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Overview of Plea Bargaining

are a process, which usually includes a defendant "pleading guilty to a lesser offense" and thereby receiving a lighter sentence t...

Prosecutors' Roles

reputation, sometimes loss of their job, extreme emotional and psychological distress and extreme anxiety (Banks, 2009). Prosecu...

The Role of Law

system such as due to the cost. However, the law may also have a positive influence; it may support social changes which are neede...

German Criminal Justice System

This research paper discusses aspects of Germany's criminal justice system, such as relevant history, legal traditions, relevant l...

Criminology Theories

get caught. Gleissner (2011) reported that only 1.2 percent of burglaries result in the burglar going to prison. If they do get ca...

The American Working Class and the Constitution

would change with the defeat of the imminent defeat of the South in the Civil War. On January 31, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment ...

Rape as a Crime of Power and Shame Towards Women

of the female victim. In discussing the issue, it makes sense to address this in that context. Rape does scar women for life, ...

The “N” World and the Constitutional Right to Free Speech

Ee derided the student on the basis of her gender and her color. He threatened the other student at one time saying "Ive got a gu...

The Law in England and China Compared

of binding precedent, but also in the lack of doctrines to act as a foundation of the law. However, there are many commonalities....

The Law of the Cayman Islands and the Process of Judicial Review

review may be sought, this was seen in the case of Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374...

U.S. Judicial System and Racial Minorities

as being subordinate to their white counterparts. This perceived image in the testing arena, where individuals are forced to perf...

Justice and Ethics II

it is likely that he is carrying a significant amount. If he reaches his destination in no worse physical condition than that whi...

Ancient Rome and the Law on Contract of Sale

in fact, can indeed comprise a valid contract of sale. Contracts of sale can also be either absolute or conditional. Whatever th...

Overview of Legal Interpretation and Legal Reasoning

case (McLoed, 2002). The latter part of this ambiguity, wit the way it should be interpreted for a case is also ambiguous as the...

Commontary on Herbert L.A. Hart's 'What's Important In Law In A Society Is Social Facts And Not Morality Or Justice'

in support of Harts assertion by way of creating law "in the image of its own beliefs and needs" (Hibbitts, no date). The Egyptia...

Isolation Theme in 'A Jury of Her Peers' by Susan Glaspell

talked too much anyway" (Glaspell). Throughout the story, Martha Hale feels guilty because she did not visit Minnie more often, b...

1803's Marbury v. Madison

and his Republicans had just defeated Adams and the Federalists in the 1800 elections" (pp. 400). As a result, a political battleg...

Overcrowding in Prisons

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

Global Economy and How the United States Can Maintain a Competitive Edge

and the nation has been called uncivilized as a result. Perhaps the culture of the United States is the thing most criticized. I...

A Civil Action by Jonathan Herr and Lessons Learned

after hearing of the deaths of the children and the illness in the community (Trevino, 2000). Today it has been proven that there ...

Kelo v. New London

before the New London Superior Court, asserting that the "taking of their properties would violate the public use restriction in t...

Legal Naturalism and Legal Positivism

of legal scholars and justices like these, the concept of the divine origin of justice and law was retained until relatively recen...

The Workplace and Age Discrimination

In a paper that contains three pages the different types of age discrimination as they apply to the workplace are discussed as are...

Patients, Physicians, and Managed Health Care

In twenty pages this paper assesses the impact of the managed health care system upon the relationship between doctor and patient ...

Primary and Secondary Rules and Hart's 'Rule of Recognition'

This paper discusses the societal and legal system primary and secondary rules' functions in accordance with Hart's 'rule of recog...

English Law and the Norman Conquest

reign that these were amalgamated along with Norman influences into what could be seen as the forerunner of the modern common law....

Legal Process of England ish Legal Process: Entertainers, Drugs And Insurance

of the Court of Appeal to which Dr. Kiljoy appeals after losing at first instance in the High Court, the student will want to disc...

Legal Concept of Double Jeopardy

after acquittal (Double Jeopardy, 2002). * A second prosecution for the same offense after conviction (Double Jeopardy, 2002). * M...

The Lasting Implications of Miranda v Arizona

caused within the United States poor communities speak to the ongoing issue of racial divide, with one of the most striking exampl...

Constitutional Protections Case Study

one where fear is in the air. Certainly, giving up a few rights is necessary. Of course, not everyone thinks so, and further, alth...