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    Achieving justice in American society today is complicated. Society as a whole is indifferent on what justice is defined by. The United States government creates laws and punishments for breaking those laws. The foundation of all laws in America is the constitution. Judges and/or panels determine the consequences of breaking those laws that are protected and enforced by lawyers and lawmen. The challenge here is to truly determine what is to be considered justice for the state of the society

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    The Effectiveness of the Law in Achieving Justice for Indigenous People In relation to Australia, the term ‘Indigenous peoples’ refers to two distinct cultures of people who inhabited the land prior to European settlement – The Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders. This population declined dramatically over the 19th and early 20th century due to the introduction of new diseases from European settlement, Government policies of dispersal and dispossession, the era

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    process in achieving justice Justice is the concept of moral rightness that is based on equality, access and fairness. This means that the law is applied equally, understood by all people and does not have a particularly harsh effect on an individual. In Australia, the adversary system is used as a means to achieve justice by proving the accused, beyond reasonable doubt, committed the crime. The criminal trial process has many features which aim to fulfill the requirements of achieving justice. These

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    The criminal justice system is effective in achieving justice, in relations to police power and authority. Police are tasked with an essential role in protecting and enforcing the law. They are a critical aspect towards the criminal justice system and the criminal investigation process. To assist their role to the community, they’ve been provided several types of powers and authorities to achieve their duties towards the community. These authorised powers are used to stop, search and detain a person

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    The effectiveness of the criminal trial process as a means of achieving justice The criminal trial process aims to provide justice for all those involved, while it succeeds in the majority of cases, it effectiveness is influenced and reduced by certain factors. These include the legal representation involved in a case and the availability of legal aid, the capacity of the jury assessing the trial, the credibility of scientific evidence and the impact of social media on the trial process. Due to

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses characterization to express that passion and honesty are the keys to achieving social justice. Harper Lee presents the idea that passion is revealed when someone stands up for what is right even when others think it is wrong. Atticus’s character reinforces his passion when he goes against what everyone else believes. Although Atticus knows he will not win, he does his best to defend Tom Robinson saying, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before

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    Both Reginal Rose and Larry Watson shows the importance of achieving justice in their stories. However, what they achieved is different; justice was attained in 12 angry men, while it doesn't in Montana 1948. The prohibiting factors that makes the justice harder to achieved are the prejudice, bias and misuse of power. They also shows the relationship between power and justice, just in contrasting way. In Montana 1948, it's obvious that Hayden Family are the most powerful in their area; "They couldn't

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    Justice is a concept that almost everyone understands universally, but if you were to question them, each would give a different definition as to what justice actually is and how best to execute it. To this student, Justice is the idea of equal reciprocation for wrongdoing while providing the offender a chance to “make right” and be redeemed in the eyes of the community. This student’s understanding and definition follows the adage “An eye for an eye… (Exodus 21:24, NIV)” to some degree, but rather

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    the very nature of the concept of Justice, the various forms it takes in the world, and its relevance to the lives of men. As Socrates states, it is about “the way we ought to live” (I 352d). The dialogue begins by introducing the commonly held view of justice, via Thrasymachus, Glaucon and Adeimantus, as the non-performance of certain types of unlawful or antisocial acts. However, the entire treatise quickly moves on to concentrate on a different meaning of justice, as a form of moral virtue. He wishes

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    between the ideas of law and justice. These two concepts often correlate with one another. However, Susan Glaspell’s play, “Trifles”, exemplified a specific instance where justice was achieved for Minnie Foster with very little regard to the law. At the same time, an paradoxical dynamic occurs for John Wright where it doesn’t seem that he will obtain justice even with the assistance of the legal system. Colloquial English speakers often use the terms ‘law’ and ‘justice’ interchangeably, and many people

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