Drug court

today that the courts use to help clear up the caseloads as well as lower the costs. When a case goes to a jury trial it can cost the courts money due to the witnesses and jurors that need to be called in for the trials. When a case gets settled through the plea bargaining process it will bypass the jury trial stage eliminating that extra cost to the courts. Plea bargaining can be in the best interest for the defendant, save the court money, and help lighten the caseloads in the courts. The…

United Nations, courts and the many parliaments of Australia. The protection of children 's rights is a topic covered by multiple separate entities that all focus on the fair treatment of youth in the legal system. The parliament 's legislation about children 's rights is governed by the conventions released by the United Nations this then governing court decision and how they can administer justice in accordance with legislation and precedent of Acts related to children 's court. The…

Juveniles who break the law should be counted as adults depending on what crime they do. Juveniles need to take responsibility if they are going to do big crimes and are going to be tried as adults. Too many kids are doing crimes and getting away with it with a slap on the wrist basically. In Canada if a person is arrested and sent to jail under the age of 18, that person will get out of jail at the age of 25. It is a law that if you are sent to jail at the age of 18 they cannot give juveniles a…

In Emmott v MVP, the English court upheld the principle that confidentiality is an obligation implied by the law, on both parties to withdraw from disclosing any documents prepared for and used in the arbitration proceedings. This obligation is, however limited depending on the context in which it arose and the nature of the information or documents issued. In this case the interest of justice justified the breach of confidentiality and so the Court allowed Emmott to disclose the documents…

. . . A court will vacate an arbitration award if it is not within the scope of the issues submitted to arbitration . . . [or if] the arbitrator failed to consider all matters submitted.” Id. at 678 (alterations in original) (quoting Bd. of Ed. v. Prince George’s Cnty. Educators’ Ass’n, 309 Md. 85, 105 (1987)). On the other hand, a court will not question the decisions made by agents of the JIA if those decisions are consistent…

Every country has its own laws and ways of dealing with crime. In the United States, we are used to the way our laws work and how the courts function. Other countries are used to the way their laws work, however, when you compare the U.S. with other countries there are many differences that are interesting to look at. Many countries struggle with certain crimes that we may not have a very big problem with. You could also face serious jail time in other countries where the U.S. may only give a…

The play antigone evidently demonstrates the contention of common law and divine law.Here divine law is spoken to by antigone while mainstream law is spoken to by ruler Creon. Aside from this there are different characters in the play who maintains Antigone in the play the contention is not of identities but rather of ideas– the contention of standards. The ruler bolsters mainstream law while others underpins the religious soul that is divine law. In any case is the standard of the god in…

Introduction Whilst observing criminal proceeding in the local, district and supreme courts, the intricate workings of the legal system within Australia became extremely apparent. It became clear during my time in court that the administration, process and practices of each court varied extremely depending on which level you were observing at the time. Similarly during such time spent in court, the distinctions between both summary proceeding and trail upon indictment became clear and could be…

“푆푒푟푖푎푙” is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Augusta Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story about Adnan Masud Syed. Adnan was charged with murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Hae was a Woodlawn High School senior, who went missing on January 1, 1999. Hea’s family reported her missing that day, after she failed to pick up her cousin at about 15:00 hours. Adnan was found guilty and given a life sentence. His case is full of evidence that was incriminating against him because…

cases, the court found that these attorneys had not completed sufficient research into the matter for their advice to be based on informed judgment. Aloy 419 Smith…