Chapter 3.2

  1. In the United States, courts, as disputes-processing institutions, are composed of four distinct groups of participants
    litigants, lawyers, judges, and juries.
  2. Gov and others try to settle an disagreement and regulate their own behavior and behavior of others
    Litigants
  3. responsible for the admin of the court. Man in power
    judges
  4. The jury system came to American shores with the ____ in _____
    British settlers in 1607.
  5. ____ all judges are lawyers in the United States, but only a small fraction of lawyers ever become judges
    Almost
  6. law is a game and players must be highly trained
    lawyers
  7. traced back to civil and criminal inquires conducted under old ANGLO-SAXON law in England
    AD 725
  8. One of the most important functions of a trial lawyer is
    jury selection
  9. ____ is not limited to criminal cases
    Plea bargaining
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Chapter 3.2
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