CRJU 3300 Lecture 8: 2-7 Chapter 4

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Chief presiding judges- judges that have seniority/ experience; assign cases to other judges; ensure that the law is being followed within the courthouse; dealing with the budgets and case assignments and personnel matters. Administrators- if the courts are too big for a judge to take care of administrative tasks, an administrator (does not require law degree) may be hired to take care of tasks such as the budget and personnel, etc. O(cid:373)e states ha(cid:448)e (cid:862)judges(cid:863) that are (cid:374)ot legally trai(cid:374)ed, (cid:271)ut these judges usually perfor(cid:373) mediation/ referee type tasks more than ruling on cases. Although this can still happen, it is becoming increasingly less common as more and more judges are required to have a law degree to preside over all types of cases. Judges represent- order; so(cid:272)iety"s (cid:448)alues (cid:894)i(cid:374)terpreti(cid:374)g the co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374), et(cid:272). (cid:895); symbol of how our society values our judicial system. In the adversarial situation, the judge acts as the mediator that keeps the dispute civil.

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