Court hierarchy The Local Court is the lowest court in the hierarchy and deals with minor criminal and summary offences. It will also hear minor civil disputes with monetary value up to $60 000. The Local Court holds committal hearings‚ which are preliminary hearings where the magistrate determines if there is sufficient evidence against the defendant to warrant a trial in a higher court. The High Court of Australia is the highest court in Australia and was established in 1901. It deals with appeals
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On November 6th‚ I observed a four year-old boy at the UCI Early Childhood Education Center. My observation starts at 4:10pm‚ and it lasts for thirty minutes. At the time I did the observation‚ all of the children woke up from the nap time and started to play outside of the classroom. The playground is at least seventy-five square feet‚ and it has many play stations for children. Three classrooms share the same outside playground‚ and the age groups of those children are from three years old to five
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Federal Trial Abstract This paper will cover the current issue and controversy of televising the Zacarias Moussaoui federal trial. The trial is the first trial of a suspected terrorist involved with the September 11‚ 2001 World Trade Center attacks. I intend to show that the decision of U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema to ban photographers and Court TV from the proceedings was wrong‚ based on the constitutional rights of the public and previous statutes. This paper will cover various cases involving
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shows that there are two types of courts in which sentencing takes place Magistrate’s court and the Crown court. Criminal cases are dealt with in either of these two courts (Newburn 2007). Firstly‚ this essay will look at the functions and roles of both Magistrates and Crown courts. Secondly it will describe what cases are expected to be handled at each court and their jurisdictions. it will then go on to discuss various strengths and weaknesses of these courts. Furthermore it will examine the roles
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KNPE-245 CHILD OBSERVATION PAPER The aim of this paper is to describe a 60 minute child observation with regards to the affective‚ cognitive and psychomotor domain. BACKGROUND OF THE CHILD The child chosen for this observation paper is a Mexican boy named Julian (age 7 to 8). He was in the park with his whole family: parents (in their late 20’s)‚ older brother Renato (10) and younger sister Sylvia (3). I thought he was the perfect candidate because I could observe the interaction between
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crimes. The police management also follows a component called service style in which the management stresses community service above law enforcement. But there is a differences between the organizations in this component as compared to corrections and courts. What are the roles‚ functions‚ and practices of the different personnel within the component? For the various personnel positions included in the component‚ are there guidelines established that outline their administrative duties? What are some
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Why Fight Traffic Tickets? What are traffic tickets besides expensive and annoying? Too many of them and they can become a serious problem. We don’t just mean financially either. We are talking about can’t legally drive for three months‚ calling your friends to drive you around level serious problem. Each state handles numerous traffic violations differently. Here in Florida‚ a point system is used for violations. Different kinds of traffic violations have different point values‚ ranging from 3
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Administration (NHTSA) speeding is one of the most prevalent factors contributing to traffic crashes. NHTSA estimates that the annual economic cost to society of speeding-related crashes is $40.4 billion. In 2010‚ speeding was a contributing factor in 31 percent of all fatal crashes‚ and 32‚885 lives were lost in speeding-related crashes. This equates to 90 fatalities per day in the United States. Speed-related traffic fatalities in New Jersey were 556 in 2010. The highest percentage of speed-related
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Court Systems University of Phoenix Survey of Justice and Security AJS 502 William Miller February 23‚ 2015 Introduction The case of Jodi Arias (Defendant) Case CR2008-031021-001 ("Criminal Court Case Information - Case History"‚ 2014) vs State of Arizona on the murder of Travis Alexander (Victim)‚ the modern day story of sex‚ lies‚ violence‚ and revenge. The trial of State of Arizona vs Jodi Arias is being tried in the Maricopa County Superior Court ("Criminal Court Case Information
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