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  2. Right to property - Wikipedia

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    The right to property, or the right to own property (cf. ownership), is often [how often?] classified as a human right for natural persons regarding their possessions.A general recognition of a right to private property is found [citation needed] more rarely and is typically heavily constrained insofar as property is owned by legal persons (i.e. corporations) and where it is used for ...

  3. Section 18 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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    Section 20 addresses public services, while Beetz noted section 18 "provides for bilingualism at the legislative level." [4] The New Brunswick Court of Appeal considered subsection 18(2), which requires bilingual statutes and records to be kept by the provincial legislature, for the first time in the 2001 case Charlebois v. Mowat.

  4. Alternative law in Ireland prior to 1921 - Wikipedia

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    An Irish landlord reduced to begging for rent in an 1880 caricature Alternative legal systems began to be used by Irish nationalist organizations during the 1760s as a means of opposing British rule in Ireland. Groups which enforced different laws included the Whiteboys, Repeal Association, Ribbonmen, Irish National Land League, Irish National League, United Irish League, Sinn Féin, and the ...

  5. Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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    Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a constitutional provision that protects an individual's autonomy and personal legal rights from actions of the government in Canada. There are three types of protection within the section: the right to life , liberty and security of the person .

  6. Land Acts (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The act was amended by the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 47), increasing the amount available for purchase and removing the clauses which had made the Act unattractive. The Land Courts were empowered to sell 1,500 bankrupt estates to tenants.

  7. Citizens' Assembly (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    The programme agreed by the Fine Gael–independent minority government formed after the 2016 election included this commitment: [13]. We will establish a Citizens' Assembly, within six months, and without participation by politicians, and with a mandate to look at a limited number of key issues over an extended time period.

  8. Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia

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    Under the terms of the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011, property owners or residents are entitled to defend themselves with force, up to and including lethal force. Any individual who uses force against a trespasser is not guilty of an offense if he or she honestly believes they were there to commit a criminal act and a threat ...

  9. List of Irish Supreme Court cases - Wikipedia

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    Provisions of Part III of the Industrial Relations Act are invalid considering the provisions of Article 15.2.1 of the Constitution of Ireland. John Gilligan v Ireland & Others [2013] IESC 45; [2013] 2 IR 745; [2014] ILRM 153 Section 13 of the Criminal Law Act 1976 allows judges to apply the principle of proportionality in sentencing.