Introduction; Law circulates in social relations and usually the phrase legal culture is used to identify this. ‘The prefix legal characterizes an aspect of the general culture that is associated with law‚ legal institutions‚ legal actors and behaviour. Legal culture refers to an aggregate level (macro or group) phenomenon; legal consciousness usually refers to micro level social action‚ specifically the ways in which individuals interpret and mobilize legal meanings and signs.’ In this assignment
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2000 CASE DIGESTS C R I M I N A L L A W SUMMARY OF DOCTRINES JUSTIFYING CIRCUMSTANCES Self-Defense The invocation of self-defense is an admission of the killing and its authorship. By this admission‚ the burden of proof shifts to the accused who must establish all elements of the justifying circumstance. The nature and number of wounds inflicted disprove the plea of self-defense because they demonstrate determined effort to kill and not just defend himself. (People v. Magayac
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‘Thinking About Crime’ What are the main strengths and weaknesses of official crime statistics and victimisation surveys? Looking at Crime Statistics and Victimisation Surveys can be very helpful when looking at the rates in which crimes are committed and the annual crime rate throughout the UK. This essay will cover the strengths and weaknesses of Official Crime Statistics and Victimisation Surveys. This will show if the strengths and weaknesses contradict each other. Presented within this
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Nicole Miller 12/26/14 Law and Society For women in the 19th century‚ marriage was a binding contract that required them to sign their life away to the man that they loved. They lost all of the rights to their property‚ their income‚ and basically their independence. Women were expected to keep the household tidy and running smoothly‚ as well as earn some type of living that didn’t require much of leaving the house. Women were also expected to present their husbands with everything they needed‚
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Criminal Law and Procedure Assignment Student Name: Louiszen‚ Yip Hiu Fai Student ID: 10456052 Supposed you were the lawyer acting for Mr. Scissors Lee: 1) At the Trial of Scissors Lee‚ the prosecution would like to produce to the court the caution statements of Scissors Lee as evidence of his confession. Can you write out a list of your objections you will raise with the court to the production of the caution statement at the trial? ANS: Upon the production of the caution statement
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Policing has been around for centuries. It is common denominator in all civilizations through society. Police are constituted by whomever higher government is above them to assist‚ protect and defend and citizens of that government. They are sworn in men and women‚ all ages and different nationalities. They come from all parts of the world and have many different backgrounds. Police officers put themselves in harm’s way knowing there is a possibility of being confronted with a difficult situation
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Laws in Today’s Society The three branches of the government are put into play by a system of checks and balances in order to keep each other and the laws that they uphold in check. Even though each law is not fool proof‚ it is better to have them set into place so that the citizens of the country are still in charge of their government; not the other way around. The three branches of government are intertwined into a system of checks and balances. This system has been created
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16443 March 21‚ 1921 FACTS: When Leona Laciste endeavored to set fire to the house of Martina Rivera in which 2 children of the latter were sleeping‚ the two women grappled and Leona Laciste was boloed to death by Martina Rivera. As a result‚ a criminal prosecution for murder was initiated in the Court of First Instance on La Union. DECISION OF THE LOWER COURT: Guilty of Homicide. ISSUE: Whether or not Martina Rivera is guilty of homicide. DECISION OF THE APPELLATE COURT: Judgment of
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Extract from the 3rd Edition of Lacey‚ Wells and Quick‚ Reconstructing Criminal Law (CUP 2003) Chapter 4 II.a.i. The History of Theft William Blackstone’s Commentaries‚ written in the middle of the eighteenth century‚ represent one of the first systematic expositions of the common law. His volume on criminal offences included a substantial section on ‘offences against private property’: William Blackstone‚ Commentaries on the Laws of England 1765 Vol. IV p.230 ’Simple larciny then is the ’felonious
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confessions shall in all cases be conducted out of the hearing of the jury.” (Smith) 4. Define burden of proof‚ burden of going forward‚ and burden of persuasion. Burden of proof: is the accuser’s job to prove beyond a reasonable doubt (in a criminal trial) or preponderance of the evidence (in Civil Matters) that a crime has been committed and that the accused did in fact commit said crime. (Ingram pg.47) Burden of going forward: is the prosecution’s obligation to introduce prima facie evidence
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