2305+-+The+Judiciary+-+Definition+and+Historical+Background

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Goals: After reading through the material above, you should be able to address the following questions:

- What court can potential resolve any judicial conflict in the United States? - What is a trial? What is an appeal? What is adjudication? - What is the power of judicial review and why does it matter? - Be familiar with the concept of common law and its origins. - Be familiar with the concept of due process and its origins. - What does due process attempt to accomplish? What is its purpose? - How did British monarchs attempt to control the judicial process? Why might this be a problem? - Be familiar with the issues associated with the Star Chamber. - What impact did Magna Carta and the British Bill of Rights have on courts and court proceedings in Britain, and later the US? - What grievances regarding the judiciary did the colonists detail in the Declaration of Independence? - What is stare decisis and precedence? What do they tell us about court procedures? - What makes the US Judiciary significantly different than the other branches on the national level? - Why is an independent judiciary argued to be necessary? How is an independent judiciary established? - What are public attitudes about the judiciary as opposed to the other branches? - What checks does the judiciary have on the other branches? How is it checked by the other branches? - What types of laws exist in the US and which take precedence over the others? Why?