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The research reported in this paper was motivated by the petitions submitted to the Election Petition Tribunals in Nigeria alleging multiple thumbprints of ballot papers in the elections held in 2007. Some of the Election Petition Tribunals exercised their discretion by granting the Petitioners the leave sought to inspect, scan and carry out forensics analysis of multiple thumbprints on ballot papers. The objective of the paper is to provide a legal framework for the truth, validity and admissibility in the court of law the process of scanning and forensic analysis of thumb prints on ballot papers in a developing country such as Nigeria. The method proposed to accomplish this objective has a number of phases. First, the features of thumbprint, certified procedure for thumb printing and ...
... necessary conclusion from initial premises. Deduction is concerned with the validity of an ar...The premises and conclusions of the logic of admissibility of the results obtai...
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In the U.S. Senate, only one-third of the members stand for election every two years; the rest carry over from one congressional term to the next. In this regard the Senate differs from the House of Representatives, where all members stand for election every two-year cycle. That much is familiar, but what legal consequences flow from this structural difference? According to some legislators, courts, and commentators, this difference is very important in that it makes the Senate, but not the House, a “continuing body.” The continuing-body idea is invoked to defend highly controversial aspects of Senate practice. By far the most familiar context in which the idea arises—and the one with the most potential for generating serious conflict—is the debate over the legal...
... do not necessarily agree with my conclusions, and the responsibility for any errors or misjudgm... conclusion does not follow from the premises, in other words. Critics of the Senate’s rules c...
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Open doors wide
When I sat down to write this letter, I honestly didn't know where to begin. There were so many philosophically erroneous premises and conclusions to address. I decided to address the most glaring, at least for me. That was the comment in a recent letter to the editor, "What the church thinks should stay behind the closed doors of the church, exactly where it belongs.
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...We consider Barajas-Alvarado's premises and conclusions, each of which require a detailed ...
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In response to Richard English's letter, "Iowa given too much significance," and a Forum article, "Iowans deserve punishment," by Dale McFeatters, I would like to disagree with most of both their premises and conclusions.
Even though the primary system would benefit from some changes, I have watched this year's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on C-SPAN and other news stations and have learned new information that has given me a clearer perspective of the candidates.
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Introduction II. The Logic Of The Hudson Opinions: Majority Premises, Concurring Qualifications, And Dissenting Challenges A. The Majority B. The Kennedy Concurrence C. The Dissent III. Tasting Hudson's Porridge: Possible Extremes And More Likely Middle Grounds A. Narrow Understandings Of Hudson:"Too Cold," "Too Small," "Too Soft" Morals Ofthe Story B. Broad Understandings Of Hudson: "Too Hot," "Too Large," "Too Hard "Morals Ofthe Story C. Middle-Ground Interpretations Of Hudson: Searching For "Justright"Morals Of The Story 1. The Causation Predicate: The Severability of Fourth Amendment Events 2. The Attenuation Exception: A Second Branch Sprouts 3. The Cost-Benefit Exception: A Somewhat Creative Use of Familiar Premises IV. Conclusions
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Joshua was born in 1979 in Wyoming.17 His parents divorced in 1980, and the Court awarded custody to his father, Randy DeShaney.18 Randy DeShaney moved to Winnebago County, Wisconsin and remarried, and the second marriage ended in divorce.19 In January 1982, the second wife reported to Winnebago County Department of Social Services ("DSS") and law enforcement officials that Joshua's father was abusing him.20 The only action that the DSS undertook was to interview Randy DeShaney, who denied the accusations.21 In January 1983, almost a year later, a physician examined Joshua DeShaney when he was admitted to a hospital with multiple bruises and abrasions.22 This physician suspected that Joshua was the victim of child abuse and notified the DSS.23 Here is the Court's summary of the undisput...
... as the Basis for Court's Legal Conclusions and Holdings ..575. V. OTHER ERRORS IN THE COURT'S....8 This Article examines the critical premises on which Chief Justice Rehnquist relied to support...
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[...] as sometimes happens, I am driven back to my first instinct. [...] as I said, it is characteristic of the intellectual animal that is not a hedgehog that you are never sure where to find it, and that if you do spot it somewhere, you can expect not to see it there the next time you go looking for it, but be surprised by it in some other place.
....2 After disagreeing with the author's premises, his conclusions, and the path he takes between th...
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...[ed] directly or indirectly many of the premises of what has been called the classical school of mo... "liberal" premises and his absolutist conclusions. In lieu of a self-regulating principle, Hobbes in...
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... acceptable link between an argument's premises and its conclusion is that in which it is not logi... support between premises and conclusions; (ii) deductivism either fails to provide an accou...