Function and Jurisdiction Performance Assessment Task 4 Kelly Schoepke Introduction to Criminal Justice Phil Schmidt November 6‚ 2009 Over the years the U.S. court system has evolved into an intricately balanced legal process (Siegel‚ 354). The founding fathers of the nation considered an independent federal judiciary essential to ensure fairness and equal justice for all citizens of the United States. The American judicial system is made up of two separate court systems‚ the federal and the
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Contents Introduction Admiralty or maritime law concern legal rules that relate to maritime matters. Countries‚ especially those that have access to the sea have enacted and developed laws that deal with matters such as marine insurance‚ carriage of goods by sea‚ seaworthiness of ships‚ matters of safety of personal at sea‚ salvage‚ maritime liens and many others. In admiralty‚ jurisdiction can be understood to be the power or competence of a court to hear and determine matters‚ statutorily
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1) What are the various functions of a police agency? Compare and contrast how these functions differ at the federal‚ state‚ and local levels. What would happen if the various functions and roles of policing agencies were limited among communities? What is custodial interrogation? What is the relationship between custodial interrogation and the overall criminal justice system? How can we improve this relationship? There are many functions to a police agency. Some of the common functions are preventing
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“Law enforcement”‚ as a term‚ refers to professionals or organizations or agencies that are associated with the activities like upholding and enforcing the laws that are in force in a particular jurisdiction. Law enforcement organization is an organization of people‚ which consists of either individuals or other organizations or both and is associated with law enforcement. A law enforcement agency can be any agency which enforces the law (e.g. police‚ federal agencies‚ Interpol‚ etc). The Law enforcement
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there Jurisdiction? [Insert Name Here] [Insert Additional details here] Situation 1: Mike‚ a Utah resident‚ sues Jim‚ a Nevada resident for $60‚000 in Nevada’s Federal District court for negligence (a state law civil suit). Jim argues that the case should be dismissed for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Is he right? Under the circumstances‚ since Mike lives in Utah and Jim lives in Nevada then the type of subject matter jurisdiction that applies is diversity jurisdiction. Under
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JURISDICTION OF HIGH COURT IN CORPORATE MATTERS PROLOGUE:- Legislature has always attempted to enact so much comprehensive law as nothing is left out of it’s ambit. This must always have been present in the mind of the legislature that conflicts and disputes of legal nature are part and parcel of every transaction and corporate sector is no exception to it. The need to resolve these disputes primarily needs a body
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Jurisdiction is when a court of law or a municipal figure has the right the right and authority to work in a specific territory. Jurisdiction over issues communicate with an authority that is written in the United States’ Constitution or laws to consider with particular cases. (Hall‚ 2015). The same rule applies when there is a clash in both state and federal decrees and when the national administration takes over a location thereby barring the states. This type of issue does not happen a lot as
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ACTIVISM UNDER THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION’ Address by Hon’ble Mr. K.G. Balakrishnan‚ Chief Justice of India (Trinity College Dublin‚ Ireland – October 14‚ 2009) Ladies and Gentlemen: I am indeed very grateful for the opportunity to speak about the evolution of judicial activism in the Indian legal system. Before I touch on the subject‚ I must of course emphasise the fact that during the framing of the Indian Constitution in the 1940’s‚ the engrafting of Directive Principles of State Policy was
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Police Organization The organization of police agencies in the United States is complex. While many know the overall breakdown between federal‚ state and local agencies; most people do not understand the organization of the separate agencies. Starting with the most basic breakdown of agencies and their roles and responsibilities in the Unites States‚ federal agencies are responsible for enforcing federal level laws‚ state agencies are responsible for primarily state specific laws‚ and local agencies
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Sharen P. Cupido 7-St. Therese The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pilipinas Laban sa Droga) is the lead anti-drugs law enforcement agency‚ responsible for preventing‚ investigating and combating any dangerous drugs‚ controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines. The agency is tasked with the enforcement of the penal and regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165 (R.A. 9165)‚ otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs
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