AS LAW Module 1: Law Making & The Legal System Past Exam Papers & Mark Schemes 2012/13 This handout includes all past papers and mark schemes to date on the new specification. You should use them to help with your revision as the best way to revise is to test yourself. ------------------------------------------------- Things to note: * ------------------------------------------------- There are no mark schemes available for the May 2012 and January 2013 papers. You
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decree from Rome. However‚ the emperor rarely interfered except where the empire’s security or local order was threatened. After the revolt in the amphitheatre between Pompeians and Nucerians in AD 59 the emperor‚ Nero‚ dismissed the two chief magistrates‚ had two more elected and appointed a law-giving prefect to supervise them. The inhabitants did not rail against such interference and constantly demonstrated their loyalty to the imperial family by constructing dedicatory statues‚ shrines‚ arches
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available to the defence from the Magistrates’ court and the Crown Court (18 marks) An appeal to the Crown Court can be made by a defendant. However this can only be pursued if he or she appeals against their sentence and if their original plea was ‘not guilty’ or appeal against their conviction. There is no need for leave‚ as the defendant has an automatic right to appeal. By appealing‚ the case is then reheard by judge and two magistrates. Following this‚ they have the power
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constitution‚ heavily influenced by the British Common Law and to a lesser extent Islamic law‚ and is mostly independent from political interference. There are generally two types of trials‚ criminal and civil. The hierarchy of courts begins from the Magistrates ’ Court‚ Sessions Court‚ High Court‚ Court of Appeal‚ and finally‚ the Federal Court. The jurisdictions of the courts in civil or criminal matters are contained in the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 and the Courts of Judicature Act 1964. Article 121
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party‚ the judge or magistrate. Guilt is determined by the judge‚ magistrate or a jury. Punishment for the accused if found guilty is determined by the judge or magistrate. Discuss the use of the adversary system as a means of achieving justice. The adversarial system is a system where two parties‚ one representing the accused the other the state or the plaintiff‚ argue the over the guilt of the accused whilst being mediated buy a neutral third party‚ a judge or magistrate‚ in many cases a jury
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roles of both men and women through examples such as the goodwives‚ the magistrates‚ and Hester’s arrival to the colony. It becomes self evident that puritan societies had conservative ideologies that enforced gender roles onto men and women. An instance of societal enforcement is the scene of the goodwives. When engaged in a conversation about Hester’s punishment‚ the five “goodwives” begin to talk about how “the magistrates [are] being god fearing gentlemen.” additionally remarking “ this woman…
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When Meursault sits with the examining magistrate‚ he describes how “After a short silence‚ he stood up and told me that he wanted to help me‚ that I interested him‚ and that‚ with God’s help‚ he would do something for me” (Camus67). As they begin to talk‚ the magistrate pulls out a silver crucifix and shows it to Meursault. He begins to tell him how he believed in God as Meursault was about to tell the magistrate he did not believe in God he describes‚ “But he cut me off and
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judicial scale. Lay magistrates: Lay magistrates do not have any qualifications in law unlike judges and lawyers. However‚ they must have certain ‘judicial qualities’ e.g. they must be able to assimilate factual information and make a reasoned decision upon it. They must also be able to take in to account the reasoning for others and be able to work as a team. Some formal requirements consist of the lay magistrate’s age being between 18 and 65 etc. About 1‚500 new lay magistrates are appointed each
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between individuals or an individual making a claim against a business in a cheap‚ easy‚ and quick manner where the amounts of the claims not exceeding RM 10‚000.00. It had been stated under Section 92 of Subordinate Courts Act 1948 where Second Class Magistrate shall have only jurisdiction to try original actions or suits of a civil nature where the Plaintiff seeks to recover a debt or liquidated demand in money payable by the defendant with or without interest‚ not exceeding RM10‚000.00.1 According to
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Discuss the nature of the apprenticeship system in Mauritius between 1835 and 1839. The consequence is‚ a system will spring up‚ aristocratical or oligarchical against which the slave may struggle a century without attaining that equality he is vainly thought to possess (E. Baker‚ in J. Backhouse‚ Memoirs‚ 74)1 The apprenticeship system was inaugurated in Mauritius on 1 February 1835. It was initially designed to accustom ex-slaves to their new responsibilities as free citizens‚ following the Bill
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