Essays Tagged: "Courtroom"

Greenspan - The Case for the Defense

revolves around several main themes including the balance of Positiveand Natural influences in the courtroom, whether a lawyer's conscience intervenes withhis duty as a counsellor, and the alarming r ...

(2 pages) 45 0 5.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Speeding, the need for speed, and speeding tickets.

a day to appear in court, if you choose to fight the ticket rather than pay the fine.Waiting in the courtroom to see the judge can be very close to a death sentence. Thewait is long, and the company c ...

(2 pages) 134 1 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Mother...How I knew you

The courtroom filled with people rushing in to see that justice be done that day. It was late afternoon, ...

(6 pages) 158 1 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

New found chapter to Huckelberry Finn

at being sivilized does to you?Fifteen minutes had past and Aunt Sally lightly walked out of the courtroom with a paper in her hand. She looked at me and smiled as if she had no cares in the world ...

(5 pages) 43 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

Homosexuals, A Suspect Class?

al community is more prominent than ever: Lesbians and gay men are fighting for civil rights in the courtroom and in Congress, there are gay characters on prime-time television shows, well-known publi ...

(10 pages) 128 0 4.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Primary conflicts compared in Faulkner's "Barn Burning" and Godwin's "a Sorrowful Woman". Written for RIT Writing and Lit 1 required course.

rn Burning, we are introduced to Sarty as he sits in a general store that has been converted into a courtroom. In this initial paragraph, we begin to see that which will embroil Sarty throughout the s ... estion a terrified boy, and drops him as a witness. Once again, Sarty returns to the reality of the courtroom, smelling once again the "cheese and sealed meat, the fear and despair, and the old grief ...

(12 pages) 121 0 3.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

defendant's opening statement

room building. Our hallways were quiet and our classrooms were almost empty. And then, in a student courtroom, something happened that astonished everyone. The plaintiff, Judge John Birdsong, pointed ... nvited some local judges to preside over the mock trials. And that is why Judge Birdsong was in our courtroom that April morning. You see, he wasn't actually invited to participate. Judge Birdsong was ...

(5 pages) 75 2 4.1 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?

al community is more prominent than ever: Lesbians and gay men are fighting for civil rights in the courtroom and in Congress, there are gay characters on prime-time television shows, well-known publi ...

(10 pages) 105 0 2.3 Sep/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Abortion (con)

AbortionEvery year in America, over 1,000,000 murders never reach the courtroom. They never reach the courtroom because they are completely legal. Abortion continues to g ...

(2 pages) 55 0 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Distcription of characters in To Kill a Mockingbird

terrible subjects like racism.Atticus is also a reliable man. People say that he is the same in the courtroom as he is on the streets. The code of conduct that he maintains for himself remains the sam ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

On why capital punishment should be banished

uch longer and is often repealed when the death penalty is a possible punishment for the defendant. Courtroom time and fees for prosecutors, defenders, judges can add up to amount as much or more than ...

(1 pages) 103 2 3.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

What Would Jesus Think of Us Now?

pected they immediately seek attention from someone else outside the marriage or head right for the courtroom and a divorce.Our society promotes and encourages people to live with their significant ot ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Interrogation Double Blind.

s to a witness or a victim, when he or she is put on stand. Once a person is placed in front of the courtroom, that person becomes a guinea pig. In other words, this person has very little control, if ...

(2 pages) 28 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The Controversy over Contingency Fees in the American Civil Law System.

hile many critics of these fees believe that they cause greed in lawyers and frivolous cases in the courtroom, many people who could not otherwise afford legal representation disagree. Contingency Fee ... afford legal representation disagree. Contingency Fees are the working class person's ticket to the courtroom and a low risk way to seek compensation for their injuries, while awarding exceptional wor ...

(5 pages) 52 0 1.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Canadian Law Courts Case Study.

Name of case and docketBuksa, Ray vs. SunToyota Padamsey, Nick EtalDate of trialFebruary 13, 2003Courtroom number#264Name of judgeD.G. IngramNames and occupations of all witnessesNo witnesses at tr ... wore in the parties involved. Also told the court room to rise when the judge entered or exited the courtroom.What legal arguments were presented? Were any cases mentioned as precedents? Which ones? A ...

(2 pages) 43 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Ancient Greece - what did they ever do for you?

ith government.2) Trial by Jury was a very important thing in courts. When a man was brought to the courtroom, people (I'm Ancient Rome they had as many as 500) would vote to see if the man was guilty ...

(2 pages) 48 1 1.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Using the first paragraph of chapter 27 as a starting point, write about the ways Guterson uses the weather and the environment in the novel 'Snow Falling on Cedars'.

rst sentence uses a detailed description of the sounds describing how "The storm winds battered the courtroom windows and rattled them in their casements so vigorously". The way the weather is describ ... how the characters are feeling. It is pathetic fallacy as while the wind howls outside, inside the courtroom the characters are made to feel "irritable and impatient." The penultimate sentence says h ...

(4 pages) 27 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Interrogations, Confession and Admissions in the Criminal Justice System (Interrogation Policies used by Police today)

enges of managing a culturally and spiritually diverse population. With the advent of loopholes and courtroom technicalities, the field officers have to follow the book in every aspect in order for th ... valuable, useful evidence that can be used to properly prosecute criminals from the streets to the courtroom.ConfessionsConfessions are one of the strongest types of evidence in criminal case. It is ...

(7 pages) 288 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

This essay is on the Allusions in Authur Millers "The Crucible". It gives a detailed report about theological allusions in the crucible.

ches in the town and believes Abigail. As Abigail walks through the crowd of people surrounding the courtroom where a meeting is being held all the people disperse away from her creating a pathway. In ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"To Kill A Mockingbird"- Paper written like a newspaper article about the trial of Tom Robinson

y people gathered to watch Atticus Finch defend a black man, Tom Robinson in the hot Maycomb County Courtroom yesterday. "...That Negroe yonder took advantage of me," claimed Mayella Ewell.Tom Robinso ...

(2 pages) 35079 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee