Question 4: Define “hearsay”. Provide an example and explain why it meets the definition of hearsay. Answer: Hearsay can be defined as one person giving a testimony about statements another person had said (Gardner & Anderson, 2016). There are three components of the hearsay rule, requiring that the statements are either oral, written down, or given with self-confidence, the declarant makes the statement outside of court, and motions that statements are truthful about the event in question (Gardner & Anderson, 2016). An example of hearsay occurred in a sexual assault case in Colorado (Fender, 2012). The court decided to let hearsay evidence be used in the case because the victim was disabled (Fender, 2012). It was found that, “Out-of-court…
Law is a service to the world, a way to better England 's economic status and provide people with jobs. Law is everywhere; a collection of rules which by each individual country conforms too and each country have their own collection. By choosing to study Law I am hoping to gain a thorough understanding of how the law system works in this country, how it plays part on a day to day basis and in order for me to gain fundamental skills to fulfil my aspirations of working within corporate law.…
The United States believe everyone should have a fair trial and equal rights. People in the United States use to the laws. Every country has different laws and different rights. Other countries do not have the same laws as the United States. When people go to visit other countries need to know those laws and respect them. The first colonies were Van Diemen 's Land in 1825 when another colony was abandoned. The other colonies are Western Australia. Western Australia becomes colonies in 1827.…
its systems, claims equal and just trial under the law for all peoples, but more often than not we see the lower steps of society and individuals fall to the mercy of the upper class and heavily resourced companies and organizations. For example, the Orlando shootings caused the city and community members to organize and proposed a local level gun and ammunition regulation. Instantly the NRA became involved as the large special interests threaten to sue and its potent judicial resources stopped…
When you first start reading Kitty Calavita ‘s Introduction to law and society you begin to wonder what the book will truly be about. She starts off telling you about the history of the study of law and society. She then begins to tell of how society defines law and how a definition is hard to establish. As you continue through the book you discover that Calavita is trying to make three main points. These points I would argue are law is created by society and guided by society, Law allows…
3-5. Use evidence to develop a claim about the past Based on the student data that I’ve collected, it has become clear that students are not familiar with what laws are. This lesson intends to introduce what laws and their purposes are in America—why we had them in the first place and why we still have them today. Lesson Objective • Objectives must be ¬ specific-(clearly defined learning) ¬ measureable-(assess student achievement) ¬ aligned (with the CCSS) ¬ rigorous (written with verbs for…
On the 11th of April, 2012 the State of Florida levied second-degree charges against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The case would quickly gain national attention for nationwide protests concerning racial tensions and problems in the United States. Yet the case would bring another concern into the spotlight, the problems surrounding the idea of stand-your-ground laws. Following Florida v. Zimmerman, the then Attorney General Eric Holder would criticize…
The legal system of United States is composed of two different laws when it involving law litigation, which are civil and criminal. Civil laws, according to Melvin (2011), “are designed to compensate parties for losses as a result of another’s conduct” (Melvin, 2011, p. 18). Criminal law, on the other hand, is a set of rules and regulations that define behaviors prohibited by the government, in which it protects the safety of society. One of the essential differences between civil and criminal…
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…
to an expansive number of Americans who might some way or another be safeguarded, yet it has been full of issues since its creation. There was much imperviousness to it before all else and not the greater part of that resistance originated from the republican side of the passageway. Indeed, even a few democrats were against it. The same is fundamentally genuine whether one is discussing congress and the administration, or whether one is discussing the overall public there is resistance to the…