1 The aims and values of ‘criminal justice’ Let no-one be in any doubt‚ the rules of the game are changing. (Former Prime Minister Tony Blair‚ 5 August 2005). Key issues: • The structure of the criminal justice system • Blurring civil and criminal boundaries: ASBOs and similar • Proving guilt and innocence: burden and standard of proof • Adversarial and inquisitorial approaches • Recent trends in crime and criminal justice • Packer’s ‘due process’ and ‘crime control’ models • The human
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n 2006‚ the Philippines passed into law the Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Act (RA 9344) which raised the age of exemption from criminal liability from nine to 15 years. Thus‚ criminal offenders aged 15 years and below became automatically exempted from being tried and imprisoned for crimes they committed. The law also provides that youth offenders above 15 but below 18 may also be exempted from criminal liability if they can be shown to have acted without discernment. Discernment refers to the ability
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Explain the relationship that you think exists between law and justice. The relationship between law and justice has always been a topic of great controversy. Many people rely fully on the law to bring about‚ what they believe‚ to be justice‚ while others are of the opinion that the law is too ‘black and white’ to be wholly regarded as just. The debate of whether a jury is an effective way of bringing forth justice has been present for centuries. The opinion that it is not a reliable way
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ASSIGNMENT – I RULE OF LAW IN INDIA ARUSHI LOHIA R.NO – 013 DIVISION – A E-MAIL – Arushi.lohia@symlaw.ac.in Rule of Law Aristotle said two thousand years ago‚ “The rule of law is better than that of any individuals”. The rule of law is a system of rules and rights that enables fair functioning of the societies. The World Justice Project‚ an initiative of the United Nations defines this system as one in which the following four principles are upheld1: 1. The Government and
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LAJ 102 MIDTERM REVIEW Law- a written body of general rules of conduct applicable to all members of a defined community‚ society‚ or culture‚ which emanate from a governing authority and which are enforced by its agents by the imposition of penalties for their violations. Culture- the totality of learned socially transmitted behaviors‚ ideas‚ values‚ customs‚ artifacts‚ and technology of groups of people living in a common society. It is the transmission of all sorts of information from generation
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Eternal Law and Human Law As humans live in this world‚ laws and regulations are strictly enforced for the justice‚ safety‚ and rights of the humans. Whether those laws are eternal or temporal‚ all laws require standards. Saint Augustine’s On the Free Choice of the Will discusses these standards and defines what each laws mean. Most importantly‚ Augustine argues that eternal law is necessary for temporal law to exist and for the nation to function properly. I agree with Augustine’s argument on
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Whether it is right to follow the laws of the land or to follow the God laws ? Antigone is considered as the hero of this play as she follows the law of morals and doesn’t care about what the fellow-beings on earth think of her. According to her if anything is correct then she will do that instead of it being against the laws of the land. She comes to Thebes with her sister Ismene to avoid the prophecy that their brothers are going to kill each other in a battle for the Crown of Thebes .Once her
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Discuss the relationship between law and morals and whether law should uphold moral values? Phil Harris in an introduction to law defines a society’s ‘code of morality’ as a set of beliefs‚ values‚ principles and a standard of behaviour. A compliance with these rules is not compulsory and not required by the state. People are influenced by their family‚ friend’s religion. However‚ they could consider from themselves what they believe to be moral or immoral in their view‚ because a society is pluralistic
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between the role of criminal law and civil law in relation to the legal system and analyse the purpose of the law. Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is prohibited by the state because it is held to threaten‚ harm or otherwise endanger the safety and welfare of the public‚ and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on those who breach these laws. [1] The criminal law serves several purposes and benefits
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The Role of Law LAW/421 August 6‚ 2012 Michael S. Green The Role of Law Laws are “the body of rules or principles‚ prescribed by authority or established by custom‚ that a state‚ community‚ society‚ or other group recognizes as binding on its members” (Ferguson Publishing‚ 1999‚ p. 105). The purposes of laws are to maintain peace and order‚ to define the rights of citizens‚ to secure justice‚ to harmonize conflicting interests‚ and to provide means for punishing wrongdoers. Laws are applied
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