SOCL 3371 Study Guide - Mail And Wire Fraud, Alimony, Trial De Novo
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Chapter 10 the structure of the u. s. judiciary. Trials are public ceremonies bound by ritual and solemn dignity. Courts, like religious institutions, are places where ritual and ceremony symbolize an important social function in our society. In the american colonies each colony had its own court system, both criminal and civil, for resolving disputes which formed the basis for today"s state court system. Each state devised its own system for naming and organizing the courts and assigning them different forms of jurisdiction or authority over various facets of law. Many countries have a single national court system, but the u. s. has a highly decentralized, complex, and diverse system of many different types of courts with jurisdiction over different types of legal issues. Courts has jurisdiction based on a number of different criteria political boundaries, geography, subject matter, or function. Courts are differentiated according to their specific procedural function within the hierarchy of the court system limited, general or appellate jurisdiction.
