What is the structure of national and state court systems

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A. Law & Legal Processes

1. What is the structure of the national and state court systems?

2. Which system of courts, state or federal (national), handle more cases?

3. What is a court's "jurisdiction"?

4. What sorts of cases do the federal (national) courts hear? The state courts?

5. What are the differences between original and appellate courts?

6. What is the difference between civil and criminal law?

7. Do state courts in Texas handle more criminal or civil cases?

8. What are the main types of civil cases handled by in the Texas state courts?

9. What are the major types of criminal cases handled in Texas state courts?

B. Courts & Judges

10. What is the structure of the Texas court system?

11. What is the jurisdiction of trial courts?

12. What sorts of cases do municipal courts handle?

13. What sorts of cases do Justice of the Peace (JP) courts handle?

14. What sorts of cases do County Courts handle?

15. What sorts of cases do State District Courts handle?

16. How many appellate courts are there?

17. What is the job of the appeals courts? Do they hear civil or criminal cases (or both)?

18. What are the two "high courts" or "courts of last resort" in Texas? What is the difference between them?

19. How many judges are there on each of Texas' two highest courts?

20. Where do the cases the high courts hear come from?

21. How are federal (national) judges chosen? How long do they serve?

22. What are some ways states can choose judges?

23. How are Texas judges chosen?

24. What is the term in office of most trial court judges in Texas? For appellate court judges?

25. How do almost half of Texas judges first come to serve as judges?

26. How can Texas judges be removed from office?

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