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Since witchcraft was a felony offence, that made the crime into a secular matter for the courts of common law to deal with. English courts had a system that, compared to most European countries at the time, probably allowed a higher rate of survival for the crime of witchcraft. Witches were allegedly tried the same as common criminals, and given the full benefit of trial by peers. The English court system is also highly dependent on evidence and witnesses, when determining the outcome of…

As we know, the relevant groups in the Unites States are Asians, African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans. I started to question why certain races have more criminal involvement and victimization. This research paper talks about how heavy African Americans and Latinos are involved in the criminal justice system. There’s theory that are based on racial differentials in the criminal justice system. Did you know that the first juvenile who was tried as an adult was black? and where did…

Racism has had an important significance in court cases against Hispanics and African Americans. In United States there are more than 2.5 million inmates. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statistical Report of 2014, there are 150,361 inmates in the state. From this, 52,119 are Blacks, 49,800 Hispanics and 47,676 are Whites. In the criminal justice system, people of color and Latinos are imprisoned disproportionately due to racist laws; furthermore, they do not have access to…

Within the past century, many changes have taken place in the Russian criminal justice system. The former socialist republic system during the 1920's, the communist era, was manipulated and dominated by a harsh communist party. Prison life at the time was under socialist regime and it was based on punishment and hard labor. The justice system was founded on the concept of gaining profit from the hard labor of convicted prisoners and the primary goal was to cause prisoners "hardship and suffering…

the English legal system, means a fundamental legal principle or decision made in a higher or lower court in hierarchy, the decisions made may usually influence the future occurrences by either becoming binding or persuasive precedents. The doctrine is highly influenced by three Latin legal terminologies which are; obiter Dicta, ratio decided and stare decisis. In the persuasive precedent where court is not obliged to adhere to was decided but may refer to it to make a better decision for…

legal resources at public and tax payers expense. Nevertheless, Legal aid cuts have resulted in inequalities within the justice system, which have ultimately failed the most vulnerable in society due to lack of legal resources to advice and support.…

Introduction Justice means to do just, to do what is right. Egalitarians believe that justice can only exist within the coordinates of equality. Whether, in reality, this equality is given to all at every time so that justice could actually be done? Equality does not only mean equal representation of both victim and accused before court or equal opportunity of being heard. Equality, for justice, also means that both the victim as well as accused have a fair chance of representing their side of…

- Pranjali P Devurkar & Reddy Pawan Kumar INTRODUCTION A witness is an indispensable part of a justice delivery system playing a pivotal role in determining the final outcome of a case. According to Bentham, witnesses are “eyes and ears of justice”. Often these “very” witnesses turn hostile, become untraceable or simply eliminated. In India, this tendency can mostly be seen in the cases involving rich influential persons…

government, courts and devolved legislatures and executives. The United Kingdom(UK) constitution consists of a plethora of sources. There are divided into legal, international legal and non legal. For instance, legislations, case law, royal prerogative, European Union(EU) law, constitutional conventions and academic writings. Firstly, legislation as in Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195(Admin) also known as ‘Metric Martyrs’ case whereby it was held whether the European…

easement for my desire to know more about the different European judicial and economic systems. But this isn 't adequate for me. Reading about the European Union is substantial, but it is nothing in comparison of learning from it in person and practicing it in real situations. I had the privilege of exploring three different European countries this past summer, United Kingdom, Italy and Denmark. All three countries are within the European Union; however,…