a three tiered court system in place of both State and Federal court system. Moreover‚ there is the intermediate court‚ also known as trial court‚ and there are the appellate or “higher” court. The higher courts are responsible for reviewing the verdicts that were previously made in the trial courts. However‚ when dealing with a trial court‚ the purpose is to handle civil matters. In this court‚ both sides represent their case‚ providing evidence to allow the court to gain a better understanding
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must defend the appeal “a respondent” Fundamental error- you have the right to appeal if there is a mistake‚ only way you can get an appeal Harmless error- you can appeal but you lost Affidavit- sworn written testimony‚ under oath Decision- verdict Opinion- written Reporter – books in which each court catalogs their cases Citation- reference code to public opinion Lexus- online data base for all reporters Summary judgment * Difference between issue of law * There
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BUSINESS LAW AND ETHICS GSM 5131 PREPARED FOR: MADAM SHARIFAH MAZWIN SYED ABU BAKAR PREPARED BY: Michael Tang Chung Seng – PBS1311147 Noorfadilla Binti Ahmad Saikin vs. Chayed Bin Basirun and Others 1. Introduction: The Noorfadilla Case In July 2011‚ the High Court delivered a landmark decision in Noorfadilla binti Ahmad Saikin v Chayed bin Basirun and Ors [2012] 1 CLJ 769‚ that the refusal to employ a woman on the ground of pregnancy alone is a form of gender discrimination
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CASE ANALYSIS THE CASE OF MARTHA STEWART FACTS Beginning with a small catering business in the 1970s‚ Martha Stewart built a vast media conglomerate spanning books‚ magazines‚ television‚ radio and the internet‚ devoted to providing helpful tips with the sign-off: “It’s a good thing”. After her company‚ Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia‚ (MSL) went public in late 1999; her stake was briefly worth more than $1 billion. (New Yorker‚ 2003) 1 However‚ she was confronted with a far greater challenge
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to improving his “fellow man by making them to recognize their own ignorance” (Plato‚ p. 81). Therefore‚ I do not think that Socrates was a problem for Athenian society at all‚ so if I was on the jury I would have voted: “innocent” at both stages: verdict and
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com/2010-06-11/news/29437399_1_shooting-death-false-reports-civil-rights Associated Press (2011‚ August 5). Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Hurricane Katrina Shootings Trial Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/05/jury-reaches-verdict-in-hurricane-katrina-shootings-trial/#ixzz1lxoADKUV. Fox News‚ doi:01/17/2012 Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/05/jury-reaches-verdict-in-hurricane-katrina-shootings-trial/ Attorneys arrive for opening of first Katrina insurance lawsuit. (2006‚ July 10)
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1. Equal Protection Clause a. A clause which provides that a state cannot “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” b. Prohibits state‚ local‚ and federal governments from enacting laws that classify and treat “similarly situated” persons differently c. Standards of Review 2. Types of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) a. Negotiation i. A procedure whereby the parties to a dispute engage in discussions and bargaining to try to reach a voluntary settlement
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The case of Bradshaw v. Rawlings concerns events that occurred on April 13‚ 1975. The plaintiff‚ Donald Bradshaw‚ was seriously injured in an automobile accident. During this time‚ he was enrolled as a sophomore at Delaware Valley College and had been attending his class picnic. At the end of the picnic‚ he left as a passenger in Bruce Rawlings vehicle. Shortly after departure‚ Rawlings crashed his vehicle into a parked vehicle. Due to this collision‚ Bradshaw suffered serious injuries including
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dispositions he hold towards them. Juror 3’s blind hatred towards the teen turned out to be his unresolved emotional conflict with his own son. Another juror 10 depended solely on the logic of the situation and how it makes sense for the boy to be guilty. The emotional expressions of the actors are shot in close-up‚ focusing on each actor’s faces giving equal importance to all characters‚ which helps viewers to relate to the back stories each character‚ holds. Juror 8 appeals to the rational‚ sensible
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jurors separate the facts from the fancy? ‘Twelve Angry Men’ is a drama play written by Regional Rose in 1954 which was set in a jury-room of a New York Court of Law‚ 1957 during a very hot summer afternoon. The jurors are asked to come up with a verdict whether the boys are guilty or not. The judge states: “You’ve listened to the testimony and you’ve had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies to this case. It now becomes your duty to separate the facts from the fancy.” Duty is something
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