Under common law, all citizens, including the highest-ranking officials of the government, are subject to the same set of laws, and the exercise of government power is limited by those laws. The judiciary may r
It is a common misconception that initiation of procedures in one sphere of the law will preclude or forestall action in another. For example, if one employee assaults another at the work site the police may be called in to initiate a criminal investigation, but this does not preclude the ...
with people who possess the “common” sense to immediately recognize value improvement opportunities, by all means take advantage of their talents. But don't be disappointed if such wisdom is not immediately forthcoming. Sometimes the only avenue available is a systematic assault on unnecessary ...
Islam should not be accorded a privileged position in British society. If included in future legislation the APPG’s definition will become in effect a new blasphemy law, one rejected by every other religion in the UK. Most religions such as Christianity welcome open discussion; Islam does not....
As we have seen from the OED definition, vernacular refers to spoken, not written language, and if she refers to the classes who could read and write she actually excludes the major bulk of the population. So, neither at the time of the Norman conquest, nor for the century that followed...
With 2,500 to 3,000 words, you can understand 90% of everyday English conversations, English newspaper and magazine articles, and English used in the workplace. The remaining 10% you'll be able to learn from context, or ask questions about. However, it's essential to learn the right En...
and so could not be excluded in the presentation of the case before the jury without the evidence being thereby rendered unintelligible.” The court gave examples of trials for murder or wounding, where evidence is given to show prior assaults by the accused on the victim, or menaces or thr...
This paper addresses the question of how, historically, the language of the English common law has become separated from the understanding by the ordinary man and woman. The use of an archaic language – law French – for over half a millennium has meant
With 2,500 to 3,000 words, you can understand 90% of everyday English conversations, English newspaper and magazine articles, and English used in the workplace. The remaining 10% you'll be able to learn from context, or ask questions about. However, it's essential to learn the right ...
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