Essays on Judiciary

The criminal justice system is flawed, and it is letting many people take advantage of it. One reason they can do that is a defense tactic called the criminal insanity defense. The criminal insanity defense is used in court to lesser the blame on a…

The insanity defense can be characterized as the offender, who has mental defects or diseases can influence his ability to form mens rea – to have a guilty intent to commit a crime. It means that the defendant has committed the crime but there is…

For many years now, society has accepted the need to distinguish between people charged with an offense who are responsible for their acts and those who are not. This is what we now call the insanity defense which was put in place to make that…

Overview The Article of Confederation was inadequate in unmistakable regions concerning organization. A part of the challenges related with the Article of Confederation were nonappearance of expects to maintain laws and even the ability to settle any inquiries concerning national laws since it didn’t give…

Before the birth of this nation there were several brutal wars that were fought. The war that gained its independence from British rule was the “Revolutionary war.” Before the wars were initiated because there were several conflicts with the British and the colonials, some of…

My literature review is on the role of law and justice in Le Morte d’Arthur. The general consensus in the articles I read appear to be that the law and how it is enforced is a hinderance to true justice and even brings about Arthur’s…

The novel Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy expresses how sticking up for others as well as anti-heroism can all come together to form the best character. Judge Holden is the best character out of the one hundred fictional novels since the 1900s because of his…

Becoming a Lawyer I chose Patrick Henry mainly because I presented a portion of arguably his most famous speech for the Walk Through the American Revolution in fifth grade. In this oration, the very enraged manner of Patrick Henry was exhibited. I assumed this meant…

The famous novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said “Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but conscience of the whole humanity.” Justice is one of the most dominant themes in the book of Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. In the story, Wesley is a sheriff of…

A Problem with the American Justice System Just Mercy is Bryan Stevenson’s personal record of his career as, essentially, a guardian (more specifically, a legal aid) to those discriminated against by the law. Off the bat, readers are informed about his history briefly, and we…