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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and lanky brown hair. “She tripped and fell.” “That’s not exactly how the complainant remembers it‚” counters the magistrate. “How do you explain the multiple bruises and lacerations on her upper arms and neck?” Stephen Finlay turns yellow. It’s his way of blushing‚ having succumbed to Pansy’s full pouty lips‚ ponytail‚ capacious tank top‚ and jeans cut off at mid-thigh. The magistrate stares down at Finlay. “You know what you need to recite in order to plead guilty to a lesser charge. But let the
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JURORS: Early jurors in England acted as witnesses providing sources of information on local affairs. But they gradually came to be used as adjudicators in both civil and criminal disputes. Gradually it became accepted that a juror should know as little as possible about the facts of a case before its trial. This is still the position today. The juror is a very important body of highly capable and well-trusted individuals that decide the facts a particular case and assists the judge in deliberating
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The organ of government responsible f or enforcing justice is the court. Depending on the offence committed‚ there are two courts involved which are the crown court and the magistrate court. The order for determining what mode of trial is now designed to portion majority of the cases which will now be heard in the magistrate court. The cases may still be heard in the Crown court pending the severe nature of the crime committed (case)‚ furthermore the Criminal procedure and investigation Act 1996
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Discretion within the criminal trial process is a very important matter‚ as the judge or magistrate must exercise appropriate measures in order to reach a just verdict. For example the evidence presented in trial must be approved by the Judge or Magistrate in case the evidence used in court appears inadmissible or prejudicial. The Evidence Act 1995 applies court discretion within the trial process as it allows for the quality
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property. Accordingly‚ we consent to leave the state of nature to enter a society and this very consent has to keep going in order to protect men’s rights against Christianity authority. Analyzing the words of Locke‚ no men can desire to have the magistrate in their absolute power unless compelled by force against right of freedom: “No man by nature is bound unto any particular church or sect‚ but everyone joins himself voluntarily to that
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Life is like a coconut. While coconuts appear to be a hairy texture‚ they are classified as a fruit. Meursault appears to blend as a normal coconut on the outside‚ but he lacks the quality of the fruit‚ leaving Meursault nothing but a shell. Meursault believes he is the only real individual‚ often disassociating himself from society or the other fruits. His role in The Stranger by Albert Camus proves life is what you make of it‚ for Meursault‚ life is meaningless and religion is hoax‚ but at
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Report of a Court Visit Introduction I will briefly describe role and function of the Federal‚ State Court System and including Community Justice Centres and including Legal Aid. I will report my visiting at the Downing Centre Local Court and seeking the information about summons or attendance notice by speaking one of the court officers. I will present some nature of the matters as my observing court proceeding. I also provide a concise comments and soico-legal intervention from my personal point
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In this task I shall compare and contrast the roles and functions of judges‚ lawyers and lay people in the English legal courts. Judges There are two types of judges‚ superior judges and inferior judges in the UK. The superior judges are entitled to work in the higher courts such as‚ the court of Appeal‚ and the House of Lords. Whereas‚ inferior judges work in the lower courts in the hierarchy such as crown courts and supreme courts. Superior judges are called district judges and inferior judges
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the Caribbean Court of Justice are the most authoritative in the hierarchy. Next in the hierarchical structure are the Courts of Appeal‚ then the Supreme Courts or High Courts followed by intermediate courts such as the Family Courts‚ Resident Magistrates’ Courts and Juvenile Courts which are inferior courts and has the least authority. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council This court is comprised of Law Lords of the United Kingdom and hears appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal
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