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hearings for all criminal cases‚ but they then transfer indictable offences‚ some either way offences that are outside their sentencing powers‚ or are particularly complex‚ and applications for bail to the crown court. Magistrates also accompany circuit judges in hearing appeals against conviction/sentencing from the magistrates in the crown court. having the magistrates in the appeals helps them to gain further knowledge on how laws should be interpreted and which sentences are appropriate for which crimes
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Filipino context‚ this story favors the underprivileged families over affluent ones. It is supported by the part at the end of the story where after the father gave back the “spirit of wealth” through the jingling of the coins in the straw hat‚ the judge immediately dismissed the case. While it is not really true in this day and age because the poor has no fair fight against the rich‚ the idea behind it is not quite simple. Maybe the author wanted to show the issue the other way around‚ thus‚ using
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Delay in civil suit Introduction: One of the most vexed and worrying problems in the administration of civil justice is of delay. Jonathan swift in his famous work Gulliver’s Travels sarcastically describes the delay in courts in the following words: “In pleading‚ the lawyers studiously avoid entering into the merits of the cause; but are loud‚ violent and the tedious in dwelling upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose…. they never desire to know what claim
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For those who want an impartial‚ and fair verdict when determining an accused person’s innocence‚ than say ’hello’ to the jury system. The jury system‚ typically known as trial by jury‚ is a system in which a body of people make decisions based upon evidence and fact. The jurors remain impartial‚ and are not opinionated. However‚ there is currently a dilemma in the United States about whether people accused of a crime should face a trial by jury. Many people want to relinquish this right. This is
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settlements. It called for the governor and council of each EIC factory and settlement to have complete judicial authority over all EIC personnel‚ and more importantly‚ over all persons living in their territory regardless of origin‚ i.e.. “...power to judge all persons belonging to the said governor and company or that shall live under them‚" and that the Laws of England would have to be applied "...in all causes‚ whether civil or criminal” (p.44). Charter establishing the Corporation of Madras and
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Administrators are chiefs or assistant chiefs‚ mid level managers are captains and lieutenants‚ and first line supervisors are sergeants‚ they ensure that all units properly work together to achieve one common goal. Administration is the overall structure that contains organization and bureaucracy. The closer the administrator is to the operations‚ the more effective the agency is. Managers oversee the day to day operations and are part of the administration. However middle managers often become
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concern. Under this proposal a judge would serve a term of ten years; after ten years the Justice would be eligible for re-appointment by the President upon approval of the Senate. This proposal has the benefit of limiting a Justice’s time on the bench‚ but that is outweighed by the proposal’s flaws. Therefore‚ a second proposal of
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return with a verdict. Once the verdict comes back to the court‚ a date is set for sentencing. According to our textbook‚ “most sentencing decisions are made by the judge” (Schmalleger‚ 2014)‚ there have been exceptions to this rule when there is the possibility of a death sentence at which time the jury may be involved. When a judge has to make a decision on a sentence it can be a very difficult
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Independence Independence from whom and what? It is vitally important in a democracy that individual judges and the judiciary as a whole are impartial and independent of all external pressures and of each other so that those who appear before them and the wider public can have confidence that their cases will be decided fairly and in accordance with the law. When carrying out their judicial function they must be free of any improper influence. Such influence could come from any number of sources
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