Homosexuality was illegal under Isle of Man law until 1992 and since then steps have been taken to give equal rights to all sectors of society.
PokerStars, the biggest online poker company, has for years insisted that legal opinions it has received from several U.S. law firms state that the Isle of Man company is not breaking any U.S. law, including the wire act of 1961 that Dikshit pleaded guilty to violating.
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The Isle of Man is looking for a new law chief after the suspension of the attorney general, Stephen Harding.
In a shocking breach of protocol and in apparent violation of the law, the man who until a few months ago stood at the helm of Israel's efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions attempted to take Israel's military option for striking Iran's nuclear installations off the table.
This is because it gives him the opportunity to judge according to that which he thinks is right within the confines of the articles of the man-made law.
This is a man who was the President of Harvard Law Review -- he could have done anything.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Mr Verma as a "man of vast understanding and knowledge of law" and said he would miss his "generous advice and guidance on matters of public importance".
The best example of this in my own career was a very wise man named Joseph Lesser who hired me straight out of law school.
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More than two centuries ago, our Founders laid out a charter that assured the rule of law and the rights of man.
Some senior militants have been detained, including the man said to have organized the application of Sharia law in Timbuktu for Ansar Dine, one of three Islamist groups with a presence in northern Mali.
The law forbids the naming of the man - known as Witness Z - to protect him from reprisals.
The issue becomes even more important when it involves referring judgment to man-made law for cases involving the rights of Muslims as a whole.
That statute protects marriage under federal law as the union of a man and a woman, and declares that one state may not redefine marriage for other states.
Rather we will confine our discourse to the needs of Muslims in countries ruled by man-made law, and Western countries-is it permissible for them to work as judges in certain conditions?
The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.
Police in Mexico have arrested the father-in-law of the country's most wanted man, the drug boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman.
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To check it is the duty of every self-respecting, law-abiding man.
The gardener at the convent in Paris who offers Valjean sanctuary, knowing that he is a fugitive, but also knowing what kind of man he is, is acting according to a higher law.
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Blatant discrimination in the shape of the Defence of Marriage Act enshrines in law that marriage is between a man and a woman.
According to the files, an ongoing investigation targets a 23-year old Russian man named Oleg Nikolaenko, who is suspected of violating the anti-spam law.
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Don Miguel could see his brother-in-law in one of the trucks, riding next to a man whom everyone knew as El Gato (the Cat).
The failure of police and deputies to capture the man has sparked controversy and outrage, including criticism of the lack of communication between law enforcement agencies.
Friends and family interviewed by law enforcement after the shooting painted a picture of a young man who was deeply troubled in the weeks before the shooting.
"Those who know David know that what happened here was out of character for a kind and generous family man who has lived an otherwise law abiding and good life, " said his attorney, Kenneth C.
The man's son-in-law, Jim Boyden, posted a photograph of the bill, along with a message addressed to Virgin Media, on the social media network.
So far, law enforcement officials have not learned the name or location of the man suspected in the Jane Doe abuse case, and they are still seeking the public's help in finding him.
In the basic-law draft being circulated, they want a share of an interim three-man Iraqi presidency comprising a Shia Arab, a Sunni Arab and a Sunni Kurd.
The Code has only grown more convoluted and complex, and history has shown that when a law becomes overly complicated, it raises the cost of compliance, in both man hours and dollars, and invites abuse.
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"It has been proven in a court of law that the drowning of New Orleans was not a natural disaster, but a preventable man-made travesty, " the attorneys said in a statement.
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