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In Defence of the Right to Trial by Jury: A Solution to the Ailing Czech Justice System?
According to the pollsters, public confidence in the Czech justice system is very low. 65% of Czechs do not trust their judges. Certainly, there is a connection between this mistrust and the fact that approximately 40% of the CR\u27s 2500 current judges have been on the bench since before 1989. To an outsider, it seems surprising that the post-communist governments did not make changes to a system that had been controlled by the Communist party. The institution of trial by jury may be one way to promote public confidence in the Czech justice system.
The purpose of this article is not to claim the superiority of the American criminal justice system, but merely to suggest that there is at least one aspect of the American criminal justice system worthy of emulation: a guarantee that every person facing loss of liberty or loss of property enjoy the right to trial by a jury of ordinary citizens. The right to a jury of one\u27s peers serves several important functions in a free society. These functions are crucial to a legitimate public sense of confidence in the system of justice.
There were, and are, good reasons for a democracy to provide its people with the right to trial by jury. In the Czech Republic, if for no other reason than to bolster public confidence in the judiciary, trial by jury makes sense. I suggest that now is the time to consider re-institution of this fundamental right
Conversational Cross-Examination
This Article discusses the benefits of the more subtle, conversational style of cross-examination as an alternative to the stereotypical gladiator style of cross-examination.
This article also includes an Appendix of the Laws of Cross-Examination of each state
Viewpoint: Golden Gate Professor Susan Rutberg Remembers Bernie Segal
Professor Bernard L. Segal, one of the world\u27s great trial lawyers from the old school of silver-tongued orators, and a much beloved law professor, passed away Aug. 12. Bernie, as he was known by everyone he ever met, was my teacher, mentor, colleague and friend for nearly four decades. Although he faced increasingly difficult health problems in recent years, his death was unexpected, and I didn\u27t get to see him before the end. I\u27m writing this because I didn\u27t have the chance to say goodbye
Perceived safety, mobility and strategies : a qualitative study of womenâs perceived safety on Hyllie train station
För en miljömÀssigt och socialt hÄllbar stadsutveckling Àr en attraktiv och tillgÀnglig kollektivtrafik av största vikt. För att bÄde nya och befintliga resenÀrer ska kunna, och vilja, anvÀnda sig av kollektivtrafiken Àr det viktigt att resenÀrerna kan kÀnna sig trygga. Detta gÀller inte enbart ombord pÄ kollektivtrafiken utan Àven pÄ kollektivtrafikhÄllplatsen och pÄ vÀgen till eller frÄn hÄllplatsen.
Uppsatsens syfte Àr att undersöka hur en specifik plats i Malmö, Hyllie station, och vÀgen till och frÄn stationen, upplevs ur ett trygghetsperspektiv samt hur detta pÄverkar kvinnors dagliga mobilitet. Genom att observera stationen, följa med kvinnorna i deras förflyttning frÄn stationen och dÀrefter genomföra uppföljningsintervjuer, ges en djup inblick i hur stationen och vÀgen till och frÄn stationen upplevs, och hur upplevelsen pÄverkar kvinnorna.
Studien visar att (o)trygghet Àr ett komplext fenomen som krÀver en holistisk förstÄelse. Det finns ett flertal aspekter som pÄverkar den upplevda tryggheten: platsens
specifika karaktÀrsdrag (bestÄende av den fysiska och sociala miljön), vÄra förestÀllningar om platser, samt sociala kategorier och maktrelationer. Det som hade störst pÄverkan pÄ den upplevda (o)tryggheten för kvinnorna i studien var dock den sociala miljön, det vill sÀga sammansÀttningen av mÀnniskor pÄ platsen.
Hur upplevelsen pÄverkar kvinnornas dagliga mobilitet Àr ocksÄ komplext. För att hantera kÀnslor av otrygghet anvÀnder kvinnorna ett flertal mobilitetsstrategier. Det kan till exempel handla om att vÀlja andra vÀgar kvÀllstid, att stÀndigt vara uppmÀrksam pÄ sin omgivning eller om att vara i kontakt med vÀnner/familj över telefon. Dessa strategier pÄverkar dels kvinnornas förflyttning i sig, men ocksÄ hur förflyttningen upplevs och kÀnns i kroppen.An accessible and attractive public transport system is of great importance in order to achieve an environmentally and socially sustainable urban development. One important aspect concerning the accessibility of public transport is that public transport users can feel safe, both during the journey, but also on public-transport nodes and on the walk to/from these nodes.
This essay aims to investigate how a specific transport node in Malmö, Hyllie train station, and the journey to and from the station, are experienced from a safety perspective and how the experience affects women's daily mobility. This is done through an in-depth qualitative study with six participating women using observations and interviews as main methods.
The study shows that perceived safety is a complex phenomenon that requires a holistic understanding. The study finds that perceived safety is mainly affected by three components: the specific characteristics of place (composed by the physical and social environment), our notions of place, and finally, by social categories/power relations. Even though all of these components are important, what seemed to be most significant based on the study was the social environment.
Moreover, the study shows that womenâs mobility is affected by their own perceived safety in several ways. This becomes visible through the multiple mobility strategies that the women utilize in order to fulfill their desired movement. This in turn affects both the actual movement, and how the movement is experienced
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