The High Courts in Malaysia are the third-highest courts in the hierarchy of courts‚ after the Federal Court and the Court of Appeal. Article 121 of the Constitution of Malaysia provides that there shall be two High Courts of coordinate jurisdiction—the High Court in Malaya and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak (before 1994‚ the High Court in Borneo). Before 1969‚ the High Court in Singapore was also part of the Malaysian courts system (see Law of Singapore). The High Court in Malaya has
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The United States court system is divided into a federal system and 50 state systems. Each state has individual methods to facilitate election and appointment procedures. The more frequently used system of courts are the state courts. Legal cases begin and are heard in lower courts‚ then depending on outcome‚ may work their way up to a higher court system. State courts hear cases that pertain to state law or other issues that do not fall within federal courts’ jurisdiction. Within each state‚ there
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The structure of state and federal court systems are similar. The main difference is federal courts hear cases only involving federal laws or the constitution. The structure of Texas court system is said to be complicated. I will break down the structure of the Texas court system and the federal court system. I will show similarities in the courts of the state vs the federal court. State vs Federal Court System Structure Most courts have the same agenda only one focuses on state issues and one
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A court system is created to determine the innocent and the guilty when a conflict arises. In many cases it is convicting a criminal for a crime that has been committed. The system entitles everyone to a fair trial no matter what the case and in each trial it is the team that is prosecuting that most prove that if the accused is guilty. Not the accused having to prove their innocence. The victim in most cases looks to see that justice is served to the criminal. The accused looks to try and get another
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Georgia’s Court System Few people are familiar with the basic functions and responsibilities of the state’s courts. Different courts are set up to do different things. Cases are heard based on the subject matter jurisdiction they are given. The Georgia court system consists of five classes of trial level courts: the magistrate‚ probate‚ juvenile‚ state and superior courts. There are also approximately 370 municipal courts. There are two appellate courts: the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
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they are on duty. The Federal Courts are use for impeachment of a Public Official‚ disputes between two or more states‚ and Federal Courts have total jurisdiction over people filing bankruptcy in the U.S.. In my opinion‚ having total jurisdiction over people filing bankruptcy in the U.S. is most important role of Federal Courts. Many of people go to the Federal Courts to fight for their rights‚ and the Federal Courts has the ability to help them. All federal court judges are nominated by the President
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The juvenile system started in the17th century‚ when there were very little legal differences that existed among kids and adults. Adolescence as underdeveloped as seven were measured productive citizens and could be tried if found guilty. Kids were incarcerated with hardened criminals and some even received the death consequence for their crimes as adults. So‚ the first Juvenile court System was established in 1899‚ in Cook County Illinois in Chicago. The purpose was to separate kids who had been
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Racism in the Court System In the South‚ the judicial system was controversial whether you were African American‚ an immigrant or part of a jury. They showed how the jury selection was racist because if you weren’t the same race as the jury‚ you would be found guilty. An example is in the Scottsboro Trial‚ the jury in those trials had no blacks on the juries. This would provide an unfair trial for Blacks and deny them any justice. The arrest of the boys‚ trial‚ and events following the case
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Courts in UK Her Majesty’s Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system—England and Wales have one system‚ Scotland another‚ and Northern Ireland a third. There are exceptions to this rule; for example in immigration law‚ the
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The United States court system has evolved in many ways since its inception. While there are many issues that courts and court administrators face in today ’s society‚ the U.S. court system has improved immensely and can continue to improve in the future. Through the evaluation of the evolution of the United States court system ’s handling of victim ’s rights during court proceedings‚ one can better understand how the court system will deal with the future management of issues‚ as well as other trends
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