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    increasing the autonomy of the states. The court case of medical marijuana under Chief Justice Rehnquist did not end what they called the “federalist revolution”‚ because there was none. This court case was a case that obviously had significance throughout the country as it has been a highly spoke about topic. I believe that the ruling in favor of the states was expected in this case which is why not much power was shifted from the central government to the states. I believe more that the central

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    Indian Legal History

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    Introduction: A great step was taken in the Indian legal history when the supreme court of judicature was created at Calcutta under the regulating act of 1773. Bengal‚ Bihar and Orissa were in the grip of confusion‚ chaos and anarchy after the battle of plassey. The company’s servants exploited the people‚ amassed the wealth and returned to England. All servants high or low suffered from one obsession only how to achieve easy fortune in India and return to England as soon as possible. These people

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    and the Provinces required the balance to avoid the disputes which would be arisen between the constituent units and the Federation. The system of Federation clearly demanded the creation of a Federal Court which would have jurisdiction over the States as well as the Provinces. Federal Court functioned only for 12 years. It was the highest Court in India. Over it‚ there was Privy Council. But to approach the Privy Council required huge expenses to the litigants’ Hence the establishment of the Federal

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    of the problem 5 5.0 Outcome in 50 Days 5 6.0 Rationality of the RRI 10 7.0 Challenges to Implementation of the RRI 10 8.0 Recommendations 11 9.0 Conclusion 12 RAPID RESULTS INITIATIVE 1.0 Introduction On September 16‚ 2011 the Chief Justice of Kenya Hon. Charles Mutunga was overwhelmed by the number of cases that were piling at the Milimani Law Courts‚ located in Nairobi for the past one year and the number of judges available to deal with the cases filed in the division. It came

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    Sandra Day O'Conner

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    in 1946 Graduated in 1950 (magna cum laude). Inspired with law she took up a law class late in her studies‚ entered Stanford University’s law school. She got her LL.D. in 1952 also in her class was William H. Rehnquist‚ who would later serve as chief justice of the US Supreme Court. She then worked on the law review and met John O’Conner A student in the class after hers. They then got married in 1952 after she graduated. Sandra’s later court decisions against sex discrimination may have had some roots

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    Miranda vs. Arizona

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    the police had unconstitutionally obtained his confession. The court disagreed‚ however‚ and upheld the conviction. Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court‚ which reviewed the case in 1966. The Supreme Court‚ in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren‚ ruled that the prosecution could not introduce Miranda’s confession as evidence in a criminal trial because the police had failed to first inform Miranda of his right to an attorney and against self-incrimination. The police duty to

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    Malad / Ashok Nagar / Thakur Complex (ICSE) Time : 1hr 15 mins Date : 27/10 /2012         First Semester 2012-2013 Subject : History/Civics Std : VII Marks : 50 Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this paper is the time allotted for writing the answers· Attempt all questions from PART -I. From PART -II attempt

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    Us. V. Nixon Court Case

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    purposeful deception of the actions undergoing in Vietnam and the American people realized that they’d been deceived. Americans were in shock when the National Guard engaged in opened fire at the scene of a Kent State University protest resulting from President Nixon’s authorization for the United States to attack Cambodia. A total of four students were killed in the process. Nixon then attempted to cover up illegal actions by himself and his administration which further angered the American people. In June

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    corruption is non-existent in certain judicial systems rather it would be fair to say that in some countries corruption is nominal‚ infrequent and the result of individual‚ unethical behaviour. It is also evident from the words of the former Chief Justice of India S. P. Bharucha‚ when he grieved over the rampant corruption in the higher judiciary and brought to notice that around 20 percent judges of the higher judiciary are corrupt. Now the question remains; can the judicial accountability be trusted

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    reconsideration‚ then he must refer the matter to Division Bench or place the relevant papers before Chief Justice to enable him to constitute a larger bench to examine the question. Similarly Division Bench is obliged to follow the decision of full bench and co-ordinate bench. If division bench does not agree with the decision of the co-ordinate bench‚ then it may place the papers before Chief Justice for being

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