Court visit report My first court visit was a civil appeal case under the hierarchy of appellant jurisdiction at the Intermediate court and my second visit was a criminal case under the original of criminal jurisdiction at the district court. Both courts are found in Port Louis‚ Mauritius. The difference between the two courts is that the appellant jurisdiction was already heard in a lower court whereas the criminal jurisdiction was heard for the first time in the lower court. The atmosphere and
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observation was completed at Supreme Court of New South located at Phillip Street‚ Sydney. The proceeding that I chose to attend within the Court was listed in the Commercial List‚ at courtroom 11C. On arrival to the court‚ I was stopped at the security checkpoint where guards checked my books and asked me to go through a metal detector. I was very surprised to find out that being a simple member of the public is sufficient and entitles everyone to enter a court room and join a trial. The security
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Is the Court System Fair? Lynette Price CJA-224 9/03/2012 Professor John Pierce Throughout generations‚ the public joke of how attorneys are like sharks‚ they “circle around their prey before they head in for the kill” has been proven through ruthlessness and relentlessness to acquire and win a court case‚ especially if the possible case is high-profile (a Hollywood star‚ a nationally known football player‚ singer‚ a television show icon and etc.) The stigma of working in one of the top
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Media in court cases has many effects. One of which is the possibility that the Medias opinion may result in tainting the jury with unproven facts. As humans we make decisions based on how we perceive the world and the information we have on decision we are going to make. Pre-Trial Publicity “Due to extensive media coverage‚ jury selection in a high profile case can be extremely difficult. Jurors will likely have developed some biases about the case based on the media coverage to which they have
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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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Whether or not children are competent enough to withstand trial in court has been an interesting question since at least the 1960’s. The problem with trials before the 60’s was that defendants forced to argue their own cases‚ instead of having lawyers do this for them. This included children if they were accused of a crime that needed a trial. It did not happen that often‚ if even at all in some places‚ and so when it did actually happen these children were wrongfully tried as adults would have been
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Racism in the Court System In the South‚ the judicial system was controversial whether you were African American‚ an immigrant or part of a jury. They showed how the jury selection was racist because if you weren’t the same race as the jury‚ you would be found guilty. An example is in the Scottsboro Trial‚ the jury in those trials had no blacks on the juries. This would provide an unfair trial for Blacks and deny them any justice. The arrest of the boys‚ trial‚ and events following the case
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The French court system is a double pyramid structure. There are two separate orders: administrative courts and judicial courts. Each order has a pyramid structure‚ with a single court at the top and various courts at the base. Litigants displeased with a court decision can seek a review before the next court up in the hierarchy. In each order‚ a single court of last instance ensures that the lower courts interpret the law in the same way. The administrative courts settle disputes between users
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Trial and Appellate Courts CJS 220 The Court System Trial and Appellate Courts Trial courts and appellate courts have differences not only in their functions but also in what and who are involved in the proceedings. Trial courts are the point of origin for the cases. The prosecutor’s function is to prove the defendant guilty through evidence‚ witness testimony‚ and possibly cross-examination of the defendant. The defense attorney works to disprove the prosecutor’s case through in the same
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The Magistrates’ court is an important part of the criminal justice system and almost 95% of cases are completed there. Moreover magistrates’ courts deal with many civil cases e.g. family matters‚ liquor licensing and betting and gaming. For over 600 years Justices of the Peace have held courts in order to punish law breakers resolve local disputes and keep order in the community. Cases in the magistrates’ courts are usually heard by a panel of three magistrates (Justices of the Peace) supported
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