Ethics and laws are closely related. Both describe how people ought to act. People do, however, disagree with what is right or wrong, and therefore disagree with what should or should not be law.
The law is based upon property rights, based upon assumptions of ownership, that may or may not have an ethical basis. Once these assumptions have been made, the law attempts to govern the equitable...
It's certainly possible. If you are a woman, your sister-in-law's sister-in-law could be you; if either gender, that might be your own sister. Or, it could be someone else who is no blood relation to...
Statutory law is codified law organized in written statutes. Constitutional law begins with the textual provisions set forth in the Constitution, but it also comprises all of the common law of...