Judges have to make many discretionary decisions while they are on the bench. This is due to the fact that the law‚ no matter how well it is written‚ cannot anticipate every circumstance and eventuality that may be subject to that law. As a result‚ Judges are charged with making rational decisions in regards to the cases that don’t adequately fit the ramifications of the law. Most of the decisions that are made by Judges are independent of official guidelines and vary from Judge to Judge. This
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performance of the Hamilton county judges‚ in three different courts. The data is compiled from information gathered over a three year period and includes a total of 182‚908 cases handled by 38 judges in Common Pleas Court‚ Domestic Relations Court‚ and Municipal Court. The information presented should help determine how many cases have been appealed‚ reversed‚ or a combination of stated variables which will help determine the amount of errors made by judges. The judges will also be ranked in order
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Kimberly B. Ward Should Judges be Appointed or Elected Introduction and Outline Since the United States Democracy was first established‚ legislators and constituents have asked the question “Should judges be appointed or elected?”. Many state legislators have argued that since judges make decisions that directly affect constituents‚ they must be elected and nonpartisan races are held for judgeships. On the other hand‚ the United States Constitution states that all federal judges shall be appointed
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Chapter 4 Introduction to Probability Case Problem: Hamilton County Judges The data in the table provides the basis for the analysis. We provide notes as a guide to answering questions 1 through 5. 1. The conditional probabilities of cases being appealed in the three courts are given in the 3 Total rows in the table. For Common Pleas Court‚ the probability of an appeal is .0401; for Domestic Relations Court‚ the probability of an appeal is .00348; and for Municipal Court‚ the
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Should voters elect judges or should they be appointed? It would be better if a chief executive like a governor‚ mayor or county executive nominated judges vetted for their professional qualifications and judicial outlook. When it was first introduced‚ the idea of electing judges was meant as a way to avoid corruption‚ but it seems to have the opposite effect today. Holding judicial elections requires judges to campaign for their seats‚ which can adversely impact their ability to make independent
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Judge Nunley held the court cases at the Robert T. Matsui Federal Courthouse‚ located at 501 I street in Sacramento‚ California. I attended the courthouse on April 6‚ 2017‚ from 1:45pm to 2:45pm in courtroom: No. 2 on the 15th floor. I attended two waivers of indictment‚ arraignment and change of plea cases. The cases involved the U.S. versus Hakob Sergoyan and the U.S. versus Stanislav Sarber. They both where tried for the same crime‚ and ended up presenting themselves to the Judge at the same time
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In Judges 4‚ we meet two women who God decided to use to advance His kingdom. We first meet Deborah in verse 4. She is described as a prophetess and a wife‚ and she sat up on a hill where Israelites would come ask her for judgement. In the Old Testament‚ she also could be referred to as a judge. At the time‚ a judge was a political‚ military‚ and religious leader. The second woman we meet is Jael‚ a woman married to Heber the Kenite‚ an ally of Jabin the king of Hazor‚ or Canaan‚ the nation
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constitutional dictates and confined to the extent permitted by the Constitution which distinguishes it from being branded as an instance of “Judicial overreach” Do Judges make law? The traditional view on this matter is that‚ for the legislature‚ the question is always general interest against a particular interest. For the Judge‚ the only question is the true intention of the legislature. It is the province of the legislature to determine what
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Case Study - Hamilton County Judges Case (Chapter 4) Commom Pleas Court Q. 1Probibility of Cases Being Appealed and Q. 2 Probability of Q.3 Probability of Judge Reversed Appeal Rank Reversal Rank Fred Cartolano 0.04511 14 0.00395 Thomas Crush 0.03529 4 0.00297 Patrick Dinkelacker 0.03498 3 0.00636 Timothy Hogan 0.03071 2 0.00358 Robert Kraft 0.04047 10 0.00223 William Matthews 0.04019 7 0.00795 William Morrissey 0.03991 6 0.00726 Norbert Nadel 0.04427 13 0.00676 Arthur Ney Jr. 0.03883 5 0.00435
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Furthermore‚ the ratio decidendi is not just limited to the material facts as Goodhart had suggested. The judges may go beyond the facts; this is seen in Fisher v Bell and Partridge v Crittenden. The material facts of Fisher v Bell‚ which involved a flick knife with a price tag in a shop window‚ were deemed to be vastly different in comparison to Partridge. In Partridge v Crittenden‚ Bramblefinch Cocks were advertised in a newspaper‚ even though it was in direct breach of The Protection of Birds
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