The Process of Selecting and Training Magistrates
Lay magistrates are appointed by The Lord Chancellor, after being
recommended to him for appointment by his local Advisory Committees,
consisting of magistrates and other local people. The Lord Chancellor
will consider a candidate's personal suitability for appointment
regardless of ethnic origin, gender, or religion. However, applicants
must live within the area of the court they wish to work in or within
15 miles of its boundaries. The Lord Chancellor also requires that
candidates should have a reasonable knowledge of the area to which
they wish to be appointed and generally expects them to have lived in
that area for a minimum of 12 months. Applicants should also have
satisfactory health so that they are able to carry out all the duties
of a magistrate. In particular, sight and hearing and should also be
able to sit and to concentrate for long periods of time.
Newly appointed magistrates are required to undergo a programme of
training, prescribed by the Lord Chancellor, to help them to
understand their duties, to obtain a sufficient knowledge of law and
procedure, to appreciate the nature and purpose of sentencing. All
magistrates are carefully trained before sitting and continue to
receive training throughout their service. Training courses take place
during the first two years following appointment and cover such topics
as basic rules of court procedure, current legislation, sentencing
powers and options, decision making and communication skills.
Mentoring, on-the-job training, observations in court and visits to
other institutions also form part of the training programme. As
magistrates become more experienced they continue to undertake
training to ensure they remain competent. They also receive specialist
training in preparation for taking the chair in court, or for work in
the family or youth court. Lay magistrates are not paid for carrying
out their duties, but may claim allowances, within specified limits,
for traveling, subsistence and financial loss.
b) Identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using lay
magistrates in crown courts.
Many people have their own views on lay magistrates and whether they
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they would be looking after the individual as their job duties entail. A public statement could
... diploma, and must be a county resident for at least one year. Position of magistrate is gained either through appointment or partisan countywide election. State court judges are elected through nonpartisan countywide elections and must be a county resident. They must be at least 25 years of age, have 7 years experience practicing law, and be a state resident for a minimum of 3 years. Superior Court judges are required to have 7 years experience practicing law, be a circuit resident, be a state resident for a minimum of 3 years, and be no younger than 30. Superior court judges are elected in nonpartisan countywide elections.
In the United States, jury trials are an important part of our court system. We rely heavily on the jury to decide the fate of the accused. We don’t give a second thought to having a jury trial now, but they were not always the ‘norm’.
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Throughout the years there has been limitless legal cases presented to the court systems. All cases are not the same. Some cases vary from decisions that are made by a single judge, while other cases decisions are made by a jury. As cases are presented they typically start off as disputes, misunderstandings, or failure to comply among other things. It is possible to settle some cases outside of the courts, but that does require understanding and cooperation by all parties involved. However, for those that are not so willing to settle out of court, they eventually visit the court system. The court system is not in existence to cause humiliation for anyone, but more so to offer a helping hand from a legal prospective. At the same time, the legal system is not to be abuse. or misused either.
changed in terms of its power of deciding cases. It has on the other hand
The jury system is essentially a descendant of Great Britain, the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. Colonialism played a significant role in the development of the jury system globally. However, despite colonial influence, judicial systems across the world have taken their own way. As a result, the jury system has developed and changed to suit the needs and social conscience of different countries. Across the world, juries examine and decide the facts in a jury trial, the accuracy of the testimony, the guilt or innocence of criminal defendants, and liabilities in a civil litigation. Today, many countries such as Britain, United States, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, German, India, and so on practice jury trials. These countries will be the issue of discussion in this paper.
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The criminal justice system is composed of three parts – Police, Courts and Corrections – and all three work together to protect an individual’s rights and the rights of society to live without fear of being a victim of crime. According to merriam-webster.com, crime is defined as “an act that is forbidden or omission of a duty that is commanded by public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law.” When all the three parts work together, it makes the criminal justice system function like a well tuned machine.
The criminal justice system views any crime as a crime committed against the state and places much emphasis on retribution and paying back to the community, through time, fines or community work. Historically punishment has been a very public affair, which was once a key aspect of the punishment process, through the use of the stocks, dunking chair, pillory, and hangman’s noose, although in today’s society punishment has become a lot more private (Newburn, 2007). However it has been argued that although the debt against the state has been paid, the victim of the crime has been left with no legal input to seek adequate retribution from the offender, leaving the victim perhaps feeling unsatisfied with the criminal justice process.
The Selection, Training and Role of Magistrates in the English Legal System Lay magistrates are unqualified, part-time and unpaid profesionals who are chosen to serve in the magistrates court, yet they deal with the vast majority of cases in the legal system. They do not hear cases on their own but sit as a bench or panel of two or three other magistrates. The use of such unqualified people to judge cases is open to criticism. Magistrates sit in a magistrates court, usually in a bench of three.
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