Introduction In the English common law system equity is the principle which governs the legal system. Equity in general happens to be nothing but a basic set of rules or legal principles and maxims which possess the power and legitimacy to override the law in...
The report on courtroom observation concentrates on perceptions from a civil law court which is located at the new justice building in Manchester. The passageway of the building was imposing. The security guards directed me to the court. The first thing I thought when before...
There is no easy answer to the question of religious liberties vs civil laws. This debate goes as far back as greek times, when Sophocles wrote Antigone. This greek play explored the conflict but in the end gave no definitive answer to who was right....
“Suicide is the act of intentionally causing harm or death to one self. The bible is very clear on the fact that murder is against one of the Ten Commandments. Although there is a noticeable increase in the amount of mass suicides within the American...
Introduction My mother’s best friend through high school, a close family friend of mine, Robyn Cronin, was thrilled to hear her young son of 19, Patrick, had made it into the senior football league. On the 16th of April, 2016, he played his first game...
Definitions Justice is the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments (Sandel, 2008). It can also be defined as the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered....
Introduction Plenty of debates have been had as to the origin of what causes criminal behavior; some individuals consider the belief that criminal behavior is hereditary, and others theorize that criminal/deviant behavior is learned during childhood due to a lack of parental control or overbearing...
There are numerous ways one is able to assess the changes in man’s use of corrections from ancient Greece, to our present day. Jim Finckenauer, a professor at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, shared his observation for how the history of the United States...
There are five fundamental values of academic integrity. The first is honesty, which means being truthful about which thoughts are your own and which come from others, and about the procedures and outcomes of your study. Next is trust, which is formed in a structure...
Introduction At the end of June, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, giving President Donald Trump the duty to select a nominee for the Supreme Court. The person who best fit Donald Trump’s criteria was Brett Kavanaugh. On July 9, 2018,...
Introduction to Family Law and Child Custody Family law, as outlined by E. Allan Farnsworth, “is concerned with the relationships between husband and wife and between parent and child, with the rights and duties that spring from these relationships by operation of law or contract,...
The Game of Justice How can anyone be safe in the United States with criminals on the streets and innocent people being incarcerated? The level of justice in America has been getting lower and lower every year. There is only one reason: the jury system...
The Jury Selection Process The right to trial by a jury is promoted by the sixth amendment of the United States constitution. The jury selection process is the process through which individuals who are going to serve in the jury predominantly during a jury trial....
The doctrine of “direct effect” of EC Law is applicable in principle at least to all binding Community law including EC Treaties, secondary legislation and international agreements. This means that provisions of EC Law which are clear, precise and unconditional can be relied upon by...
What Did Roman Law Reveal About Their Society? Numerous aspects of our current society can be attributed to the Romans. Ancient influences of theirs can be seen in our government, architecture, law, and our language. However, their society was flawed, like all societies. Roman laws...
Introduction Roman Law was the law that was in effect throughout the age of antiquity in the City of Rome and later in the Roman Empire. When Roman rule over Europe came to an end, Roman law was largely–though not completely–forgotten. (Ancient Rome, Compton’s 96)...
One of the most famous cases in Roman law is Case 61 in our casebook also known as “A barber cuts a slaves throat”. In this case, a barber was shaving a slaves face in an area where people were playing ball. One of the...
Also considered the “Peace of Westphalia”, these were a series of peace treaties that effectively ended the European wars of religion and this negotiation took roughly 5 years. This was and still is a very significant treaty seeing as it ended the Thirty Years War...
The profession of a lawyer in many people is associated with success, stability and solid earnings. Therefore, it is much more difficult to enter a law school than to other faculties. But the presence of a diploma does not mean that the career will be...