Essays on Justice

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 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…

The novel, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson is his detailed narrative as a legal advocate for wrongly convicted and harshly sentenced individuals, particularly minorities. The book mainly focuses on the organization Steverson was co-founder of, “The Equal Justice Initiative” and Walter McMillian, a black man…

Introduction The book, Just Mercy, written by Bryan Stevenson, is a phenomenal autobiography worth reading. The book has received a tremendous amount of awards including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work award. In the book Just Mercy, the author shares his life and…

The movie starts with the quote “Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever”. This quote foretells the viewer that this movie is about religion and authority. The title of the film itself tells…

Introduction The criminal law of United States does a really good job of prosecuting drug traffickers by penalising the sales, transport and importation of controlled and psychotropic substances. When the state or federal government classifies a substance as controlled or psychotropic, distribution of the substance…

In 1965 The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed to help elevate the academic achievement in students from low economic backgrounds. At this time period, lower economic school systems were given less funding because they were based on property taxes which had a lower…

“I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer, until I prayed with my legs”. The portrayal of intellectual word plays, and language assisted many writers in the past in having a connection between the writer and reader for the creation of emotions…

Restorative justice describes a further measure which society can adopt as a response to criminal offence. However, it does have the potential to develop into a penal strategy that could either replace or work in conjunction with existing penal strategies. One current penal strategy, incapacitation,…

Introduction Jury duty is the act of being a member within a body of civilians in court. It derives from the sixth amendment, which is the constitutional right to be tried by one’s peers and requires direct participation in the judicial process. Jurors, the individuals…