1. EGUARAS vs. GREAT EASTERN 33 PHIL 263 FACTS: Francisca Eguaras filed a written complaint in court‚ alleging as a cause of action that her son-in-law Dominador Albay had applied in writing to the defendant insurance company to insure his life for the sum of P5‚000‚ naming as the beneficiary in case of his death the plaintiff FranciscaEguaras; that after compliance with the requisites and the investigation carried on by the defendant company‚ it accepted the application for insurance and
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Assignment one: Supreme Court case Roper v Simmons. Due February 3 rd 2014. Citation: 543 U.S 551‚125 S.Ct.1183‚ 161 L. Ed 2d 1‚ 2005 U.S. Facts: In 1993‚ respondent Christopher Simmons in the state of Missouri at the age of 17 and his friend‚ had planned to rob and kill a female victim named Shirley crook. Simmons entered the house‚ robbed it and proceeded to kill the victim and later threw her off of bridge in a state park. Subsequent to the trial‚ the court found Simmons to be guilty
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INDIAN COURT Introduction The courts have always tried to keep pace with development in technology both with regard to the process of the system of justice and the cases that pass through it. The harmonization of the law relating to information technology and evidence by the Indian legislature‚ together with the positive approach of the Indian courts in recognizing and appreciating electronic evidence‚ has equipped India to meet the new challenges of the digital era. The Indian courts have observed
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in the federal court system. Federal courts consist of three levels of courts. District courts are the federal courts of original jurisdiction‚ the U.S. Court of Appeals is the intermediary appellate court‚ and the U.S. Supreme Court is the highest federal court. There are 94 district courts and 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals. Those dissatisfied with the outcome of a case heard from the district courts can take it to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Cases are brought to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision
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Power &Functions of Courts Introduction: We know that there are two main branches of our legal practices‚ they are Civil matters and another is Criminal matters. Civil matters are dealt by Civil Court and Criminal matters are dealt by Criminal Courts. The both Civil and Criminal Court are divided into to main categories. 1. Higher Judiciary that is Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 2. Sub-ordinate Judiciary. It is a very vast effort to describe all the power and functions of both the judiciary
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The Court of Appeal is a necessary expense. Although in Ireland’s recession times‚ anything that requires additional funding is ‘unnecessary expense’. The autumn referendum of 2014 resulted in favour of the Court of Appeal. The Bill was passed by a majority of 65.2 per cent of the Irish population voted in favour. The bill was then signed into law on the twentieth of July 2014. The court of appeal act 2014 is in place to enable efficiency and speed up hearings of appeals in civil cases. Before the
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Enclosed within a 27’ X 78’ tennis court it was the final point of the match. As I shuffled and pivoted to the right with both my arms gripping my racket at shoulder height; I took a deep breath as I approached the tennis ball and made my move. I pondered how my nerves synapsed with my tendons and ligaments in my arms and feet to produce a forehand‚ while monitoring my heart beat and regulating metabolic demand‚ an intrigue with the workings of this familiar‚ yet mysterious body. It was a matter
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The Structure of the English Court System Courts of First Instance Courts of first instance are where matters are first heard and where the FACTS of the case are determined‚ for criminal courts‚ these can either be Magistrates courts or Crown courts. All cases (even murder) are first heard in a magistrate’s court‚ and if the cases are too serious then they are transferred up to higher court (Crown Court) this is mostly indictable offenses. Magistrate courts decide whether the defendant is guilty
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The American criminal court system has been a work in progress for thousands of years. Crimes that were formerly punished by the “eye for an eye” concept have slowly evolved into crimes that are looked at‚ proven then judged by the criminal court system that we have today. The criminal system is an intricate‚ delicate weave of laws‚ punishments and retribution‚ while keeping human rights and needs into consideration. According to Seigel‚ Schmalleger and Worrall‚ 2011‚ “The court system is a collective
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ENGL 112 Argumentative Paper September 2‚ 2012 Drug Court vs. Incarceration Drug addiction has increased drastically across America in the last fifty years. Non-violent drug offenders fill our jails and prisons. Taxpayer dollars are put into a prison system that is proving to be counter-productive. Recidivism rates are high. Drug Court is an alternative to incarceration that offers rehabilitation to criminal offenders. In drug court‚ the traditional functions of the U.S. justice system are
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