Court Systems
Court System Paper
Ronnie Allen
Survey of Justice and Security/AJS/502 Version 1
June 10, 2013 Mr. Joseph Laronge
This paper is about a court case, different types of federal and state courts, and new technology used in court cases.
In everyday life all over the world there are law enforcement officers, lawyers, judges ', government officials and even accused criminals that are looking forward to some type of reprieve from the United States Court System at some level. The court system that we depend on from the smallest criminal act to something that happens that test the very foundation of our constitution to make decisions to change life, life styles or public interaction (local or worldwide). In this paper we will write about research and discuss the elements and components of the court system from a prior criminal court proceeding; identify and describe the distinguishing features of the major court systems, that include both the state-level superior courts and federal district courts up through all appellate courts including the U.S. Supreme Court. Included will be key players, jurisdictional rules and interpretation issues , and the effect of evolving technologies on court proceedings at each level; then describe where you can see or read these ideas in a court case. There are two essential elements of the U.S. Judicial System. The most basic part of the system is the adversarial system of justice. This is where the litigants present their cases before a neutral party. Litigants pay their own lawyer fees in addition a fee for filing a civil case in federal court. Many rules exist regarding how evidence and testimony are presented, trial procedure, courtroom behavior and etiquette and how evidence and testimony are presented. For federal courts, the rules are determined by committees composed of judges, professors and lawyers appointed by the chief Justice of the United States. The rules are approved by the
Ronnie Allen
Survey of Justice and Security/AJS/502 Version 1
June 10, 2013 Mr. Joseph Laronge
This paper is about a court case, different types of federal and state courts, and new technology used in court cases.
In everyday life all over the world there are law enforcement officers, lawyers, judges ', government officials and even accused criminals that are looking forward to some type of reprieve from the United States Court System at some level. The court system that we depend on from the smallest criminal act to something that happens that test the very foundation of our constitution to make decisions to change life, life styles or public interaction (local or worldwide). In this paper we will write about research and discuss the elements and components of the court system from a prior criminal court proceeding; identify and describe the distinguishing features of the major court systems, that include both the state-level superior courts and federal district courts up through all appellate courts including the U.S. Supreme Court. Included will be key players, jurisdictional rules and interpretation issues , and the effect of evolving technologies on court proceedings at each level; then describe where you can see or read these ideas in a court case. There are two essential elements of the U.S. Judicial System. The most basic part of the system is the adversarial system of justice. This is where the litigants present their cases before a neutral party. Litigants pay their own lawyer fees in addition a fee for filing a civil case in federal court. Many rules exist regarding how evidence and testimony are presented, trial procedure, courtroom behavior and etiquette and how evidence and testimony are presented. For federal courts, the rules are determined by committees composed of judges, professors and lawyers appointed by the chief Justice of the United States. The rules are approved by the
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