decision-making process. It will assess both the advantages and disadvantages of both mechanisms and give an opinion on the contribution they make in the process. The role of a lay magistrate is one that is at the core of the legal system in England & Wales. They help maintain the foundation of the criminal justice system and deal with approximately 98% of all criminal matters. The sheer volume of cases that they deal with has helped earned them the title of the workhorses of the criminal justice
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Problems facing Prisons in England and Wales Figures from the Howard League for Penal Reform state that there are currently over 80‚000 people in prison in England and Wales today. The prison population has been rising steadily since 1993‚ increasing from 42‚000 to today’s unprecedented levels. England and Wales have the highest number of people in prison within Western Europe‚ with 148 per 100‚000 of the population being imprisoned in 2006 (Walmsley 2006). The fact that prisons are heavily overcrowded
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Assignment Wales Regional Development and Entrepreneurship - EB3S14 5472 words - 11 January 2013 Contents Introduction 4 I. Regional economic performance measurement and Wales’ performances over the last years 5 1. GDP per capita and GVA per capita 5 a) GDP per Capita 5 a) GVA per Capita 6 2. Unemployment rate and household wealth 8 a) General unemployment rate 8 b) Household wealth and gender disparities 11 c) Youth unemployment 12 3. Production
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(a) Explain the different approaches to the interpretation of statutes in England and Wales. Statutory interpretation is the process of a judge interpreting and applying legislation. Interpretation of statutes is necessary as many of them where written hundreds of years ago and language has changed. Society has also changed and so statutes need to be applied to modern society. Drafting errors may have been made when the statute was written which would then require interpretation. For example
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SUMMARY OF ADVICE Lydia can probably claim a beneficial interest under proprietary estoppel where she can claim for damages from Cynthia. Lydia may also have a contractual licence with Cynthia which Cynthia cannot revoke at will. Lydia Barnet’s (Client) Objectives Lydia does not want to vacate the cottage which she has lived in and maintained for ten years. Lydia is looking for a solution which will enable her to make this possible. She knows there has not been a formal agreement between
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Jimmy Wales Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Jimmy Wales as the builder of Wikipedia. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: “The mission of Wikipedia is not just creating a killer website‚ but affect the world in a positive way.” Said by Jimmy Wales‚ the founder of Wikipedia. (Jimmy Wales‚ n.d.) B. Relevance: According to the research on citations of Wikipedia‚ Along with the increasing number of citations‚ another indicator that Wikipedia may be gaining respectability is its citation
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Gerald of Wales was a medieval clergyman who in 1184 became a diplomatic negotiator of King Henry II(pg 12). The following year Henry II had Gerald of Wales accompany his son John on an expedition to Ireland. After Gerald’s expedition to Ireland he produced Topographia Hibernica (Topography of Ireland) as a gift for Henry II (pg30). Due to his religious point of view and generally critical attitude to the manners and morals of the Irish he uses his book to shed light on Ireland and their need for
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Defamation Feldman (2002): two major rationales to justify freedom of expression * Mill’s instrumental value of freedom of expression on rule-utilitarian analysis: it is best not to censor (unless harmful) anything for risk of censoring truths. * Democratic rationale suggests freedom of expression allows crucial political discourse‚ but this is less convincing in a representative system where expression is only heard at elections Lord Nicholls in Reynolds v Times Newspapers (2001) –
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Matthew Magill Mr. Kearney American Hero (6) 12 November 2012 The Outlaw Josey Wales In The Outlaw Josey Wales‚ the viewer finds the hero‚ Josey Wales‚ representing Christ to a world of sinners. It is unclear whether Clint Eastwood intended to direct the movie in mind with such similarities between Christ’s role as a savior and Josey’s actions. Christ is an archetypal‚ mythological hero figure that the well-read viewer finds often. From the physical wound in Josey’s right rib‚ to the fact
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respectively clearly help to speed up the overcrowded court system of England and Wales. Plea bargaining is not a new concept to the law and has been present in legal systems across the world for several centuries‚ however‚ there has not been any substantial research upon this topic until recently. This research has suggested that some form of plea-bargaining was present as early as the 1880s‚ albeit in the USA. Similarly‚ here in England & Wales ‘plea-bargaining’ has seen incredible growth over the last
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