Court

March 6, 1875 a court verdict that will preside in infamy, the verdict of the Dred Scott versus John Sandford Supreme Court case. Dred Scott, a once enslaved African-American man who then moved with his wife to Illinois, a free state or one in which slavery is illegal. By virtue of not being allowed to purchase land undeterred by the fact that under state legislation he was a free man, Dred Scott attempted to sue in a federal court. The chief justice in this case was Chief Justice Roger B Taney,…

Drug courts emerged as a direct response from the government, after they introduced and escalated their campaign of the War on Drugs in the 1980s and 1990s. This era exposed bipartisan support of the enforcement of drug laws, and its effect on low level drug offenses and harsher criminal penalties for possession and/or sale of small amounts of substances. Due to this, millions of cases flooded the court system, charging people with minor drug law violations, drastically increasing the number of…

Specialized courts have been instrumental in deviating the impact of overpopulated and taxed prison systems. Accordingly, they provide an environment that allows drug abusers to correct their behavior and lessen recidivism for similar crimes (Drug Courts, n.d.). The advantage of having a drug courts improve the treatment an offender gets and allows them to take charge over the positive changes in their day-to-day lives. The National Institute of Justice has found that recidivism rates drop…

rapid number of specialty courts popping up throughout the nation. Specialty courts are specialized court sessions which target individuals with underlying medical, mental health, substance use and other issues that contribute to these individuals coming before the court with greater frequency. Specialty court sessions promote improved outcomes which reduce recidivism and enhance public safety by integrating treatment and services with judicial case oversight and intensive court supervision.…

You Us We All is a contemporary spin on the classical court masques of the 16th and 17th century. Court masques were a combination of music, drama, dance, and extravagant sets and costumes. These masques were mainly performed for the high nobles and aristocrats in the 16th and 17th centuries throughout Western Europe. This opera is classified as an allegory. According to the Carolina Performing Arts Website, an allegory is defined as a “literary device that conveys often abstract ideas beyond…

juvenile lawbreakers. As a result, its eradication will cause negative effects on the society at large. If juvenile courts are eradicated, young lawbreakers will begin being tried in adult courts. For young wrongdoers to be tried in adult courts it means that the required rehabilitation, as well as treatment process that as young juveniles should pass through, will not be attained. In adult courts, there are no programs that are fit for the rehabilitation of young evil doers. As a result,…

are different cases and different amendments that apply to different situations. There are so many and that would be why so many people get confused about it. Some ask why the designs of the Supreme Court were made because they simply don't agree, but, all decisions are for a reason. The Supreme Court has made many decisions to help out our country such as the following: Shelley vs. Kraemer, Brown vs. Board of Education, Loving vs. Virginia. Shelley vs. Kraemer is a case about a black man who…

In the case of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 - Supreme Court 2012, the issue presented before the court was under the Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment is it cruel and usual punishment to sentence a fourteen-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kuntrell Jackson, Derrick Shields, and Travis Booker discussed a plan to rob the Movie Magic video store in the evening on November 18, 1999. It is alleged that once the time had come to rob the movie store the…

For many years, the English department at the University of Virginia has been editing classic novels. Classics such as Mark Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” H. G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” or Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” have been revised by a member of the English department at U.Va. They work to connect to a more general, modern, audience rather than other scholars. Many are opposed to the editing of classic literature, for example, the NAACP declares “You don 't…

there is a hierarchy between civil courts and criminal courts. As far as the past 500 years the system has keep evolving, such as the law of precedent. In order to complete the essay successfully, this essay will find out what is law and how the law systems work in the country. It will attempt to understand the difference between public law and private law and the difference between civil and criminal law. It also will evaluate how the English court system work come up with the…