Week 8 Discussion 1
“Decision Making in Collegial Courts” Please respond to the following:
- Describe at least four (4) factors that affect the decision-making process through collegial contact between judges. Provide a rationale for your response.(50 words)
- Describe the effects of the collegial process in forming a judge’s personal opinion on an issue. Suggest at least two (2) effects that power and prestige have on a judge when an outcome of a case is being determined. Provide a rationale for your response. (50 words)
Discussion 2
“Factors in Accepting a Case” Please respond to the following:
- Compare and contrast two (2) of the four (4) theories that influence acceptance of a case for appeal, as discussed in Chapter 13 of the text. Identify the theories that you believe are the most effective during the appeals process at increasing the likelihood that an appeal would be granted. Provide a rationale in your response. (50 words)
- Imagine that you are a newly hired lawyer to a local law firm. An upset client has asked you to meet to discuss the fact that the court will not hear her case. Prepare a response for your client in which you illustrate the use of cue theory as an effective means of case handling. Provide a rationale in your response.
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Discussion 3
“Religion and Politics” Please respond to the following:
According to the textbook, sociologists use the religious economy approach or a business perspective to describe religions as organizations competing with each other for followers. Speculate on the relation between the religious economy approach and the trend of more adults becoming non-affiliated with any religion. . (100 words)
Discussion 4
“Public Health” Please respond to the following:
- During outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in 2014, many U.S. healthcare workers and military members were exposed to the contagious disease (see the New York Times’ article, “Ebola-Infected Health Care Worker in Dallas Took a Flight on Monday” for an example, located athttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-infected-dallas-health-worker-was-on-flight.html?%20Here%20is%20an%20article%20for%20the%20military%20_r=0). Use the Internet to locate one to two (1-2) other articles about this particular Ebola outbreak. Discuss your initial reaction to the news of the outbreak, citing one (1) article about the outbreak. Explain the effect that this has had on your current perception about public health policy. (100 words)
Week 9
Discussion 1
“Discretion of Lower Courts” Please respond to the following:
- * From the e-Activity, describe at least three (3) factors that you believe permit the lower court to implement decisions at their discretion. Provide a rationale for your response. (50 words)
- Propose at least two (2) available remedies that the general populace is able to utilize to promote court decisions that a judge from the lower court has yet to implement. Provide a rationale in your response. . (50 words)
Discussion 2
“Implementing Court Policies” Please respond to the following:
- Describe the fundamental reasons why the executive branch of the government may be unable or unwilling to implement court decisions. Discuss the impact that such inability or unwillingness has on the court’s decisions in general and the effect on the overall court system in particular. . (50 words)
- Suggest possible remedies that may be available to the judges to overcome issues that may arise from implementing court decisions. Discuss two (2) overall strategies that a judge can utilize to implement decisions when verdicts are given by a jury. . (50 words)
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Week 8 Discussion 1
“Decision Making in Collegial Courts” Please respond to the following:
Discussion 1
From review of courts literature and the law it is evident that policy preferences are what drive judges although this is not clear. The fact is Justices are apparently prejudiced by features of their institutional environment both within and without the Court hence affect the decision-making process through collegial contact between judges.
One of the main collegial processes in forming a judge’s personal opinion on an issue is simply because judicial accountability….
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