Case Analysis

1. The double jeopardy claim can be supported by facts in the sense that Falkowsi had entered a pleas which was unconditional in nature on November, 1992. The case in October, 1992 which stated that the Government had taken action in the property seizure of illegal marijuana plantation. The civil case was taken up at the Fairbanks. Also on the charge of possession of marijuana a criminal case was ledged Anchorage. So Falkwski was tired of the same case both the times and so this was a case of double jeopardy. 2. The questions before the court were to identify the elements of the criminal offense. I believe the legal questions were the cultivation, distribution of marijuana, and forfeiture of a property acquired through drug trafficking. 3. Forfeiture describes the process where a civil court, after the initial restraint, and after all the interested parties have had a chance to make their case, orders that ownership of the property changes. The new owner could be a victim, a group of victims, or the provincial government (who will pay the revenue to victims programs). This action is not part of the criminal process and is independent of that. It is not another form of criminal punishment.

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1. Law is the system of rules that regulates the actions of people and may enforce by imposition of penalties. 2. The Civil Law legal system originated in Europe which is based on the Roman Law. Civil law is a group of legal ideas and systems ultimately derived from the Code of Justinian. 3. England is the origin of the common law that exists in the U.S.. The English common law originated in the early middle ages in the King’s Court (Curia Regis) and eventually led to the formulation of various viable principles through which it continues to operate. The common law has its roots in the U.S continent with the first