CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Warren Court, Miranda Warning, Jury Trial
14 Nov 2017
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Special circumstances and aggravating, mitigating, and extralegal factors in judicial decision making. The warren court and due process revolution. Situate courts as one of three main institutions of criminal justice system. Understand history and working of the courts. Understand key dimensions of criminal courts including: Guest lecturer: carroll seron, professor in department of criminology, law, and society. Judgement, uneasy feeling, consequences, power, happy feeling (from tv shows), justice, crime control, balance of power, mediation, historical context matters. 52 court systems (1 per state, 1 supreme court, and 1 district of columbia) Article 3 judges all appointed by the government. Trial courts, appellate courts, state courts, supreme court -> layers of courts. Federalism affects the way that courts enact policy. Federalism = a form of government in which a written constitution provides for a division of powers between a central government and regional governments. Jurisdiction = the territory over which a law enforcement agency has authority.
