CLJ 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: General Jurisdiction

• School: UIC
• Department: Criminology, Law, and Justice
• Course: CLJ 240
• Professor: Laurel A Mazer

Document Summary

Clj 240 chapter 7 court organization and operation. A dual court system: an organizational distinction between courts, with a federal court system and 50 individual state court systems, federal courts: One chief justice and eight associate justices. Nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate; serve for life. The court hears cases that concern an issue of constitutional or legal importance, and where the party bringing the case has standing. Court chooses the cases they will hear by rule of 4. Judicial conference of the united states: the administrative policymaking organization of the federal judicial system. Its membership consists of the chief justice, the chief judges of each of the courts of appeals, one district judge from each circuit, and the chief judge of the court of. United states district courts: 94 in number, of which 89 are located within the 50 states, there is at least one district court in each state (some states have more, such as.