PS 363 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Preliminary Hearing, Consolidated Laws Of New York, Domestic Relations
6 Sep 2018
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Courts and crime: a lot of political rhetoric about crime focuses on criminal courts. Courts and the criminal justice system: police are responsible for apprehending the criminals, courts find out if those arrested are legally guilty and determine sentencing, corrections carries out the penalty imposed. Learning objective 1: four key elements defining law. Chapter two: a body of rules, enacted by public officers, in a legitimate manner, backed by the force of the state. Learning objective 2: 3 key characteristics of common law: judge- made law, precedent, multiple sources of law. Learning objective 3: importance of an adversary system: seeks to protect individual rights by diffusing governmental power in several actors and insisting the defendant is innocent until proven guilty. Learning objective 4: amendments of the bill of rights that specifically deal with criminal procedures: 4, 5, 6, 8. Learning objective 5: 5 major areas of civil law: tort, contract, property, domestic relations, inheritance/probate.
