seen or experienced anything relating to their respective case. The chosen scope for this discussion is cases of sexual assault because very often in such cases the only evidence presented is a testimony, either by the victim or a witness. Aside from the aforementioned, DNA evidence has been used very frequently in sexual assault cases, however, the only fact that DNA evidence can prove is that some sort of sexual activity took place. In cases where the act itself is not illegal, for instance…
principles of sources are statutes, EU Law and common law. Common law, case law, is the main legal system which was implemented in UK. ‘The common law is judicially created law that is developed on a case by case basis,’ Chief Justice Hannah of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in Mason v State. It simply means UK is examined the cases by judicial precedent which is referring to the previous case or statutes and applied it into current case. Civil law and criminal law are a part of common law as the…
Staunton and Chiarella (2013) “unsatisfactory professional conduct includes conduct that is substantially below the standard reasonably expected of a registered health care practitioner of an equivalent level of training or experience”. Based on the case study of Conyard [2015], the nurse was not able to recognise and respond to the deteriorating condition of the patient when the vital signs were in the red zone, in addition, the nurse was not able to document all the necessary assessments and…
prosopagnosia contributed to our understanding of visual recognition? A lot of what we understand about visual recognition comes from investigating cases where the processes involved go wrong. The absence of a cognitive ability can provide is with the ability to look at where things differ in these individuals from those with normal levels of processing. In the case of visual recognition, we can look at different forms of visual agnosias in order to tell us about how these recognition processes…
stated in Ontario, forensic anthropologist serve as consultants for Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in regards to autopsies. b. The police, a pathologist or a coroner may request involvement of a forensic anthropologist (Rogers 2015). c. Other cases that include a forensic anthropologist is the ability to identify victims such as through a mass disaster using the bones found and facial reconstruction (Saferstein 2014: 114-117). 3a. The bone was found on a Monday, however…
Dworkin on Judicial Discretion in “Hard Cases” Lu Zhao Boyu (Bozy) | A0127866R In the standard courtroom, one could reasonably expect the judge to be the one responsible for the holding of a case. However, does and should the judge exercise his own discretion when deciding cases? Prominent legal theorist H. L. A. Hart claims that judges do exercise discretion, especially in “hard cases”, where there is no pre-existing or unambiguous rule. To this matter, Hart’s brilliant student Ronald Dworkin…
another reason, as in the earlier editions of Dicey, of course modified in later editions, referring to John Wilkes's case, that "conferment of any discretion tends to arbitrariness and therefore there is something inconsistent with the rule of law." But then, as time passed, it was realized that conferment of some discretion for the purpose of application to the facts of a given case is something you cannot do away with. The area of discretion should be the minimum possible, and set norms,…
Qualitative Methods Application – Case Study Suzanne Lowrance Bellevue University Qualitative Methods Application – Case Study The generational gap in the workplace is a fact that can be attested by various studies and research on workplace conditions. The situation where each generation defines their own preferences and experiences is an explicit scenario that commonly occurs in organizations throughout our industry. The major results that are experienced with the generational gap are a lack of…
Research Methodology The researcher is going to implement a cross sectional study with a qualitative case study approach. The nurses will be females, ages 25-50 years old with 0-10 years of experience. The dependent variable will consist of a scale measuring negative impacts on the individual nurse from shift work. Four independent variables will be examined. They include age, experience vs. no experience, mandated vs. choice and napping. Ethical considerations end limitations of the study will…
Leslie Ellen Shear and Julia C. Shear Kushner have a lot to say on the matter of family abductions. Their research talks about what exactly is family abduction and a lot of other things that go into the process and its statistics. They also talk about the different types of laws and how they pertain to the matter. There are many factors that go into the requirements for a “family abduction”. It is defined as, “The taking or keeping of children in violation of the other parent’s rights of…