is to guarantee the rights of those who are weaker either physically or socially in any given social structure. (Daily Legal Whirl, n.d.). Additionally, the functions of law within society protects against anarchy (Daily Legal Whirl, n.d.). In other words, laws dictate a code of conduct that is acceptable as well as consequences for conduct that is not.…
In October 2008, 20 year old Kathleen Worrall stabbed her younger sister Susan to death. She suffered more than fifty wounds. Kathleen was initially charged with the murder of her sister, which was later changed to manslaughter for which she pleaded guilty. Kathleen had a hormonal condition, congenital adrenal hyperplasia which leads to excess production of testosterone. It had been controlled with medication, but Kathleen grew self-conscious about the side-effect of significant weight gain and did not stick to her treatment regime.…
In many jurisdictions the judicial branch has the power to change laws through the process of judicial review. The term “judiciary is also used to refer collectively to the personnel, such as judges, magistrates and other adjudicators, who form the core of a judiciary (sometimes referred to as a “bench”), as well as the staffs who keep the system running smoothly. In 1803, Marbury vs Madison case reviewed in the Supreme Court confirmed the legal principle of judicial review demonstrating the ability of the Supreme Court to limit Congressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional in the new nation.…
1. Which statue deals with issues related to citizenship in Canada? Provide its full citation. What is the full citation for the Regulation to this statute?…
This case has a red flag which means that it is no longer good law. It could have been declared unconstitutional or pre-empted.…
Melvin, S. P. (2011). The legal environment of business: A managerial approach: Theory to practice. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.…
Discuss the meaning of justice. Critically analyse the extent to which the law is successful in achieving justice, and discuss the difficulties which is faces in seeking to do so. (30 marks + 5 AO3)…
Research and experimental development is formal work undertaken systematically to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications . Research’, in simple terms, can be defined as ‘systematic investigation towards increasing the sum of human knowledge’. The Advance Learner’s Dictionary of Current English lays down the meaning of research as “a careful investigation or inquiry specially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge.” Thus, research means to search or to find out or examined again. ‘Legal research’ is research in that branch of knowledge which deals with principles of law and legal institutions. Legal research works may be divided into doctrinal research and non-doctrinal or empirical research. Doctrinal research is concerned with the formulation of legal ‘doctrines’ through the analysis of legal rules. This type of research involves analysis of legal proposition or legal concept. The sources of data are the reports of the Applelate Courts and Conventional Legal Theory. Empirical research, on the other hand, is defined as research based on observed and measured phenomena. The basic point of…