Contempt of court

members of the courts. The laws are practised in the provincial, federal and supreme courts. The provincial court is the lowest court in which cases are heard. “The court is an important place where public and private issues are resolved” (McCormick 1994, p.2). The justice system is based on an adversarial system in which the disputes that occur are represented by people who study the law. There are many representatives of the court such as the judge, lawyer, officer, court clerk and court…

are the first reason that our justice system is broken. He argues that many convicts don’t have the time to research lawyers, and the ones that are provided to them by the court are…

lead to catastrophic events. Prejudice impacts individual’s lives tremendously and can lead to various outcomes. Standing up for injustice is one outcome of a person who faces prejudice. A place where a person can stand against injustice is in the court system. There have been instances where an individual has been convicted unfairly. The persons and family reaction is to appeal until they are proven innocent.…

In this following paper I will discuss my court visits on September 30th and October 19th at the Lancaster Court House. The first hearing I saw was an estate hearing in courtroom six on the third floor with Judge Jay J Hoberg. The hearing was only an about an hour long but to me it was very informative. As I mentioned earlier it was an estate hearing for a petition to have will moved to New Jersey, there was a jurisdiction error. There was no defendant, the party in contradiction of a claim that…

Historical Background Since the 1700’s America has been treating children as adults in a court of law. According to an article written by FRONTLINE for PBS, juveniles…

their undying love in court to murder after a second trial a few short days later, Desdemona and Othello are redefining love and how quickly it can change. Through two different trial scenes, Shakespeare’s Othello demonstrates the changes in Othello and Desdemona’s love by employing the shifts in who portrays the judge, the reason for each trial, and even though the situations have greatly changed what the similarities are between each trial. Because the judge of a trial or court case should…

are holding a “criminal’s court” or “Kangaroo Court.” In this trial, the audience can see no matter what the circumstances are procedures and trials are important. Despite that these people are criminals; they are still holding a trial to convict the murderer and to punish him for the crimes that he committed. However, they did not employ the full extent of the law (procedures). Criminal law is a system of law that has to do with punishing those who commit crimes. The court role is to uphold…

On Thursday, September 22nd at 4:00 p.m., I witnessed the Beebe v. Bozeman Deaconess Health Service, Inc. court case. The judge for this case was Judge Holly Brown. I walked into the court room while they were on recess, so I was a little confused about what was going on at first. It was interesting to be a part of the “please rise” standing ritual when the judge walked in. It makes a person wonder why the benches in the public’s seating area are so noisy, it seemed very disruptive. When I…

Courthouse Visit On Tuesday, November 8th I visited the Price County Courthouse in Phillips, WI were the honorable Douglas T. Fox presided. Judge Fox is a circuit court judge which is an elected positon and he is currently serving his sixth term. I was not aware that Judge Fox was an elected official until I did research on his background, but I feel that this is a good way for the people to pick a judge that will be fair and impartial and has similar views as the public. On the day that I…

and announced it to be a form to cover the fees of babysitting he spent on his custody days with the child that he could not be present for due to selective military hours. Realization hit at this point, knowing that I was now witnessing a family court case well into the hour that my misdemeanor trial was set to take place. Jogging down notes proceeded as the Judge began to lecture the defendant for not having a copy of his paperwork to offer both him as the judge, the prosecutor, and he the…