Court systems

American Judicial system. Some people believe that we only have one court system when it is not nearly the case, in reality, there are fifty state court systems and the federal court system. In this short paper, we will discuss the roles and structures of the federal and state court system. Even though the federal and state courts have a huge amount of similarities there are also quite different in more ways than one. After the court structure, I will discuss the roles of court actors which…

Robert GCU Duel Justice The United States of America utilizes a duel court system in its judicial system. The two courts systems are federal and state. Courts that exist at the state or local level are established by the individual state, and exist “within states there are also local courts that are established by cities, counties, and other municipalities, which we are including in the general discussion of state courts.” Courts that exist at the Federal level have been established under the…

court’s system began when the Norman conquered England, the establishments of courts was a way of unifying the country. Their intentions were to establish a common, or uniform, set of rules for the whole country. The body of judge-made laws that was developed under the system is still used today, which is known as the common law, applying decisions to similar situations. With newer cases, they relied on precedents in deciding the case. As for the United States, the United Supreme Court, the…

In general the adversarial court system facilitate various methods of achieving just and fair outcomes in the Criminal Justice system. However, the court system is not the only route in sentencing offenders with less serious charges. Crime is defined as an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law. On the other side of this is justice; the quality of being fair and reasonable. In this essay, I will be examining to how the court system fails to deliverer justice in…

Stated in the book CJ in the USA: An Introduction to Criminal Justice “The courts are just one component of the overall criminal justice system. The function of the courts is to judge and make proper disposition of crimes, it is in this venue that the guilt or innocence of a defendant is determined”(Byrum,2014). Key players important to the court system are prosecution, defense, judge, and the jury. To start off the prosecutor works with police by reviewing evidence, and preparing a search…

So, essentially, even if the courts where it is, is very favorable, and the law judge and the Salem judge, if the program doesn’t have the support of the person above, it’s not going. Interviewee: Yeah, it almost doesn’t matter that it has of Jay Blitzman, for example, he has been there a long time, longer than Chief Justice has been a court judge, it doesn’t matter. Interviewer: Do you see any other place where it could sit, in terms of the child advocate program, DCF, DIH – Interviewee: We…

The government’s judiciary system is not lacking much in terms of ability and power. More importantly, they have a large impact on any decision the president makes and whether or not it’s constitutional or not. The role of the Supreme Court is to make sure the Government is following its constitution that we do not stray from what our forefathers put in place to make America a free country. The Supreme Court justices are all appointed for life to serve the constitution, justice and to keep the…

Federal Court System and compare it to the three-tiered structure of the California Court system? What is the purpose and function of each level The three tiered structure of the Federal Court is represented by the US District Courts, US Circuit Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court's. Each individual level serves as a different function during Criminal and Civil Cases. The three Tiered Structure of California is represented by the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal as well as Trial Courts.…

Our Government System is set up of three branches; The Legislature, the Executive, and the Judicial. While they all have their fair share of issues, I am going to focus on the weakest of the three, The Judicial Branch, also known as the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is dysfunctional because our Supreme Court justices have let their own political and personal opinion influence their decision. This influence has paralyzed them from being able to do their jobs properly. To understand how the…

The two Supreme Court systems in Texas are the Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Supreme Court. According to utexas.edu, the Court of Criminal Appeals “is the highest state court for appeals resulting from criminal cases. This court has statewide, final appellate jurisdiction over criminal cases. It also makes rules of post-trial and appellate procedure for criminal cases. The court has the power of discretionary review, meaning it does not have to hear a case if it so chooses. The one…