SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Precedent, Inquisitorial System, Nunga
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Tuesday, february 23, 2016: law of the week: in china, one is required to visit their parents on a regular basis. You are required by law to visit your parents adults should care about their parents spiritual needs and never neglect elderly people: the curious case of the many trials of amanda knox. Took part in an international exchange program in italy. Moved to italy and shares an apartment with two other students roommate was murdered and amanda was called in to be questioned; amanda finds herself in a foreign justice system. A(cid:272)(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g to fore(cid:374)si(cid:272) e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e, the k(cid:374)ife did(cid:374)"t (cid:373)at(cid:272)h dna evidence would not hold up in. The dossier is now compiled by the prose(cid:272)utors (i. e. the judge (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t thro(cid:449) the (cid:272)ase out (cid:271)efore it hits court. *if italy had retained the true inquisitorial system (without the influence from the us), would. What saved amanda knox: the civil law tradition and the absence of the doctrine of stare decisis.
