reforms of the judicial system. The other tasks were resolving the problem of land revenue and improvement in the administrative machinery. During his tenure‚ he made significant and far-reaching reforms in the judicial administration‚ some of which constitute the foundation of the present legal system. The reforms were primarily made in three stages: first in 1787‚ then in 1790 and‚ finally in 1793. REFORMS UPTO 1793 Prior to the reforms initiated by Cornwallis in 1787‚ the judicial plan of 1780 brought
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University of London Common Law Reasoning and Institutions Essay Title: ‘Judicial precedent is best understood as a practice of the courts and not as a set of binding rules. As a practice it could be refined or changed by the courts as they wish.’ Discuss Judicial precedent is a judgment or decision of a court which is used as an authority for reaching the same decision in subsequent cases. In English law‚ judgment and decisions can represent
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NEED FOR DECENTRALISATION OF JUDICIAL PROCESS Fifty years after independence‚ the entire judicial system is on the verge of collapse. While the superior courts have earned praise from citizens for intervening in citizen’s concerns raised through public interest petitions‚ only those with resources or cunning can hope to get ordinary justice. In India congestion and delays are pervasive in administration of both civil and criminal justice. There are about 20 million cases pending in lower courts
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Doctrine of Judicial Binding Precedent This question raises the issue of the role of precedent. In order to examine the statement‚ scrutiny of the doctrine of the judicial precedent is required. Case law is used to describe the collection of reported decisions of the courts‚ and the principles which stem from them. Lord Macmillan made this observation that the case by case development is superior to those based on hypothetical models. “.....any fixed theory and that principles always fail because
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The state I have chosen to compare to Oklahoma’s judicial process‚ is my home state of Texas. Texas and Oklahoma have a long standing rivalry that gets fought on the gridiron between the two states leading football programs‚ the unbridled passion that these two states share is akin to a big and little brother affection. The judicial process of these two states might very well be night and day of each other‚ but it works for the individual states because of the logistics and each states constitution
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won’t count toward homework‚ but to your final Hacker and Sommers score (worth 15 percent of your final grade). There may be a possible in-class peer review on Monday/Tuesday (Dec. 8/9); if not‚ peer reviews must be done outside of class. You must do at least two peer reviews‚ but you should consider doing more to make up for lost points. Each peer review is worth 150 points‚ and you should grade each out of 150. Emphasis will be on how to apply logic and persuasive techniques in writing an effective
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Judicial Activism is a case where the Supreme Court interprets the Constitution in a manner not previously covered either by precedent or by law‚ thereby changing what was once considered to be legal or illegal‚ depending on the circumstances of the case. Basically‚ it is going against the set precedent. This is a view point most often held by reformists‚ ones that want to change the current standards of society. On the other hand‚ Judicial Restraint is the antithesis of Judicial Activism‚ where
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JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & GROWTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL JURISPRUDENCE I. INTRODUCTION Judiciary in India particularly‚ Supreme Court and high courts have played an important role in preserving the environment without halting the development of the country which means preservation of doctrine of sustainable development. India being a developing country with vast geographical area and large population‚ the main task of the government becomes to look after present and future needs of people. It is usually
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of Brunei exercises the Unicameralism type of legislature. Judicial Branch of Brunei: Brunei has a dual legal system. The first is the system inherited from the British‚ similar to the ones found in India‚ Malaysia and Singapore. It is based on the English common law‚ but with codification of a significant part of it. The common law legal system covers most of the laws in Brunei. * English common law (laws made by judicial courts instead of the executive branch or legislative statutes
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SR1IN0201 FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................... 1 GENERAL PAPER (MAURITIUS) ...................................................................................... 2 GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level .................................................................................................................. 2 Paper 8009/01 Paper 1 .....................................................................
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