The Justice System

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The economy is a powerful ever-changing system that relies on seemingly random social trends and events. This, for most people raises some concern as the economy is essential for almost any job and field as it will determine how much you are paid as well as if you can live off that pay. Along side economics exists law a system which rules over what is allowed to happen as well as how it should happen. These two systems are interlaced in a verity of different ways however, one may ask, “how does law affect the economy?”. Well by looking at the branches of law such as criminal and civil law, as well as economic laws and policies it Is evident that law is a powerful tool that can and is used to shape the economy.
The first of these branches
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Due to the amount of tax money going towards these systems it is easy for them to waste funds and therefore damage the economy. To turn this around however we need to understand where is money being lost and what would be a better alternative. In the system we currently have there is an ever-growing focus on rehabilitation however punishment is still widely used in Canada as well as in justice systems around the world. The issue of punishment in the justice system is that it is notorious for creating repeat offenders as well as spending large amounts of money to keep prisoners in prisons. With recidivism rates toping out at over 76% and prisons costing as much as 81$ billion dollars a year in places like the USA it is evident the current justice system not operating in a way which can effectively aid the economy. So how can this be changed? In large part the amount of money spent on criminal law comes from enforcing laws and further maintaining prisoners. It has been shown over many years that a tough on crime justice system is damaging to both the economy but also society and therefore a less aggressive solution would be most affective. A commonly considered and proven affective method of justice is that of the