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According to William E. Nelson’s law review article, Judge Edward Weinfeld was an outstanding District Judge because he used innovative ways to make new law. Judge Weinfeld thinks that the right way to judge a bench trial is to use the facts of a case to find precedence, and try to avoid creating new law because the laws on the books would suffice for all cases. Nelson argues that Weinfeld did not make law based on policy, but rather from an impersonal source by showing intuitive caution because

unrestricted legislative power, and the laws it passes cannot be set aside by the courts. The role of judges, in relation to laws enacted by Parliament, is to interpret and apply them, rather than to pass judgment on whether they are good or bad laws. However, evidence has shown that they have a tendency to deviate from their ‘real roles’ and instead formulate laws on their own terms. Thus the real role of a judge in any legal system continues to be a phenomenon questioned by many. We must consider whether

Judge Dee Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee is a translated Chinese mystery story of a judge who investigates three murder cases. While he is solving the cases he sometimes used dreams, fortune telling, and ghosts to help decided on the case. According to the preface, “The law permits the judge to put the question to the defendant under torture, provided that there is sufficient proof of his guilt.” (Judge Dee, p. XVIII). When Judge Dee is in the process of solving the cases he uses torture to get a

Judging the Judges Judicial elections, a process virtually unheard of in any other modern-day democracy, is the most popular method of selecting judges in the United States. The elections are either partisan, requiring the candidates to secure an endorsement by a political party; non-partisan, requiring no political endorsements for the candidates; or retention, requiring appointed judges to face reelection to retain their seats after some time on the bench. Judicial elections were established in

Natasha Rash Texas GOVT2306 NTW2 Profession: M. McLain April 4, 2017 Judges to Be or Not to Be Elected To be or not to be elected in a partisan fashion is the question. Given the nature of a Judges job, it has been suggested that Possibly electing judges in this manor is not appropriate related to the very nature of their job. We will be exploring the problems that could occur when citizens elect judges in partisan elections. Some of the concerns may include campaign contributions, lack of minority

Firstly, the appointment of judges shapes Charter interpretation, forcing Canadians to reconsider the people they have given power to and to rethink the Charter’s interpreters’ authority in creating a more “just” society. Unlike the politicians that Canadians decide to have authority over Canadian administration of justice, taxes, foreign affairs, and other issues of national concern; ever since Canada instituted the Charter into the Constitution, many concerns that politicians once burdened themselves

When selecting judges in Texas many first get their start when they are initially appointed by the Texas governor. Though this usually happens to fill up any vacancies that there may be on the bench (Champagne and Harpham 257). Aside from being appointed by the governor, most judges in Texas get selected to serve by Texas voters. These elections are known as partisan elections, meaning that the judicial candidates’ political affiliation is listed on the ballot. Party affiliation is one of the most

at him. The jurors gasped in horror. The toad judge said “Enough! I will have order in the court of the forest.” Timothy 's weasel lawyer looked up at him and said “I’m pretty sure you should shut-up now. Badgering the witness won 't help your case.” Timothy wiped his nose with the sleeve of his Halloween costume and began to breathe heavily as he worked to choke back his tears. “Go on, Mr. Squirrel.” the toad judge said. “Well, after Timothy Barren got done belaboring

Texas judges with the exception of municipal judges are on average elected in partisan elections which means candidates are listed to show their political affiliation on the election ballot. In the cases where a vacancy is present the governor will fill the position with whom he chooses which happens often enough to possible cause a political party imbalance. Over the years the cost of running for judicial office has become more and more costly due to the amount of money it takes to purchase commercial

The role of the judge in the PEGGY Hettrick case, since it was a jury trial, was to basically reign over the trial, making rulings on motions and objections made by the prosecutors and the defense counselors. The judge was not the one who actually decided whether Tim Masters was guilty or not guilty, that was the job of the jury. So in these types of trials, called jury trials, judge’s role is “to make sure all the parties and witnesses follow proper court room procedure,” and to “provide the jury