Legal practitioners and commentators have shown a historical distrust of metaphor. English utilitarianist Jeremy Bentham portrayed legal fictions as ‘syphilis’ which runs along the veins of legal arguments‚ arguing that metaphors are not valid as a basis for reasoning in legal arguments. Justice Cardozo warned that while metaphor begins by liberating thoughts‚ they often end up by enslaving thoughts. Often a phobia of indeterminacy led to a confusion of the real with the literal‚ and mistakenly
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that their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights were violated when investigators conducted the initial or follow-up investigations. One such situation is the court case United States of America v. Richard D. King‚ Jr. which was argued in the Third Judicial Circuit in 2009. In this case the defendant argued that his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights were violated when the investigators served an arrest warrant for an accomplice at his residence. According to court documents and the case files‚ "In
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and or socioeconomic status can affect the justice administered to them by the United States judicial branch. The Judicial Branch of the United States government is an extremely important factor in the success of today’s society‚ without it‚ society would have no standard of order and things would be completely and utterly chaotic! As a matter of fact no country would be complete without a Judicial Branch or some type of government in place because it is mandatory in the successful and smooth
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Federalist Paper 51‚ Madison focused on the crucial relationship between the legislative and executive branches with the use of separation of powers. He stated‚ "In the republican government the legislative authority‚ necessarily‚ predominates. The remedy for this inconvenience is‚ to divide the legislative into different branches...[and] the weakness of the executive may require‚ on the other hand‚ that it should be fortified." While the separation of powers has successfully protected the liberty
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TUMAINI UNIVERSITY IRINGA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FACULTY OF LAW RESEARCH PROPOSAL RESEARCH TOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY GOVERNMENT IN COMBUTING CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN TANZANIA FOR PAST TEN YEARS‚ SPECIFICALLY IN THE DISTRICT COURTS. FOCUS: IRINGA REGION RESEARCHERS SYLVIA.KWEYAMBA AND MOUREEN.MAJALIWA SUPERVISOR MR. TAIRO‚ H. RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR A COMPURSORY RESEARCH PAPER TO BE SUBMITTED FOR PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE DEGREE
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Judicial precedent signifies the practice whereby judges follow previously decided cases where the facts are of sufficient similarity. The doctrine of judicial precedent is a practice of the court that provides guidance to the judges when they apply case precedents. Black’s Law Dictionary defines "precedent" as a "rule of law established for the first time by a court for a particular type of case and thereafter referred to in deciding similar cases‚ which helps provide certainty‚ consistency and
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court or other judicial body may utilize when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. Judicial precedent is where the past decisions of the judges create law for future judges to follow. English precedent is based on the Latin‚ stare decisis‚ meaning stand by what has been said in the past. This allows the rules system to be consistent: like cases treated alike‚ and it is just‚ as people can decide on a course of conduct knowing what the legal consequences will be. Judicial Precedent can
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‘ Common Law Reasoning and Institutions Question 6 Judicial precedent is best understood as a practice of the courts and not as a set of binding rules. As a practice it could be refined or changed by the courts as they wish.’ Discuss. Kiew Boon Yin Judicial precedent means the process whereby judges follow previously decided cases where the fact are of sufficient similarity. The doctrine of judicial precedent is a practice of the court‚ it provides guidance to the judges when
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“Policy reasoning has been a central‚ perhaps the central‚ characteristic of the judicial development of tort law.” (Jonathan Morgan ‘Policy reasoning in tort law: the courts‚ the Law Commission and the critics’ (2009) 125 LQR 215) To what extent have judicial concerns about public policy restricted the circumstances in which a duty of care can be owed? Are there cases of which it might be said that such restrictions have unnecessarily disenfranchised claimants? Discuss with reference to case
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REWARDING EMPLOYEES THROUGH COMPENSATION AND THE ROLE JOB ANALYSIS AND HR PLANNING HAS ON THE ORGANISATIONS PERFORMANCE WITH STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIES CONTENTS PAGE 1. INTRODUCTION 4 2. ASSIGNMENT ONE
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