PPT-The Federal Court System

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. CHAPTER 3. Click your mouse anywhere on the screen when you are ready to advance the text within each slide. . After the starburst appears behind the blue triangles, the slide is completely shown. You may click one of the blue triangles to move to the next slide or the previous slide.. 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. 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. Chapter 18. Judicial Power. “The Judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”. changes. February . 2017. ! . 20 February 2017. : . Some users have experienced problems using the auto-acceptance features for bankruptcy and winding-up matters. The feature has been turned off until the issue can be resolved. . Citizenship. Unit—3 Part—5. Pgs.—. 218-224. Before—Guess the Lesson. End. Guess the Lesson—Possible Answers. Supreme Court. District Courts. Constitution. Law. Judges. Justices. Districts. 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). Patented. David . Kappos. Robert Armitage. Bruce Sunstein. Denise Kettelberger,. moderator. September 9, 2016. 2. Topics. How . it started: . Prometheus, Myriad, . Alice. Sequenom. v. . Ariosa. : the Court . Alexander Hamilton, . Federalist 22. “Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation”. Article III, Section I. “The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”. 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. Van . Dusen. Federal Legislation about Choice of Law. Gottesman. article. Presentations. Hilary . Habib. , Same-Sex Marriage. Seth Yandrofski, Quantitative Analysis. Extraterritorial Application of Federal Law. 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. Chapter 13. The Judicial System in Democracy. Lesson 1. Complete activity on page 386 - discuss. Early Systems of law. Law. – is the set of rules and standards by which a society governs itself. In democratic societies, law resolves conflict between and among individuals..