legal doctrine

A fair-minded judge must try to do his or her best to apply legal doctrines to factual disputes in circumstances that are often tense and uncertain. The best judge is a judge focused solely on the ... Is he truly ignorant of the legal doctrine known as third-party culpability? Did he read the record of the habeas ...

Java was developed by tech firm Sun Microsystems which was acquired by Oracle in 2010. Google denied any wrongdoing. It argued that its use of Java is protected by the legal doctrine of "fair use", which permits copying in some circumstances. In 2012, the companies took the issue to court but the jury ...

“Nevertheless, courts continue to rely on 100-year-old legal doctrine when determining whether to hold teams liable for spectator injuries resulting from errant balls or bats.” About 1,750 fans are hurt each year by foul balls at MLB games. That's about two injuries for every three games, and that's more ...

With surprising frankness, the White House has laid out a plan to fill the courts with judges devoted to a legal doctrine that challenges the broad power federal agencies have to interpret laws and enforce regulations, often without being subject to judicial oversight. Those not on board with this agenda, the ...

Police should draw lessons from last week's disturbances which claimed two lives in Harare and implement acceptable ways of handling difficult situations, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Dr Obert Mpofu has said. Addressing senior police officers in Harare yesterday, Dr Mpofu said political ...

When you engage the public bear in mind the legal doctrine that says 'It is better that 10 guilty persons escape than one innocent person suffers.” He added: “The police derives its mandate from the people. The police comes from the society, from society you belong and you shall return. Never, therefore ...

The Georgia House voted 177-0 on Wednesday to approve House Bill 791, which allows a limited waiver to the legal doctrine of sovereign immunity that protects governments from being sued without their consent. If the bill also passes the Senate, residents could ask a judge to stop government officials ...

In a series of articles I wrote in October and November last year, I documented how complacency with our God-given rights had officially ushered in the era of post-Constitutional America. This ignorant thinking has created an environment of government dependency that serves as the perfect breeding ...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals broke from their legal tradition in a decision on Monday that ruled that discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation qualified as sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Title VII clearly prohibits employment discrimination based on sex, race, color ...

Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, revolutionized the opioid industry through aggressive marketing tactics that encouraged the widespread use of prescription painkillers. That part, by now, is well known, as an out-of-control opioid epidemic ravages a generation of young people with such potency ...

According to Guidry, the legal doctrine of judicial immunity was to create a “free and independent judiciary” for the purpose of maintaining the public's confidence in the judicial system. But the allegations in Palowsky's lawsuit eroded the public's confidence in the judiciary and its ability to fairly oversee the ...

The insurance company based its claim on a legal doctrine in which an individual is assumed to have been negligent because the person had exclusive control over the incident that caused the injury or damages. The City of Rapid City owns and manages the water system that supplies water throughout ...