designed to drive out and limit the prospects of racial minorities. White Canadians saw the presence of Asians during the first third of the twentieth century as the greatest threat to national prosperity.1 In The Black Candle‚ Emily Murphy a magistrate from Edmonton addresses the problem of drug trafficking in Canada and despite taking some care to present her remarks as detached and scientific‚ she had some clear opinions regarding various racial and ethnic groups and their involvement in the
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corner shop‚ all of the way up to stealing the crown jewels. It is important that courts across England and Wales are consistent in their approach to sentencing. Sentencing guidelines‚ which set out a decision-making process for all judges and magistrates to follow‚ play an essential role in this. The guidelines are created by the Sentencing Council. The Sentencing Council is responsible for preparing and monitoring sentencing guidelines with the aim of ensuring greater consistency in sentencing
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structure. The main focus points of the Roman Society were operated by a Roman Republic‚ which was more like a monarchy‚ who controlled their complex structure. The Roman Society had more residents and rights than the Hans‚ Roman’s political control lay in the hands of the wealthy‚ which then they were elected to a political seat. The governors were picked from family networks. The only way Romans could accomplish anything big in a certain time span was to make strong changes in their community. It
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matters‚ the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit‚ but‚ by some irregularity in the process of conjuration‚ has failed to win the master-word that should control this new and incomprehensible intelligence. Her only real comfort was when the child lay in the placidity of sleep.” (Hawthorne 63). The child had witnessed and felt the rejection and shame that was cast upon her mother and grew a violent temperament towards those who mocked her mother and the children who would not include her. “If the
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hierarchy of Civil Courts include both First Instance courts (the first time the case is heard) and Appeal courts (any court of law that has the power for appeals from courts of first instance). The First Instance courts include the Tribunals‚ the Magistrates Court and the County court. Whereas the Appeal courts include the Court of Appeal‚ the Supreme Court‚ and the Court of Justice of the EU. However two levels of the hierarchy appear in both the First Instance and Appeal Courts. These include the
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CHAPTER 5: PRETRIAL PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES All criminal cases have a PRETRIAL hearing at magistrates court. This will very rarely be the only hearing - only where the person pleads guilty‚ no further enquiry is needed and the person already has or does not want legal rep. Final trial will be in either mag. or crown court Summary offences: nearly all driving‚ common assault‚ criminal damage under £5000 Can be dealt with in first hearing but unlikely‚ may need to gather evidence of root guilty
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decree from Rome. However‚ the emperor rarely interfered except where the empire’s security or local order was threatened. After the revolt in the amphitheatre between Pompeians and Nucerians in AD 59 the emperor‚ Nero‚ dismissed the two chief magistrates‚ had two more elected and appointed a law-giving prefect to supervise them. The inhabitants did not rail against such interference and constantly demonstrated their loyalty to the imperial family by constructing dedicatory statues‚ shrines‚ arches
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available to the defence from the Magistrates’ court and the Crown Court (18 marks) An appeal to the Crown Court can be made by a defendant. However this can only be pursued if he or she appeals against their sentence and if their original plea was ‘not guilty’ or appeal against their conviction. There is no need for leave‚ as the defendant has an automatic right to appeal. By appealing‚ the case is then reheard by judge and two magistrates. Following this‚ they have the power
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is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which regulate contract in which supplies are bought and sold. The Act consolidates the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and following legislation‚ which in twist consolidate the previous ordinary law. The Act lays downward a small number of required legal rules‚ but these limits are least: the size of the Act is concerned with a collection of presumption and implied terms‚ which aspire to replicate the commercial prospect in the most commonly‚ decided sales
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Textbook Notes Herring What is Crime? • Is it possible to define a crime? o Wide range of conduct can be the basis for criminal offences. Can a definition of ‘crime’ be found which includes all of these offences? • L Farmer “Definitions of Crime” o There is no simple and universally accepted definition of crime in the modern criminal law o Most actions are only criminal because there is a law that declares them to be so- so this must be the starting point for any definition o 2 main categories;
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