Role and Functions of Law LAW/421 Contemporary Business Law Role and Functions of Law In society law functions to maintain social control and to protect the public at large by resolving disputes in a peaceful and reasonable manner. Laws are made to facilitate organized change by creating acceptable processes that can facilitate and lead to change. The Constitution outlines the power of the federal government which only has limited powers; to regulate individuals and businesses; and states are left with more inherent powers to protect their citizens. The Constitution of the United States was designed to have three general functions that include establishing a structure for the federal government and rules for amending the constitution, granting powers for different branches of government, and to provide procedural protections for US from wrongful government action. The Constitution is composed of a preamble, seven articles and twenty seven amendments.
Each state has their own specific unique laws established individually for their state. In conjunction with those laws that exist over the people in their specific state there are also federal laws that govern the states as well as the people who live in them. People who live in the United States have two sets of laws that they must abide by. These laws that govern the people are known as state laws and federal laws. In this paper we will attempt to compare and contrast the differences and similarities of federal and state government as it pertains to their role in the implementation of criminal justice policy.
Court History and Purpose CJA/224 July 28, 2012 Court History and Purpose This paper will cover topics such as; what a court is and what the purpose of the court is. This paper will define the dual court system. In addition this paper will describe the role that early legal codes, the common law and the precedent played in the development of courts. And lastly this paper will identify the role of the courts in the criminal justice system today. The courts are a part of the judicial branch in the three branches of government.
The last is the judicial branch. All are separated and have different jobs assignment but comes together to help resolve issues. Thus, the centerpiece of our systems is the doctrine of Separations of Powers that constitutionally assigned duties to the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial to distinct and have checks and balances on each branch to prevent abuse of power from the government; it is to keep a democracy. The legislative branch internally has its’ own way of balancing powers. As you know the Legislative Branch is broken up into two parts or houses of the federal government of the United States of America consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
FIVE CHIEFS: JOHN PAUL STEVENS AND THE LIBRARY OF BABEL- THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY I’m going to elaborate on this article and the finding of which I explain my views and opinion. I’m glad someone finally wrote on the Supreme Court and it many different views. The Supreme Court is the highest governing body of the United States of America. In the 1998-99 term, the Supreme Court is slated to hear cases on subjects as diverse as business monopolies, labor unions, health insurers, initiative petitions and due process. The first points I will try to show is who the notable past judges were and what major roles they had in our society.
Madison was also one of the top contributors at the Constitutional Convention and he drafted the Constitution. James Madison wrote exactly twenty-nine out of the eighty-five Federalist papers. The Federalist Papers were some of the most influential papers of American history. He wrote the most famous of the Federalist Papers, Federalist Paper 10. This specific paper is about factions and how he was opposed to them because he thought they would tear apart the unity that held the states together.
There were many events that shaped and developed the United States during its first 100 years of history, although the creation of the Constitution, the industrialization of the north and south, and the Civil War had the biggest economic, political, and social impact on the United States during its first 100 years. Despite the fact that these three events shaped the United States the most during these 100 years, many other events did occur that made the United States somewhat like the way it is today. The United States of America hit many peaks between 1776-1870, but it also fell into many valleys. These peaks and valleys were the events that truly shaped America though, and if these events wouldn't have occurred, then America would have been a different place today. First, one of the biggest events that shaped America during its first 100 years of history would be the creation and signing of the Constitution.
Supreme Court Cases Marbury v. Madison 1. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801. This established ten new district courts and expanded the circuit courts from three to six and adding an additional judge to each circuit. Congress did this because it gave the president power to appoint federal judges and justices of peace. 2.
For, every state is a Republic as guaranteed by the Constitution, and every state has its own form of House of Representatives and Senate. In Section 2 it reads “the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature”, and that in short words means that the state can set its own prerequisites along with the ones already in place by the federal government. This is another way Americans can be represented in government because each state can vote on prerequisites that coincide with their own views and Beliefs. Than on the other hand the Federal government
Cedric Craig 3/13/14 3rd Pd Long Essay Baker vs Carr 1962 The case of Baker vs Carr in 1962 was a milestone United States Supreme Court Case, the Court gained power to rule on apportionment law and bicameral states became equally apportioned. The case had made the Supreme Court retreat from the political question doctrine. The political question doctrine is whether or not the Supreme Court system is an appropriate forum in which to hear the case, the doctrine is also closely linked to the concept of justiciability. The case decided that redistricting, attempts to change the way voting districts are outlined, issues present justiciable questions which would have allowed the federal court to intervene and decide the redistricting cases. The defendants unsuccessfully argued that redistricting of legislative districts is a political question which made the case go to the Supreme Court.