POLI 1090 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: United States District Court
8 Apr 2018
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Criminal vs. civil law : criminal law: the branch of law that prohibits certain actions and prescribes penalties. Penalties: nes, public service, imprisonment, death: civil law: the branch of law that deals with relations between individuals and organizations (basically, disputes that do not involve criminal penalties. ) Plaintiff is the party that has been legally wronged. The organization of the court system: types of courts : there are generally three types of court: Trial court: the rst court to hear a criminal or civil case. Appellate court: a court that hears the appeals of trail-court decisions. Supreme court: the highest court in a state or the nation, which primarily hears cases on appeal: they are functionally different and hierarchically organized. The structure of the us court system : supreme court of the united states, requests for reviews, federal system . Us district courts: state system . Types of courts : state vs. federal courts.
