Legal Studies Meaning of Law Law can be defined as a set of enforceable rules of conduct which set down guidelines for relationships between people and organisations of society. Australia has a type of legal system known as ‘common law’. This system allows for laws to be made by judges when there is a lack of statute law (laws made by parliament). Parliament can also give authority to make laws to other bodies. Laws made by these bodies are known as ‘delegated legislation’ the most important feature
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian born anarchists living in the United States. The jury convicted and sentenced to death‚ both Sacco and Vanzetti‚ for the murder of a guard‚ and a paymaster‚ during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company. Nicola Sacco was a shoe operative‚ and Bartolomeo Vanzetti was a fish peddler‚ ordinary men with differing beliefs from the general public. The jury charged and convicted them of murder for their heritage and beliefs. Sacco and
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General Deterrence- when punishment of a wrongdoer deters other from committing similar offenses Factors influencing the effectiveness of deterrence are: 1. Likelyhood crime will be detected 2. That detection will be followed by prosecution 3. That Prosecution will result in conviction 4. The severity of the punishment is a key factor Rehabilitation- Involves changing offenders attitudes or values so they are less inclined to commit future offenses. Incapacitation- Incarcerating
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standards of the 1740s‚ this case should have been a draw. Their sole witness was a young‚ female servant. All three of those characteristics should have made her a null witness. Her status as a servant should have made her a bad witness by the standards of the day. Also‚ females at the time were not considered reliable witnesses and at many points in history‚ were not even allowed to testify in court. However‚ the prosecution in the case raised some difficult to repute. The black man that was
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reported I remember finding it very interesting and was following the progress for some time. I recently became aware that this trial is still in the final sentencing after numerous jury dismissals‚ mistrials‚ hung jury‚ allegations of perjury‚ prosecution wrongdoing‚ and defense cover-ups. Background On June 4 2008‚ Travis Alexander a 30-year-old businessman who lived in Mesa‚ Arizona was murdered in his home‚ found almost a week later on June 9‚ 2008‚ on the floor of
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Due Process Nancy Nevarez August 25‚ 2010 Hal C. Kern III CJA 224 Due Process Due process is procedures that effectively guaranteed the individual rights in the face of criminal prosecution and those procedures that are fundamental and rules for a fair and orderly legal proceeding. Due process have the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments constitutionally guaranteed rights of an accused to hear the charges against him or her and to be heard by the court having jurisdiction over the matter. It
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1) What do the authors mean by the statement “organizations are rich in politics”? Organization’s latent goal is to survive and expand. To achieve this lofty goals‚ organization uses all resources at their disposal to achieve the objectives. Resources such as bargaining‚ negotiation‚ intimidation‚ cajoling. Just like we have in the political arena‚ members within organization compete for status and power. 2) Explain the inherent management aspects of front-line police and corrections officers’
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valuable citizens.Besides‚ media has done much good to society by exposing various scams‚ scandals‚ frauds‚ embezzlements and many other cases of corruption leading to initiation of enquiries and other processes of prosecution against the perpetrators of these crimes. History is witness that press has been instrumental in putting an end to atrocities and bringing the downfall of ruthless dictators. In India‚ vernacular press did the job of uniting people against the oppressive British rule and triggered
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1. Introduction Insider dealing has been affecting the efficiency of stock markets in different places like United States‚ United Kingdom and Australia. Hong Kong is of no exception. Basically‚ insider dealing refers to the trading of a corporation’s stock or other securities by individual with potential access to non-public information of the company. The law of insider dealing in Hong Kong provides a much more detailed definition and is very comprehensive. However‚ when it comes to enforcement
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The three main reasons for the persecution of these “witches” were economic greed‚ religious beliefs and social prejudices. Most of those who accused the witches as being so ultimately sought profit and wealth. The Canon Linden‚ an eye witness to the prosecutions in Trier‚ Germany‚ described the financial motives of the accusers. He concluded that they promoted the movement in hopes of achieving wealth‚ and that they succeeded. Many notaries‚ innkeepers and copyists grew rich. He also noted that
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