Following a brief investigation of the court listings for the 21st November 2013‚ I viewed the Court & Tribunal Services website that can be seen at the following URL‚ http://www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/courtlists/default.aspx Upon review of the daily listings‚ discussions with Court personnel and review of the proceedings in progress at the time of my visit to the District Court of Western Australia (500 Hay Street‚ Perth 6000)‚ I attended the following Criminal Proceedings which is
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Plessy V. Ferguson- Topics 1. An Eventful Ride 2. Free Colored People 3. The Separate Car Act 4. Plessy Case 5. The Verdict (Louisiana Supreme Court 6. Back to Ferguson’s Court An Eventful Ride On June 7‚ 1892‚ respected admired New Orleans merchant Homer Plessy‚ in his 30‚ hopped on a train at the Press Street depot in New Orleans‚ on the way to Covington‚ Louisiana‚ couple of hours away. Plessy had purchased a first-class ticket‚ and was resembling the people sitting the in
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After I carefully viewed the website on Florida Court Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)‚ I was so amazed by the information I comprehended and gathered. With that being said‚ wow‚ I feel kind of novice because I was not at all aware of the federal and state laws that exist in Florida. The California website is easy to read and interpret: it explains arbitration nicely and succinctly (courts‚ 2016). Unfortunately‚ Florida and California web layout are designed differently; I feel Florida has
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In 1986‚ the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case established that there could be separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites‚ giving support to Jim Crow laws. The Supreme Court did not begin to reverse Plessy until the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case 58 years later‚ which established that segregating blacks and whites was unconstitutional and that separate could never be equal. After the period of reconstruction following the Civil War‚ many states in the south and
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The sonoma county court system uses diversion services for its first time juvenile offenders for certain crimes. This diversion program starts before any trial begins and after the case is analyzed to see if it qualifies. These are a lot of drug and theft cases that juveniles in the community are guilty of. The court hands the defendants to the Probation Department. The offender has multiple factors that must be included to qualify for the program. If the individual does qualify they are put on
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One Supreme Court member that stands out from the rest would have to be John Marshall. There is no doubt about this because he made the Supreme Court a co-equal branch of government. This means that it was an equal branch to the legislative and the executive. He became a Supreme Court Justice in 1801 and was appointed by John Adams. While holding his position he set three major goals that set precedents and made him the most significant Supreme Court Justice ever. Marshall strengthened the national
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Introduction There have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law‚ like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact‚ obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific‚ this case deals with what is considered obscene‚ and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment‚ the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more depth. What brought this case about? In 1973‚ Marvin Miller‚ operator
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is still a very controversial topic on its own however‚ add the possibility of a Fifth Amendment violation makes it worse. For the people in the State of Kansas‚ it something for significant since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1994. The case of Kansas V. Cheever involves just that‚ the sentence of death for a man accused of killing a Kansas Sherriff. During the trial the defendant declared a voluntary intoxication defense due to the consumption of methamphetamines at the time of the killing
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The relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth changes throughout the play. At the beginning of the play the couple had a very close relationship. When Macbeth is introduced to the witches he foresees himself as king. Lady Macbeth‚ who is ambitious and domineering‚ craves power. She manipulates Macbeth to murder the former king‚ Duncan‚ so he can become king. Their relationship begins to deteriorate as they both dedicate themselves to evil and is mutually destructive. The ambition they both possess
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an infant [1985] IR 375 [1] when I first read the cases and my opinion on the specific case is unchanged even after reading an article by W.R. Duncan[2]. However W.R Duncan does detail some valid points about the case and the precedent that it may or may not have implied. In this essay I am going to evaluate and discuss Mr. Chief Justice Finlay’s judgment in the Supreme Court with regards to W.R. Duncan article. Analysis The J.H. case concerned a baby who had been placed into an adoption
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