Chapter 15, 25, 3 and 4
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U.S. Judicial System | show 🗑
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show | an independent and passive branch of the U.S. government. Decisions independent of other 2 branches. Court rules over disputes b/w executive/legislative branches. court rulings have the force of law and are enforce by the executive branch.
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show | Litigants and Groups.
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show | plaintiff (somebody who files suit) + defendant (person being sued).
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show | serious interest in a case, facing direct or imminent dangers/injuries from another party/government action.
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show | one that can be handled by the court.
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Groups | show 🗑
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Attorneys | show 🗑
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show | participants as jurors, witnesses, etc.
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Common Law Tradition | show 🗑
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Stare Decisis Doctrine | show 🗑
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show | Constitutions (national and state). Federal and State Constitutions.
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show | stands ABOVE all laws!
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State Constitution | show 🗑
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Federal Statutes | show 🗑
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ordinances | show 🗑
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Administrative Rules and Regulations | show 🗑
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show | decisions & judicial interpretation made by the court (precedent) also form an important body of law.
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Categories of Laws: Civil Law | show 🗑
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Tort | show 🗑
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show | PERSONAL INJURY (auto accident, slip/fall, dog bite). MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (plastic surgery infection, unnecessary hip replacement, extraction of wrong teeth, amputation of wrong legs). PRODUCT LIABILITY (air bag failure, toys hurting children).
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Examples of Tort | show 🗑
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Parties to a Civil Law Case | show 🗑
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Civil Law: Penalties | show 🗑
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Criminal Law | show 🗑
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show | GOVERNMENT vs INDIVIDUALS accused of law violation.
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Criminal Law: Penalties | show 🗑
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show | laws concerning the legal process that define proper courses of action by government/private parties.
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show | police failure to inform detainee of Miranda rights; police failure to have warrant when collecting evidence; detainees denied attorney during interrogation; endless cross-examination of a hostile witness.
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Federal Court System | show 🗑
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show | FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS (lower)..FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS (middle)..SUPREME COURT (highest).
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show | U.S. Territorial Courts; U.S. Court of Veteran's Appeal (courts created by Congress based on Article 1 of Constitution.)
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Judge Appointment & Office Term (both) | show 🗑
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show | created by Judicial Act (1789); 94 district courts (2001); 653 judges; each state has at least 1; TX, CA, NY have 4 each.
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show | Federal Government is a party; Case presents a federal question based on CONSTITUTION, INTERNATIONAL TREATY, or FEDERAL STATUTE.
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show | civil suite involving citizens from different states, and amount of money more than $75,000; juries used are used and presided by single judge.
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show | busiest of the 3 levels of federal statutes.
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Judge Appointment & Office Term (Federal District Courts) | show 🗑
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Federal Appeals Court | show 🗑
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show | decisions based on a review of lower court records; no juries; 3 judges as a panel hear an appeal case; less than 1% of cases reviewed by the appeals court are appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Judge Appointment & Office Term (Federal Appeals Court) | show 🗑
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U.S. Supreme Court | show 🗑
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U.S. Supreme Court accepts... | show 🗑
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show | highly political; nomination by president and confirmation by senate; serve lifelong terms.
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show | congress decides court jurisdiction, size & power.
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show | U.S. vs. STATE ... cases between 2 or more states; disputes over land/water.
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How does the Supreme Court handle cases? | show 🗑
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show | authority to review lower court decisions if it involves a substantial issue.
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show | authority to review lower court decisions (Federal Circuits or Federal State Supreme Court), state legislature decisions, and/or acts of congress.
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