Evaluate the effectiveness of the law in achieving justice for parties involving in relationship breakdowns. Relationship breakdowns include the separation and divorce of de facto and married couples. Parties involved with relationship breakdowns include the two parties separating as well as any children that resulted from the relationship. Although de facto relationships are not legally binding unlike marriages‚ the Australian legal system still has means to govern over disputes that arise over
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Sometimes achieving ‘Justice’ involves great struggle. I suffer from many nightmares and have done so for many years. Strangely‚ I didn’t have them during the 15 years I in spent in prison after being wrongly convicted‚ with three others‚ for the 1975 Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings. It was almost as if I was in the eye of the storm while I was inside‚ and everything was being held back for a replay later in my life. Our case is well known now as one of first major miscarriages of justice. I am
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Evaluate the Effectiveness of Law Reform in Dealing with Defences to Criminal Charges in the Criminal Justice System. Evaluate: Make a judgment based on criteria - Equality - Accessibility (Draft Bill and Report) - Enforceability (In the future - provocation bill) - Resource Efficiency (Time taken to establish the committee and the time the committee has taken) - Protection of Individual Rights - Meeting Society’s Needs / How Responsive (Fast response due to media outcry) - Rule of Law
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The effectiveness of the criminal trial process as a means of achieving justice The criminal trial process aims to provide justice for all those involved‚ while it succeeds in the majority of cases‚ it effectiveness is influenced and reduced by certain factors. These include the legal representation involved in a case and the availability of legal aid‚ the capacity of the jury assessing the trial‚ the credibility of scientific evidence and the impact of social media on the trial process. Due to
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Over the past couple of years‚ many people have seemed to question whether the criminal justice system proved to be an effective system. For some‚ the criminal justice system has proven to be an effective system‚ because of its established laws and regulations to keep violence and crime under control‚ as well as keeping our society safe from harm. Others who oppose the ideals and principals of the criminal justice system believe that the system is a monumental failure that unfairly convicts an individual
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the criminal trial process in achieving justice Justice is the concept of moral rightness that is based on equality‚ access and fairness. This means that the law is applied equally‚ understood by all people and does not have a particularly harsh effect on an individual. In Australia‚ the adversary system is used as a means to achieve justice by proving the accused‚ beyond reasonable doubt‚ committed the crime. The criminal trial process has many features which aim
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Explain the relationship that you think exists between law and justice. The relationship between law and justice has always been a topic of great controversy. Many people rely fully on the law to bring about‚ what they believe‚ to be justice‚ while others are of the opinion that the law is too ‘black and white’ to be wholly regarded as just. The debate of whether a jury is an effective way of bringing forth justice has been present for centuries. The opinion that it is not a reliable way
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that the amount of reasons why relationships break down are infinite‚ but that there are three categories these reasons can be put into: -Pre-existing doom‚ failure of the relationship‚ for instance incompatibility are pre-destined -Mechanical failure‚ the most common cause‚ two people who suit each other and have good intentions and good natures find they can’t live together -Sudden death‚ for example discovery of cheating can immediately end the relationship Duck identified 4 stages of
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Evaluate the role and effectiveness of international conferences and institutions in achieving environmental protection. In your answer‚ make reference to barriers to achieving an international response to global environmental protection. (25 marks) In relation to the global environment‚ international institutions and conferences are generally effective in its role of protection. In establishing soft law guidelines and holding conferences‚ international institutions such as the United Nations
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the legal system in responding to changing community values in terms of achieving justice for family members. Although family law focuses on individual relationships and the achievement of just outcomes for the individual‚ the legal system also operates to provide a just outcome for society as a whole. In order to secure a just outcome for society‚ the legal system needs to operate as efficiently as possible; the law needs to remain contemporary‚ the law must be enforceable
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