POLI 4023 Chapter : Overview Of The Court
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Role and function of courts: mostly civil disputes divorce is the most common civil dispute, dispute resolution, behavior modification, allocation of gains and losses, policy making. Left up to 5 supreme court justices to decide. Judges" preferences and politics: la constitution-article viii. Section 13: minimum foundation program, to insure a minimum foundation of education in all public elementary and secondary schools. Jindel passed a law that sets up a voucher program. If you went to a public school with a d or f rating, you could get a voucher and go to a better public school or even a private school. Supreme court ruled it unconstitutional: reduction is consented to in writing by two-thirds of the elected. January 21, 2014: common law: judge-made law based on precedent (past or prior decision, rule of thumb law: you could beat your wife as long as what you used wasn"t bigger than your thumb.
