To what extent did Peterloo change the political voice in the short-term? The disenfranchised working class took to the streets on the 16 August 1819 to protest over their lack of suffrage in the hard economic times. Historian Robert Poole has gone as far as to say that Peterloo was one of the defining moments of it’s age1. For what came to be known as The Peterloo Massacre became a clear indication of the lack of ways in which the working class and peasantry could voice their political beliefs:
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essay The purpose of punishment is paramount for the protection of society. Sentencing is traditionally the means in which the state and the community punish the offender for the crime they have committed. For a sentencing to occur the judge or magistrate may try to fulfil punishment objectives such as: incapacitation which is needed to protect society by removing the offender from society. Deterrence which tries to inhibit an individual offender as well as sending a message to the community that
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Courts and the Native Courts in Sabah and Sarawak Organization of Courts Superior Courts Federal Court High High Court of Court of Malaya Borneo Sessions Court Sessions Court Subordinate Courts MagisJuvenile trates’ Court Court Penghulu’s Court Magistrates’ Court Juvenile Court Superior Courts 1. The Federal Court Previously known as the Supreme Court‚ it was renamed the Federal Court of Malaysia effective from June 24‚ 1994‚ and is now the final court of appeal for Malaysia. The highest court
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judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance‚ in line with the order of the courts in which they sit‚ with Supreme Court of India at the top‚ followed by High Courts of respective states with district judges sitting in District Courts and Magistrates of Second Class and Civil Judge (Junior Division) at the bottom. It hears all prosecutions and civil disputes‚ including disputes between individuals and the government. Members of the Indian judiciary are independent of the executive and legislative
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the jury system Advantages of the Jury System Long established trial by peers which has public confidence Lord Devlin‚ a famous House of Lords judge‚ has said that trial by jury is the “lamp that shows that freedom lives”‚ arguing that a defendant has the right to be tried by his peers. Supporters of this view maintain that a jury will exercise common sense rather than slavishly follow the law. For example the case of R v Wang W was charged with having an article
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TABLE OF CONTENTS * Introduction 2 * Analysis 5 * Reasoning 9 * Criticism 12 * Conclusion 15 INTRODUCTION This is a case regarding Delegated Legislation (Controls and Safeguards). Justice Krishna Iyer rightly stated that Parliamentary
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If not‚ they would be left exposed to the elements on the mountains. Responsibilities of the Ephors also included declaring war on the helots each year and accompanying Kings to war. They were the Spartan form of a civil court and could replace magistrates or overthrow kings at any point in time. Ephors received foreign envoys and also controlled the Krypetia‚ the ruthless group of Spartan youths whose job was to kill helots. They’re massive powers were expressed by Xenophon‚ Aristotle and Plutarch
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worst was yet to come. The infant was barely a month old‚ A baby I watched starve till its ribs were visible‚ But was unable to help. Now it lay in eternal slumber‚ with his mother‚ Together forever A mother and child‚ both dead. What is going through the public’s head? They unleashed their fury‚ But not before a jury‚ The Hospital Magistrate was poisoned with lead. SITUATION In Kenya‚ new mothers who cannot pay for the costs of their hospital treatment are detained in the hospital
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CHILD LABOUR ACT 1986 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act‚ 1986 is one the most debated acts regarding children in India. It outlines where and how children can work and where they cannot. The act defines a child as any person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. Part II of the act prohibits children from working in any occupation listed in Part A of the Schedule; for example: Catering at railway establishments‚ construction work on the railway or anywhere near the tracks
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should be terminated or if it is suitable for conciliation. If the complaint cannot be conciliated‚ it will be terminated by the President of the Commission. A complainant may then take the matter to the Federal Court of Australia or the Federal Magistrates Court. Australian Human Rights Commission Act Grounds of discrimination Breaches of human rights by any
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