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Assignment: 1. Court System

• What is the dual-court system(civil/criminal), and why does America have a dual-court system?

• Court unification involves consolidating many lower courts of special or limited jurisdiction into a centrally run court system. The federal district courts hear both civil and criminal cases in the same courtrooms, heard by the same judge. Could a large, single court system like the federal district courts be an effective system at the state level? Consider how it would change the court system in your state.

2. Judges

• Judges have specific philosophical rationales and sentencing guidelines when providing a judgment over presented facts.

• If you were a judge, what would be your sentencing goals and philosophical rationales? Why?

• Would you lean more toward rehabilitation, for example, or might you tend toward retribution?

• What factors would matter most to you when deciding a sentence?

• Under what circumstances (if any) would your guidelines or sentencing goals change?

3. What is an example of a situation that might be extremely difficult to judge that could make you change your sentencing goals or philosophical rationales?