The Supreme Court’s plurality opinion in Baze v. Rees begins with a seemingly simple assertion of constitutional law. “We begin with the principle, settled by Gregg, that capital punishment is constitutional.” It continues, “[i]t necessarily follows that there must be a means of carrying it out.” This second pronouncement provides the foundation for the Supreme Court’s holding in Baze that Kent...

Whereas e-government mainly focuses on strengthening the efficiency of public government processes, it is the goal of e-democracy to improve democratic processes. Law can be defined as a communication-system between the legislative authority and the people. Using electronic media for democratic instruments can make this communication process easier. But there are also dangers and risks. The top...

although england and the united states are both common law states and their legal systems follow the same rules, each has disregarded certain rules and changed them to suit specific circumstances. for instance, they have both disregarded the common law rule on the insertion of exemption conditions by carriers. regarding carrier’s liability towards passengers, the united states accepts the highe...

Current U.S. law on drug testing is reviewed in this article. The widespread practices of drug abuse and drug testing in the United States are reviewed in the initial section. Legal questions are posed concerning constitutional rights and the rights organized labor has won in the courts during the last century. Federal appellate case law, federal and state statutory law, and military law on dru...

This chapter traces how British and Dutch colonial officials gathered and organized knowledge on Islamic law in the British Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) and the Netherlands Indies (present-day Indonesia) respectively. Despite clear differences between the legal systems and administrative structures of the two colonies, colonial authorities shared a considerable amount of ...