Essays on Judiciary

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Washington, King, and Marshall in Civil Rights History

1 page / 4384 words

Introduction I believe that Martin Luther King Jr brought awareness to the civil rights cause by harnessing the power of the media and the public which led to change in the public’s attitude towards black people. However, he couldn’t have succeeded without the change to...

Civil Rights Martin Luther King Thurgood Marshall

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Biography Report on Thurgood Marshall

2 pages / 879 words

Introduction I chose Thurgood Marshall for my research project because I really didn’t know much about him and what I did know about him sounded very interesting. This man was a real hero because he fought for the rights of other people. He fought against...

Thurgood Marshall

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Organisation’s Procedures for Raising Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Concerns

7 pages / 3348 words

Businesses all have procedures in place that must be followed when any legal, regulatory or ethical concerns are raised. Legal concerns will need to be considered as soon as the business is aware of them and must be acted upon immediately as legal issues could...

Civil Law

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Insanity as a Defence in India and Around The World

8 pages / 3688 words

Insanity is the state of mind where the person is not in control of his actions which in the ordinary condition of mind, a prudent person would not indulge in such a discourse. There may arise circumstances where due to such a condition, the thinking...

Insanity Defense

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Understanding The Rule of Law: a Scholarly Perspective

4 pages / 1889 words

The idea of Rule of Law is one of the integral building blocks of a Modern democratic society. Furthermore, the laws are made for the welfare of the people to maintain peace and harmony between the conflicting forces in society. Moreover, one of the prime...

Civil Law Constitution Society

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The Supreme Court Case

2 pages / 889 words

Recently, the Supreme Court of India (“SC”) in Kinnari Mullick (“Appellants”) v. Ghanshyam Das Damani1 (“Respondent”) has ruled on the power of the court to relegate the parties to the arbitral tribunal, when award passed by the same arbitral tribunal has been set aside under...

Court

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Law Against Alcohol

3 pages / 1520 words

The law hasn’t always been this way. A generation ago, the traditional rule was that a seller of alcoholic beverages would enjoy legal immunity for harm caused by a drunken customer. The prevailing theory held that it was the customer’s voluntary consumption that directly caused...

Alcohol Law

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Bad Character Evidence: then and Now

6 pages / 2581 words

One of the most well-known tenets of English law is that a person ‘should not be judged strenuously by reference to the awesome specter of his past life.’ This very well established tradition has led to the oft-cited rule of evidence law which prohibits reliance...

Court Criminal Procedure Law of Life

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The Johnson's Case

2 pages / 906 words

The United States Constitution’s Fifth Amendment requires that all people are given equal due process rights and a violation of those rights violate the constitution. The defendant, Johnson, argued that his convictions “should not be considered violent felonies and the Armed Career Criminal Act was...

Court

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The Legal Issues Report: Yacht's Case

4 pages / 1883 words

The question states that Johari offered Ben to purchase his yacht, Thunder for RM2 million by posting a letter to Ben but Johari wanted to revoke the offer that he made. Meantime, Ben immediately posted a letter of acceptance to Johari that he wanted to...

Court

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Legal Formalism

6 pages / 2746 words

Formalism is the outlook that law is an autonomous realm where key decisions concerning landmark or hard cases may be settled on or made exclusively through an application of legal concepts rather than looking at the law’s social consequences or depending on contentious moral or...

Civil Law

259

Three Canadian Juvenile Legislations Acts

2 pages / 1069 words

Evolution of legislation to promote youth justice in Canada can be traced from the mid-19th century when criminal laws specifically for young children were initiated. The first juvenile legislation act was the Juvenile Delinquents Act (JDA). Introduction of this was around 1908, and according to...

Criminal Justice Justice Juvenile Crime

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Lawful Orders

1 page / 623 words

What is a lawful order? A lawful order is any order that is given by a superior non-commissioned officer or commissioned officer in line of a regulation, given to aid in the success of the mission, they should not be given based on personal beliefs...

Army Civil Law

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Canada’s Juvenile Justice System

4 pages / 2064 words

Introduction There have been various effects in Canada’s Juvenile justice system from the time that the juvenile system it has existed, and most recently when YCJA Act, i.e., Youth Criminal Justice Act. There has a primary rationale that has been enacting the statute to reduce...

Canada Justice Juvenile Justice System

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Judges and Their Roles in The Constitutional Democracy of Canada

2 pages / 1148 words

Judges has various roles and duties in the constitutional democracy of Canada. They interpret the law, assess the evidence presented, and control how hearings and trials unfold in their courtrooms. Most important of all, judges are impartial decision-makers in the pursuit of justice. (Canadian Superior...

Canada Judge

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Justice: What’s The Right Thing to Do by Michael J. Sandel

3 pages / 1725 words

Michael J. Sandel discusses how there are three different approaches to justice: welfare, virtue, and freedom. The theme of the book is on how and what is considered moral. He introduces several perspectives on morality and we as readers are given insight into what people...

Criminal Justice Justice

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The Royal Prerogative

2 pages / 997 words

Dicey defined The Royal Prerogative as “the residue of the discretionary or arbitrary power legally left in the hands of the crown.” This means that powers which belong to the crown alone could only be considered prerogative powers. It is a set of powers that...

Civil Law Court Power

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Roman Law

2 pages / 934 words

Roman law was very influential in the development of law throughout Western civilization and some parts of the East. These influences continue to be seen in present day legal systems. It has formed the basis for law codes in the majority of countries of continental...

Ancient Rome Roman Law

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The Government of Kenya

5 pages / 2411 words

The Government of Kenya has been implementing various Social Protection Programmes across the country to cushion Kenyan Citizens from extreme poverty. These schemes were given an impetus by the 2006 African Union meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, following which the Government of Kenya initiated a wide...

Justice Kenya