Summarize the organization of state courts.
What will be an ideal response?
State courts are the centers of legal activity. Over 95% of all legal cases are filed in state courts. An estimated one billion cases were filed in state courts over the past decade. State cases are brought under state laws and state constitutions. In some instances, cities and counties are authorized to adopt municipal codes, which are another source of state law. For example, roughly 13 cities prohibit the ownership of certain breeds of dogs that are considered a public danger.
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Science used by someone to advance his or her own political priorities is known as a(n) ________________
a. academic attention getter b. academic lobbyist c. academic crusade. d. academic bias
The ____________________ refers to the minimum age at which a child may be charged with a criminal act
a. criminal intent rule c. offender rule b. responsibility rule d. infancy rule
Should a judge or justice be unable to render a fair verdict/finding for whatever reason, that judge or justice should _____ him/herself from the case.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Criminologist Robert Bohm’s 1993 presidential address to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences urged scholars to ______.
a. influence policy b. conduct research c. become technocrats d. understand diversity