P RAMCHANDRA RAO VS STATE OF KARNATAKA SUBMITTED BY K.SAI SHARAVAN KUMAR B.L HONS FIRST YEAR LEGAL METHODS INTRODUCTION There are altogether too many prisoners waiting trial in Indian prisons. As per the latest comprehensive statistics2 available on prisons in India, there are 1,93,627 undertrial prisoners as against 63,975 convicts constituting 71.2% of the total prison population in India. The range varies from a low of 12.1% in Tamil Nadu to a maximum of 98.7% in Dadra and
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Constitutional Law Dr. Seana Sugrue Judicial Review: The Balancing Act of the Constitutional Conscience “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is,” Chief Justice John Marshall declared in the landmark case Marbury v. Madison. The content of this statement as the outcome of the 1803 case marked a significant component of our governmental structure, affecting virtually every aspect of American life. The power of judicial review recognized the United States
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PS1010: Study Guide for Exam 3 Winter 2015 1. Which of the following thinkers is often credited with first coming up with ideas about the modern bureaucracy? a. Thomas Hobbes b. John Locke c. Max Weber d. Alexander Hamilton e. Benjamin Franklin 2. Bureaucracy is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT: a. Merit-based advancement b. Hierarchy c. Worker specialization d. Explicit rules e. Flexible goals 3. The value of explicit rules in bureaucratic institutions is that they:
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1. "Everybody else does it":: is an example of one of the ways unethical conduct is rationalized. A city could condemn property: with slum housing and take it for use in the revitalization project for its downtown area. A company awards a contract to a firm owned by the father of the state attorney general while the company is under investigation by the state attorney general's office. The father and the company:: have a conflict of interest. 24. Corruption in international business operations::
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held to be unconstitutional. This case is important because several judgments from Supreme Court of India have used it as a point of reference subsequently. The Narsu Appa Malli case illustrates two important tendencies that have been reflected in judicial discourse in the following years. The
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A Brief Description of the Hierarchy of the Courts In New Zealand, as in the United Kingdom and all other common law jurisdictions, there is a judicial hierarchy in which higher courts have superior power and status than lower courts. Lower courts in the hierarchy are bound to follow the previous decisions (precedents) of the courts above them. Generally there is a right of appeal to a higher court from a decision of a lower court. There are a number of different courts operating in New Zealand
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Case: Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) Action Sought: Writ of Mandamus Facts of the Case: William Marbury was appointed by the outgoing president, John Adams, to the position of Justice of the Peace of the District of Columbia. His commission was signed by the then president and the seal affixed by the Secretary of State at that time, John Marshall, however was not delivered prior to Thomas Jefferson becoming President. President Jefferson instructed his Secretary of State, James
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Topic 1: The Legal System TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | |Introduction |1 | | | | |The Local Court
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down because it was enacted by the District of Columbia, making it a federal law and subject to the due process clause under the Fifth Amendment. These cases show the precedent that had been set up by the Supreme Court to rule against the state and its use of police powers. The Supreme Court ended up straying away from this precedent and upheld the minimum wage law that the state of Washington enacted. Thus, ruling in favor of Parrish and overturning the previous decision made in Adkins v. Children’s
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3. Common Law: the body of law developed from custom or judicial decisions in English and U.S. courts, not attributable to a legislature. Precedent: a court decision that furnished an example or authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar legal principles or facts. 5. State decisis( two aspects: Decisions made by a higher court are binding on lower courts A court should not overturn its own precedents unless there is a strong reason to do so *Precendents
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