The Contempt of Courts Act‚ 1971 The Contempt of Courts Act‚ 1971 has been enacted to define and limit the powers of certain courts in punishing contempt of courts and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto. Punishment for contempt affects two important fundamental rights of the citizens‚ namely‚ the right to personal liberty and the right to freedom of expression. According to the provisions of this Act‚ contempt of court means civil contempt or criminal contempt. Civil contempt means
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Georgia’s Court System Few people are familiar with the basic functions and responsibilities of the state’s courts. Different courts are set up to do different things. Cases are heard based on the subject matter jurisdiction they are given. The Georgia court system consists of five classes of trial level courts: the magistrate‚ probate‚ juvenile‚ state and superior courts. There are also approximately 370 municipal courts. There are two appellate courts: the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
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Court System Paper Ronnie Allen Survey of Justice and Security/AJS/502 Version 1 June 10‚ 2013 Mr. Joseph Laronge This paper is about a court case‚ different types of federal and state courts‚ and new technology used in court cases. In everyday life all over the world there are law enforcement officers‚ lawyers‚ judges ’‚ government officials and even accused criminals that are looking forward to some type of reprieve from the United States Court System at some
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Summary: Johal‚ Johal‚ and Deo are the defendants in this case who are being charge with kidnapping with the intent to transport a person against his/her will. The defendants later extorted the victim and the victim’s family. The issue before the court today is whether the charge of kidnapping subsumes the charge of extortion or if the charge of extortion is an independent act from that of kidnapping. Were the proceedings cooperative or adversarial? The cooperative nature of the trial was characterized
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Court Unification Court Unification is defined as the proposal that seeks to centralize and integrate the diverse functions of all courts of general‚ concurrent‚ and exclusive jurisdiction into a more simplified and uncomplicated scheme. Pros and Cons of Court Unification The New York State Legislature and the voters of New York have an opportunity this year to play important roles in unifying our court system. Last year‚ the Legislature took the first step required to enact an amendment
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Courts of healing justice are specialized courts that deal in specific types of offenders. The ones that will be covered here are juvenile courts‚ family courts‚ and drug courts. These courts keep these specific types of cases out of the general courts. Their goal is to try to heal the offender of what is causing them to offend instead of just locking them up. They are also referred to courts of second chance. These courts work with social services and law enforcement agencies to provide special
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Hierarchy Courts of Subordinate Courts in Malaysia *“Subordinate Court” means any inferior court from the decisions of which by reason of any written law‚ there is a right of appeal to the High Court and includes any Court of a Magistrate of the Third Class established under the Subordinate Courts Ordinances of Sabah [Sabah Cap. 29] and Subordinate Courts Ordinance of Sarawak [Swk. Cap. 42]; and means‚ in relation to the High Court‚ any such Court as by any written law has jurisdiction within
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Montrel Tennessee Supreme Court Paper 12/3/2012 “Drug Testing in Public Schools” I chose to analyze the question “If public schools should drug test in order for students to be able to participate in extracurricular activities?” For this analyzation‚ I will refer to the Supreme Court cases of Board of Education V. Earls and Vernonia School District 47J V. Acton. Key legal issues that will be addressed in this essay are the power of public officials‚ privacy of the students‚constitutionality
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| The U.S. Constitution is supported by a dual court system in which the power is shared between the state and the federal governments. Most criminal cases are tried in state court‚ whereas‚ federal crimes are tried in federal courts. Both courts have jurisdiction‚ although federal courts are limited to the cases heard. The state offers a broad capability to encompass more cases and averages 30‚000‚000 cases filed‚ whereas‚ the federal courts see a mere 1‚000‚000 cases (findlaw). State and federal
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20th century‚ the Juvenile Court system was merely a starting concept that was utilized to “rehabilitate†youth offenders‚ the philosophy prior to be that parents‚ primarily fathers were to enforce rules and behaviors with their children. Juveniles’ ranging from seven to fourteen were permissible to be held for their actions if there was evidence they knew their actions and youth older were too punished as seen fit by parents or a government entity. There was no court system to allow for a hearing
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