AJ 101 Course # Court Visit On November 29‚ 2011‚ I had the opportunity to go to Los Angles Superior Court and was able to sit and observe during a Preliminary Hearing. The case that I sat in was about a rape case in which a young girl of approximately twelve years old said that her grandfather‚ who was about sixty years old would sexually touch her and do certain things to her everytime she would go over to her grandparents house. The prosecutor asked the young girl a serious of questions such
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Appellate Courts v. Lower Courts State Court Systems have a unique two tier structure‚ which is broken down into specialized courts. Each branch of these structures have their own unique set up and hear different types of cases. Some have different guidelines‚ boundaries‚ and laws they must abide by‚ but ultimately the highest court in a state is the Supreme Court and the lower being a mayor or magistrate court. Federal Court have their own system with a similar tier structure to it‚ but is made
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Warren was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Supreme Court decisions made during the "Warren Court" time period led to significant changes in different aspects of life in the United States. The Warren Court affected public schools‚ separation of church and state‚ and the rights of individuals accused of crime. The Warren Court affected public schools. The Brown v. Board of Education had a big part in the Warren Court. They decided to ban segregation in public schools. Therefore
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| Court for Custody | | | Amy Burnside | 3/10/2013 | | A married couple‚ both addicted to drugs‚ is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 yrs. old‚ the natural parents‚ rehabilitated from drugs‚ begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their
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Court Report 1. The name of the case is “Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad Vs. Mobifusion‚ Inc” and case number is 112CV236774. 2. Date and time of the session I attended is February 20th‚ 2014 at 9:00 a.m. 3. Number of department is Dept. 2‚ and the name of the judge is Patricia M. Lucas. 4. John V. Komar is the attorney for the plaintiff (Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad) and Chris Kao is the attorney for the defendant (Mobifusion‚ Inc) 5. Nature of dispute: a) The plaintiff
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Textbook Notes Herring What is Crime? • Is it possible to define a crime? o Wide range of conduct can be the basis for criminal offences. Can a definition of ‘crime’ be found which includes all of these offences? • L Farmer “Definitions of Crime” o There is no simple and universally accepted definition of crime in the modern criminal law o Most actions are only criminal because there is a law that declares them to be so- so this must be the starting point for any definition o 2 main categories;
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Hanna Houle Television shows such as‚ Law and Order and Aly Mcbeal have forced me to perceive court as a grand building with a large staircase and marble floors. A novice to the court system‚ I was unpleasantly surprised to find out just what court was like. The lack of free parking and immense amount of eight dollar parking in downtown Atlanta gave me an initial feeling that it was going to be a day of hassle and inconvenience. After realizing I was not on an episode of “Special Victims Unit
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APPLIED LAW Name: Laura Bandah Reg. Number: Z120117K Intake: August 2012‚ Semester 1 Course: Criminal Law and Statutory Offences Course Code: CLSO 104 Tutor’s Name: Ms L. Mhuru Question: (a) The Zimbabwean law does not normally impose liability or failure to act despite the fact that there may be compelling moral justifications for doing so. For example‚ the courts have often explained that there is no legal duty upon a stranger to rescue a drowning child. Consider whether
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Moral compass is a feeling which serves or guides a person’s knowledge of right and wrong‚ sense or intuition of correct virtues‚ morals‚ and ethics. It assists in making complex ethical choices and promotes consistency in these choices (The center for defined ethics: The case for a defined moral compass‚ n.d.). An organization has to ensure they have established a moral compass for everyone to abide by. It acts as a moral framework. We can do this by using 1700’s German philosopher Immanuel
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Tracy Gordon Philosophical Foundation Professor Novich Characteristics of the Criminal Law Criminal behavior is behavior that goes against societies norms and the laws of the people. These laws are put in place to protect the people and their property. The laws are usually enforced by a law enforcement agency and punishment issued by a judicial system. There are several different characteristics that make up a body of law. Sutherland and Cressey (1974) states‚ “ the characteristics which
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