Because it is a court of equity, there are no juries, and its cases are heard by the judges, called chancellors.

Because the unified Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure ( set to enter into force in 2011 ) does not provide for jury trials or lay judges, however, they are likely to be abolished in the near future.

Because court decisions in civil law traditions are brief and not amenable to establishing precedent, much of the exposition of the law in civil law traditions is done by academics rather than by judges ; this is called doctrine and may be published in treatises or in journals such as Recueil Dalloz in France.

Because of this, much more of the exposition of the law is done by academic jurists which provide the explanations that in common law nations would be provided by the judges themselves.

Because judges, businessmen, bankers, and politicians were often Masons, ordinary citizens began to think of it as an elitist group.

Because of the small number of judges for the World Fantasy Awards, and because they usually try to read very comprehensively in the field, selections for the awards are often eclectic.

' The Handbook of Massachusetts Evidence says " Because of the risk of prejudice to the defendant inherent in the admission of photographs of the ' mug shot ' variety, judges and prosecutors are required to ' use reasonable means to avoid calling the jury's attention to the source of such photographs used to identify the defendant.

Because of their quasi-judicial powers the Commissioners are often retired senior judges.

Because the forms of action remained largely static from the 13th century, English lawyers and judges formulated a number of legal fictions in order to fit new types of cases within the forms available.

When he gives some of Mary's extraordinary corn muffins to the judges, they agree that John and Mary are meant to wed (" Because, Because ").

Because only a few of the lords spoke and there was confusion over the opinions of the twelve common-law judges, the resulting decision was able to be interpreted as consistent with what some scholars have called " the myth of common-law copyright "— the view that a common law perpetual copyright existed before the Statute of Anne was passed, but was impeached by the statute.

Because there were eight members on the panel of judges and no way to break an eventual tie, the decision promised to be a nail-biter.

Because production of child pornography is a crime in many jurisdictions, the decision on what constitutes it often needs to be done in each separate case by experts, judges or community members.

Because the defense did not appear, there was arguably no way for the judges to know otherwise.

Because her legal career did not compare to those of other possible conservative female candidates ( like federal appellate judges Edith Jones, Karen J. Williams, Priscilla Owen, and Janice Rogers Brown ), many thought that President Bush probably nominated Miers for her personal loyalty to him rather than for her qualifications.

Because of the Republican vote totals in Bloom Township, Panici was also responsible for fostering the political careers of numerous local officials, state legislators and judges during that time.

Because of the selection criteria, many notable legal figures, professors, and judges were initially law clerks.

Because they recorded judicial fines, the Pipe rolls also can be used to shed light on how the judicial system in medieval England worked, as well as identifying royal judges.

Because of their historical origins, these courts were to some extent in competition, especially as their respective judges and officers lived off the fees deriving from them.

Because it is a compound of the Greek words κριτής, krites (" judge ") and ἄρχω, árkhō (" to rule "), its use has expanded to cover rule by judges in the modern sense, as well, as in the case of the Somalia, ruled by judges with the tradition of xeer, as well as the Islamic Courts Union.

Because these schools operated on very small budgets and attempted to serve as many needy children as possible, economic factors were prominent in their design.

Because of a payment to the Manfredi family by Puccini, Elvira was spared having to serve the sentence.

Because the election of a three-year-old boy to be German king appeared likely to make orderly rule difficult, the boy's uncle, Duke Philip of Swabia, brother of late Henry VI, was designated to serve in his place.

Because journalism's first loyalty is to the citizenry, journalists are obliged to tell the truth and must serve as an independent monitor of powerful individuals and institutions within society.

" Because the Democratic Party was splintered into bitter factions, Polk promised to serve only one term if elected, hoping that his disappointed rival Democrats would unite behind him with the knowledge that another candidate would be chosen in four years.

Because of their inability to serve both as hydrogen-bond donors and acceptors, ketones tend not to " self-associate " and are more volatile than alcohols and carboxylic acids of comparable molecular weights.

Because of the community contribution necessary to serve iftar dinners, mosques with smaller congregations may not be able to host the iftar dinners daily.

Because of this collective undertaking, the Fine responsum holds that Conservative women are eligible to serve as agents and decision-makers for others.

Because of this, bartenders and restaurant owners began creating a variety of snacks to serve with sherry, thus increasing their alcohol sales.

Because the Constitution sets no qualifications for service as a justice, a president may nominate anyone to serve, subject to Senate confirmation.

Because pseudogenes are presumed to change without evolutionary constraint, they can serve as a useful model of the type and frequencies of various spontaneous genetic mutations.

Because he had stated repeatedly that he would serve only four years ( only Charles E. Wilson and Robert McNamara among his predecessors served longer ), it came as no surprise when President Nixon on 28 November 1972 nominated Elliot L. Richardson to succeed him.

Because the shielding is made of metal, it may also serve as a ground.

Because of this, many of the town's businesses were taverns and bars to serve the Fort and the North Shore.

Because the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad ( MKT Railroad ) would be coming to serve the community, and to avoid additional confusion, Little St. Louis was renamed Louisburg in 1870.

Because Hughesville, though small, is considered the strategic geographic center of the tri-county Southern Maryland region, it houses institutions such as the headquarters for the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, a humane society, an economic development council, a board of realtors, and a homeless shelter, which serve the tri-county area.

Because of Bush's opening, now Walker MS and White MS served the Junkins and Bush zones, while Franklin continued to serve the Frank zone.

Because MEP amplitude is correlated with motor excitability, they offer a quantitative way to test the role of various types of intervention on the motor system ( pharmacological, behavioral, lesion ...) TMS-induced MEPs may thus serve as a index of covert motor preparation or facilitation, e. g., induced by the mirror neuron system when seeing someone's else actions.

Because all the aspects in a Grand Cross are considered difficult aspects, the Grand Cross is seen as a source of extreme tension whereby various aspects of the personality ( represented by the planets ) are working at cross purposes that serve to nullify each other.

Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is one million people.

Because the left aortic arch goes directly to the gut, the shunting of oxygen depleted blood which is high in CO < sub > 2 </ sub > may serve to aid in creating stomach acid to assist in digesting bones from its prey.

Because she is superficial, she doesn't serve a purpose ', and I said: ' How wonderfully anarchic, I still want it '", Willcox remembered.

Because of the gubernatorial succession amendment ratified in 1987, Mabus was eligible to become the first governor to serve two successive terms in more than 100 years, and he ran for reelection in 1991.

Because members of Congress cannot serve simultaneously in executive positions, a whip in the United States cannot bargain with a member by using as an inducement the possibility of promotion or demotion in a sitting administration.

Because of its evolutionary position at the base of the flowering plant clade, there has been support for sequencing the complete genome of Amborella trichopoda to serve as a reference for evolutionary studies.