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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Court system"”.
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Accessibility and Fairness of the Nevada Court System
The two most basic tenets of the judicial system require access to justice and a fair process in reaching judgment. Thus this research sought to determine whether Nevada courts were accessible and fair. One might think, it is easy enough to determine by simply looking at who won or lost the case, …
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Family functioning and its relationship to recommended status with the juvenile court system
… which counselors at the Twenty-Seventh District Court Service Unit in Virginia go through in order to make treatment recommendations regarding juveniles and their families to the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court was explored. The relationship between family functioning, communication, and …
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Promoting a More Circumspect Court System in Saudi Arabia : Limiting Judicial Discretionary Powers : A Dissertation
… promotion of justice by allowing the judge or court to make an appropriate judgment in a case under its circumstances, especially in cases where the law is inadequate, ambiguous or silent. On the other hand, the abuse of judicial discretion may lead to unfair or unequal judgments for similar …
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The efficacy of mental health services in the family court system: Legal professionals' perceptions
… can benefit families entrenched in the family court system. This study explored how legal professionals use mental health professionals' expertise in the legal system and the appropriate roles of mental health professionals in this process. Looking at this information from a systemic …
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Examining Orders of Protection: An Analysis of the Court System in a Rural Tennessee County.
… research uses 1 rural county judicial system data to evaluate protective orders. Findings indicate that 42% of petitions are dismissed by petitioner's request or failure to prosecute. Moreover, court fees are not recouped in 79% of the cases.</p><p>Logistic regression analysis indicate …
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The best interests of the child : a critical evaluation of how the South Africa court system is failing to use section 7 of the Children's Act accordingly in divorce proceedings
… 7 of the Children's Act and prove why the courts should be applying this provision in child-related cases.
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Caseflow management and the politics of professionalism : lawyers and independent paralegals
… through the resolution process in the public court system. Given its public nature caseflow management policy is ultimately an exercise in political will. To date that political will has been dominated by the legal profession which has influenced the Ministry of the Attorney General to limit …
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Juvenile justice reform: A tale of two systems
… embedded within the second initiative, a family court pilot project. Detention screening tools have been developed primarily to alleviate detention center overcrowding and to reduce disproportionate minority confinement in those centers. The instrument under analysis limits discretion by judges …
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Family Structure and the Criminal Behavior of Juveniles in Tennessee.
… in Tennessee who were referred to Juvenile Court in 2006. The population used in the study comprised the juveniles who were referred to the Tennessee Juvenile Courts as reported by the Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in 2006.</p><p>This investigation focused on the …
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The efficiency of professional malpractice laws under asymmetric information
… is currently treated as a tort in the U.S. Court system. However, cases of professional malpractice differ from other torts since they generally occur between parties with a pre-existing relationship. Such a pre-existing relationship allows for the possibility of contracts being used to …
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A tentative proposal for mediation in the Zambian Family Court
… and challenge of re-envisioning what a court system should look like. This study seeks to assess how each of these changes can fit together into one comprehensive system for a Family Court model.
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Regulation or Litigation: Using the American Legal System to Address Climate Change
… of climate change have turned to the American court system as a means of addressing climate change or reducing greenhouse gases. Similar to the early litigation history of many environmental cases, climate change litigation has thus far been unsuccessful in holding major greenhouse gas emitters …
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Regulation or Litigation: Using the American Legal System to Address Climate Change
… of climate change have turned to the American court system as a means of addressing climate change or reducing greenhouse gases. Similar to the early litigation history of many environmental cases, climate change litigation has thus far been unsuccessful in holding major greenhouse gas emitters …
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Mock juror perceptions of juvenile defendants in adult court
… juveniles that have been remanded to the adult court system for trial. Jurors are expected to be harsher on juveniles tried in adult court than they would be on adults who committed the same crime. Participants recruited from students in UNLV's criminal justice classes were given a short …
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Controlling youth crime: A qualitative analysis of informal and formal social controls.
… previous police contact, experience within the court system, custodial experience, certainty of punishment, knowledge and perceptions of a strict discipline program, probability of deterrence, and perceived fairness of punishment. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. …
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Combating School Truancy: Current Practices and Recommendations for Improvement
… a significant problem for the U.S. educational system and our society. Truant students suffer negative effects not only in their education, but also in their potential future financial earnings and even their life expectancy. Despite the recognition of the problem in the United States, efforts …
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Alternative dispute resolution in Intellectual Property Law: a growing need for a viable alternative to court litigation
The need for a viable alternative to court litigation of intellectual property disputes is much needed in modern legal systems. IP court litigation has become expensive, time consuming, and poor decision making has led to unpredictable and inconsistent results. This paper explores the possibility …
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Drug courts and the Following of the Federal Guidelines
… were running high within the United States. The court system along with the police and other fields were forced to form other methods of dealing with offenders who have a substance abuse problem. In 1989, the first drug court in the United States was formed in the state if Florida. The idea was …
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Shifting Terrains: Upsetting the Balance Between Public Good and Private Interest in the Takings Debate
… promote the public good. However, as the Supreme Court changes the application of the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment in state and local cases, the rules under which land use planning has functioned in the past cease to exist. The changes in the interpretaiton of the Takings Clause are the …
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Juvenile substance use and effects of substance use disorder on incarceration and grade retention in a sample referred for court clinic mental health evaluation
… amount of adolescents are involved in the drug court system. Within a few of the systems are mental health clinics providing more specific services to youth introduced into the courts. At the Rhode Island Family Court, juveniles are referred for full mental health evaluations in the court mental …
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