Blog

One of these differences in civil law and criminal law is the basis of what is being tried.  In civil law  the court makes determinations regarding the issues involved in the case and providing the proper remedy to the situation.  In criminal law the court makes determinations regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused and:  

Civil litigation is the process of maintaining and advancing a lawsuit from beginning to final judgment.

We looked at several types of jurisdiction in the court system including all the following except:

To hear a case and render a verdict a court must have jurisdiction over either the parties or the subject matter, but not both.

Discovery refers to the process of obtaining information and gathering evidence from the opposition in a court proceeding.  The methods of discovery that we discussed include all the following except: 

The reason a Plaintiff presents his/her case first is because he/she filed the lawsuit.

A court is an impartial tribunal charged with hearing a dispute and reaching a fair outcome.

William the Conqueror envisioned  more uniform courts  and established ______________________ where the primary remedies were land, money and other things of valuse.

As we discussed common law and stability in judicial decisions part of our discussion concerned the need for predictability and stability, but also balancing that with the need for the law to change with the changes in society.  One of the greatest case examples of this principle is the change in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson .  In the early 1950′ s the U.S. Supreme Court decision in _______________________ overturned the earlier decision in  Plessy v. Ferguson and abolished this doctrine finding it to be inherently unequal.

The Sixth Amendment contains protections that apply specifically to judicial/criminal proceedings.  These protections were expanded in the case of __________________________ .