The Scottsboro Boys' Trials and the Resulting Changes in the American Legal System
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the changes in the American legal system as a result of the Scottsboro Boys trials. The Scottsboro Boys Trials from 1931-1938 revealed the injustice within American legal system in the false accusation of nine African American youths: namely, Haywood Patterson, Olin Montgomery, Andy Wright, Willie Roberson, Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Ozzie Powell, Charles Weems and Clarence Norris, by two white women and the white Alabama court system. Through a series of trials and appeals for the nine boys, it became obvious to all concerned that the boys had not only been unjustly accused of raping the two white women but had also been treated unfairly within the legal system. The trials and appeals however did lead to two U.S. Supreme Court decisions based on the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution which changed and improved American law forever especially in regards to equal rights to African Americans and all minorities. Firstly, the Supreme Court reversed an Alabama State court decision regarding defendants Ozzie Powell, Haywood Patterson and Charley Weems in Powell v. Alabama (1932) when it was deemed that they did not have adequate legal counsel for their trial thus paving the way in the years that followed that all defendants must have adequate legal representation for any crime which may result in a jail sentence if found guilty. Secondly, in a huge civil rights decision, in Norris v. Alabama (1935), the Supreme Court declared that the all-white jury rule in Alabama did not provide the boys with a fair trial by an impartial jury which eventually led to the end of jury restriction based on race throughout the country. Bibliography listed 5 sources.
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The Significance of Brown v. Board of Education
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the case. Facts are discussed and the significance of the decision is also explored. Implications are clearly outlined. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Trail of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Was Fair
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This 4 page paper disputes the notion that the pair did not get a fair trial or that politics or anti-Semitism played a role in the verdict. New evidence of their guilt is duly noted. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Trial of John Hinckley Jr.
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A 4 page paper which examines the case of John Hinckley Jr. as it relates to the notion of justice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Trial Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
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This 8 page paper considers the coverage of the trial of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and the subsequent news stories that have outlined his life. This paper suggests that different perspectives can be viewed in the reports in the mainstream press and in African-American press outlets. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Theories of the function of the judiciary
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A 17 page paper which considers the different interpretations of the structure and functions of the judiciary which have been developed over the years in Western culture, including the doctrine of natural law, legal positivism and the relationship between legislation and moral values. Bibliography lists 11 sources
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Three Evidentiary Examples of O.J. Simpson’s Guilt
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In six pages this paper discusses how three pieces of evidence such as blood in a Ford Bronco, gloves, and shoes reveal O.J. Simpson to be guilty of the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Tort Law in Racial Cases
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A 4 page paper discussing the progress of racial equality over the past century as it applies to tort law. Beginning with Justice Harlan’s dissent in the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson and continuing to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the paper discusses the ineffectiveness of tort law before the mid-1960s. America still has not achieved full equality, but the tort possibilities introduced with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have provided a means by which it can continue to be promoted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Tort Law; Donoghue v Stevenson (1932)
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This 5 page paper considers the precedent setting case of Donoghue v Stevenson in English law, and the way that it established the principle of a duty of care under tort law. The paper looks at the case and discusses the implications, including references to Ross v Caunters and the Hedley Byrne principle. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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UK Company Law; Re Brazilian Rubber Plantation and Estates Ltd [1911] 1 Ch 425
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This 5 page paper considers this land mark case, the principles it set in common law and how this may be interpreted in relationship to modern company law. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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