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    Public Trust

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    sustaining a level of prestige. It is a long standing institution dedicated to justice for the people. We have a respect for judges going back to before the birth of this country. We convey this by referring to judges as ‘the Honorable” and “your Honor”. The sense that lawyers are elite in society contributes to the status of the courts. The Latin lingo, quirky formalities, and judges robes all signify this status. Along with to these social details, there is also the concept of perpetuation.…

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    He talked about how the judge has a lot of power in decision making of someone else’s future. He gave his personal example of how he was chosen as an alternate juror and was arrested for being late to court. He accidently got lost on the train on his way to court so he when he got there the judge was very mad questioning his reason for being late. The judge ordered for Jose to be handcuffed for contempt of court (being disobedient, disrespectful or rude towards the judge). He was kept there for…

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    Prosecutors. 1. The text discusses the prosecutor’s office at work. From the tape, cite some examples of work issues related in the text. The prosecution office at work was a method used by the prosecution team to highlight certain photos and children’s accounts about alleged sexual abuse at the McMartin preschool to gather more evidence to convince the jury that defendant Ray Buckey was a sexual deviant, and that his family was guilty of similar actions. There are several examples or…

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    Fight the System! (or Not) Throughout the history of the United States of America, the justice system and the opinions of citizens on how the system should work have vastly developed and varied. Many US citizens currently believe that the justice system has been fair since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, but Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, has a different view. Stevenson believes that being equal under the law did not actually fix the legal…

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    Introduction My argument is that the law of intention is clear, simple, and still fit for purpose. Intention is one of the categories falling under the mens rea of murder. The law uses intention as one of the main methods of classifying offences, such as deciding between murder or manslaughter. The presence or absence of intention is what the law is interested in, not the motive behind the actions in question. The definition of Intention and how it can be found in the courts has continually been…

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    provisions “inform the standard of care that Mr. Feener owed to all pedestrians” (para. 7). Justice Cromwell, the sole dissenter, agreed with the Court of Appeal that the trial judge misled the jury to assess the responsibilities of pedestrians rather than those of drivers (para. 14). Another contested point was that the trial judge had questioned whether there were “circumstances that would indicate to the driver that he was in an area where children were likely to be present” (para. 9).…

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    counsel took issue with the lab test because they tested drugs from two different vehicles and logged everything under the same bar code. The D.A. became very agitated, stood up from his chair, and accused Mr. Woods of “playing games.” D.A. Baxter told judge Hutson that Mr. Woods had threatened to make his life miserable if he did not offer his client a deal, which he refused to do.…

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    American Judges Duty

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    America’s judges have a special obligation and duty. To be able to perform their job without letting their personal opinions affect their decision making. They are required to base their rulings on the facts presented to them in the hearing pertaining to the case, not around what they have decided is best for them in their personal lives. A judge must be able to be unbiased, knowledgeable on laws and statute and know how to properly apply law to circumstance. Just must live by the Canons, not…

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    INVITATION TO TREAT UNITED STATES In United States the invitation to treat is known as invitation to bargain. Invitation to bargain in the US also same as invitation to treat in UK, because the primary sources of the US law is from English common law, case law, statutes and the constitution. Therefore, the English common law was used as foundation of the US law. The UK and US lawyers break down the procedure of contract information into three steps, which are invitation to treat (invitation to…

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    1. From the perspective of a college or university, is there a difference between internal law and external law? What are the kinds of sources of law of each kind? Discuss. In examining whether there is a difference between internal and external law in relation to colleges and universities one must take note of the system of governance as it relates to institutions of higher education. Internal laws within higher educational institutions stem from internal governance structures or entities…

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