Friday, December 12, 2008

13's My Lucky Number!

Did’ga Know That…
There are four law “families”? There is Common Law, Civil Law, Socialist Law, and Islamic Law. Common law is basically what we have today. We respect prior decisions, we have prosecutors etc, have grand/petit juries, and we have judicial review. Civil law is basically the opposite of Common. Don’t really care about prior decisions, it’s more of an investigation (they are more concerned with the truth than the crime), don’t really have juries, and judicial reviews are used sparingly. Socialist law isn’t made by judges and it is codified by an authority. Islamic law is inquisitorial, the defendant has the burden to prove their innocence, and there is no judicial review. I like Common law since it’s what I have grown up with, but I also like how Civil law is more about looking for the truth and not restitution. It could be nice if every case’s main priority was finding the truth. I think that we are pretty good in that aspect though, so I’m happy.

Here's another website for you:
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Comparative_Law.htm

2 comments:

Jeremy Ball said...

I graded your design. I liked your "did'ga know" theme. I also like your anime (gives you character). I think you could have improved your site better by throwing some pictures or video wall or banner or something on there.

Jeremy Ball said...

I graded 12 & 13. I thought you could have had more content on 12. 13 could have had been more reflective.