prevent the government from abusing its power. They believed they could do this by having three separate branches of government: the Executive Branch which is controlled by the President‚ the Legislative Branch which is controlled by Congress and the Judiciary Branch which is controlled by the Supreme Court (Three Branches of Government‚ 2007). Executive Branch Article II‚ section one of the Constitution states that executive power is vested in the President. This makes the President the head of the
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filed by Shiv Sagar Tiwari‚ a lawyer who claimed that using English as an official language in higher judiciary was “a legacy of the British rule” which should be scrapped. The Department of Official Language in the Ministry of Home affairs filed its affidavit in response shooting down the idea of amending the Constitution to make Hindi the official language for conducting court in higher judiciary‚ and relied upon a report by the law commission in this regard. Now the Issue that arises is that whether
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the criminal justice system at large can each use the social justice principles of equality‚ solidarity‚ and human rights to build a more just society. Choose one of the three main branches of the criminal justice system: law enforcement‚ the judiciary‚ or corrections. Your paper should address areas I‚ II‚ and III in the body of your paper. Part I: a. If you chose law enforcement: Law enforcement professionals must execute justice by upholding the law in an ethical and constitutional
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process of settling an agreement or a disagreement by somebody who is not involved. The court was constituted as the last resort because the people since ancient times were aware of the fact that court proceedings were naturally adversarial .The judiciary of Kenya has since independence been transformed to a unified judicial system from dual.The unified judicial system applies both in English Law and African Customary Law.Hetherto‚there existed two systems: for the Africans : for the European settlers
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Marbury v. Madison (1803) Marbury v. Madison has been hailed as one of the most significant cases that the Supreme Court has ruled upon. In this paper‚ I will explain the origins and background in the case‚ discuss the major Constitutional issues it raised‚ and outline the major points of the courts decision. I will also explain the significance of this key decision. Origins and background of the case In the late 1700 ’s‚ John Adams was President. Adams was a member of the Federalist
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The first handicap is our relative ignorance of fact: the second is our relative indeterminacy of aim.” Hart argues that it is this relative ignorance of fact is what hinders us from being able to legislate in advance and in doing so hinders the judiciaries ability to apply law mechanically. He goes on to depict a world in which the use of mechanical jurisprudence would be suitable. “If the world in which we live were characterized only by a finite number of features‚ and those together with all the
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especially those in power. Among the three major bodies of the government is the judiciary which has been targeted as very corrupt. Serious issues have been raised by the media and general public and that reform in the judiciary are necessary if at all the country is to be revived to previous times. JUDICIAL REFORMS Judicial reforms are the complete or partial political reform of a country or a country’s judiciary. These reforms are often done as a part of wider reforms of the country’s political
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branches of government between which power should be allocated and separated: the executive which takes action to implement the law‚ defend the nation‚ conduct foreign affairs and administer internal policies; the legislative which makes law‚ and the judiciary which applies the law to determine disputes and punish criminals. According to the doctrine of the separation of powers‚ the executive cannot make law. Neither can the legislative determine disputes or any of the three branches exercise the power
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political system‚ the power holders must be balanced off against each other. Doctrine of Separation of Powers‚ divides the political authority of the state into three distinct branches‚ namely: 1.) The Executive‚ 2.) The Legislature‚ and 3.) The Judiciary. The following three organs of the government represent the people and their will in the country and are responsible for the smooth running of the government. This principle deals with the mutual relations among these three organs and tries to bring
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The abuses listed in the Declaration of Independence against the American colonies mainly concerned liberty‚ freedom and the judiciary. These abuses were then remedied by the United States Constitution. “He has made Judges dependent on his will alone…” This was corrected by creating an independent judiciary through Article III of the Constitution. “He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies. [and] has quartered large bodies of armed troops among us.” The Third Amendment to the Bill
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