Business Law Midterm Chapter 1 - Nature of Law and Legal Rights * Legal Rights: rights (legal capacity to require another person to perform or refrain from performing an act) and duties (obligation of law imposed on a person to perform or refrain from performing a certain act) coexist. * Individual right: any statutes‚ ordinances‚ or court decisions cannot violate the rights given in Constitution. * The Right of Privacy: Fourth Amendment (only search under reasonable suspicion) and protecting
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The Criminal Trial Process The Sixth Amendment specifies certain citizens ’ rights that apply in all criminal trials. These rights are speedy trial‚ public trial‚ trial by jury‚ notice of the accusation‚ confrontation of opposing witnesses‚ compulsory process for obtaining favorable witnesses and assistance of counsel. Although the Sixth Amendment guarantees these rights only with respect to the federal government‚ the U.S. Supreme Court has incorporated all of them
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Salem‚ Massachusetts. The Salem Witchcraft Trials still leaves this country with so many questions as to what happened in that small town. With all the documentation and accounts of the story‚ people are still wondering why 19 people died as a result of these trials. The events leading up to the Salem Witch Trials and the events that took place during and after the trial are all still looked at today by historians. Many historians interpret the Salem Witch Trials in different ways depending on their opinions
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BA 3301 Test 1 Review Chapter 1 Equity vs. Legal Action * Court of Equity – the court will hear what is fair‚ and the outcome is based on factors not contract terms. * Equity – seeks a remedy when there is no available remedy at law. Deals with fairness in justice‚ usually stemming from natural law. Injunctions‚ court orders‚ restraining order. Civil action. * Court of Law – “black letter law” you did or did not do something. * Legal action – action typically for money damages
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Superstitions • Texts : Hellequin’s hunt (La Maisnie Hellequin) p. 7-11 • Film : Sorceress 2nd part 3. February 5 Quiz nº 1 (15 mn) * The Inquisition - Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais • Texts : Bernard Gui : Questions p. 50 The Trial of Gilles de Rais p. 14-16 • Film : The Passion of Joan of Arc (excerpts) 4. February 12 * The Renaissance and The Reformation: Witch-mania • Texts : Jacques du Clercq : Mémoires p. 27-29 º PPP: Witch-hunters • Film: The Return of Martin
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Edward was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder. Edward was found to be incompetent to stand trial; now that he has come to the facility where I work for restoration of competency I am responsible for providing a re-evaluation of competency. Knowing Edward’s past mental issues and suicide attempt a few years back there are many things that I would need to take note of before and during the evaluation process. First I would want to obtain information from Edward’s previous doctors
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Chapter 14 Trace the history of trials by jury. The right to a trial by jury can be traced to the Magna Carta in 1215. This right was incorporated into Atricle III‚ Section 2‚ of the Constitution with respect to the federal government‚ and in the sixth amendment‚ with respect to the states. Analyze the scope of the right to a trial by jury in a criminal case. The right to a trial by jury applies to all non-petty criminal offenses‚ usually interpreted as offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment
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rights to criminal defendants during trial. There are two fundamental aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system: The presumption that the defendant is innocent‚ and the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Assuming the defendant does not plea-bargain‚ a trial will probably result. Thus‚ it is important to focus on constitutional rights during the trial stage. The three rights considered in this paper are the right to a speedy trial‚ the right to an impartial judge‚ and
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Restrictive Orders Against The Press Check Abuses – Public as Watchdog Promote Accountability Maintain Official Records Promote Due Process: Ensure that everyone knows the rules of the game Free Press Vs. Fair Trial‚ Part I (1st Amendment) (6th Amendment) Prejudicial Crime Reporting – Is there such a thing? The “CSI” effect John Marshall‚ U.S. V. Burr (1807) Irvin V. Dowd (1961) Murphy V. Florida (1975) Traditional Judicial Remedies To balance 1st & 6th amend.
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FAIR TRIALUNDER CRIMINAL LAW 1. INTRODUCTION The concept of fair trial has been adopted by almost all the countries in their respected field of laws. The purpose behind the establishment of fair trial is to protect the common man from unfair means of any injustice and violation of fundamental rights. The principles of natural justice are the ultimate basis of fair trial system. As far as country like India is concerned‚ the concept of fair trail is envisaged under the Constitution and other
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