Allowing judicial officers to decide sentences on a case by case basis and thus permitting them to take into account the various circumstances. Many factors influence the role discretion plays or alternatively doesn’t play in the sentencing and punishment of offenders. This includes statutory guidelines‚ mandatory sentencing‚ aggravating and mitigating circumstances and the use of victim impact statements. In terms of Statutory guidelines a number of acts inform the exercise of Judicial discretion
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the jury system Advantages of the Jury System Long established trial by peers which has public confidence Lord Devlin‚ a famous House of Lords judge‚ has said that trial by jury is the “lamp that shows that freedom lives”‚ arguing that a defendant has the right to be tried by his peers. Supporters of this view maintain that a jury will exercise common sense rather than slavishly follow the law. For example the case of R v Wang W was charged with having an article
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Judicial Activism in Pakistan Judicial Activism: Social change effected by judicial decree. The doctrine that the judicial branch especially the federal courts‚ may interpret the constitution by deviating from legal precedent as a means of effecting legal and social change. Judicial activism is a time honored trait of judicial function and to give up that trait is to surrender before these two mightier organs of the state. History bounds in scintillating examples of judicial activism‚ when the
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The French Legal System The French judicial system has developed through many stages during the nation’s history‚ and is deeply rooted in three major influences of the King‚ the people‚ and the outside. The first judicial system‚ a Private Reaction system‚ was established at the founding of France. A judicial system was then established after the Revolution of 1789. The judicial system after the Revolution was based on the principle of legal offenses and punishment. This was stimulated by
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The study of Law and the process of Judicial Rhetoric are two concepts that have been around since the days of Aristotle. While both have transitioned with time‚ the core of both of them have stayed the same. Where there is law‚ there has to be some sort of Judicial process. This procedure is how justice is administered and Truth is upheld in a society. You can not look at one of these ideas without the other. However‚ 15 pages is not nearly enough space to encompass such broad topics. Therefore
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Judicial activism has become a subject of controversy in India.1 Recent and past attempts to hinder the power of the courts‚ as well as access to the courts‚ included indirect methods of disciplining the judiciary‚ such as supersession of the judges2 and transfers of inconvenient judges.3 Critics of judicial activism say that the courts usurp functions allotted to the other organs of government. On the other hand‚ defenders of judicial activism assert that the
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Should the courts use judicial activism or judicial restraint? This is a major point in every court case‚ mainly supreme court cases‚ of how should the judges determine the outcome. Should the judges go strictly based off what the law states or should they interpret the law according to how they believe will be correct. Some notable supreme court cases being‚ Brown vs Board of Education‚ Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association‚ and Korematsu v. US. Most siding with judicial activism over restraint
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independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges."said by Sandra Day O’Connor‚ former associate justice of the supreme court. The judicial branch translates the importance of laws‚ applies laws to induvial cases‚ and chooses if laws disregard the constitution. This legal branch is involved the supreme court and other government courts. Even though people argue that the judicial branch
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Reforming Oregon Judicial Selection Introduction: As a member of this committee it has been an honor to explore some of the concerns revolving around the judicial selection process in this Great State of Oregon. Oregon’s above average voter participations is an example of just how important democracy is to the individuals of the state. The committee has been asked to examine the nonpartisan judicial election process and to determine whether or not the non-partisan judicial selection has become
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The judicial restraint theory is based off the idea that judges should limit the exercise of their own power. For example‚ it would make judges think before shooting down laws‚ just because they can‚ with the exception being that they are unconstitutional. The opposite of judicial restraint is judicial activism. Judicial activism is when judges make rulings based on politics or personal beliefs rather than the law itself. The main difference between these two philosophies is judicial restraint is
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