Evolution of Court System

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 that will occur in areas such as language interpretation services. Historically, the United States court system functioned in a manner that is very different from the ways in which it functions today. One of the stark differences between the U.S. court system of yesterday and the U.S. court system of today was its general focus. Though the United States court systems began, during colonial times, to focus their punitive efforts in restoring the losses of victims of crimes, from the 1850 's to the early 1970 's, much of the focus of the United States court systems became creating punishments that scared criminals who committed crimes into becoming upright citizens (Derene, et al, 2007). The United States court systems are based on a mixture of many cultural principles of justice, which influenced how punishments were handed down by the courts (Derene, et al, 2007). Many of the principles of the court system were based on Roman principles, which focused on the administration of public laws, laws that “dealt with the organization and administration of the Republic,” as well as private laws, which “addressed issues such as contracts; possession and other property rights; injuries to citizens; and the legal status of various persons, such as slaves, husbands, and wives (Derene, et al, 2007).” Using these principles along with other principles that were adopted by other companies, United States court systems based many of their judgments on the idea that restitution was

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