I decided to attend a night traffic court session at the Ventura Courthouse. The cases ranged from seat belt violations to reckless driving. Most of the defendants appeared before the court to request more time to pay the fines associated with the tickets. I was surprised to see that very few of the people in the courthouse were pleading not guilty. Only one person showed up to defend a case with legal help from an attorney of some sort. The first person to claim not guilty was charged with speeding
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What is the difference between criminal and civil court? Criminal Cases Criminal acts are those that go against the rules of the Criminal Code or against another federal statute (e.g. the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act). In Canada‚ a criminal act is legally seen as an offence against the state‚ even though there may have been a specific individual who was the victim of the crime. In a criminal trial‚ there are two sides: the prosecution and the defence. The prosecution brings the case to
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Criminal and Civil Court Structures and Legal Personnel This assignment contains ..............................words Introduction This assignment will discuss and compare the court structure‚ legal personnel and their functions and the type of cases that are brought before criminal and civil courts. Criminal courts The criminal court system has many levels of superiority (refer to diagram 1.1 in Appendices). Lower courts are bound by
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Setting up the court observation was easy for me because my dad is a bailiff at the courthouse and could easily tell me when a bigger court would take place. Earlier in the semester‚ I went to a common plea court and I was bored so I left. I had to wait until my dad found out when there would be a bigger court. He told me in the middle of March on the 27th‚ there would be a General Sessions Court. I do not have school on Monday’s so I only had to take off work. Since I know all the bailiffs at the
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observational fieldwork at the self-help clinic in the Pomona court house. This clinic helps individuals who are looking to get a dissolution of marriage either from their wife or husband. They also help individuals who are responding to the dissolution of marriage. A dissolution of marriage is when two people who are legally married‚ and one or both wants to have the marriage terminated. The dissolution of marriage is done through a court process‚ and the whole process is about six months. The self-help
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CIVIL COURTS It is important to understand the differences between civil cases and criminal cases. Since civil cases cover a wide range there cannot be a very specific definition which will cover all of them‚ but a basic definition for civil claims is to say that these arise when an individual or a business believes that their rights have been infringed in some way. Some of the main areas of civil law are: * contract law‚ * law of tort‚ * family law‚ * employment law‚ * company
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Chapter 1‚ “Court and Country‚” begins with the English Civil War. King Charles I tried to push for Catholicism and establish absolute power. Parliament rebelled and King Charles I was executed. People considered King Charles I a tyrant not a king‚ because a king would share power between
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Tort Reform: The Destruction of the Civil Court System “If it ain’t broke‚ don’t fix it”. This informal maxim can be applied to countless situations‚ from car maintenance to business practices. It can also be applied to the idea of tort reform and its effect on the civil court system in the United States. ‘Tort reform’ commonly refers to “proposed changes to common law civil justice systems that would place limits or caps on tort litigation or damages to be awarded to a plaintiff” (“Tort Reform
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Civil liberties: the legal constitutional protections against government. Although our civil liberties are formally set down in the Bill of Rights‚ the courts‚ police‚ and legislature define their meaning. Bill of Rights: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution‚ which define such basic liberties as freedom of religion‚ speech‚ and press and guarantee defendants’ rights. First Amendment: the constitutional amendment that establishes the four great
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Civil Liberties‚ Habeas Corpus‚ and the War on Terror Even though suspending habeas corpus during the period of War on Terror is acceptable and is the Presidents way of protecting and preserving the United States Constitution during the War on Terror were civil liberties violated‚ and should habeas corpus been suspended. Detaining individuals for a suspected crime and not giving them their day in court is in violation of the Constitution. Habeas corpus was implemented in the Constitution to ensure
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