To What Extent Can the Debating Be the Main Tool in American Law? - Grand oral de Littérature anglaise
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Procès pénal, système judiciaire américain, débat contradictoire, délibération du jury, avocat de la défense, procureur, verdict, culpabilité, doute raisonnable, affaire George Zimmerman, affaire Clinton-Lewinsky, Sydney Lumet, Henri Fonda, Douze Hommes en colère, Grand oral, littérature anglaise
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Dans le cadre du grand oral de littérature anglais, le document traite du système judiciaire américain. Le sujet se présente ainsi : "I chose the theme of art and debating because it was my favorite one. Moreover, the topic of law that we studied is totally linked to my studies project; indeed, I will integrate a law degree in September. To continue, I will wonder, to what extent can debating be the main tool in American law?"
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Presentation of the Process of Debating
The Second Debate Between Jurors
The Second Debate Between Lawyers
Presentation of the Process of Debating
The Second Debate Between Jurors
The Second Debate Between Lawyers
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[...] Indeed he was accused several times of sexual assault or sexual misconduct by four women (Juanita Broaddrick, Leslie Millwee, Paula Jones and Kathleen Wiley). Accusations became public in 1994 and 1999 except for Millwee who didn't make her accusation until 2016. Meanwhile, there was not big investigations, and those cases were closed as dismissed. Later, there was two new testimonies for the same type of accusations but this time Clinton admited that he had extramarital relationships with Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers. In 2018, Lewinsky herself came back on her testimony. Finally, the allegations against Clinton were renewed. [...]
[...] - The second one (woman eye - witness): the el train was passing at the same time between her window and the boy's house. - One by one, votes are added, now they are four (not guilty) - Thanks to a map the accommodation jurors can state that the moves are to slow for a young boy and that adds a new argument to defend the boy - Then one of the jurors became angry, one decided to provoke him more and the first said will kill you" and the second one answered, "really Do you?" - It's a process of mind manipulation, he is not going to kill him, it's a figure of speech, it shows that just because he said he would doesn't mean he actually will. [...]
[...] In any case, the absolute certainty is that he received a fine of 90 000$ and he was suspended to practise for five years for the Lewinsky and jones cases. The acquittal of George Zimmerman in 2013 In 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17 yo boy was shot by George Zimmerman. He later ended up dying of his wound. On February, Zimmerman confessed he shot the teenager and plead in self - defense. On July, the judge decided to acquit him. This caused an important polemic in the English - speaking word. Indeed how could someone who killed a young boy walk free? [...]
[...] - Issue: To continue, I will wonder to what extent can debating be the main tool in the American law? - Plan: In order to answer this issue, I will present first, the process of debating, and introduce the movie that we studied in class. Next, I will show you the first type of debate in an American trial between two lawyers and then I will show you the second debate in an American trial, the most important one. I. [...]
[...] conclusion Finally, here we can see that even if it's a fictive case, it perfectly illustrates the way an American trial works and how much debating is important in a trial. Indeed, here it saved a young boy's life, it saved him from the electric chair, but more importantly, it gave him a second chance. III. THE SECOND DEBATE BETWEEN LAWYERS Now, I will present to you the second type of debate in an American trial. It's an implicit debate between the two lawyers. [...]
