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criminal justice

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

1 ) How does the Bill of Rights reflect the common law origins of the United States

The bill of rights of the United States of America was constituted on December 15 .1791 and also from that year there were 10 amendments From the word itself , the bill is concerned of the rights of the citizens . Like any other bill or laws , the bill of rights of the United States of America came from a single basis . Like we all know , America has been a colony of English for two centuries

, also it has greatly affected how the American government was shaped . From the most basic to most profound bills and laws , English had played a big part in it . Until now we can see the some similarities between each country 's forms of government . Some of the general laws have been derived from their declaration of independence . The declaration of independence centered about equality and rights of the citizens of America . It does not necessarily tells us the specific rights but it imparts that people have "unalienable rights .among which are life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , as well as the right to alter and abolish governments that become destructive of rights . But the declaration of independence itself is insufficient for a specific law for the welfare of the citizens , that 's why there were some amendments . These amendments constitutes to the further developments of fundamental or general law and to the most specific or enabling law that is now being implemented in America

2 ) There is a saying "If you are guilty of crime , it is better to be in a common law country , but if you are innocent , it is better to be in a civil law country " How can that be

In common law , it is characterized by lax interpretation of the law future decisions are based essentially on past precedential decisions of a court . It means that the justice system draw most of their decisions from previous cases and affects the future decision they will be implementing . The law simply means that if a person is guilty of a crime and if there was a previous case that the suspect was acquitted which also resembles his own case , there is a high possibility that he will also be acquitted . Conversely , if a person is innocent of a crime civil law is much better when it comes to this kind of case , because when it comes to civil law there are more safety measures to protect the rights of the accused person . Moreover , civil law is procedural when it comes to courts it means that it is likely to know the truth behind a certain case

3 ) When you consider both crimes and procedures , which system would you consider more just - an Islamic law system or a common law system Specifically , what makes one system more just than the other

I think common law is much more just than Islamic law , because when it...

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