Magistrate

from its more or less orderly and bourgeois phase into a gathering of radical clans, who met everyday in a former church to argue, drink, speechify, and accuse. Maximilien Robespierre, who led the drive to decapitate the King, and became the chief magistrate of the Terror"…

An innocent man was released from jail after thirty years...X celebrity has received a lighter sentence after pleading guilty...These are things heard often on the news, in movies, on the radio. Evidently, plea bargaining is a part of everyday culture. But should it be? The practice of plea-bargaining incarcerates innocent citizens, encourages repetition of crimes, and motivates people into committing misdeeds. Plea-bargaining allows criminals to avoid proper retributive justice for their…

Parliament would have shorter terms (as to comply with Locke’s fifth rule). Rousseau uses the same three types of government, but does not think one is the “best” of all, but some are suited to particular situations. He claims “the number of supreme magistrates ought to be in inverse ratio to the size of the population” (Rousseau 2010, 33). If smaller, a democracy would work. If middle-tier size, an aristocracy, and, if very large, a…

than half and acre,” exposing the poor background and reality of people in China. (Yan, 103) Another exposure of Chinese society at this time period in the eyes of the protagonist was the chaos that brewed in china before the war with the Japanese. Magistrate Cao is an example of this cleansing China was attempting to pursue, “I have worked to stamp out opium, outlaw gabling, and annihilate bandits.” (Yan, 123) China consisted of a large population even at this time period, about four hundred…

Although the direct murderers of Santiago Nasar was Pedro and Pablo Vicario, others were also involved in the murder of Santiago Nasar as well. It may seem that Pedro and Pablo Vicario should be the ones guilty of Santiago Nasar’s death, however, in fact, the whole town contributed to the death of Santiago Nasar. In this novel, Gabriel García Márquez brings to light the flaws in the society. In society, many people tend to observe instead of acting in urgent events. When people put aside the…

by white setlers. They made a court framework and a legislature to keep arrange and implement the laws. "Yet separated from the congregation , the white men had likewise brought a legislature. They had fabricated a court where the District Magistrate judged cases..." (Achebe 174). The white investigates are beginning to take once again. Presently they can better control not just the individuals that don 't have faith in them yet they individuals who do too. The white setlers are…

Pledge of Allegiance is vital to the whole country today and years to come. It is a vital thing but may spell some problems to some people like Newdow when he sued the institution claiming that it was imposing religious belief to his daughter and others. However, the trial court stated that it was constitutional. Supreme Court found that Newdow was a non-custodial parent and lacked the standing to sue the institution for the daughter. The case highlights some key things in the case and the fact…

Throughout the history of the copious types of societies across our vast world, many cultures denounced women in comparison to their male counterparts. As views changed and continued to evolve over time, many areas around the world began to gradually adopt perspectives aligned more so with equality. In Geoffrey Trease's novel, Cue for Treason, one of the protagonists, Katherine Russell, whom in Elizabethan England, embarked on an adventurous and life-threatening journey as an advocate for…

the various tribes of Athens to ensure that no one faction had more power (Cartwright, 2014). Another 6000 men were chosen at random to serve on the “Heliaea” which was the judicial arm of Athens. The final superbody of the government was the Magistrates, also chosen by lot (Cartwright, 2014). By looking at an organizational chart one might rightly think that Athens and Sparta shared many traits regarding their forms of government, this was far from true. In Sparta power, influence and…

It consisted by two magistrates, a council and an assembly, but they were different considering the leader of army .As we have seen Carthage held a key position and that fact developed the trade between Carthage and other cities like Egypt, Spain, Britain, etc. Products were changing…