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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Magistrate."”.
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Birth and the magistrate: The influence of pregnancy on judicial decisions
As the number of pregnant defendents continues to grow, so too do the problems and concerns surrounding them. While literature can be found on related topics, the specific issue of pregnancy and judicial decisions has yet to be examined. The purpose of this particular research study is to heighten …
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The magistrate and the community: summary proceedings in rural England during the long eighteenth century
… rural communities, and in the role of the rural magistrate at summary level, has been the subject of relatively little attention by historians. More attention has been given to the higher courts, when the majority of plebeian men and women who experienced the law during the long eighteenth …
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Impact of a Mentoring Program on Occupational Stress, Personal Strain, and Coping Resources of Newly Appointed U.S. Magistrate Judges
… mentoring to newly appointed United States Magistrate Judges for a five-month period as part of their orientation program by the Federal Judicial Center. Judges in the experimental group (n=20) were mentored by six experienced judges who received training in social support mentoring. The …
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Carhampton magistrate district in relation to the 1856 County and Borough Police Act : a case for non-statutory policing
… fall was reflected in six of seven individual magistrate areas studied. The seventh, the Carhampton magistrate district, showed no reduction in recorded crime. The records, in fact, suggest that the area was either subject to little criminal activity, or that people were not reporting offences. …
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The implementation of restorative justice by magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers in sentencing of young offenders at selected district magistrate courts in the Western Cape
… Using convenience sampling (non-probability), magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers were specifically targeted to ascertain to what extend participants were currently implementing the approach of restorative justice in the sentencing of young offenders. Data was collected from charge …
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Trial by media : the megaspectacle and the competition of narratives : the framing of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial by News24
… of the bail application was postponed by Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair on 15 February 2013, so as to consider an application made by the media to be granted leave to broadcast the court proceedings live. In Magistrate Nair‟s judgement, that was handed down at noon the same day, he ruled against …
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The investigation of white collar crime in England and Wales and France: a comparative study
… by a professional judge. The role of this magistrate has been criticised as they have a considerable power to control the contents of the file of evidence and also, they are allowed to decide on the liberty of the suspect before trial. To many commentators this power is in direct conflict …
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Making women magistrates: feminism, citizenship and justice in England and Wales 1918-1950
This thesis addresses the subject of women magistrates in England and Wales from their introduction in 1919 and the work subsequently performed by the early women JPs until the late 1940s. Surprisingly, despite the great volume of work on women’s history during the last few decades, historians have …
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Measuring the Impact of Elections on Judge Behavior Using Machine Learning and Economics Tools
… effects of judicial elections on decisions by magistrate court judges in Pennsylvania. I find that judges who are running in contested primary races dismiss fewer cases in the months leading up to their election. This effect is driven mostly by changes in the treatment of misdemeanor cases. …
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Parole in South Africa : is it a right or a privilege? : the theory and practice of parole in South African Correctional centres with specific focus on the nature of parole under the Correctional Service Act 8 of 1959 (repealed) and the current Correctional Service Act 111 of 1998
… sentence imposed on him by the sentencing judge/magistrate. In addressing this question in a South African context, reference is made, by way of comparison, to the practice of parole nationally, and internationally, including America, Canada, Australia, India, England and the European continent …
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The American Indian as a Souvenir: Antiquarianism, Exoticism, and Sentimentalism in Cooper's "The Pioneers"
… baton for the general, no diadem for the Chief Magistrate,” arguing that this universal sameness in the United States proves one of its greatest obstacles to composing an estimable national literature. Cooper’s complaint, however, seems anachronistic, and thus hints at an almost self-marketing …
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Rights, responsibilities and reform: a study of French justice (1990-2016)
… It reflects upon the role of the examining magistrate, the delicate relationship between justice, politics and the media, breaches of confidentiality and the catastrophic conditions in which suspects and prisoners are detained in French prisons. It then extends its scope to a case study of …
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Admissibility of confessions in criminal trials
… is when a confession is recorded either by a magistrate or a justice of the peace. This is a crucial stage because the "YES" and "NO" answers of a suspect on a roneod confession form and additional questions put to him may satisfy a court of law that a confession was made freely and …
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O ativismo judicial como fenômeno negativo ao estado democrático de direito brasileiro
… activism is a voluntarist behavior of the magistrate who considers it appropriate to use his particular conceptions about what justice and morality is to promote change/maintenance in the sociopolitical status quo, making use of the Law as an instrument of their will and striking agains the …
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Civil religion in Britain, 1707 - c.1800
… England and Scotland by which the secular civil magistrate governed the national church and regulated its priests, who were to preach the simple morality of the gospel. Hanoverian theorists of civil religion synthesised primitive Christianity with the ancient civil religions, relying above all on …
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THE COLTMANS OF HAGNABY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A Study of Minor Landed Gentry
… from the stereotypical image of the 18th century magistrate. This overview of one example of 18th century gentry suggested that the Coltman family did not fit within Professor Mingay’s generalisation (i.e. undistinguished, obscure, environmentally circumscribed) for they were revealed as …
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"For Reformation and Uniformity": George Gillespie (1613-1648) and the Scottish Covenanter Revolution
… of the limits of the authority of the civil magistrate, presented a challenge to the state's authority and led him to formulate a radical version of the Covenanter doctrine of resistance to the state. While Gillespie supported uniformity of religion between England and Scotland, opposed …
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Political thought and Protestant intellectual culture in the Scottish Revolution, 1637-1651
… interpretations of the duty of the Christian magistrate. It argues that royalist and Covenanter leaders articulated ‘secular’ political ideas (i.e. absolute sovereignty, popular consent, and self-defence) to solve a crisis about the nature of the church, but not as a way to marginalise …
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The Plymouth Community Justice Court and the Concepts of Multi-Agency Problem-Solving and Community Engagement: A Process Review
… these processes varied from those of traditional magistrates’ court, secondly the development and operationalisation of problem-solving multi-agency working, and thirdly the identification and implementation of community engagement strategies. Observations of the court and associated meetings were …
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