Abuse of Judicial Power in the Victorian Era vs. Today
“The strong were always eating the weak.” - James Rollins. This connects to the abuse of judicial power because countless judicial leaders take advantage or do not give the unentitled a say because of personal benefit or bias. The abuse of judicial power is a social issue that occurs when someone with higher power abuses their power in the courtroom, makes the wrong discretion against one being tried. This social issue is comprised of several different problems, such as disrespect in the court, corruption, bias, or conflict of interest. The issue of judicial abuse in the Victorian Era contrasts greatly with judiciary abuse in today's society, like how there were not juries, but on the other hand, there are still similarities, including that the judicial leader makes the purposeful wrong discretion due to corruption, bias, or conflict of interest, and that the reasoning behind it is to benefit the culprit,despite the right choice.
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One difference is that judicial leaders in Victorian Era were able to “Ignoring certain laws or precedents,” but today there are copious laws in place to protect people from being abused, consequently “the judge would have to break two rules in order to accomplish this” (LaMance, 2017). A huge difference between the Judicial systems 200 years ago and today is that juries were not required in every case, as in Oliver Twist, Dickens describes the court, and no jury is ever mentioned: “Mr. Fang sat behind a bar, at the upper end; and on one side of the door was a sort of wooden pen in which poor little Oliver Twist was deposited” (Dickens, 101). Unlike in Oliver Twist, all court cases must have a jury to be a legal in the United States as of
“The strong were always eating the weak.” - James Rollins. This connects to the abuse of judicial power because countless judicial leaders take advantage or do not give the unentitled a say because of personal benefit or bias. The abuse of judicial power is a social issue that occurs when someone with higher power abuses their power in the courtroom, makes the wrong discretion against one being tried. This social issue is comprised of several different problems, such as disrespect in the court, corruption, bias, or conflict of interest. The issue of judicial abuse in the Victorian Era contrasts greatly with judiciary abuse in today's society, like how there were not juries, but on the other hand, there are still similarities, including that the judicial leader makes the purposeful wrong discretion due to corruption, bias, or conflict of interest, and that the reasoning behind it is to benefit the culprit,despite the right choice.
The issue of judicial abuse in the Victorian Era can …show more content…
One difference is that judicial leaders in Victorian Era were able to “Ignoring certain laws or precedents,” but today there are copious laws in place to protect people from being abused, consequently “the judge would have to break two rules in order to accomplish this” (LaMance, 2017). A huge difference between the Judicial systems 200 years ago and today is that juries were not required in every case, as in Oliver Twist, Dickens describes the court, and no jury is ever mentioned: “Mr. Fang sat behind a bar, at the upper end; and on one side of the door was a sort of wooden pen in which poor little Oliver Twist was deposited” (Dickens, 101). Unlike in Oliver Twist, all court cases must have a jury to be a legal in the United States as of