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1) US Constitution
2) Cases - Precedent
3) Statutues - Legislature |
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| 3 Characteristics of Legal Rules |
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1) Moral Judgement
2) Common Sense
3) Not Exact |
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1) Natural Law - What is right?
2) Positive Law - Who has the power, makes the laws
3) Sociological Law - Whatever works |
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Punishment, Fine, Treatment
NEED 12/12 Jurors to convict |
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Money, Injunctive/Equitable
NEED 6-12 like 5/6 or 10/12 |
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| Who is going to prove and how much evidence? (perponderance) |
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-Look at what is at stake
-Some procedures different
-Some procedures same |
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The power of a court to hear a case...
Needs 2 types of jurisdiction:
-subject matter
-personal
more...
-original (where it originates)
-appellate (the power to hear and appeal)
-concurrent (two or more courts could hear a case)
-corporate (when does a court have power over a corporation) |
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1) from constitution, federal laws
2) USA vs. YOU
3) Diversity (people fighting from different states) |
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| small amounts of money (no criminal) |
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| shop lifting, minor assault, CITY COURT (no civil) |
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| Hears civil (up to 50k) and criminal. Misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors. County divided by districts. |
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| Misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, and felonies. |
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