Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Only Time, False Imprisonment, Mock Trial
14 Mar 2016
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Participants in court processes: litigants, disputant i. Insurance companies : not concerned so much with the outcome of one case, rather they"re concerned with precedents, how the decisions of past cases will effect future cases. Invest more resources when they go to court (26928) Intermediary position between disputant and courts: grounding the complaint in legal principles showing there was a breach of contract e. Repeat players only a small percentage of lawyers are involved in actual litigation. 12 february 2014: only a few make it to the court room, types of attorneys, representatives of public interest, concerned with consumer interest, protection of. Individual cases are a means to achieve public objectives: use one case to bring attention to an issue, only take on cases of significant public interest, representatives of particular interests or organizations. Impartiality: responsible for administration of the court b, all attention is focused on the judge due to the prestige d. e.
