Court System Structure In California‚ the court system is divided into two systems‚ trial courts and appellate courts. Trial courts consist are the Superior Courts and appellate courts consist of 6 Courts of Appeal and 1 Supreme Court. Trial Courts The state of California has 58 counties‚ each with its own Superior (trial) court(s). For these 58 counties‚ there are about 450 facilities that are utilized to hear cases‚ such as small claims court for example. These courts also have jurisdiction
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Are Judges Manipulative Courts have a certain system that one would expect that everyone would adhere to. Unfortunately‚ it seems as if judges have their own agenda. Stare decisis is supposed to be adhered to but judges like to put their own spin on things. Precedents are like word games to judges. They love to play around with them and change them to their liking. Judges use judiciary interpretation to manipulate the law by deciding that the precedent is sufficiently different from the
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Various states have their own court hierarchies. Washington D.C. is not a state‚ but nonetheless has its own court hierarchy. Initial criminal and civil complaints are filed at D.C. Superior Court. Unlike other states‚ Washington‚ D.C. has a smaller jurisdiction‚ and if a case is appealed it is brought to the D.C. Court of Appeals. Other jurisdictions usually have two levels of appellate courts. The case I observed at D.C. Superior Court was‚ 2016 DVM 1603‚ US v Dominguez. It was a criminal sentencing
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Moon v Whitehead (2015)‚ is a case dealing with the tort of trespass to person: battery. The appellant‚ Moon‚ appealed the decision of the trial court on the basis of consent. Moon claimed he received adequate consent from the respondent‚ Whitehead‚ while the two were in Sydney attending a work conference. He and the respondent shared an apartment with separate bedrooms for the period of the conference. The respondent pleaded that on 13 August 2007 the appellant came into her bedroom uninvited and
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The term "Court Hierarchy" is a very important word in the law world in modern society. It’s definition gives a very clear and concise meaning to the law industry. The phrase can be split into two words to be easily dealt and understood. The word "court" is from a Greek derivative "cohors" or "cohort" meaning courtyard or retinue. It’s definition from the dictionary certainly portrays the law as a very important and distinguished practice. "a. A person or body of persons whose task is to hear and
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When Google merged with Motorola‚ the contract stated that Motorola was not to declare any new “Intellectual Properties Actions” without the written consent of Google. So it was believed that Google was behind the suit filed in the U.S. District Court in the southern district of Florida. Motorola also filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission whom entered a finding that three of the six patents named in the law suit had not been infringed upon. LEGAL ISSUE The main legal issue
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3 December 2012 Court Proceedings The best part about criminal procedures here in the United States is that criminal defendants have a lot of protections and guarantees. They have the guarantees of due process‚ equal protection under the laws‚ the right to have legal counsel present‚ the right to confront witnesses‚ the right to a jury trial‚ and the right to not testify against themselves. In the movie and in real life we see this all the time. For example the way due process was portrayed in
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Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis CJA/374 October 28‚ 2013 Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis For many years‚ people have believed that the juvenile justice system was meant to serve as a way to protect the community. Juveniles who commit crimes are different from adults because many do not understand the complexity of the crime committed. In order to respond to these differences‚ many states have established a way to treat these adolescents through juvenile courts and
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going to be that parent out there who takes their referral‚ doesn’t do research and their child will end up just bringing in extra cash for Schneider. The government has done nothing to help these parents. Why are their cases being settled out of court? Why are parents backing down? Why was there no police reports after Briel had seven teeth pulled instead of one? Right now‚ the only way to help protect potential victims is for the parents of the current victims to continue fighting for justice
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retrospect was the European court of justice correct when it stated that in Van Gend en Loos (1963) a new legal order had been created? Discuss. The judgement in Van Gend en Loos has undoubtedly had a huge impact upon the European Union and the way that it functions. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) claimed that the judgement had established a “new legal order” whether this is true is debatable but it is certainly a fundamental case in EU case law. The phrase “new legal order” was first used in Van
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