Essays on Court Page 2

In this paper, I will compare and contrast the Supreme Court decisions in two cases dealing with the Fourth Amendment to the American Constitution, which guards individuals against unreasonable searches and seizures. Both cases refer to the limits of the term unreasonable search and seizure.” I will examine the reasoning applied by the court in…

This approach has emerged in more recent times. Here the court is not just looking to see what the gap was in the old law, it is making a decision as to what they felt Parliament meant to achieve. Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal stated in Magor and St. Mellons Rural District Council…

Judges and Magistrates –When hearing a case in court, both magistrates and judges have to be unbiased and have no prejudices. They both have to make sure that no party is treated unfairly. Not only that, but both parties must have a good sense of judgment and must be able to make sound decisions. Judges…

The Black Sox Trial – 1921The Black Sox scandal was a baseball betting scheme involving a group of baseball players and gamblers which led to the Chicago White Sox intentionally losing in the 1919 World Series. As a result this scandal led to the banning of eight players from the 1919 Chicago White Sox team,…

      The “Scopes Trial” , often called the “Scopes Monkey Trial” pitted lawyers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow against each other (the latter representing teacher John Thomas Scopes) in an American legal case that tested a law passed on March 13, 1925 in Tennessee, which forbade the teaching, in any state-funded educational establishment in…

The language of contract should ideally cover all possible situations in the relations between a university and a faculty-member, however this is practically impossible. Any contract can cause situations which may be resolved only by a court or arbitrator’s decision. Thusly, exclusion of a fair review procedure from the contract would undermine a right to…

Robey v. Hinners Facts: In 2005, Robey who runs his business in Sikeston, Missouri sold a used 2002 Cadillac Escalade to a Kentucky resident, Hinner, over ebay auction. As Robey advertised, the car was “clean, better and average” and with an “ 1 month/1,000 mile Service Agreement”. After Hinner bought the car, he realized that…

The petition is made to a higher court for the purpose of overturning the lower court’s decision. Appeals are made on the basis of matters of law, not fact. What this means is that the legal basis for an appeal must be a claim that the law was misapplied, either substantively or procedurally. An appeal…

From the grounds received by the Branch Clerk of Court from the suppliant the undermentioned facts emerged: On 9 May 1985. suppliant. a punctually commissioned private school located at Barangay Palao Iligan City entered into a contract of services with private respondent Christina Trino. Under that contract. Christina Trino would learn at the petitioner School…

Judicial Review is the process through which an aggrieved person can find redress in a Court of Law. Judicial Review forms part of administrative law because it is the most appropriate way that an aggrieved party aggrieved by an administrative body can find redress. Judicial Review Definition of administrative law Administrative Law can be defined…