Hearsay in United States law

Introduction Henry II built the foundations of law as it sits today. Assize of Clarendon was an act that came in 1166 that transformed the English law. As trial jury was a way where evidence and inspection came before the punishment. Inquiry was my under oath by freemen. This shaped the new way of law in England. This act would be eventually known as common law. Why did Henry need a new way of dealing with crime? The Assize addressed many problems. When Henry II inherited the throne, he had…

Boulden, also claimed that he knew “someone would have to get killed or beaten before they finally listened,” (Loffreda 239). In this situation, the government failed to have legislation that would protect individuals from hate. Had the state government had laws enact, it may have deterred the perpetrators from beating Shepard to death. At the Citadel, upperclassmen governed over those younger to them. Discipline at The Citadel was a concept that many believed the cadets needed in order to…

Some states, such as Colorado and California, have already legalized marijuana; this has been to their benefit. These have seen an increase in tax revenues and colorado has only a observed small increase in hospitalization (Andrew A Monte, 2015). A high tax system may create a new source of income for individual states and the federal government. A low tax system may stimulate the economy and drive out illegal…

Lindsay G. Robertson's Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands centers on the landmark 1823 Supreme Court case Johnson vs. M'Intosh. Robertson's research provides previously undiscovered knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the case, placing the case in a new context. Robertson tells the story of a costly mistake, one made by the American judicial system but paid for by indigenous people who to this day suffer from the effects of…

mostly in the power of the state government because if a local government makes a law to ban a certain thing the state can make a law staying that, that thing cannot be banned. People wonder why the State government makes laws that are against what the local want and “the answer is money.” (White) Just from the natural resource industries the states representatives receive “3.8 million” (White) which would be an average of 25,000 per person and that is why they made a law that local cities…

larger system, and of a broad series of patterns in the "juridical field" in general. Not surprisingly, Bourdieu takes the law to be a constitutive force in modern liberal societies. Thus, many of his perceptions and conclusions concerning how the law functions within such societies apply as well to the United States as to France. Bourdieu's essay considers the "world of the law" from several related points of view: the conceptions that professionals working within the legal world have of their…

Hate crimes form one of the greatest threats to the prosperity of society. It thrives off bigotry, aimed at individuals or groups because of their identities.These identities can be: race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability. As illustrated by statistical figures, many sources assess the major increase in these crimes. As hate crimes are condemned as amoral and unethical, the controversy relates to the definition, legislation, and prosecution…

FBI’s Civil Rights program and each year an estimated 1,200 crimes are reported, however, the number is most likely higher due to underreported cases. In 2012, an astonishing 5,796 were committed. Laws regarding these crimes vary among states. 15 states and the District of Columbia have hate crime laws that include crimes…

Like most laws, the act does not use the words ‘hate crime’, relying instead on more traditional criminal law language to create the specific offences of ‘racially or religiously aggravated’ assault, criminal damage, harassment, stalking, and several public order offences. The act itself very much dependant on…

From a social standpoint, there have been countless reports regarding the upsurge in hate crime and racism activity in the UK following the Brexit result. Before delving into the statistical figures, it is important to provide some clarification regarding the statistics. There have been various reports showing differing figures, however, this is due to the fact that the majority of news articles use information provided by either the Home Office, which only gathered data from England and Wales,…