The National Judiciary 520526 Complete the following questions in complete sentences. 1.What is the difference between original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction? What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have? Original jurisdiction is when a court hears a case first. While appellate jurisdiction is when a court hears a case on appeal from a lower court. The Supreme Court has both original and appellate juridiction. 2.What role should judicial philosophy play in selecting federal
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TAX HAVENS DEFINING Tax Havens • Def 1:A tax haven is a country or territory where certain taxes are levied at a low rate or not at all. • Def 2: Tax haven or fiscal paradise are terms used to refer to a jurisdiction which enables its foreign residents or companies to reduce their tax liabilities from their homelands. • Def 3: "What ... identifies an area as a tax haven is the existence of a composite tax structure established deliberately to take advantage of‚ and exploit‚ a worldwide
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project. The COE felt that the land owned by RBH was subject to jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act because of its adjacency to navigable water‚ and therefore (under section 404(a) of the CWA) required a permit in order to be dredged and filled. Under the Clean Water Act‚ a freshwater
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Court is composed of 94 districts‚ with at least one in each state‚ one in the District of Columbia‚ one in Puerto Rico and in each of our 3 territories of Guam‚ Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands as well as separate courts of limited jurisdiction such as United States Bankruptcy Court‚ United States Court of International Trade‚ United States Court of Federal Claims‚ United States Military Court‚ United States Court of Veterans Appeals‚ United States Tax Court and federal administrative
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sovereigns from the jurisdiction of courts of other nations. The principle evolved through case laws developed by Municipal Courts‚ national legislations and treaties and eventually became a part of the customary international law and state practice. Customary international law admits as a general rule that a foreign state cannot be sued. (Oppenheim’s International Law‚ 9th Edn. ) The case titled Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon ‚ wherein the US Courts had refused jurisdiction over a military vessel
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comprehensive revision of the state’s prior laws applicable to commercial transactions. 2. What is the purpose of the UCC? To simplify‚ clarify and modernize the law(s) governing commercial transactions; to make uniform the law among the various jurisdictions‚ and to permit the continued expansion of commercial practices through custom‚ usage‚ and agreement of the parties involved. 3. Who has to comply with the UCC‚ when‚ and why? Anyone engaged in some form of commercial transaction that involved
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be a Parliament of The Bahamas which shall consist of Her Majesty‚ a Senate and a House of Assembly”. Pursuant to Article 52 (1) of the Constitution‚ “Parliament may make laws for the peace‚ order and good government of The Bahamas”. In this jurisdiction‚ laws passed by Parliament are called Acts or Statutes. Immediately upon publication in the official Gazette‚ Acts come into effect on a date specified in the Act or on a document called an Appointed Day Notice. The Legal System in The Bahamas
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highly respected and authoritative judicial tribunal‚ lying at the center of the U . N . system‚ with an influence that extends well beyond the legal relations of the Parties that appear before it.’ At the same time‚ important constraints on its jurisdiction preclude the Court f r om resolving most disputes between States.^ 1. Essential Information The core instruments creating the ICJ are the U . N . Charter (especially Article 7(1) and Chapter X I V ) ’ and the ICJ Statute." The U . N . Charter
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|Cases can be heard only in the federal courts. | |Exclusive Jurisdiction | | | |Share the power to hear a federal court or a state court. | |Concurrent Jurisdiction | |
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The law enforcement community has an ever-increasing need for timely and accurate data for a variety of purposes such as planning‚ budget formulation‚ resource allocation‚ assessment of police performance‚ and the evaluation of experimental programs. The information in this section focuses on the use‚ method of computation‚ and limitations of basic crime indicators employed by the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. These indicators can aid law enforcement administrators in the performance of
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