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    Court Perception

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    My give an account of court perception concentrates on perceptions from two courts. The first was the Civil Justice Center. It houses the Manchester County Court and the Manchester District Registry of the High Court, and in addition Manchester City Magistrates' Family Courts, the District Probate Registry and the Regional and Area Offices of the Court Service. The second one was the Crown Court on Minsull Street in Manchester City Center for criminal court perceptions. Under the watchful eye of going to, every court was reached with a specific end goal to discover the circumstances and cases that could be gone to as a few cases, for example, youth cases are not open to people in general. Firstly I took care of the Manchester Civil Justice…

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    The court system, also known as the judiciary, is a structure that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. As such, there are multiple divisions and even more types of cases. The classifications of cases that are typically seen within the courts are: debt, contract, property, corporate, torts, criminal, public law, and family and estates. Over the years, different types of cases have appeared before the court, some most often than others. In Herbert M. Kritzer, Paul Brace,…

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    Magistrates Court

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    Magistrates’ Court is the lowest court in England. It deals mainly with minor criminal such as vandalism and drink driving. All cases begin in the magistrates’ court, and more than 90% of them will be completed there. It also can deal with offences like burglary and drug offences. These are called either-way offences and they can either be heard in the Magistrates’ Court or they can be passed on to the crown court. The Crown Court deals with more serious criminal acts such as murder and the…

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    Juvenile Courts

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    “You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.” This quote by Rob McKenna, the former Attorney General of Washington, has guided my experience with volunteering. I have a passion for law and government and am preparing to attend college in the hopes of becoming a lawyer. So when I heard there was an opportunity to volunteer inside of my city’s court system, I jumped at the opportunity. The program I volunteer…

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    Provincial Court System

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    In Canada, there are many rules and regulations that are followed by the citizens and 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…

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    Land Court Reflection

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    Massachusetts Land Court is located, I had the opportunity to speak with the security officer outside of the building. Prior to entering I wanted to confirm that I was in the correct place, if for no other reason than to ensure I was not walking into somewhere I should not be. After explaining to him why I was there, he described to me that I needed to first go through security, and then take the elevator up to the fifth floor where the Recorder’s Office is located. Walking into the large…

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    Drug Court Observation

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    Today I sat in on “Drug Court” which was very interesting and not what I expected at all. I sat in on an adult session of drug court which I thought would be like the probation violations hearing I previously went to where the defendant and the judge would talk about criminal history, but it was very different than that. Drug court is actually more of conversation between the judge and the defendant. They discuss sobriety and things that have been going on their lives since they have become…

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    Court Observation Papers

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    On Friday, April 6, I attended the District of Columbia Superior Court in order to witness the criminal justice system at hand rather than in the classroom or by reading a textbook. I witnessed cases that involved prostitution and cases that involved knives. Moreover, I noticed that the judges were either a man or woman, sitting front and center of the courtroom as they were clothed with an official black robe. I was greeted at the courthouse by security and walked through a metal detector,…

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    Court Narrative Essay

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    1) Narrative of Student/Court employee discussions: 1. I know people have different attorneys, but that one lady has defended multiple people here for different things today. What is her job title? And what does she do? - Her job title is a Public Defender. If the defendant does not have a lot of money, they can hire her and she will defend you. 2. Right before the judge walks in, one of the bailiffs says, “All rise Court is now in session.” Why do we have to stand up when the judge walks in?…

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    Openness Of Court Essay

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    The openness of courts brings the society and its justice with invaluable benefits. First of all, the openness of court is in line with the Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (McLachlin, 2003). In practice, given the access to the operation of the court and the implementation of justice, the public is able to be informed and educated about how their civil rights, individual liberty, and social rightness could be ensured by the social justice system. Meanwhile,…

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