What Is Restorative Justice and How Has It Contributed to Our

question 31

Essay

What is restorative justice and how has it contributed to our understanding of the crime victim?.

Recognize the criteria and legal significance of different types of gifts (inter vivos, causa mortis).

Understand the role of contracts in the transfer of property and title.

Identify the legal responsibility of parties in bailment relationships and the impact of liability limitations.

Comprehend the mechanisms through which title to property is transferred.

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Definitions:

Supremacy Clause

Article VI, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which allows a Supreme Court ruling to be binding on state courts if involving a constitutional issue. The clause reads: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.”

Laws

The system of rules that a country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

Congress

The national legislative body of a country, particularly in the United States, responsible for making laws.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

Being sure of a criminal defendant’s guilt to a moral certainty.