In first-order logic, laws and facts are propositions, and there is no special mark that distinguishes a law from a fact. To distinguish them, a context mechanism is necessary to separate first-order reasoning with the propositions from metalevel reasoning about the propositions and about the di...
<caselaw.findlaw.com> Mr. Justice Lurton delivered the opinion of the court: The only question under this writ of error is as to the validity of a statute of the state of Illinois entitled, “An Act to Indemnify the Owner of Property for Damages by Mobs and Riots.”… The defendant ...
Restoring the Truth Restorative Editorial Frequently Asked Questions What is restorative justice? Restorative justice is an approach to addressing harm caused by crime or conflict that focuses on repairing relationships and healing the harm done. It involves bringing together the victim, the offender, an...
we live in a post-Clinton world — why are you wandering around with a Winki-Lantern looking for the “Truth?” There is no law (physical or otherwise) that would force people to be logical. It isn’t even required in a courtroom. Without a system of logic, there can’t be ...
President, that we extend to the black man, I had almost called it the poor privilege of the equal protection of the law? Ought not the time to be now passed when one measure of justice is to be meted out to a member of one caste while another and a different measure is meted ...
It is nowadays easy to get reasonably accurate and reliable information about China, either from Western organizations or the Chinese themselves. Often the information may be somewhat out of date but this is not always so serious as China is in a continuing flux of change. Gone too are the ...
The Welsh Government is showing leadership while some wish to keep the present law or tinker with the system. A fear of an anti-donation backlash is one reason why civil servants and health professionals in England have chosen not to recommend dramatic changes to the current arrangements. It ...
W.,Ferdinandusse - 《Journal of International Criminal Justice》 被引量: 1发表: 2013年 Fact-finding: its Place in International Law and International Politics The events in this world consist of a rather confused complex of facts, opinions and comments, in which truth and falsehood can hardly ...
Tort law judging in the United Kingdom includes judicial 'truth claims' or 'social facts' about the world, society, and institutional and human behaviour. Although corrective justice and rights scholars assert tort law is autonomous and internally referential, social facts can be influential in tort...
United States, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor declared that with the majority’s ruling, 'the President is now a king above the law'. In this, she is wrong: the majority opinion has given the US president far more power than English kings had at the time of the American Revolution...