Essays on Judiciary

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How Plaintiffs Filed Sue Against California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

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Entertainment Merchants Association and other plaintiffs filed suit in federal court against California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and others challenging a state law that prohibited the sale or rental of “violent video games” to minors as a violation of the First Amendment. The law...

California Court

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The Law of The Republic of Kazakhstan

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An effective system of public procurement enhances the government’s ability to regulate business, creating forms of the impact of the system of state orders on the economy, stimulating its development. This is an effective way for the state, when choosing the most acceptable method of...

Constitution Court

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Loving V. Virginia Case for Supreme Court

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Loving v. Virginia is a landmark civil rights Supreme Court case in which laws prohibiting interracial marriage was invalidated. The case arose when Mildred Loving, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were sentenced to a one-year prison sentence in Virginia, for marrying...

Civil Rights Court

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Judicial Activism Vs. Judicial Restraint in America

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Introduction As we rely on our judicial system more and more to protect the rights of the citizens in the United States, we must review the concepts of judicial restraint versus that of judicial activism. The concept of judicial restraint encourages judges to almost “police”...

Justice

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Martin Luther King's Speech: 'I Have a Dream'

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Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came...

Emancipation Proclamation Justice Racial Discrimination

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Approaches to Statutory Interpretation by The Judiciary

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The problem set is approaches to statutory interpretation by the judiciary. In theory, parliament is the supreme law-making authority in the land. However, it is up to judiciary to interpret laws and as such they can often modify a law beyond what was originally intended,...

Court Jury Justice

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Majora Carter - an Activist for Environmental Justice and Economic Equality

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Introduction Majora Carter stands out as a prominent figure in the realm of environmental justice and economic equality activism. In February 2006, she delivered an impassioned eighteen-minute speech at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Monterey, California. Her talk, titled “Greening the Ghetto,” primarily...

Activism Justice

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Court Case Analysis: Malloy Vs Hogan

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Introduction William Malloy was arrested on September 11th, 1959, by the Hartford, Connecticut police at 600 Asylum Street due to a gambling raid. He was placed in jail for one year and fined $500 because he pleaded guilty to a criminal offense, pool selling. However,...

Court Justice

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The Role of The Jury System

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The jury system consists of twelve people who sit in criminal and civil events to make decisions on matters of facts. These are the people of who command great dignity and respect in the society and in some instances they have expert knowledge on various...

Criminal Justice Jury

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The Case of Lagrand Brothers

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Regarding to the LaGrand case, the Federal Republic of Germany declared against the United States of America based on one convention which is Art. I of the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Dispute of 24 April...

Court Justice

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Supreme Court Ruling in Austin V. Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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In Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Supreme Court held that governments may restrict the right of corporations to make independent expenditures on behalf of political candidates. The Austin Court articulated a new constitutional standard for evaluating campaign finance regulation. Such regulation, the Court...

Court Justice

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Pena Rodriguez V. Colorado Case

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In the case of Pena Rodriguez v. Colorado, a man named Peña Rodriguez had been convicted of sexual conduct and harassment in the Colorado Supreme Court. However, after the final verdict, it was brought to Peña Rodriguez’s attention by the other jurors that there had...

Court Justice

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Revenge and Justice in The Count of Monte Cristo

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Even in popular media, the idea of equivalent exchange is commonly used to demonstrate the important value of morals and justice. The questioning of morality and justice has not been phased by the coming and going of eras, and authors of all time periods and...

Book Review Justice Revenge

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Insanity as a Defence: a Look at Court Cases

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One case that uses the reason of insanity defense is the Andrea Yates case. Andrea Yates was a woman from Houston, Texas who drowned her five children. This event occurred on June 20, 2001. She was said to suffer from severe depression after the birth...

Insanity Defense

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Daniel James White: a Look at The Use of Insanity as a Defense

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“Eat a Twinkie, kill a man.” This was a phrase seen often in the newspapers and media during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The so-called “Twinkie Defense” is one of the more colorful myths of the criminal justice system; the misunderstood argument in the...

American Criminal Justice System Insanity Defense

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Mississippi Law History

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On January 8, the US Supreme Court refused to review two cases challenging a Mississippi law that would permit businesses and government employees to deny services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender (LGBT) people to safeguard a persons’ sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions....

Constitution Court

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Injustice in Treatment of Disabled People in Society

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It is evident that marginalized groups in society face injustices in their everyday life, and when institutions in positions of power are given the opportunity to correct these injustices it is critical that they take the necessary steps to ensure the advancement of equality for...

Disability Justice Social Justice

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The Jury System

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It can adequately be argued that the jury system has its roots in England and it is basically made up of twelve people who sit in criminal and civil events to make decisions on matters of facts and not law since the jurists in most...

Competition Judge Jury

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Brown V Board of Education and Its Influence on The American Education System

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Brown v Board of Education was a landmark case that had a monumental influence on the United States educational system. Although Brown v Board of Education helped pave the way for the civil rights movement by starting and attempting to desegregate the public school system,...

American Education System Court History of Education