Tag: legal

Obligations, like contracts and torts, are conceptualised as rights good between individuals. The idea of property raises many further philosophical and political issues. Locke argued that our “lives, liberties and estates” are our property because we own our bodies and mix our labour with our surroundings. European Union law is the first and so far the only example of a supranational law, i.e. an internationally accepted legal system, other than the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. Engage in a one-year comparative law experience with Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Koguan Law School. The current legal infrastructure in the People’s…

One criticism of bicameral systems with two elected chambers is that the upper and lower houses may simply mirror one another. The traditional justification of bicameralism is that an upper chamber acts as a house of review. Some countries allow their highest judicial authority to overrule legislation they determine to be unconstitutional. There is also the continuing failure of law enforcement to control illegal harvesting, under-reporting and smuggling of the timber. Most countries have systems of appeal courts, with an apex court as the ultimate judicial authority. One definition is that law is a system of rules and guidelines which…