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From the colonial to the contemporary : images, iconography, memories, and performances of law in India's high courts
\"From the Colonial to the Contemporary explores the representation of law, images and justice in the first three colonial high courts of India at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. It is based upon ethnographic research work and data collected from interviews with judges, lawyers, court staff, press reporters and other persons associated with the courts. Observing the courts through the in vivo, in trial and practice, the book asks questions at different registers, including the impact of the architecture of the courts, the contestation around the renaming of the high courts, the debate over the use of English versus regional languages, forms of addressing the court, the dress worn by different court actors, rules on photography, video recording, live telecasting of court proceedings, use of CCTV cameras and the alternatives to courtroom sketching, and the ceremony and ritual that exists in daily court proceedings. The three colonial high courts studied in this book share a recurring historical tension between the Indian and British notions of justice. This tension is apparent in the semiotics of the legal spaces of these courts and is transmitted through oral history as narrated by the judges, lawyers and court staff who are interviewed. The contemporary understandings of these court personnel are therefore seen to have deep historical roots. In this context, the architecture and judicial iconography of the high courts helps to constitute, preserve and reinforce the ambivalent relationship that the court shares with its own contested image\"-- Provided by publisher.
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What happens before the jury decides Diddy’s fate?
Senior Video Journalist Amber Ferguson is outside the NYC courthouse awaiting a verdict in the federal case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Here’s what actually happens before the jury announces their decision, according to attorney John Perlstein.
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En esta ocasión queremos llamar la atención sobre el siglo xix latinoamericano, tan escasamente frecuentado por la investigación universitaria actual. Hace unos años el profesor Gerald Martin ofreció una mirada panorámica, pero al mismo tiempo estrictamente ceñida, que formulaba nuevas observaciones con una notable capacidad para estimular exploraciones más exhaustivas.
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Protesters gather outside Houston courthouse amid appeal to reject drive-in ballots
On Nov. 2, one day before Election Day, federal court Judge Andrew Hanen holds a hearing on whether Houston drive-through polling stations will be counted.
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Trump says federal agents won’t leave Portland until the city is ‘cleaned up
President Trump on July 29 said federal officers are not leaving Portland until its secure.
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Barr defends federal response in Portland
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, the attorney general described the federal response to the ongoing protests in Portland.
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Trump celebrates SCOTUS ruling on nationwide injunctions
President Donald Trump on June 27 praised the Supreme Court's ruling to limit the use of nationwide injunctions by federal judges,
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Sterba’s Argument from Evil and Objections to Divine Command Theory
This paper will respond to James Sterba’s paper “An Ethics without God That is Compatible with Darwinian Evolution”. In his paper, Sterba argues that God cannot be the source of morality. Sterba maintains this position because he believes that his problem of extreme suffering entails that God cannot exist. Furthermore, Sterba argues that divine command theory has a number of serious problems confronting it. Alternatively, Sterba maintains that one can account for objective morality without appealing to God’s nature and/or commands. In response, this paper grants that Sterba presents a logically consistent account of objective morality without appealing to God’s nature and/or commands. However, this paper also cites a couple of reasons why one might think that God is still the better explanation for objective morality. This paper furthermore argues that Sterba’s objections do not demonstrate that divine command theory is false. The main thrust of this paper, though, focuses on Sterba’s argument about horrendous suffering. This paper argues that Sterba’s argument on horrendous suffering (while challenging) does not prove that a morally perfect God could not exist.
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Construction crane crashes in Seattle, killing 4
A construction crane fell from the roof of a new Google campus in Seattle on April 26.
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