Slide 2 Slide 3 Administration of the rule of Law by: 1. Law
Enforcement Agencies 2. Courts of Law 3. Correctional Institutions
Slide 4 1. Sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together
with a desire to alleviate it. (Merriam-Webster) 2. An emotional
response that sensitizes one to the suffering of another. Slide 5
-- After all, Compassion is emotional, subjective, & impulsive,
and Justice is rational, objective, & deliberative. Slide 6 1.
too emotional to be reasonable; 2. too subjective to be objective;
3. too impulsive to be trusted 4. ultimately requires a judge or
officer get too close to the accused. I.E. CANT BE OBJECTIVE !
Slide 7 emotion in concert with cognition ads to truer perceptions
and ultimately, to better (more accurate, more moral, more just)
decisions. (Bandes, in The Passions of Law) Slide 8 1. Weigh
compassion with all of the facts. 2. Dont let compassion take over!
3. Emotion will enhance justice; Emotionalism will distort justice!
Slide 9 Law Enforcements treatment of a subject The Courts
determination of appropriate degree of leniency or penalty
Corrections treatment and rehabilitation of inmates. Slide 10 Slide
11 i.e., What is the origin of our nations justice system? Who were
some of its framers? Slide 12 "The highest glory of the American
Revolution was this; it connected in one indissoluble bond the
principles of civil government with the principles of
Christianity.'" John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United
States Slide 13 Various Religions Judeo Christian Non- Religious.
Slide 14 1. Puritans, Pilgrims etc., from Europe. 2. Their
Christianity was imbedded in Colonial common law Sense of Rights
Understanding of criminal law/punishment Tort laws. Slide 15 The
most quoted book of the period from 1760-1805 in the political
writings of the day was book of Deuteronomy (the law book), in the
Bible, accounting for thirty-four percent of all the quotes. Slide
16 John Locke 1. English writer on government. 2. Major influence
on the leaders of the Revolution. 3. Taught Nature and the Bible
were the basis of liberty & inalienable rights of people. Slide
17 Sir William Blackstone 1. A Christian; taught the laws of Nature
and of Natures God 2. His Commentaries became the chief, if not the
only law book, in every lawyer's office in New England. 3. Great
influence on U.S. law & on the Declar- ation of Independence
& the Constitution. Slide 18 the name of "God," "Almighty God,"
"Nature's God," "God of Armies," "Lord of Hosts," "His Goodness,"
"God's Superintending Provid- ence," "Providence of God,"
"Providence," "Supreme and Universal Providence," "Over- ruling
Providence of God," "Creator of All," "Indulgent Creator," "Great
Governor of the World," "The Divinity," "Supreme Disposer of All
(etc.) Slide 19 1. Strong influence on early U.S. law 2.
Judeo-Christian roots (continued) Slide 20 3. Developed a court
system 4. Judge-made law; a collection of precedents
