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    Dissecting Research #1 In this study‚ the researchers accomplished a series of tests that would focus on the injury of a corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is the nerve fibers that hold the right and left hemisphere of the brain together. The first test performed tested the visual abilities. The test “involved a board with a row of horizontal lights”. The patients were then told to stare directly at the center of the lights while the lights randomly would flash “across both the right and left

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    the authority to perform its tasks expeditiously for an unstipulated period of time for preventing miscarriage of justice.  Habeas corpus Habeas corpus (Latin meaning "you have the body") is a writ‚ or legal action‚ through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system‚ but it is now available in many nations. It has historically been an important legal

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    Bill of Rights Section 1. No person shall be deprived of life‚ liberty or property without due process of law‚ nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. * Right to due process of law – It is the guarantee that there must be a court with judicial power to hear and decide the matter before it or which hears before it condemns and renders judgment only after trial. * Right to equal protection of the laws – it is the guarantee that all persons or things similarly situated

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    Critic In 1849‚ Cesar who is the King of Roman Republic argued that the death penalty is injustice itself and it is a futile exercise. Then‚ this causes Roman Republic acts as the first nations to abolish the Death Penalty in modern times. This is the movement based on the human rights. After that‚ Venezuela in 1863 and Portugal in 1867 also abolished the death penalty in their country. A new era of human rights and International Law sought first to set out the foundations of Human Rights (UDHR

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    1970’s. It details how a middle class family struggled with and faced the changes that empowered Filipinos to rise against the Marcos government. This series of events happened after the bombing of Plaza Miranda‚ the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus‚ the proclamation of Martial Law and the random arrests of political prisoners. The oppressiveness of the Marcos regime made people become more radical. This shaping of the decade are all witnessed by the female character‚ Amanda Bartolome‚ a mother

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    Professor Alesio June 08‚ 2011 Facts: Jimmy Maddox was convicted of rape in a Georgia state court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Having unsuccessfully pursued his direct appeal and the state post-conviction remedy‚ Maddox filed a federal habeas corpus petition alleging prosecutorial suppression of exculpatory evidence in violation of the doctrine of Brady v. Maryland. There are four types of situations in which the Brady doctrine applies; the prosecutor has not disclosed information despite

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    their Caribbean holiday.” Irony. Robertson is highlighting the ignorance of most people in the middle to upper class in regard to the goings on of politics in smaller countries. “Committed death-row lawyers who delay the hangman with last-minute habeas corpus appeals” Legalese. This is used to express a level of formality and realism in his writing. “In the way that one might be taken by a zoo-keeper to see the rarest specimen in a monkey-house. Metaphor. This is used to describe the conditions of

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    late 1400’s. The development of the Magna Charta and the Model Parliament contributed to the decline of feudalism. It was an agreement between the barons and the king‚ giving the barons back their rights. The Magna Charta also gave rise to the habeas corpus‚ which is still in use today. And the Model Parliament‚ a governing body‚ included both commoners and nobles. These two events were some of the first to begin feudalism’s decline. The Bubonic Plague greatly affected the people of Europe and played

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    The use of legal diction is clear in the statement “This extends from the institution of stewardship…the Anglo-Saxon writ of habeas corpus” (Peters 35). The term “habeas corpus” is recognizable by many people‚ but it is not known unanimously to the general public‚ therefore some readers would have to use an outside source to look up the term. This suggests the idea that Peters’ intended audience was

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    world slathered in testosterone‚ Amanda begins to undergo a transformation when her family becomes imbricated in the sociopolitical realities brought about by the Marcos dictatorship. The declaration of Martial Law‚ the lifting of the writ of habeas corpus‚ the curfews and police searches‚ all these could have easily floated past Amanda’s head had her sons not found themselves caught in the crossfire between the government and the pro-democracy movements. As one son after another faces the oppressive

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