Judges do make law — it’s their job By Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk Misleading and silly slogans about what judges do are dominating the debate about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. President Bush and Republican politicians constantly repeat‚ as a mantra‚ that Roberts is a desirable choice because he won’t "legislate from the bench" and will merely "apply the law‚ not make it." But every lawyer knows that judges make law — it’s their job. In fact‚ law students learn in the first semester
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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. Only judges operating in appellate and other high courts are able to set legal precedents
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field of higher education‚ higher vocational school is just as important as researchbased university. Pragmatic measures must be taken to guarantee the implementation of the “vigorous development of vocational education.” The four elements that make a good university are as follows: tangible assets‚ human resources‚ university culture and operational system. The four elements are interdependent rather than isolated from each other. ------------------------------------------------- It should be
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we make and provide us with comfort and support in times of need. Some people like to have lots of friends and others prefer one or two very close ones. What makes a good friend? A certainly viable answer is someone who is caring‚ patient‚ kind‚ and accepting. But people may have many different answers as to what makes a good friend in their book. Is there really one answer? One answer that comes to mind in searching for friends is trust. Without trust a friendship means nothing. What good is a
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The image of a good teacher is very subjective because every person appreciates different traits of character in others. It is quite difficult to explain what kind of people one would like to have as friends; it is much more challenging to describe a good teacher not to mention an ideal one. Though the question “What makes a good teacher?” is a really complicated one there is one trait that seems self-evident – love for the work. If a university graduate has a number of diplomas but he/she doesn’t
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What makes a good leader? Johann Von Goethe once said “The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.” This is quite possibly one of the best quotes I have read when talking about what makes a good leader. What Goethe is saying is simply that a leader‚ or rather a good leader listens to his followers and makes decisions based upon their input and once the decisions have been made‚ the followers are often the most integral part of executing the decision. To lead the people
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of America’s history and trying to pick the best one‚ it is important to look at individual traits that make a good president. Each and every American president is looked at differently by people. Some presidents were loved by many people and barley accomplished anything in office. Others made fantastic decisions and or improved our economy‚ but were overlooked. Not only does the president make life changing decisions for the country‚ but he or she has a reputation to uphold. Characteristics a president
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The Role of the Entrepreneur An entrepreneur is an owner of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative‚ this is applied to persons who are willing to help launch a new venture or enterprise and accept full responsibility for a company’s output. The entrepreneur shifts economic resources out of a lower and into a high productivity and greater economic yields. Occupying the central position in a market economy‚ entrepreneurs are instigators of growth and progress and are pivotal
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A Successful Entrepreneur Thalia Lyn Name: Yvette Shim Skill: Cake Baking Institution: St. Patrick’s Foundation Instructor: Mrs. Patterson Date: February 9‚ 2015 Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………1 Acknowledgement………………………………………………………….2 Education and background………………………………………………….3 The PEC’s of the Entrepreneur………………………………………………4 The challenges faced in the business……………………………………….5 How was the challenges dealth with………………………………………..6 What kind of support was
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Introduction: The Video Vault was dominant is the location of major route connecting Westborough to the neighbour communities of Hopkinton and Upton with floor space at 750 square feet‚ the owners were innovative in displaying their roughly 10‚000 units (or 8‚000 titles) of inventory‚ 700 of which were in the DVD format. Peaslee and St. Angelo had 6‚000 registered customers‚ with about half that number being active renters. In order to rent videos at the store‚ customers provided a credit card
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