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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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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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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MAGISTRATES COURT The Magistrates’ Courts have jurisdiction to hear both criminal and civil cases. Magistrates are entrusted with the job of regulating many aspects of social life‚ ranging from keeping the peace (hence the other term for magistrate – Justice of the Peace or JP) to dealing with those accused of breaking the criminal law. Civil A First Class Magistrate has the jurisdiction to hear all actions and suits of a civil nature where the amount in dispute or value of the subject matter does
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International but Safe and Sound. Internet Business Law Services. Retrieved February 20‚ 2008‚ from http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1658 Gray Tracy Leigh‚ (2002). Minimum Contacts in Cyberspace: The Classic Jurisdiction Analysis in a New Setting. JOURNAL OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW. Retrieved February 20‚ 2008‚ from http://www.law.suffolk.edu/highlights/stuorgs/jhtl/docs/pdf/TGRAYV1N1N.pdf
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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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Sovereignty and jurisdiction are similar to a toothbrush and toothpaste. Just as a toothbrush is pointless without toothpaste‚ sovereignty is nothing without jurisdiction. One who claims to be sovereign must have jurisdiction to truly be sovereign‚ just as one who wants to use a toothbrush must have toothpaste. The toothpaste also needs the toothbrush to correctly function‚ sure one can argue that only toothpaste and a finger are needed to brush one’s teeth but by doing that you will never correctly
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of R.A. No. 6679? Held: The dismissal of the appeal is justified‚ but on an entirely different and more significant ground‚ to wit‚ Article IX-C‚ Section 2(2) of the Constitution‚ providing that the COMELEC shall “Exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over all
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equitable obligation therefore‚ it is argued that substantive fusion has not occurred. This strengthens the dualism argument and supports Ellesmere’s comment. However‚ as common law and equity are administered in one court it is argued that each jurisdiction has borrowed from the other but‚ this has not happened because the remedies do not cross over. However‚ it is argued that the different remedial responses of the common law and equity arose as ‘an accident of history.’ Furthermore‚ Lord Diplock
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235 Exam 1 Spring 2014 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that focuses on what constitutes right and wrong behavior. ____ 2. Acting in good faith gives a business firm a better chance of defending its actions in court. ____ 3. Corporations can be perceived as owing ethical duties to groups other than their shareholders. ____ 4. Ethics is concerned with the fairness or justness of an action. ____ 5. Business ethics focuses on
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