The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries. Such as England‚ America‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Hong Kong and so on. The Australian political system is based upon elements of the British and American systems. In 1788‚ when Australia was first colonized‚ British applied the English law in Australia. In order to explain this issue‚ it is necessary to define the concept of ‘common law’‚ ‘doctrine’
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Court Systems Paper AJS/502 July 24‚ 2013 Bryan Cook University of Phoenix Court Systems Paper U.S. Courts: The Federal Judiciary The United States court system is composed of numerous sections of bodies of law that function together to ensure justness is served in fulfillment with the United States Constitution‚ federal‚ state and local laws. These organizations include law enforcement‚ the courts and‚ correction system all of which have a legitimate responsibility to maintain the American
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Court Issues Many issues face our court systems and administrative in today’s society. The future will hold many changing aspects‚ issues‚ and trends. Victim rights will also change as we move forward into the future. There will be many aspects of victim rights that will remain the same as in the past and the present but will forever change in the future. The future will hold many changes in our court systems including victim right‚ language services‚ and administrative. Immigrations and culture
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Georgia’s Court System Few people are familiar with the basic functions and responsibilities of the state’s courts. Different courts are set up to do different things. Cases are heard based on the subject matter jurisdiction they are given. The Georgia court system consists of five classes of trial level courts: the magistrate‚ probate‚ juvenile‚ state and superior courts. There are also approximately 370 municipal courts. There are two appellate courts: the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
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Celebrities will less likely be convicted for a crime compared to the average person? Do you think that there is equality in our court system? There is no such thing as justice in our court‚ a celebrity is more likely not to be convicted for a crime compared to the average person. That may be but what about when there is a celebrity on the trial. That why I’m writing this paper‚ when a celebrity is on the stand they are less likely to be convicted of crime; but on the other hand compared the average
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The juvenile system started in the17th century‚ when there were very little legal differences that existed among kids and adults. Adolescence as underdeveloped as seven were measured productive citizens and could be tried if found guilty. Kids were incarcerated with hardened criminals and some even received the death consequence for their crimes as adults. So‚ the first Juvenile court System was established in 1899‚ in Cook County Illinois in Chicago. The purpose was to separate kids who had been
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and 17 year olds in the adult court system no matter how minor the crime may be (Raise the Age NC). This can be devastating to our juveniles and their futures. Studies have shown that the average human brain does not mature to its complete development until the age of 25 (Miller and Bartollas). Today’s juveniles sometimes make stupid choices and deserve a second chance. We as a state should be like 48 other states and keep these juveniles in the juvenile court system and offer diversion programs
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A court system is created to determine the innocent and the guilty when a conflict arises. In many cases it is convicting a criminal for a crime that has been committed. The system entitles everyone to a fair trial no matter what the case and in each trial it is the team that is prosecuting that most prove that if the accused is guilty. Not the accused having to prove their innocence. The victim in most cases looks to see that justice is served to the criminal. The accused looks to try and get another
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American criminal court system has been a work in progress for thousands of years. Crimes that were formerly punished by the “eye for an eye” concept have slowly evolved into crimes that are looked at‚ proven then judged by the criminal court system that we have today. The criminal system is an intricate‚ delicate weave of laws‚ punishments and retribution‚ while keeping human rights and needs into consideration. According to Seigel‚ Schmalleger and Worrall‚ 2011‚ “The court system is a collective
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW LAW OF EQUITY ASSIGNMENT IAN NDUNGU WAWERU DLAW/112/00101 DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EQUITY AND COMMON LAW LECTURER: MARK WAGIA Common law‚ defined by Oxford Dictionary‚ is law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent instead of statutes. Equity‚ on the other hand‚ is a branch of law‚ which developed alongside common law‚ and is focused on fairness and justice. But aside from their descriptions‚ there are other differences between common law and equity.
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