Human Rights

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 577.

Task 2

Task 1.

Follow-up

1. What happened in this case?

2. Who are the parties?

3. What facts are important? Unimportant?

4. Is any significant information missing?

5. Why did the people involved act the way they did?

6. What are the arguments in favor of and against each point of view?

7. Which arguments are most persuasive? Least persuasive? Why?

8. What might be the consequences of each course of action? To the parties? To society?

9. Are there any alternatives?

10. What questions might you pose if you had an opportunity to interview individuals involved in the case?

1. Should Dudley and Stephens be tried for murder? Explain.

2. As an attorney for Dudley and Stephens, what arguments would you make on their behalf? As an attorney for the government, what arguments would you make on the government's behalf?

3. If Dudley and Stephens are convicted, what should their punishment be?

4. What purpose would be served by convicting Dudley and Stephens?

5. What is the relationship between law and morality in this case? Was it morally wrong for Dudley and Stephens to kill Brooks? Explain your answer.

6. Can an act be legal but immoral? Can an act be morally right but unlawful? Explain.

7. How you might approach the problem differently if you had another opportunity to consider the case?

Task 3: The case of the shipwrecked sailors involved a criminal trial against Dudley and Stevens. If a civil action had been brought against Dudley and Stevens, what would be the differences? Answer the questions that follow.

1. Who would bring the case?

2. What is the term used for persons bringing a civil case?

3. What is the role of the prosecutor in a civil case?

4. What term would be used for persons who are being sued in a civil case?

5. What would the persons bringing the case ask for?

6. How would the case get started?

7. If they did not have the money to hire one, would Dudley and Stevens be provided a free attorney in the civil case?

8. What is the burden of proof in a civil case?

9. How is the decision by the jury in a civil case different from the decision made in a criminal case?

10. Do you think that the persons bring the lawsuit against Dudley and Stevens should win? If so, what should they win? Give your reasons.