For non-lawyers who want an introduction to the judge-made system we call the common law, this book is the ideal primer.
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Speaking at the launch of the scheme in October, the judge said he believed the new system could cut the time it took for offenders to be dealt with by the courts.
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For excessive fees, they offered underwater borrowers the false hope they could somehow keep their homes without paying for them, either by challenging the foreclosure paperwork or convincing a judge that the national registry system known as MERS was not the legitimate party to foreclose.
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Barton, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, The Lawyer-Judge Bias in the American Legal System explains that the legal profession has self-serving tendencies.
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Until a few days ago, the head of the court system was Judge Calvin Johnson.
"The trouble is we judge Richard by a pseudo-Victorian values system, but we judge others in the context of their time, " she said.
Until April 25, the public was given access on a first-come-first-served basis, but the judge changed it to a lottery system for closing arguments, the station reported.
Upholding the charges "would greatly damage the confidence and trust of the public in the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system, and rightly so, " the judge wrote.
In tests last year at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, MLB experimented with the Hawk-Eye animation system that is used to judge line calls in tennis and the TrackMan radar software used by the PGA Tour.
Almost all appointments or promotions being decided within the system, a junior judge does not lightly refuse a favour to a senior one.
"The notion that appellate court decisions are to be interpreted by the 'feelings' of the judge is a direct affront of the basic premise of our judicial system that is supposed to apply the law without personal emotion, " Huckabee said in a statement.
Why make wine-shipping the decision of a judge or series of judges up and down the crowded court system?
He figured one engineer could walk in and say Internet Explorer was bundled into the Windows operating system because it simply worked better that way, and the judge would agree.
The warrants, based on charges of bribery, came from Adolfo Bagnasco, the flamboyant federal judge who heads the investigation (and, under Argentina's judicial system, acts as prosecutor too).
But other extradited Britons - including so-called NatWest Three banker David Bermingham, who was jailed for 37 months over an Enron-related fraud in a plea deal four years ago - have claimed the system empowers prosecutors as "judge, jury and executioner".
Even without the judge ordering a playoff, many assume this would be the outcome if the current system was found to be in violation of antitrust law.
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The sport's world governing body has invited interested companies to submit bids to provide the system, which is used to judge when the ball crosses the goal-line.
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX), himself a former judge and chief justice in the Texas court system, pointedly challenged the Attorney General during the latter's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
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Last year, Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger - the top civil judge in England and Wales - said broadcasting trials could increase public confidence in the justice system, but warned that judges must have "full rights of veto" over what could be shown.
The judge said setting this precedent would clog the court system with charges for every player who threw an elbow under a basket or anyone who ever threw a punch on an ice rink.
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As their civil retrial ended in Belfast a judge was told Colm Murphy has no confidence in the justice system.
He also said her stint trying criminal cases as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan after her graduation from Yale Law School, corporate law experience and time as a trial judge gave her an edge because she has seen the judicial system from many perspectives.
Fifteen years ago a federal judge effectively seized control of the Kansas City, Missouri, school system.
The judge noted the governor has decided to impose a teacher-evaluation system on the city if the two sides can't reach a deal by June.
Collectively, these plans will open the justice system in an unprecedented manner, allowing the public to judge for themselves how we are performing and to hold us to account.
Where do we derive the laws that the court system hews to, and how do we determine who is judge and jury?
While Lohan might not have a chance at persuading a judge or jury to take her side, Duane says that the American legal system gives plaintiffs an incentive to file lawsuits they know they can not win.
Makes me think the system might be working well, but I may not be a good judge.
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He believes that voters will judge him largely on whether he can succeed in securing real improvements in the capital's chaotic transport system.
The panel comprises a High Court Judge, a second judge with immigration expertise and a third expert lay member whose presence reflects the central feature of the Three Wise Men system.
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