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2007 Fall Jurisdiction in General

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This page contains comments posted by members of the Cornell community pertaining to 2007 Fall Jurisdiction in General in the current and proposed Campus Code and judicial system. Before posting to this forum, please read the comments below to make sure that the information you are providing is pertinent to the discussion and has not already been addressed before.

Community Comments

Situation in current code
Set no time limit on when accused can raise.
Proposed changes
“Any defense of lack of jurisdiction, or other inapplicability of this Code, shall be deemed waived if not raised by the accused promptly at the outset of the hearing before the University Hearing Board or earlier.” (p. 14)

Dan Brown on 24 September 2007 at 11:06

A person should be able to raise the issue of jurisdiction or applicability at any time. Many people may not have discovered or understand their rights or what jurisdiction even means until a hearing is under way or over with. I don’t see the purpose of this limitation other than to add advantage to the accusers over the individual accused.

nbl on 24 September 2007 at 11:24

I agree with Dan Brown. There should be no “waiving” of rights because time passes. If there is a jurisdictional question, it should be allowed to be raised at any time.

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