individuals: iii) Courts – Federal Court Stated cases‚ legislations‚ report and international law (if included in media article) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Relevant legal studies course themes and challenges Relationship between justice‚ law and society Relationship between rights and responsibilities Effectiveness of legal mechanisms for achieving justice for individuals and society 1. Article Summary Tables: Haraksin v Murrays Australia Fraser-Kirk v McInnes Title Kristy
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throughout this topic: • the role of discretion in the criminal justice system • issues of compliance and non-compliance in regard to criminal law • the extent to which law reflects moral and ethical standards • the role of law reform in the criminal justice system • the extent to which the law balances the rights of victims‚ offenders and society • the effectiveness of legal and non-legal measures in achieving justice. Students learn about: 1.1.0 The nature of crime 1.1.1 the meaning of
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Treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian legal system The treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian legal system is a controversial issue dealing with human rights and people from different sides have different perspectives on this subject .The Australian legal system has attempted to achieve justice for the parties affected by the matter through various court cases and legislation and policy changes. Has justice been achieved? The current Australian government perspective on this
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and their opponent is‚ therefore‚ justified in a violent response. This problem is complicated by the fact that both sides are usually able to argue that the other side started the violence. Gandhi started this nonviolent approach in India‚ Martin Luther King learned from Gandhi’s tactics and used them in the 1950’s‚ and in 1989 the students in Tiananmen Square used the same approach. All of these people had success to some extent. Non-violent resistance strategies‚ such as those pioneered by Mahatma
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Legal Maxim 91: “A person is bound by his own admission” The meaning of this maxim is that a person who makes an admission is indicted pursuant to his acknowledgement and what he has acknowledge shall be claimed from him as long as the acknowledgement conforms to its conditions of validity. This statement can be simplified by saying that the person is responsible for what he say as long as it follows the condition of validity. The condition of validity is for the person making the admission and
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Individuals 4.1a- Equality One of the most important aspects of our legal system is the concept that everyone is equal before the law. There are certain aspects that result in a lack of equality. The fact that our legal system is adversarial is a major contributor. Because the nature of our legal system is competitive and confrontational‚ it is designed to determine where laws have been broken so punishment can be dealt out. The legal teams employed are also seeking for winning cases‚ gaining reputations
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Do we live in a world where violent resistance is no longer a realistic option to oppose an oppressive regime? The Kenny reading showed that non-violence is a path that can lead to regime change. Why is that? Is it because a non-violent struggle is morally superior to a violent one‚ and is therefore difficult to oppose? After all‚ it’s difficult to justify violence against those who struggle without violence‚ for human rights‚ justice and democracy‚ things most people desire. To repress them would
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always coincide. Plato expressed that equity is a necessary element supplementary to the imperfect generalization of legal rules.[2] Seven Hundred years old clarion call of Magna Carta –“To no one will we sell‚ to no one will we refuse or delay the right to justice” very pertinently embodies the principle of legal aid. However‚ it was only when the colonial hangover of the Indian legal system was pointed by the committee for illegal aid and was stated that the shadow of the law created by the British
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PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY 1997‚ 50 EXPLAINING U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS DECISIONS INVOLVING PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL: ACCURACY‚ FAIRNESS‚ AND VALIDATION JON M. WERNER‚ MARK C. BOLINO Department of Management University of South Carolina Accuracy and due process perspectives were used to extend policycapturing research concerning employment discrimination case law. TWo-hundred ninety-five usable U.S. Circuit Court decisions concerning performance appraisal were located from 1980-1995. In both chisquare
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Political and Legal Assignment 2 1. The First Amendment is the freedom of speech‚ the Fourth Amendment is search and seizure‚ the Fifth Amendment is fair proceedings‚ and the Fourteenth Amendment is anti-discrimination. A. The First Amendment grants all the freedom of speech and protects people who do. Items of everyday normality like “table talk” and “tailboard” criticisms are legitimate uses of free speech and regulations against them would not stand up. The display of items on a uniform are
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