POLI 2051 Chapter : Chapter 15 Judiciary Final Notes
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The job of courts is to resolve legal disputes using the adversarial system: under an adversarial system, each party presents its version of events, with virtually all attempts to slant information short of lying under oath deemed acceptable. * this is where lawyers can sometimes give defense lawyers a bad reputation. If trial courts make mistakes about questions of law, the american legal system allows for appeals: appeals are heard by appeals courts and by the supreme court. * when trial in courts make mistakes, there is where people can appeal. Its not juries, just judges in the appellate court. In criminal cases, the government prosecutes an individual for breaking the law. In civil suits, a plaintiff sues a defendant to enforce a right or to win monetary damages. The u. s. constitution guarantees jury trials in all criminal cases and in all civil suits over .
