Augusto Pinochet Ugarte I. INTRODUCTION On a Friday evening in October 1998‚ General Augusto Pinochet‚ the eighty-two year old former general and dictator of Chile‚ was arrested in London by the Metropolitan Police at the request of a Spanish magistrate. Thus began a saga with profound implications for the substance‚ enforcement‚ and public perception of international law. The Pinochet case2 involved—and will have a significant impact Copyright © 2000 by Michael Byers. * Associate Professor‚ Duke
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innocent until proven guilty. The biggest the crime is‚ the most severe the sentence will be ; as seen in “Jail Birds” there are High Security and Low Security Prisons. Australia has four courts: Magistrates‚ County‚ Supreme and High Court‚ each one of them is specialised for some sorts of cases. The Magistrates deals with the less important crime whereas the High Court deals with the most important ones (issues involving the Australian Constitution). Even if it’s a fictional story‚ the movie “The Castle”
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number at the time. Therefore‚ they could easily make decisions. The council of 500 - was preparing the agenda‚ representing some of the tribes from Athens. It tries to rationalize the activities. The Tribunals – They have various types of magistrates Equality for the Athenians: 1. Equality before the law (isonomia) 2. Equality to speak (isegoria) -> everybody can speak‚ tell his own opinion and has the right to make the others listen (eventually sympathize and accept the idea)
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director of public prosecutions. The director of public prosecutions initiates prosecutions for indictable or serious offences heard in the County or Supreme Court. Director of public prosecutions will usually conduct committal proceedings in the Magistrates’ Court. Name of the
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Warrants‚ Seizures‚ and Searches Criminal Justice 3100 A very large and debatable part of Criminal Evidence and Procedure that has and can cause many issues is warrants. A warrant is “a written order issued by a judicial officer or other authorized person commanding a law enforcement officer to perform some act incident to the administration of justice” (Warrant 1). The first statement of freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures appeared in The Rights of the Colonists and a List of
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officers on half pay‚ appointed from Britain who were accustomed to rough conditions and enforcing discipline. They were chosen because they were not connected to the planter class and it was felt that they would not be biased. Duties of stipendiary magistrates * To supervise the apprenticeship system * To settle disputes between masters and apprentices * To visit estates at regular intervals and hold court * To inspect jailhouses and workhouses * To assist in fixing the value of negroes
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‚ in the name of revenge the Muslims of Pakistan had killed so many innocents who do not even thought of bad of anyone . When a train arrives ‚ carrying the bodies of dead Sikhs ‚ the village is transformed into a battlefield ‚ and neither the magistrate nor the police was able to stem the rising tide of violence . Amidst conflicting loyalties ‚ it is left to Juggut Singh to redeem himself and reclaim peace for his village
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1.1 EQUALITY First of the key features is equality‚ that helps the society to function properly and be a better place‚ where no citizen is neglected. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English (1996) equality is defined asthe quality or state of being equal: the quality or state of having the same rights‚ social status‚ etc. Equality in More’s “Utopia” can be first seen in the similarity between the towns on the island. “There are fifty-four cities on the island‚ all spacious
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1. Uniform Crime Report: catalog containing statistics of crime 2. National Crime Victimization Survey: survey of statistics taken by victims. Does not gather for a homicide; data on victimization 3. Nolo Contendere: legal term meaning “I do not wish to contend” or a plea of no contest. 4. Ex Post Facto: “After the fact” Law must be on the books at the time of the act. Punishment must also be on the books at the time of the act (unless new punishment is less severe) Kind of evidence required for
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Sparta had a Political organisation unlike many other Greek states at that time that drew upon elements of all types of Government structures. The Spartan constitution contained elements of monarchy‚ oligarchy and democracy and was described by ancient writers as a mixed constitution. The four elements were made by the two kings (monarchical)‚ Gerousia (oligarchic)‚ the Five Ephors (limited Democratic) and the Ekklesia (democratic). This system all came about from the work of the law-giver named
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