Laws are an intrinsic part of our lives and are necessary for the common good and welfare of society. Black’s Law Dictionary‚ as quoted by Melvin (2012)‚ defines law as a “body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force.” In other words‚ laws are rules of behavior that are legally binding and are enforced by a controlling authority. Laws affect many aspects of our lives in ways that we may not even think about: we pay our taxes‚ observe
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The exclusionary rule is a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. Now imagine how our system would function without the exclusionary rule. A police officer could detain‚ arrest or search an individual and his property based on bias‚ a hunch or because they just felt like it‚ without reasonable cause. If the officer discovered in criminating evidence‚ it could be freely admitted at the individual’s criminal trial. And that evidence that is found without the
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Discussion Questions Answer the following in complete sentences. 1. Explain the exclusionary rule and how it applies to civil liberties. The exclusionary rule is a judicial rule that use of evidence which is obtained in violation of the law is unacceptable. This often refers the rights of courts where they are able to exclude such materials that violated the Fourth Amendment. Since civil liberties are rights that individual has to be against the unjust governmental actions‚ the government does not
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PUBLIC LAW ASSIGNMENT WORD COUNT: 2964 The rule of law plays a big role in the development of the western democratic order. A vague concept of rule of law started evolving more than 2000 years ago‚ at the time of Aristotle . Later a strong assertion of rule of law was laid down by chief justice Coke‚ who was dismissed from the bench for asserting the Supremacy of Law above the King. However his views were later accepted by the parliament when it passed the Petition of Rights in
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In “The Killing Fields”‚ totalitarian rule is demonstrated countless times throughout the course of the movie. Totalitarian rule is a type of dictatorship where usually one person rules the state and strives to control every aspect of his or her citizen’s private and public life. The type of government that uses totalitarian rule is a dictatorship because totalitarian rulers take power by force and there is a single lone person in charge. Totalitarian leaders maintain their power by strong propaganda
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Federal Rule of Evidence 403 says‚ “The court may exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by a danger of one or more of the following: unfair prejudice‚ confusing the issues‚ misleading the jury‚ undue delay‚ wasting time‚ or needlessly presenting cumulative evidence” (2015). A defense attorney could utilize Motion in limine to request that the judge rule that certain testimony be excluded. The motion is always discussed outside the presence of the jury and is
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Kevin Wallace 1/27/2017 CJAD 101 Dropbox 3 “SEARCH AND SEIZURE “ Search and seizure is a procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems by which police or other authorities and their agents‚ who suspect that a crime has been committed‚ do a search of a person’s property and confiscate any relevant evidence to the crime. the exclusionary rule is a rule that allows for the exclusion or suppression of evidence. This role prevents the government from using evidence in trial which was
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The Soviet Union and the Rule of Law How do they create laws? Soviet concept of law Soviet law was rooted in pre-revolutionary Russian law and Marxism/Leninism. Pre-revolutionary influences included Byzantine law‚ Mongol law‚ Russian Orthodox Canon law‚ and Western law. Western law was mostly absent until the judicial reform of Alexander II in 1864‚ five decades before the revolution. Despite this‚ the supremacy of law and equality before the law were not well-known concepts‚ the tsar was still
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Evaluating Eligibility Rules Renee Ertel HSM/240 December Sunday 4‚ 2011 Catina Erwin Evaluating Eligibility Rules The Red Cross organization is a non-profit organization with the goals to provide assistance to others in need at a time of natural disaster or deprivation. The Red Cross organization provides individuals or families with emergency assistance when a natural disaster strikes‚ such as a fire‚ tornado‚ flood‚ or hurricane. The Red Cross organization also has programs‚ which works
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Essay Questions 2011 ‘Our parliamentary democracy is based on the rule of law. One of the twin principles upon which the rule of law depends is the supremacy of Parliament in its legislative capacity. The other principle is that the courts are the final arbiters as to the interpretation and application of the law. As both Parliament and the courts derive their authority from the rule of law so both are subject to it and can not act in a manner which involves its repudiation.’ (Lord Woolf‚ 1995)
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