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Germaine Greer” (Edwards). This can also be seen in other instances Edwards mentions in which contemporary feminists, according to her, overreact. For example, when Tim Hunt, a nobel prize winner, made a “crass joke”, he was “hounded” or, when a barrister “complemented” Charlotte Proudman’s photograph on social media, he was “publically humiliated” (Edwards). Here, Edwards uses neutral language to describe the perpetrator’s actions, which do not fully encompass the incidents. Furthermore, she…

The training of a costs lawyer must evolve following the implementation of the legal services act 2007. Research this statement and write an essay on the impact and role of a costs lawyer. Introduction For solicitors, barristers and costs draftsmen perhaps the most important legislation introduced prior to the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) was the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (CLSA) and the Access to Justice Act 1999 (AJA). The CLSA established a new framework for the legal profession…

numerous different genres who writes books that are extremely informative and interesting at the same time. Not much is known about Sir Henry Rider Haggard’s childhood. He was not poor as a child. Sir Haggard was born on June 22, 1856. The son of a barrister, he was born in Bradenham, Norfolk,…

Jack the Ripper: Unsolved Murder? The News reports murder stories all the time, but the story of the first recorded serial killer that was never caught is older than anyone alive. Today the police can solve a murder in under a month usually, but the Jack the Ripper case has never been solved after one hundred and twenty years. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in Whitechapel, London, during 1888 that murdered five prostitutes, removed their organs, and never had his identity fully confirmed…

Within the span of ten weeks, London’s overcrowded and impoverished East End was subjected to a series of grisly homicides that went unsolved. What made these slayings so unique to an area already heavily entrenched in violent crime, was the sheer brutality of the homicides. Inside the boundary lines of a single square mile, a number of prostitutes were strangled and mutilated by an unidentified serial killer known to the public as Jack the Ripper. Despite the efforts of the Metropolitan Police…

Dalit oppression, and the reverse mechanism of socio-political and religious upheavals against such tendencies have long been part of the Indian set up. Mass conversions to Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, in the sub-continent, as documented in history, speaks volumes of the denial of basic human rights to the Dalits or the Untouchables by the caste Hindus. These conversions in no way guaranteed the allocation of rights to the Dalits, who continued to suffer under the yoke of overbearing Hindu…

To What Extent has History Affected the development of New Zealand’s Legal System? ID: 62952639 History has had an enormous impact on the development of New Zealand’s legal system. Legal history is more than an explanation, it is a crucial part of understanding New Zealand society, as habitually aspects of it remain, embedded in our legal system . Key components of the modern New Zealand legal system can be founded through an examination of important moments in legal history. Both the…

Some of our other concerns within the conditions set by the Courts are that the Appellant’s Human rights are even further breached, this includes:- A. Article 6 right to a fair trial:- 61. The Appellant had to go ahead at the hearing without the barrister having any other paperwork other than the application to strike out, which was not allowed. 62. Also on this date, the police officers did not attend when they knew they should. 63. The Appellant was so unwell at this hearing, he was not coping…

police prosecutors gathered evidence such as DNA, papers, files from his computer. Solicitors The solicitor’s role is to gather all evidence and information needed to represent either the defence or prosecution in a trial. It is then the role of the barrister to conduct cross examination and present their side’s case. Identify the Plea A plea is ‘ a formal statement of guilt or innocence by the accused’ (Cambridge legal studies textbook HSC). Gonzales pleaded not guilty. He Stated “that he…

‘The Criminal Law frequently results in unjust treatment of individuals and groups within society, which will not be solved by changing specific Laws.’ Critically discuss this statement in relation to the Criminal Law, using examples. Law can be metaphorically defined as a body of authority and rules which is archaic, bias and irrational. The Law exercises power and, “resists and disqualifies alternative accounts of social reality”. Smart, C. (1989:4) Arguably in order to criminalise…