Book of Judges

Book Review Name of the book: My Tryst with Justice Name of the Author: Justice P.N. Bhagwati Publisher: Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, commonly known as Justice P.N. Bhagwati was born in Gujarat on December 21, 1921. He was the 17th Chief Justice of India serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He did his Mathematics (Hons.) degree from Bombay University in 1941, and did law from Government Law College, Mumbai. He…

“Ehud” is a movie starring Chris Hemsworth as Ehud and Jonathan Groff as the evil king of Moab, Eglon. I chose Chris Hemsworth to play the main character and judge Ehud because he would bring a wide variety of people to watch the movie, and he fits the stereotypical hero look. Jonathan Groff would play King Eglon, the villain in the movie because of his experience with playing King George the Third in the Broadway musical Hamilton. The movie follows Ehud’s life and his legendary battle with the…

of a judge is to interpret laws. Judicial independence means that, the other organs of the government must not restrain the functioning and should not interfere with its decision of the judiciary in such a way that is unable to do justice. Judges must be able to perform their duties without fear or favor. Judges play a crucial role in Canadian democracy and judiciary protects the rights of an individual. The…

“Judges (courts) do not ‘make’ law but merely interpret the law.” The famous quote, “Justice is the tolerable accommodation of the conflicting interests of society, and I don 't believe there is any royal road to attain such accommodation concretely” [Hamburger: http://www.quotegarden.com/justice.html (Downloaded 20th March 2016)] can be considered for interpreting that “Judges (courts) do not ‘make’ the law but merely interpret the law” as practically law is ruling our daily life as “the…

they usually have nothing positive in response. What people don’t understand is that we the people make up our system. Within the last 200 years the method we choose to select judges has been a huge debate across the United States. Judges have many responsibilities that they uphold to help our justice system flow. The judges partake on the system is critical. They’re often times involved from the very beginning during some arrest like approving arrest and search warrants. They are sometimes…

The John T. Scopes “Monkey Trial” Introduction Beads of sweat drip down your neck. You see the hundreds upon hundreds people around you in the courtroom. The judge is about to give the verdict. The Scopes “Monkey Trial” was one of the most famous court affairs in history. John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolutionary studies when he took a substitute position and taught the theory to students. Events that Contributed to the Scopes Trial Events during the “Roaring Twenties” started…

Prior to the criminal trial, be that as it may, essential advances are taken in the pretrial procedure: the arraignment is the main hearing that a litigant will have before a judge. “A meeting is held after every single introductory arguing have been documented enables the judge to deal with the case. Judges utilize it to set up a time period for finishing up all pre-trial exercises and may set a speculative trial date at this time.” (American Bar Association, 2017). Movements are pleadings…

that the judges were either a man or woman, sitting front and center of the courtroom as they were clothed with an official black robe. I was greeted at the courthouse by security and walked through a metal detector, making sure to take everything out of my pockets. I questioned security on where I can go to watch the trials. I proceeded to the second and third floors where I was allowed to be in the room for a case. I recorded in my notebook what I heard, what I saw,…

other on Wednesday, March 11th of 2015. The courtrooms that I visited are both parts of the Fayette County Court, located close to my home. On Monday the 9th the courtroom I visited was a Superior Court room with Judge Fletcher Sams and on Wednesday the 11th I visited a State Court with Judge Jason Thompson. Observing Superior Court was very interesting. I observed a child molestation case, which plead to a lesser offense. While the case we were supposed to observe in a trial pled out, I…

do judges apply the law? This question has stimulated many theories about how far legal rules guide a judge when it comes to their foremost job: decision making. Does a judge simply just apply rules to the facts of the case? Of course, “the importance of rules as a basic building block of law can hardly be doubted,” but it is argued that judicial discretion can also be a powerful tool when it comes to making judgements within the law. There are differing schools of thought on how far a judge…