The Justice Cascade Summary

Justice, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary is the quality of being fair or just. This implies that justice would have something to do with being fair. I thought that if one of the things the law and legal system are about is maintaining and promoting justice and a sense of fairness, they might not be doing such a great job. An eye for an eye is fair? No, that would be too easy, too black and white. I could cite several examples where I thought a judge’s or jury’s ruling was unfair, however I will not simply due to the fact that this is to be about what justice is to me and not what justice was to the particular courtroom situation. I actually do believe in our legal system and I believe in justice. I

The Australian justice system implements the adversarial system in which opposing parties present their case before an unbiased decision maker, to ensure procedural fairness and the principles of natural justice are upheld.The system has been structured this way to ensure justice is served for the victim, offender and the broader community. The nature of justice is that it is equal to all, fair from bias and is accessible. In the case on R v Rolfe and R v Weston (2017) the two offenders; Timothy Rolfe and John Weston, members of the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Club were sentenced at the NSW Supreme Court on a joint criminal enterprise for the murder of 29-year-old Laurence Starling. The killing was motivated by revenge for an unpaid extortion debt of $200,000 between the deceased’s business partner Mr Fields and a high-ranking member of the ‘’Rebels’’ who sent his subordinates to seize Mr Field’s assets as compensation. The complex circumstances of the crime were problematic for the justice system because particular methods had to be implemented in the process of achieving justice however the justice system was relatively effective in reaching a just outcome for majority of the stakeholders due to its resource efficiency, responsiveness, accessibility, standards of fairness, protection of individual rights and meeting society’s needs.

In her article “The Arc of Justice and the Long Run” Rebecca Solnit refers to hope as, “a sense of the grand mystery of it all, the knowledge that we don’t know how it will turn out, that anything is possible.” (Solnit, P.9). Solnit’s definition reflects her attitude towards politics and social justice in that she realizes that not everything is in our control. Adding to the previous statement, we can only try our best to change things for the better because you can never know just how things will turn out. In the political arena, us as Americans can cast our vote to elect the person we see fit to take care of running our country and providing a safe place for our families. However, it was not always this way even in our country and worse so

In his Article, “The Range of Justice”, Gerald Gaus Explains that there will likely never be one vision of a “just society” Due to this, Gaus concludes that instead individuals have the responsibility to learn tolerance towards others whose views may be different than their own. This “moral maturity” is essential to understanding that we live in a diverse society that will likely never come to share a single conception of what is best for society as a whole, and to understand that they may be forced to live under policies and/or practices with which they may not agree.

laws in compliance with the cosmopolitan norms of human rights. In the example of counter-terrorism measures in the United States and United Kingdom, courts have repeatedly judged legislation intended to allow arbitrary detention unlawful. In any case, governments remain unwilling to respect well-established international human rights norms (Nash 2009, 99). As elected representatives, politicians are often unwilling to risk appearing soft on those who are perceived to threaten the state’s safety. This broad trend in contemporary politics shows that even in democratic societies there are contexts in which human rights are simply not popular (Nash 2009, 99). As one can note, it is thus impossible to separate the world into “good democratic states” that protect human rights and “bad authoritarian states” that are the biggest violators (Posner 2014, 121).

The first question, I do not think the commission’s action was just. They did not take enough time to make a justified, right decision. In our course book it states, “Equal protection flows logically from the concept of due process.” (Hill, 2008, p.41). I can understand the company wanting to expand for over three hundred jobs that they claim will be created. What about the worry of the neighborhood residents who live nearby? With their concern of the affects added by the pollution it may bring. This is where in the future Compensatory Justice could be involved. For the second question, workplace justice issues that I think can be applied in our course book, “Justice tends to be cold and dispassionate, lacking the emotional heat and relational

The Ohio State University Theatre Department's performance of Execution of Justice, by Emily Mann, was performed ten times between April 4th and April 10th, 2018. It was directed by Tom Dugdale, this play is a dramatic retelling of the trial of The People vs Daniel James White of the killings of former Mayor of San Francisco, George Moscone, and former City Supervisor, Harvey Milk in November of 1978. The play uses actual transcripts from the trial and brings in voices of people who would not have been in the courtroom, but whose voices should have been heard.

