Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee tells of a district magistrate of Chang-Ping in the T’ang Dynasty named Judge Dee Goong An‚ famous for his ability to solve mysterious cases. This is simple enough‚ except it is immediately evident to the reader that Judge Dee is not just a normal magistrate content with solving a case – it is easy to see that he always digs deeper. His success is unparalleled in the land‚ his actions laid out without a single corrupt thought or a lax view. What makes Judge Dee so effective
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Federal judges are appointed by the United States President and is confirmed by the Senate‚ including the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The United States court system uses different kinds of judges for different purposes and at different levels including city‚ county‚ state‚ and federal. Most judges are usually elected moat the local level‚ however‚ federal judges are appointed. Federal judges have the authority and discretion over all the cases that are involved in federal law and the U.S
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American courts have carefully expanded mandatory disclosure by the prosecutor‚ especially with respect to disclosures of exculpatory evidence and impeachment material. Exculpatory evidence is any evidence that might exonerate the defendant at trial by either tending to cast doubt on defendant’s guilt or by tending to mitigate the defendant’s culpability‚ thereby potentially reducing the defendant’s sentence (David W. Neubauer & Henry F. Fradella). In Brady v. Maryland‚ he U.S Supreme Court held that
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1ST SLIDE: Identity theft starts with the misuse of a person’s personally identifying information‚ such as name and Social Security number‚ credit card numbers or other financial account information. For identity thieves‚ this information is as good as gold. 2ND SLIDE: What do thieves do with a stolen identity? Once they have your personal information‚ identity thieves use it in a variety of ways. Credit card fraud: They may open new credit card accounts in their victim’s name. When they
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Confucianism and Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee Celebrated cases of Judge Dee‚ a detective novel which describes crime cases which happened in China during the Tang Dynasty‚ in the 7th Century. In the book Judge Dee is a well known magistrate of Chang Ping‚ whom and is famous for solving crime and maintaining justice‚ particularly amongst common the Chinese People. In the book‚ Judge Dee is faced with three murders. As Judge Dee begins solving the crimes‚ the story unfolds slowly and presents
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their opinion yes but when that opinion is wrong and they start to spread fake rumors which come back to harm the person that they are talking about it making it something that should not be aloud. In this essay I will talk about why people should not judge a book by its cover and how people should not be judged by the group of people they are around. The many people who have the problem of getting judged are the people who grew up in families that have little to no money and are fighting everyday
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Meixner Essay #4 December 2‚ 2008 “A Smile Is Worth So Much More” People often judge or misperceive others appearances in a less than equal manner before they even know the true nature of the person. Every day we make assumptions by what we can see physically. Even in the supermarkets‚ we distinguish good products from bad products based on how they look. We are apt to choose good-looking products because they don’t have flaws‚ cracks‚ and bruises. Moreover‚ we assume them to have
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the parliament‚ which is the “judge-made law”. Is there such thing as a judge-made law? What is a judge-made law? A judge-made law is when a judge applies or extends an established rule to new facts‚ or decides that the particular rule do not take effect on certain situations‚ thus‚ making a change in the law. However‚ when it comes to this‚ it does not mean that the judges have the power to change the law‚ nor make new laws. All these laws “made” by the judges are inferior to the parliament
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I go into Judge Lippitt’s courtroom knowing that it is going to be the same trial I was observing my first day but that I had missed a trial day. I still knew the big picture of the case so it was interesting to see it continue. The trial started off with expert witnesses the first one was called by the defense counsel. The expert witness was a doctor the defense counsel first asked him questions to establish the credibility of the witness. The defense counsel then asked his witness if he looked
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A judge-made law is a law rooted in a judiciary decision‚ not an act of legislation made by lawmakers or a regulation created by a government agency with the legal authority to do so. The collective body of judge-made laws in a nation is also known as case law. Many nations allow judges to set legal precedents when making high court decisions‚ adding to the body of law in a nation and providing new interpretation of existing laws. Lower courts do not have the authority to make judge-made law.
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