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of the SRLs case” (Richardson et al., 2012, p. 32). Moreover, “to the extent that court personnel or judges are at all sympathetic to efforts by self- represented litigants to receive assistance in conducting their cases, the other party to the dispute may feel that the fundamental tenet of neutrality has been breached” (Berenson, 2001, p. 113-114). In fact, this dispute holds legitimacy as judges have expressed concerns “that enforcing rules of procedure less rigidly against self- represented…

not what I expected at all. I sat in on an adult session of drug court which I thought would be like the probation violations hearing I previously went to where the defendant and the judge would talk about criminal history, but it was very different than that. Drug court is actually more of conversation between the judge and the defendant. They discuss sobriety and things that have been going on their lives since they have become sober. Everything is off the record in the conversation which…

that the judges were either a man or woman, sitting front and center of the courtroom as they were clothed with an official black robe. I was greeted at the courthouse by security and walked through a metal detector, making sure to take everything out of my pockets. I questioned security on where I can go to watch the trials. I proceeded to the second and third floors where I was allowed to be in the room for a case. I recorded in my notebook what I heard, what I saw,…

Court, where the defendant elected a trial by jury. The judge that heard the case in the District Court was Judge Boomer. The prosecutor accused Dreamer of unlawful stalking because of the instances described in his hearing, such as constant phone calls and visiting when his presence was unwanted. The act of stalking is committed when: the person follows the other person or waits outside their house of loiters around their work place…

dependent on the doctrine of binding precedent. The term precedents refers to previously decided cases (Abbot,Pendleburry & Wardman, 2002) The term binding precedents is established due to the fact that judges always have an inclination to create laws; however it is not the function of any judge to do so, but instead to decide a case based on standing rules. In other words it lays a foundation…

resulting in legislatures and officials to act without any inspection of state actions involving vulnerable minorities. Anand moves on to provide a basic summary of the definition of what judicial activism is, and defines it as “the tendancy for judges to make, as opposed to…

Supreme Court of Arkansas in Mason v State. It simply means UK is examined the cases by judicial precedent which is referring to the previous case or statutes and applied it into current case. Civil law and criminal law are a part of common law as the judges in civil and criminal court are bound to follow the previous case that upper court decided. Civil law which is known as private law are acts that govern relationship between individuals and related to the private rights and remedies.…

To elaborate more, in an adversarial model, responsibility for gathering evidence rests with the parties – police and defense – and an independent evaluation of that evidence by a neutral judge is left to the trial. In an inquisitorial model, criminal investigation, at least in serious cases, is typically overseen by either an “independent” prosecutor or an examining magistrate (in France termed a “juge d’instruction”). The prosecutor or…

There are sixteen judges and eight from the Bundesrat and Bundestag. This can also be a lengthy process and many factors can play a part. They are elected for a twelve year term and must be at least 40 years old and must also retire at age 68. The German judges are a little different than American judges in their careers as Alex Dragnich reads “Thus, being a judge is a career that one chooses early in life, rather than coming to it at middle…

He talked about how the judge has a lot of power in decision making of someone else’s future. He gave his personal example of how he was chosen as an alternate juror and was arrested for being late to court. He accidently got lost on the train on his way to court so he when he got there the judge was very mad questioning his reason for being late. The judge ordered for Jose to be handcuffed for contempt of court (being disobedient, disrespectful or rude towards the judge). He was kept there for…