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Legislature, Political Economy, Justice, Checks and balances, 11/25/2024,…

- - - - Magna Carta
        
        made a deal with the king to distribute power and freedoms
        
        a constitution that says what government can't do
        
        parliament
        
        control over taxes
  - - - rights came from God or reason, not the king
- - - - presidentializaton
        
        people tend to follow people
        
        executive terms
        
        4-6 years
    - - election or ousted
        
        ousted
        
        United State
        
        empeachment
        
        Parliament
        
        Vote of no confidence
        
        constructive vote of no confidence
        
        must know replacement
  - - - Though of a away to organize
- - - - Its expensive to hold people in prison money goes there
      - Money could go elsewhere like tuition and the public
      - Bail System
        
        Bail system allows people with money to not go to jail between trial
        
        Changed the system to be more fair to poor people so they dont have to wait in jail
        
        in those state murders between trials went up (cost)
  - - - unemployment went from 9% to 15%
        
        good intentions/bad effects
        
        often times policies made from congress don't pay attention to the potential cost
- - - - Scarcity forces us to economize
        
        Money reflects this
        
        In transactions both parties must feel like they're winning
- - - - 1.righteousness
        2.Destroy wicked and the evil doers
        3.Strong should not harm the weak
    - - Criminal Law
        
        Just deserts
        a punishment or reward thats considered fair
        
        Rehabilitation
        individuals can be treated and reutrn to crime free life
        
        western tradition
        offenses so bad the government takes the position of the prosecutor
        
        Standard Of Evidence
        Beyond reasonable doubt
        
        Categories
        1.Petty Offense
        fines
        Traffic Violations
        2.Serious Misdemeanors
        fines/jailtime
        Gambling
        prostitution
        3.Felonies
        prison
        murder
        rape
        robbery
        extortion
      - Civil Law
        
        Base on rule of law
        
        Standard of evidence
        More than 50%
        
        Tort Law
        The idea is to redress a wrong doing to a person and provide relief from wrongful acts of others in form of monetary compensation.
      - Constitutional Law
        
        Sets basic rules and guidlines
        
        supreme law of the land
        
        all other laws must be subsequent to it
        
        Judicial review
      - Bureaucratic/Administrative law
      - International law
        Essentially the will of whichever nation has the power to enforce that will
- - - - Solicitors
        
        only performs legal tasks from their office like paperwork
      - Give legal opinions and represent their client in court
- - - - he believed they were people who had rights
        
        moral principle was easy but figuring out what to do is the challenge
- - - - happens with poloticians
        
        if they were ever good they turn bad