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            “The Apology” by Plato has a significant and direct bearing on modern Western Civilization because it places virtue and honor on a pedestal and urges men to live righteously and be willing to die for the sake of righteousness if necessary.  Successful western countries like the United States are not perfect, but history will…

Jacoby believes that this form of punishment was used effectively in the 1 600’s by the puritans. I cannot fully accept Jacoby’s thesis because, although he makes valid points about the weaknesses in our prison system, he does not give strong enough arguments about how his plan will solve these problems. Jacoby wrote this essay…

                                               Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life?             While it is natural for those who have not witnessed a UFO or those who may not have examined the myriad circumstantial evidence for the existence of aliens to be skeptical, if not completely disbelieving of the possibility, even the cursory glance of incidents and reports in the above…

Primary source—evidence that comes directly from the people involved in the event or phenomenon in question, include theories, models, ideas, interpretations, definitions and practices as described and presented by their originators, rather than their commentators. Secondary sources— include material produced about the event or phenomenon, including the commentary or interpretation of others about theories, models,…

Analytical Summaries Arguments are statements that lead from a premise to a conclusion. There a many types of arguments that we can evaluate on a daily basis. We rarely think about evaluating our own arguments however such thing can be done if we hear closely to what we say and practice determining what type of…

ofThe outcome of a trial, whether it be civil or criminal, can have a tremendous impact on the lives of the parties involved. It is the wish of any reasonable person that the perpetrator of an evil faces the penalties of his or her actions while the innocent be awarded a favorable outcome, whatever that…

DAUBERT’S STANDARD The Daubert standard is set by the Supreme Court of the United States of America in 1993 as legal precedent in the admissibility of expert witnesses’ testimony during legal proceedings of cases. This is a standard that is the basis for the admissibility of evidence in court trials in the US. There are…

The author was born in Tokyo. During his time, which was around the 1900s, many of the fiction storywriters based their stories on naturalism. However, the author did not align his writing to naturalism. Therefore, he borrowed themes from old tales, but complicated them using complex modern interpretation. As such, most of his stories, including…

Historical background & Development of the law of Criminal Evidence In criminal proceedings, the legal burden of proving any fact which is essential to the prosecution’s case rests upon and remains with the prosecution for the duration of the trial. Generally, the defendant in the proceedings will bear no legal burden at all in relation…

In “A Jury of Her Peers,” Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, like most women, are guided by emotion. When discussing a particular situation with another woman, it is expected that emotions will be involved. These women in the story unite and confront the dilemma of whether or not to disclose evidence relating to motive. They…