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Elizabethan era: the


Law enforcement in
period from 1674 to
the United Kingdom
1913 witnessed the
is organized
transformation
of
separately in each
Elizabethan
Modern
policing in London
of the legal systems
from
a
system
that
of thelaw
United
The two major
Modern
and order
relied
on
private
Kingdom:
England
religions in the
depends on the
individuals
and
partand
Wales,
Northern
Elizabethan era were
government and
is
time
officials,
Ireland
and
catholic and
usually processed
through
the
Scotland.
law
protestant
Christianity,
through
courtMost
systems
development
of
enforcement
these religions with
that
is basically is
salaried
officials
and
carried
police
their respective beliefs assembledout
of abyJudge,
semi-official
"thiefofficers
serving in
governed the law in
jury
and lawyers.
takers",
to
a
modern
regional
police
the given time.
professional police
services within one
system. In the
of these
process the
jurisdictions. These
mechanisms by
regional services
which
the
people
complemented
Ethical behavior is
Theare
modern
tried
at
the
Old
by
UK-wide
important for the
philosophy of ethics is
Bailey
were
identified
agencies,
as
religions of the
very
differentsuch
to the
and
apprehended
the
National
Crime
Elizabethan era. An
past. Human rights
was
radically
example of an
hasAgency,
becomeand
moral
transformed,
and
specialist
bodies
unethical action is
nowadays compared
ultimately
brought
hosted
by regional
revenge, something
to the
Elizabethan
era.
under
the
control
of
police
forces,
such
Christianity looks
In the Justice system
the
state.
as the
Specialist
down
upon.
The main
today,
there
are laws
Operations
question back then
in place to make the
directorate
the
was moral over duty,
majority
happyofon
an
Metropolitan
Police.
which was frequently
ethical situation,
asked by many
although some laws
The Elizabethan
citizens.
canThe
go justice
againstsystem
modern
court is definitely notethics.
is the mechanism
a place you would
that upholds the
to be ifera
youis In modern
rule of law.
The want
Elizabethan
dayOur
society
were
being
accused
courts
provide
a
comprised of 6
there Is basically four
of a social
crime.classes,
This was different
forum classes,
to resolve
primary
the
especially
the
case
if
disputes
and middle
to test
the Monarch, Nobility, lower, working,
you Merchants,
were being
enforce
laws in
Gentry,
andand
upper
classes.
accused
of
a
harsh
a
fair
and
rational
Yoemanry, and
However, in modern
crime
such
as
courts
Laborers. Ranks were
daymanner.
society,The
hierarchy
treason.
Unlike
today
are
an
impartial
determined by fame,
is objective, subjective
where
we
have
and judges
skills and family, it
andforum,
reputational.
numerous
rules
and
are
free
to apply the
was also possible to
regulations
which
law without regard
increase
your rank.
state we are unable
to the government's
to torture people,
wishes or the
this was not the case weight of public
during the
opinion. Court
Elizabethan period.
decisions are based
on what the law
says and what the
evidence proves;
there is no place in
the courts for
suspicion, bias or
favouritism. This is
why justice is often
symbolized as a
blindfolded figure

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