Essays on Judicature

Legislation Interpretation

Purpose of Judicature Act 1908 The Act provides for rules that are to be used in securing and ensuring just, speedy and cost-effective determination and disposal of all sorts of civil proceedings and interlocutory applications in New Zealand. Section 1.4 of the Act provides that the rules set by this Act shall apply to the practice and procedures of the court in all civil proceedings and interlocutory application except in cases where appeals are filed to the Court of Appeal of Supreme Court (Judicature Act 1908).

Proposed Changes

The Judicature Act 1908 has undergone several amendments over time. The most recently ...

Section 1

I live in the state of Texas and I have come to understand the way the local government operates. Just like all the other states in the US, Texas has its own constitution, which defines the various legal aspects of daily life among its citizens. The state of Texas has established and fully functional governments at the county and municipal levels. Five commissioners; four of whom are elected from single-member districts and a county judge who is elected at-large, run the county governments. The county governments provide public safety and manage the jails where lawbreakers are housed for rehabilitation. ...

In ancient societies, people believed that the hierarchy of human society was based on the divine right of certain people to lead and the divine permission to keep others as lower class members of society. This shamed the parameters of social order until the Age of Enlightenment and Reformation in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The American and French Revolutions laid the foundation for the creation of a system of civil liberties and human rights which required some basic rights to be accorded to all human beings without exception. Human rights is defined as “a set of freedoms guaranteed ...

Introduction

The court cases that happened in the 1920s were mainly based on the federal policies that had been set. Based on the limited travel means, the court system was mainly based on the jurisdictions set within the state lines. The evaluation of the cases in the court system in the 1920s indicated that there was a need for the system to be revolutionized as there was no construct system in place. Prior the 1930s, the government played a small role in the creation of a unified court system, which needed to show coordination in the system. The analysis of ...

Research Summary

Methods of Judicial Selection, qualifications, and terms of office: California The number of judges in Supreme Court is 7, 102 for Court of Appeals, and 1535 for Superior Court. On the number of Circuits/Districts, for Supreme Court is none, 6 for Court of Appeals, and 58 for Superior Court. The geographic basis for selection in Supreme Court is statewide, district for Court of Appeals, and county for Superior Court. On a full term method of selection, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals follows gubernatorial appointment and then confirmation by commission on judicial appointments. This also applies in the ...

Abstract

This research paper reviews the present system of jury selection as widely practiced in the U.S., whereby trial attorneys engage the services of Trial Consultants who employ so-called Scientific Jury Selection (SJS) methodology, in order to identify individuals from a pool of prospective jurors who may be more (or less) kindly disposed towards their side (prosecution or defense) of the upcoming case. Beginning with a brief history of the system, the paper then summarizes the three-stage process of jury selection as it exists today. Controversial issues surrounding SJS and trial consultants are also discussed. For example, is SJS effective (both in ...

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines science as “a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through scientific method.” On the other hand Forensics is defined as “suitable to courts of judicature.” As such, Forensic Science is the use of a knowledge system covering general truths, tested through scientific method that is suitable to judicature or to public discussion and debate. Comparing and contrasting “normal” science with forensic science is a quixotic task. The contrast is absurd on its face because forensic science is appropriately a part of the normal sciences – were it not ...

Qualification and Selection Process for Judges

Qualification and Selection Process for Judges in Texas Reportedly, the current court system of Texas was came into place in 1891 following an amendment of the constitution which sought to establish the Supreme Court (as the highest court in the state) and fourteen other intermediate courts that supplemented the supreme court by hearing civil and criminal cases. The constitution also highlighted the qualifications that one had to have in order to be considered for a court job position, particularly judges’ job posts.

Currently the Texas constitution has it that for one to qualify as a judge in Texas County Court ...