It also has a legislative branch of government that is composed of a unicameral Legislative Council, and its legal system is based on English laws as well as Chinese laws. Hong Kong's judicial branch consists of a Court of Final Appeal, a High Court, as well as district courts, magistrate...
But on the reasoning that as an apprentice he was legally required to follow his master’s orders, the magistrates released him. [4] Article: “United States War of Independence.” Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite 2004. “also called American Revolution or American Revolutionary ...
HIS former colleagues had a look of disbelief written all over their faces when the prosecutor made his case against Steven Dane Stiefvater in Gympie Magistrates Court this week.The 43-year-old was originally accused of seriously assaulting a person over 60-years-old which he was going to ...
Salem Witch Trial Victims: How the Hysteria Spread The three accused witches were brought before the magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne and questioned, even as their accusers appeared in the courtroom in a grand display of spasms, contortions, screaming and writhing. Though Good and Os...
The Senate has 259 seats from combined popular vote and appointment from the regional legislature. Spaniards are allowed to vote at the age of 18. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial body and consists of professional judges and magistrates. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities, ...
Portuguese jurisprudence and doctrine reveal stereotyped images about rape victims' behaviour and biased evaluations against women. Therefore, the 'law in books' must be analysed in its relation with 'law in action', which is unescapably influenced by doctrine and by magistrates' individual beliefs....
“Eleven” dealt with courts, prisons, and, more generally,criminal justice. In order to perform their duties, the magistrates depended in part on the military, which viewed itself as primarily responsible for the external security of the state. Hence, the magistrates had to rely to an even ...
The vehemence and intransigence of the Anabaptist leaders and the revolutionaryimplicationsof their teaching led to their expulsion from one city after another. This simply increased the momentum of an essentially missionary movement. Soon civil magistrates took sterner measures, and most of the early ...
The power of the monarch passed to two annually elected magistrates called consuls. They also served as commanders in chief of the army. The magistrates, though elected by the people, were drawn largely from the Senate, which was dominated by the patricians, or the descendants of the original...
The trials were carried out by local authorities, including magistrates and judges, as well as a special court established to handle witchcraft matters. The legal system of the time permitted trials based on charges and testimonies that would not meet today’s standards of due process and fairn...