Courts Chapter 4
Which of the following is not an essential element of therapeutic jurisprudence?
adversarial adjudication
What is the principal objective of a unified court system?
centralized management
What event following the Civil War produced fundamental changes in the structure of the American Judiciary?
rapid industrialization
Which of the following is not a problem confronting lower courts?
strict court procedures
Which of the following states does not have any trial courts of limited jurisdiction?
California
Which of the following statements is true about drug courts?
These courts assume that treatment will reduce the likelihood that convicted drug offenders will reoffend.
A person cited for a misdemeanor would most likely appear before
a court of limited jurisdiction.
What type of cases do major trial courts decide?
felonies
How many layers exist in a typical court system?
four
In states without intermediate appellate courts, state supreme courts
have no power to choose which cases will be placed on their dockets.
Litigants in state courts are most often
individuals and small businesses.
What is another name for a trial court of limited jurisdiction?
inferior court
What judges typically authorize search warrants?
lower court judges
Misdemeanors are handled by which courts?
lower courts
In Ewing v. California (2002), the U.S. Supreme Court decided what State of California law?
three strikes
What courts are at the first level of state courts?
trial courts of limited jurisdiction
