biases‚ evil and dishonest motives. The Court of Criminal Appeal can articulate principles of sentencing (including information about appropriate sentence length) only in cases which are appealed to it. Sentencing jurisprudence is also far less developed than case law on many other
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Scientist Education- -Bachelor’s degree in forensic science or other relevant science field -Master’s degree in specific forensics field required for more advanced work -Doctorate degree required for some fields of forensics‚ such as forensic jurisprudence and forensic anthropology Responsibilities- -Collecting pieces of evidence from a crime scene -Analyze the physical evidence involved with a crime -Act as an expert witness in court trials Salary- Starting Salary- $25‚000 Mean Salary-
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“There is no obligation to obey the law even in a good society where the legal system is just.” Table of Contents 3. Introduction 3. Social Contract Theory 5. Political Obligations 6. Positivist and Natural Law Theory 8. Civil Disobedience 9. Conclusion The way in which we interpret what the law is‚ has a large influence on whether we feel we have a sense of duty to obey it. This essay will examine different legal opinions on what gives the law authority in order to determine
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1. Law and social change Law as an instrument of social change. Law as the product of traditions and culture. Criticism and evaluation in the light of colonization and the introduction of common law system and institution in India and its impact on further development of law and legal institution in India. 2. Religion and the law Religion as a divisive factor. Secularism as a solution to the problem Reform of the law on secular lines: Problems. Freedom of religion and non-discrimination
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rather simply retelling the injustice slave story‚ Steven Spielberg’s docudrama Amistad takes the confrontation between emotional import of the story and its social and political background to convince audiences with the moral truth of American jurisprudence through the empower voice of enslave. 2) In his essay “When Victims Speak‚ (or‚ what happened when Spielberg added Amistad to his list?)”‚ Steve Lipkin stresses the necessity of learning moral truth through the function of storytelling and
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(dharma). The British‚ however‚ mistook the Dharmaśāstra as codes of law and failed to recognize that these Sanskrit texts were not used as statements of positive law until they chose to do so. Rather‚ Dharmaśāstra contains what may be called a jurisprudence‚ i.e.‚ a theoretical reflection upon practical law‚ but not a statement of the law of the land as such.[3] Another sense of Hindu law‚ then‚ is the legal system described and imagined in Dharmaśāstra texts. One final definition of Hindu law‚ or
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Facts: Colin Hodgkins and his three friends left a restaurant in Marions County‚ Indiana‚ after attending a school soccer game. The four minors were stopped shortly after 11:00 P.M. by local police officers and were arrested for violating Indiana’s curfew regulation. The Indiana curfew was set at 11 P.M. on weekdays nights. Colin Hodgkins mother Nancy wants her children to participate in activities protected by the First Amendment rights‚ no matter what time of the day or night it is. She filed suit
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and Australia repealed their U.S. style policy in the 1980s after witnessing abuses similar to those plaguing the U.S. today. Why does the United States continue to allow a practice subject to widespread fraud? The answer lies in how American jurisprudence has interpreted the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Babies born to illegal alien mothers within U.S. borders are called anchor babies because under the 1965 immigration Act‚ they act as an anchor that pulls the illegal alien mother and eventually
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minimum standard should not be rigidly interpreted and it should reflect customary law as it evolves. It also observed that the threshold for finding a violation of the minimum standard of treatment still remains high and also cited international jurisprudence for the same. In the opinion of the Tribunal‚ Thunderbird has not convinced the Tribunal of Mexico’s conduct violating the minimum standard treatment. The Tribunal states that there is complete lack of evidence that could even possibly suggest
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED INTEREST OF THE AMICUS CURIAE Andy So is a student at Seattle Pacific University studying Political Science. He is taking a course in Constitutional Law focusing on liberties. He has a strong interest in the subject of protection of state interests‚ as well as protection of the common good. This interest has thus subjected him to delve into the topics found in this case. STATEMENT OF THE CASE SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT In the interest of preserving the respect for the rule of law
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