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    John Steinbeck‚ there are two characters that rarely get to speak to the others on the farm they live on. Crooks‚ a disabled black stable buck‚ and Curley’s wife‚ the wife of the farm owner’s son. Both characters seem equally lonely on the farm‚ but when you look deeper you can see that Curley’s wife is more lonesome than Crooks. Curley’s wife is always looking for Curley‚ as he is the only person she is supposed to talk to. She repeatedly asks the men‚ “Any of you boys seen Curley?” (Steinbeck 76)

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    Title: ‘The approach of the Law Lords to statutory interpretation has been radically changed by the Human Rights Act. Judges now see themselves as legislating human rights through their interpretation of Acts of Parliament.’ In Duport Steels Ltd v Sirs‚ Lord Scarman stressed: ‘In the field of statute law the judge must be obedient to the will of Parliament as expressed in the enactments. In this field Parliament makes and unmakes the law‚ the judge’s duty is to interpret and to apply the law

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    Job Qualifications and Description-To Becoming a State Judge Qualifications of becoming a state judge requires integrity‚ morality and honesty above all. To become a state judge‚ they must be appointed or elected into the position. A state elected‚ or appointed judge presides over court proceedings that he or she must rule over‚ making a ruling so that both party’s interest is met and the decision is a fair decision. Other responsibility is whether evidence is admissible or inadmissible‚ instruct

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    do judges make law

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    such thing as judge-made law‚ for the judges do not make the law‚ though they frequently have to apply existing law to circumstances as to which it has not previously been authoritatively laid down that such law is applicable.” Generally‚ the position judges adopted is to interpret the law instead of concerning with the justice of their decisions. In modern tie‚ there is still existence of powerful ideology that denies any creative role to judges. The popular view of the judges is not to give

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    Danielle Ray Dr. Springfield The Warmth of Other Suns (George Swanson Starling) 28 October 2014 The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is a book containing the stories of three people: Ida Mae Gladney‚ George Swanson Starling‚ and Robert Pershing Foster. The stories take place in the South‚ during the period of The Great Migration. Between the years of 1915 and 1970‚ the Jim Crow laws took into effect. These stories‚ and others like them‚ tell about the lives of the African Americans growing

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    Appointed Judges “Objective: Examine the potential impact on judicial independence that results from the election of judges versus the appointment of judges.” While researching Texas appointed judges‚ I discovered that since 1845 when Texas become a state‚ judges were appointed until 1876 when judges were elected “by the people in the partisan elections” according to the website http://www.judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/index.cfm?state=tx. In addition‚ Texas has been electing their judges and

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    IV-2nd 12 March 2013 Don’t judge a book by its cover I tend to judge people to quickly without even knowing anything about them. I was always told “don’t judge a book by its cover”‚ by English proverbs‚ which is true. You cannot tell what is on the inside just by looking at the outside of things‚ and I never know what that person is going through in life to be able to judge them just on looks. I sometimes judge my friends in ways that I should judge them. I judge them by their actions. For example

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    the parliament‚ which is the “judge-made law”. Is there such thing as a judge-made law? What is a judge-made law? A judge-made law is when a judge applies or extends an established rule to new facts‚ or decides that the particular rule do not take effect on certain situations‚ thus‚ making a change in the law. However‚ when it comes to this‚ it does not mean that the judges have the power to change the law‚ nor make new laws. All these laws “made” by the judges are inferior to the parliament

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    A judge-made law is a law rooted in a judiciary decision‚ not an act of legislation made by lawmakers or a regulation created by a government agency with the legal authority to do so. The collective body of judge-made laws in a nation is also known as case law. Many nations allow judges to set legal precedents when making high court decisions‚ adding to the body of law in a nation and providing new interpretation of existing laws. Lower courts do not have the authority to make judge-made law.

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    Sometimes Christians need to judge Christians live in a fallen world‚ where there are genocides‚ hate crimes‚ slander‚ sin and brokenness. Because believers should be “in the world and not of the world”(John 15:19)‚ we should be the light in this troubling world. However‚ the attempt at being the light in the world can throw off some unbelievers. Judgement according to the general web is to “form an opinion of something.” In this case‚ we should form Christ-like opinions‚ and see lifestyles from

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