Many view the American Judicial System as one of the most advanced in the world, however it still has several shortcomings. My general area of research is on the prison system, and more specifically, percentages of the public who are wrongfully incarcerated. The purpose of this research paper is to discuss a few of the leading causes and propose possible reforms that may prove to be effective. Understanding the laws of our country and the reasons they were instated, is integral to success in defending the innocent. That is the ultimate purpose of my conducting this research; to understand the conditions and processes involved with an innocent person becoming an incarcerated criminal. For a country that prides itself on freedom and

The purpose of this project is to build on the existing literature regarding the International Human Rights regimes, with the goal of bridging a gap between the diffusion of international norms and changes in domestic respect for human rights. Due to a lack of formal enforcement mechanisms, it is difficult to punish states that violate its citizen’s human rights. One solution is to examine the role of international norms that are established and promoted via international treaties and organizations. If international norms are working, we should expect to see a process of diffusion taking place; states would improve their respect of human rights over time, but also in respect to their neighboring states. This would increase the global level

“Speak out on behalf of the voiceless, and for the rights of all who are vulnerable”

In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the international community and the Rwandan government embraced criminal prosecution as the primary approach to the restoration of law and order in the country. Leaders and policy makers inside and outside Rwanda cited breaking “the culture of impunity” and “the cycle of hatred” as the reasoning behind the retributive approach. Another key reason behind the quest for retributive justice is that the main organizers of the genocide were easily identifiable political,

Within our police system in America, there are gaps and loopholes that give leeway to police officials who either abuse the authority given to them or do not represent the ethical standards that they are expected to live up to by society. Because of the nature of police work, there is a potential for deterioration of these ethical and moral standards through deviance, misconduct, corruption, and favoritism. Although these standards are set in place, many police are not held accountable for their actions and can easily get by with the mistreatment of others because of their career title. While not every police abuses his or her power, the increasingly large percentage that do present a problem that must be recognized by the public as well as those in charge of police departments throughout our country. Police officials are abusing their power and authority through three types of misconduct known as malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance and these types are being overlooked by management personnel who rarely intervene even though they know what is happening. Misconduct is wrong because it violates rights and cause people to be wrongly accused of crimes or be found not guilty and set free when they are still an endangerment to other people. The public needs to be educating on what is happening in the police system in hopes that someone will speak out to protect citizens from being

Even through victims are given the opportunity to participate in trials, tribunals, and truth commissions, without recognition and acknowledgment of their victimhood and the harm endured by international law and state governments, transitional justice measures are impractical. As noted by Kathleen Mahoney, the reconciliatory process needs to be a genuine expression (Mahoney 524). Governments must be willing to provide the closure that victims

Our Conclusion, is that for Human Rights to be violated, the person accountable must be part of some part of community or government who are not getting their expectations met. In the Rwandan genocide the Hutus were feeling that their expectations were not being met and they decided to start a war. Accountability should look like unfairness, and violations and expectations not being met, this caused the Human Rights to be broken.

Throughout the past 50 years there has been an in increase in the attention given to transitional justice in the after math of violent conflicts. Transitional justice in the form of criminal trials, reparations, vetting procedures, and truth commissions attempts to address human rights violations and hold those responsible for crimes accountable for their actions. These mechanisms are expected to facilitate a strengthening of law through institutions and cultural development. Transitional justice developed not only as a result of state or government action, but also gradually through the growing relevance of civil society organizations. Civil society is defined as encompassing, amongst other things, trade unions, voluntary initiative, religious communities, cooperatives, political parties, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). NGOs usually includes non-profit associations, foundations and other organizations. The term NGO, particularly in international law, has lacked a clear definition for years due to lack of consensus but in order to avoid confusion this paper will use Kirsten Martens definition of NGO's being "formal (professionalized) independent societal organizations whose