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Law is a system of rules and regulations that dictate acceptable behavior in different areas of society. These sectors of society include how we govern the economy, government, and general safety/security of the general population. Law is based on collective human experience to fill the need for consistency, regularity, and justice in the collective environment we live in.

There are many different types of law, such as criminal, property, trade, administrative, constitutional, International, military and contract law.

The earliest recorded laws can be traced to the Middle East in 2100 B.C. Ur-Nammu, a king in the region had the first law book written for him. Three centuries later, Hammurabi, who was king of Babylonia had instituted written laws of which 282 articles have survived to this day.

As society changes there is a constant need to update and change laws. As new things are discovered and brought into use, people normally find ways to abuse them. In recent history, computers and the Internet have posed significant challenges to law. This is because technology now changes so rapidly — it's difficult for the legal system to keep up with all the changes — which alter different technologies frequently. Many of these challenges are related to privacy as computers have the ability to store and track information in greater volumes than ever before.

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  • Wahabism linked with terrorism; Saudi envoy stages walkout


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 171
    Wahabism linked with terrorism; Saudi envoy stages walkout NEW DELHI: Saudi Ambassador to India Faisal Al-Trad walked out of an international conference of jurists in protest after noted Indian jurist Ram Jethmlani’s accusation that the Wahabi sect of Islam was responsible for terrorism. The conference was attended ...
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  • Firearm Follies


    Subject to Complete Defeasance — Authority Authority: 107
    The question then is whether the Michigan Legislature can constitutionally provide that a felon who possesses a firearm shall be convicted of and punished for violating two criminal statutes: felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm while being a felon in possession of a firearm. White v. ...
    1 hour ago

  • Breaking: A “First-of-Its-Kind” Ruling in Jenkins-Miller Custody Case


    Mombian — Authority Authority: 502
    In what the Vermont Rutland Herald is calling “a first-of-its kind parent custody change,” the Judge William Cohen of the Rutland Family Court yesterday granted sole custody of 7-year-old Isabella Miller to her non-biological mother, Janet Jenkins. Jenkins has been fighting her former partner Lisa Miller for ...
    2 hours ago

  • The Administration Guts Its Own Argument for 9/11 Trials


    American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum — Authority Authority: 161
    by Glenn Greenwald Can anyone reconcile Obamas homage to "our legal traditions" and his professed faith in jury trials in the New York federal courts with the reality of what his administration is doing: i.e., denying trials to a large number of detainees, either by putting them before military commissions or simply ...
    3 hours ago

  • One last email my father in law sent me.. funny but true…


    InvestmentWatch — Authority Authority: 451
    > Think about this: > 1. Cows > 2. The Constitution > 3. The Ten Commandments > > ———————————————————————— > > COWS > Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the > mad cow epidemic our government could track a single ...
    3 hours ago

  • Churches must lift ban on gay staff, orders Brussels


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 986
    EU decides British government was wrong to allow exemptions under equality law The government is being forced by the European commission to rip up controversial exemptions that allow church bodies to refuse to employ homosexual staff. It has emerged that the commission wrote to the government last week raising ...
    3 hours ago

  • Analyzing Warstuff


    Rick's Caf American — Authority Authority: 164
    Analyzing Warstuff Where do you go if youre an American general, say, or a British one, and your troops in Iraq or Afghanistan are encountering a new type of homemade but lethal weapon, and you need some advice on what its made from so as the better to defend yourself? To Israel, of course . The Israelis have ...
    3 hours ago

  • Hamas: No Return to Warfare, Please


    Rick's Caf American — Authority Authority: 164
    Hamas: No Return to Warfare, Please One of the small military factions even more extreme than Hamas shot a rocket into Israel yesterday. The Hamas rulers of Gaza hurriedly read them the riot act: no one shoots at Israel. We dont want any re-run of last January . Maybe some day, but not this year. It has been ...
    3 hours ago

  • The philosophy of dodgy sales and stolen data


    The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority Authority: 986
    Tightening the law on stolen data could ensnare journalists as well as crimes such as the T-Mobile scandal So what is "the public interest"? Philosophical tangles dont come much knottier in a world where this defence of journalisms essential freedom is always under siege. Remember last weeks T-Mobile scandal , where ...
    3 hours ago

  • Congressional Memo: A Slow Pace in the Senate, and Much Left to Do


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 916
    Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, would prefer an agenda without health care.
    3 hours ago

  • L.A. Countys new dogfighting tip line is unveiled


    L.A. Unleashed — Authority Authority: 645
    Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County district attorneys office and the Humane Society of the United States announced plans for a novel new approach to combating animal cruelty in L.A. County: A 24-hour tip line, manned by both English and Spanish speakers, for citizens to report incidents of dogfighting.   ...
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  • An Inspirational Video 1 – The Law Of Attraction


    Law of Attraction — Authority Authority: 126
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  • East Anglia: Chapter 3


    GreenTech Pastures — Authority Authority: 543
    Police are investigating the theft of documents from the East Anglia University climate study center.
    3 hours ago

  • A virus called Shariah


    WOMEN'S LENS - Un coup d'oeil fminin — Authority Authority: 141
    sent by Viviane PaoliniA Denver airport shuttle driver from Afghanistan who plotted to blow up subway trains in New York City.  A Jordanian who tried to destroy one of Dallas tallest skyscrapers.  An American who thought he was detonating a truck bomb aimed at a federal courthouse in Springfield, Illinois. Law ...
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  • Surrey RCMP officer charged with assault


    RCMP Watch — Authority Authority: 123
    Vancouver, B.C. (Vancouver Sun) – A Surrey RCMP officer has been charged with two counts of assault following allegations he struck two men in May 2009 while responding to a domestic disturbance.Const. Imran Saeed will make his first court appearance Dec. 8 at Surrey provincial court, Surrey RCMP said Friday in a ...
    4 hours ago

  • New Survey Shows Paralegal Salaries Going Down


    The Estrin Report — Authority Authority: 104
    Not so good news out here in the paralegal world. The new 2010 Salary Guide from Robert Half Legal just published, shows that paralegal salaries are dipping. The salary guide is a review of actual starting salaries in 2009 and...
    4 hours ago

  • Revisiting the Court-Packing Plan


    Concurring Opinions — Authority Authority: 605
    My draft paper on “The Child Labor Amendment and the Court-Packing Plan,” which I’ve blogged about previously, is now available here .
    4 hours ago

  • The End Approacheth


    Blind Prophecy — Authority Authority: 417
    The end of the semester is almost upon us, so there has been a rapid increase in end-of-the-year parties (before final exams consume our last waking seconds). I wonder if my contracts professor will remember yelling at me for drunkenly singing and dancing to “ Hollaback Girl ” at the beer bust event held in the ...
    4 hours ago

  • Britains new Internet law as bad as everyones been saying


    Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority Authority: 167
    Mandlesons plans for the internet in the UK, the future of internet freedom looks grim
    4 hours ago

  • Thrust and Parry on the Senate Floor


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 916
    A fight of galactic proportions over health care looms. Here’s a playbook for aficionados of legislative war-games.
    5 hours ago

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