Scholars of judicial politics have studied how the Supreme Court determines which cases to review. Some scholars look to a theoretical game model, which suggests that a conservative higher court would probabilistically review liberal decisions of a lower court judge than review conservative decisions regardless of the facts of the case. Other scholars look to the threat of Congressionally induced factors which influences the Supreme Court’s agenda. Game theory tries to prove that the justices will
Case law is an area of law developed by the courts while hearing and determining disputes.[ Federal Court of Australia - Glossary of legal terms. ] Judges make the decisions when to make case law, if they see it is needed in a dispute. However there are arguments that judges should / shouldn’t be allowed to make case law. There are three stages that occur when judges make case law; the pre-trial stage, the trial stage, and the post-trial stage. In the pre-trial stage both parties exchange evidence
Also, women lawyers earn lower incomes on average than the males. Diversity and merit is an important aspect in the judiciary as it enhances the quality of justice given. The judiciary has to be impartial and diverse because most of the important decisions, such as matters of life
united states court system operates at federal and state level. The federal courts hear and decide cases that involve constitutional law, and disputes involving states. They also handle cases involving admiralty or maritime law as well as bankruptcy cases. The court system analyzes what happened in a particular way and decide what way to resolve the issue and what punishment will be accorded to the guilty perpetrator, as per the provisions of the united states constitution. The court system operates
In the United States, from 1975 to 1980, the crime rate had risen over eighty percent. Many criminologists believed that the increase in the crime rate was due to numerous variables, like an unstable economy, issues pertaining to civil rights, and an insufficient amount of police officers. However, many experts over looked the impact that abortion had and still has on crime today. Before 1973 having an abortion was illegal, except when it was used to save the life of the mother. Abortion during that
psychological symptoms to ultimately achieve a positive outcome or avoid a negative outcome. (Swanson, 1984) It is particularly important to determine whether someone is malingering, especially in a court case. Determining if a criminal defendant is malingering a psychiatric disorder can vastly influence the outcome of a case. Criminal defendants can malinger in various ways such as, feigning incompetency to stand trial, claiming to have amnesia, or even
I. INTRODUCTION “International practice shows the increasing importance of umpire courts and international courts of arbitration in social and political life of individual countries, both the most advanced ones and those that are only striving for prosperity, as well as the international community as a whole.”1 American International Commercial Arbitration Court A. Objectives / Purpose of the Study Republic Act No. 876, othewise known as “The Arbitration Law” was approved on June 19, 1953 and
dealing with drug and alcohol addiction which is by developing a drug court. The first drug court was established in Miami- Dale County in 1989 as a result of the up rise in crack-cocaine problems the county was facing. The justice professionals decided to fix this problem by combining drug treatment together with the structure and authority of the judge. A drug court in some cases might be referred to as a drug treatment court. Drug courts were quickly adopted by communities and states struggling with
proof that nations with death penalty have lower crime rate. By
Courts The concept of juvenile justice includes the informal nature of juvenile justice, which is contrary to the traditional notion of strictly regulated in the law court proceedings. Juvenile courts should certainly occupy a central place in the juvenile criminal justice system, but that is not enough. It is urgent that they work effectively; it is necessary for the simultaneous creation and operation of a full-fledged juvenile investigation, juvenile prosecutors, juvenile legal profession, as