PPT-The Court System

Trial Courts Listen to testimony consider evidence and decide the facts in disputed situations Evidence is provided by witnesses 2 parties Civil plaintiff and defendant Criminal prosecutor and defendant. AN OVERVIEW OF THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM. Branches of Government. Legislative. Executive. Judicial. Levels of Government. Local. State. Federal. U.S. Justice System. 3 Primary Components. Police. Courts. Katarzyna Gromek Broc. The Jury. History. The jury system is known in Britain after the Norman Conquest. Function: the first jurors acted as witnesses providing the information on local matters and were used for administrative purposes gathering information, e.g. collecting data. Carole Ferguson . Partner. Barrister . (Lincoln’s Inn. ). Preparing Evidence for Court. [disclaimer. ]. The Court System In Scotland. Dependent of . c. ase type. Different rules of . evidence. England & Wales system differs. Explain . the order in which a trial may move through the state and national court systems. . Court System Basics. The United States has an . adversarial . court system. . This means that two opposing sides must argue their cases before a judge in order to find the truth. . Federal Ministry of Justice. Budapest, December 2015. Austrian . Experience In The Use Of Audio-Video Recordings And Videoconferencing. . Deputy Head . of the Information and Communication Technology Unit (ICT) in the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ. Characteristics of the Federal Court System. Adversarial. A court provides an arena for two parties to bring their conflicts before an impartial arbiter, or judge.. The plaintiff brings a charge.. The defendant is the one being charged.. Judicial Branch . Laws and Jurisdiction. Some background information . Origin of law. Case law: . Court decisions that inform judicial ruling. Constitution. : outline the structure of the American government (or state). Fourteenth Edition. Chapter 14. Judiciaries. Roskin. | Cord | Medeiros | Jones. Judiciaries Introduction . (1 of 2). There are several different types of law . Common law differs from code law in that it is built on precedent and the decisions of individual judges.. Objectives. Learn the key differences between trial and appellate courts. Understand the differences between adversary and inquisitional judicial systems. Be able to describe and diagram the structure of state and federal court systems. Article III sec. 1…. Judicial power…One Supreme Court….and Inferior Courts. Topic 7 . Read Topic 7.1 pp 297-305 by Wednesday. . 7.2 pp 306-312 by Thursday. . 7.3 313-321 by Friday. The study of law.. What is jurisprudence?. True or False?. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution basically protect the same set of rights.. False.. Laws enacted by legislatures.. The Court System Federal and State Federal Court System Created by Article III of the Constitution Supreme Court is the only Court Created by the Constitution all other federal courts were created by Congress. GENERAL QUESTIONS Is it possible to have pages 19 through 40? The MS Word version of the RFP can be found on the Clerk of the Court’s website at www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org. Please clarify 3 7 ISSUES PRESENTED I Was the Trial Courts fmdiug that defendant/ Appellant knew or should have known