Do judges make law or merely play a role in interpreting law? Discuss Judges do both. Judges interpret the statue law and they make the common law. There are two types of law one would be the primary law‚ which is also known as the statue law and the secondary law‚ which is also known as the common law. For the primary law it is created by the legislature‚ which is the parliament as the parliament has the power to make the statue because the people elected them. So the judges interpret the primary
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In recent years judicial selection has become an issue of great debate with many different views and ways to make it better. In Texas‚ judicial selection is carried out by partisan elections where voters get to choose the judges and justices. This form of judicial selection has many advantages as well as some disadvantages. One advantage of judicial selection by election is that it gives the voters the power in the selection. This allows Texans to be sure that the selection process is kept “…out
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How a society punishes their criminals can say a lot about the way the citizens live their lives. Here in the United States we would rather take better care of someone in prison for life than a person on the street who has never committed a crime in their life. The philosophy and practices has changed drastically in the last 30 years. Rehabilitation was the main focus for the beginning of the 20th century. This gave way to a new found focus on justice‚ and fairness in the 1970s. Crime control was
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Judge Arrington’s truth vs. the media’s spin After twenty years of living abroad the young man returned to his home of Atlanta‚ GA. Although‚ he was aware of how the city had flourished in business development‚ job opportunities and how bad the congestion of the roads and highways would between commutes he wanted a little more in-depth detailed from some of his friends; which prompted him to ask a question‚ how would they describe living in Atlanta? No matter how many people responded to his question
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Discuss the view that Judges need more power Judges are members of the judiciary‚ and so their role is to question‚ apply and interpret the law made by Parliament. For this reason‚ some have suggested they need more power in order to perform their task properly‚ others have suggested they cannot. Let us explore these arguments in more detail. One could suggest that Judges do not need more power as they are unelected bodies with little legitimacy in the posts they apply. Given that judges have the opportunity
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People are not always what they appear to be. The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” really applies to most of the characters in the play. Some of them appear to be genuine and caring when‚ in reality‚ they are rotten and angry on the inside. However‚ they are great at masking their true selves. It is where the reader really needs to read between the lines and decipher the true feeling each character possess. The mask Hamlet himself portrays in the play is one of the biggest and easiest to
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I am filing this complaint against Judge Mark Gross .He presides at the Los Angeles Superior Court ..‚in Los Angeles County in Dept 2 D. I have spoken to one of your workers by the name of Enjolie and the problem I’m having with this judge is that there’s a conflict of interest .He handled a case involving a friend of mine and I had to take out a restraining order against her husband. Their names are Debra Webb and William Webb. her husband and the judge our good friends they golf together and
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Abstract The court system in the United States serves as a tool to ensure that the society keep certain order and respect the law created by the Legislative and Executive power. The court system will ensure that crimes receive the deserve sanction applying the law (severe or not that severe‚ depending on the type of the crime) (Siegel L.J.‚ Schmalleger F.‚ Worrall J.L. 2011) How fair is the court system? How the court system that is used in today ’s America was created or developed? How it works
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United States court system is divided into a federal system and 50 state systems. Each state has individual methods to facilitate election and appointment procedures. The more frequently used system of courts are the state courts. Legal cases begin and are heard in lower courts‚ then depending on outcome‚ may work their way up to a higher court system. State courts hear cases that pertain to state law or other issues that do not fall within federal courts’ jurisdiction. Within each state‚ there
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is the role of a judge in a jury trial? The judge listens to both sides of the case to make a recommendation to the jury of what outcome to decide. The judge makes sure the evidence is presented fairly and that the jurors understand the law and procedures. The judge chooses who will serve on the jury and will consider the recommendation of the jury in a bench trial. The judge selects what evidence may be shown at trial and what evidence will be reserved for the appeals court. Points earned
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