What is the function of courts in American society, and why do we have a dual court system?
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The functions of the court are to uphold the laws as created and defined by legislature, protect individuals, resolve disputes, and reinforce social norms. Courts have legal authority to make binding decisions.
A dual court system allows for separate courts for the federal government and federal issues from a state court system that addresses state legal issues. A dual court system is desirable because it parallels federalism, wherein the only powers of the federal government are those explicitly listed and the rest of the binding legal powers are left to the individual states.
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a. most of the robbers planned their crimes in great detail. b. the robbers had been incarcerated an average of half of their criminal careers. c. the robbers were more likely to have been arrested for any given crime as a juvenile than as a adult. d. fulfilling financial needs became relatively less important as a motive for the robbers' crimes as they got older.
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