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    Judicial Precedent is another important source of law‚ it is an independent source of law‚ where there are no legislations on the particular point in statute Books‚ and Judicial Precedent works great. Judicial precedent has been accepted as one of the important sources of law in most of the legal systems. It is also a continuous‚ growing source of law. According to Salmond‚ the doctrine of precedent has two meanings‚ namely (1) in a loose sense precedent includes merely reported case-law which may

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    Why do we need a criminal justice system? Alaedin Idris Student ID: 2840927 Course: 1001CCJ Convener: Mr. Kerry Wimshurst Due Date: Wednesday‚ 12th December 2012 Word count: 1‚072 Date submitted: Monday‚ 10th December 2012 Criminal justice is not to be associated with the court processes in which the verdict is resolved. Justice is defined as being that which is punishment or remuneration in regards to the reached verdict. The establishment of a criminal justice system is comprised of

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    the Criminal Justice system No other Criminal Justice System in the world is as dependant on lay magistracy as Great Britain. Lay magistrates administer over 95% of all criminal cases to completion and though they deal with the more peripheral and minor cases‚ the sum of 30‚000 lay magistrates (aka Justices of the Peace) that exist in this country is a considerable amount compared to the 500 full time judges. It is worth noting that lay magistrates are not required to have any formal legal qualifications

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    Comparison between English legal system and Romanian legal system In Europe developed‚ for centuries‚ two systems of law which did not influenced each other: continental law and british island law‚ two legal conceited and strong personalized worlds. In nowadays in Great Britain do not exist a Constitution as an unique fundamental act‚ to regulate its political organization. The Constitution is made of lots of categories of legal rules which we found them in common law‚ statuary law and equity:

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    AP Government Term Paper In the 1920’s a heightened suspicion of communist activities on domestic American land arose‚ the Red Scare. Benjamin Gitlow‚ a prominent member of the Socialist party‚ was arrested and convicted on charges of violating the New York Criminal Anarchy Law of 1902 during these drastic times. What was his violation? The publication and circulation of the Left-Wing Manifesto‚ a mere pamphlet‚ in the United States was his infringement. He appealed the decision on the basis that

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    civil legal system and common legal system Legal system is a legal framework which relates to the rules set by the government of a state to the citizen. DIFFERENCES | CIVIL LEGAL SYSTEM | COMMON LEGAL SYSTEM | Origins | -Arbitrary (berubah2)- origin in Roman law‚as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian‚ and as subsequently developedmainly in Continental Europe | -Evolutionary-the legal tradition‚ which evolved in England from the 11thCentury onwards. | Definition | -A legal system

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    Penal System Name: Shenthuran Vijayananthan Teacher: Mrs. Merenda Due Date: Wed. Oct. 26‚ 2005 Topic: #1 – Comparative Legal Systems (Canada vs. USA) Thesis: Canada’s criminal justice system‚ specifically laws dealing with punishment‚ is far superior to that of the United States Canada and the United States of America are two neighboring countries who besides the border share numerous other key aspects. Though similar in beliefs and culture the two countries are far from alike. Their legal structure

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    University Press‚ 1998) LEGISLATION REFERRED TO Rules of the Supreme Court of England (1999 Edition). New Plast Industries V The Commissioner of Lands and The Attorney-General - SCZ Judgment No. 8 of 2001 R V Bolton Justices‚ ex parte Scally and other applications (1991) 2 All ER 619 R V Inland Revenue Commissioners‚ ex parte Preston (1984) 3 All ER 625 Saul Kureba V Ganizani Goma and The Attorney General (1995) S.J

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    1. Explain the structure of the federal judicial system. What are the responsibilities of each part of the system? The federal judicial system can be said to be federal courts with limited jurisdiction. This means that they are only allowed to hear cases that have been authorized by the United States Constitution or the federal statutes. The federal judicial system has 3 levels of the federal court system. This is the U.S Supreme Court‚ the U.S Courts of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts.

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    pending in our courts . The number of pending cases may be due to many loop holes in our legal system ‚ these loop holes are known to us but some of them cannot be dealt with because of stringent laws ‚ moreover to face them and to reduce the number a new thing came into being known as ADR ( Alternate Dispute Resolution ) system which as the name suggests is an alternative system to the commonly followed litigation system which is time consuming and sometimes doesn’t provide a common judgment which may

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