represent the best of their high school. However‚ I believe the classification of homecoming court has degraded over time and became moreover‚ a popularity contest. Students are forced to take away an hour of their academic time‚ to watch an assembly where homecoming court nominees are recognized for being on a higher pedestal than others. I felt that there needed to be a radical change in the way homecoming court functioned. As the chair of the homecoming coronation committee in leadership‚ I decided
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Small Claims Courts Small Claims courts are a crucial aspect of the Canadian Legal system that could even be relevant to you one day. Small Claims courts are were created to try and give the average Joe a cheap‚ simple way to settle any type of arguments involving property or finances‚ without necessarily having to know a whole lot about law. You do not need to know many legal terms and the case usually consists of you telling your story for the judge to make a decision. It is a court that was
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Business Law 115 Superior Court Observation The Superior Court session I observed was an alcohol impairment case. The defendant in this case‚ had been found guilty in District Court‚ but had filed an appeal to the District Court’s decision. The morning began with the juryselection process. The potential juror pool began with approximately 30 people. The Clerk of Court‚ Wendy Williams‚drew twelve names at random form a bowl to begin the selection process. Once the initial twelve names were
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Court packing is that act of stacking the courts with members of your own party in order to ensure that the vote of the court will always be in your favor. Encouraged by the triumphs of his first term in office‚ FDR became over zealous and aggressively campaigned for his power oriented court packing plan‚ ultimately causing the greatest failure of his second term. Towards the end of his second term‚ FDR was on a mission to get his more liberal legislation‚ the New Deal‚ passed. However‚ the Supreme
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Razib Ahmed Ms. Yu (Pd. 8) EEN42H-05 16 May‚ 2016 Throughout history‚ courts have been established to maintain stability in a society. Without courts these criminals would not have been brought to justice. This was created to serve everyone equally. This is why it is known as a great leveler. During this time the blacks were inferior to the white. I oppose the judicial system because I think that the judicial system is not a great leveler. This is because people still get treated unfairly. Some
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Juvenile Court Process Elisha Lambert CJS/220 5/23/12 Reginald Anthony Before juvenile courts existed‚ children’s parent would determine their punishment. The odds of a child going through the court system were slim. Today when law enforcement arrests a juvenile the officer decides were the juvenile will go based the crime. Juvenile court has partial jurisdiction which means that they can only hear certain cases (Meyer & Grant‚ 2003). Normally
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Inherent Power Of Courts 1.The Court in the case of Kurukshetra University v. State of Haryana‚ again stated the principle regarding the exercise of the inherent powers conferred by Sec. 482‚ Cr. P. C : “It ought to be realised that inherent powers do not confer an arbitrary jurisdiction on the High Court to act according to whim or caprice. That statutory power has to be exercised sparingly‚ with circumspection and in the rarest of rare cases.” 2.In the case of Raj Kapoor and ors v. State
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conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County judges over a three-year period. Shown in Table 4.1 are the results for 182‚908 cases handled (disposed) by 38 judges in Common Pleas Court‚ Domestic Relations Court‚ and Municipal Court. Two of the judges (Dinkelacker and Hogan) did not serve in the same court for the entire three-year period. The purpose of the newspaper’s study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. Appeals are often the result of mistakes made by judges‚ and the newspaper
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Whether or not children are competent enough to withstand trial in court has been an interesting question since at least the 1960’s. The problem with trials before the 60’s was that defendants forced to argue their own cases‚ instead of having lawyers do this for them. This included children if they were accused of a crime that needed a trial. It did not happen that often‚ if even at all in some places‚ and so when it did actually happen these children were wrongfully tried as adults would have been
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Any court system of any country is designed to punish the offender and keep all the citizens secured from attacks and harassment from their neighbors as they go about their daily chores. Hover‚ due to the age difference of the offenders‚ there is the need to design and develop a juvenile justice system which is formed with a sole purpose of taking care of the needs and desires of the youths who can be deprived basic needs of development and can be harassed if taken to the adult prisons. The juvenile
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