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This 3-page paper discusses the dual court system in the U.S., its purpose and whether a single-court system would be more efficient. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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courts, they must be impartial and grant everyone equal access to justice (OConnor, 2004). Basically, all laws move back to the U.S. Constitution (which is important to understanding the legal
system) (Queens University, 2004). Since time immemorial, the United States has had what is called a dual court system. This system is unique
in that it is divided into two administratively separate systems - the federal court and the state court (and both of these are independent of the executive and legislative branches
of government (The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2001). The reason why we have a double-court system dates back to colonial times, and came about pretty
much by accident. Basically, by the time the U.S. Constitution had mandated in 1789 the establishment of a federal judiciary, each of the original 13 Colonies already had a court
system in place, one based on the English model (The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2001). The Federal Court included the Supreme Court, federal district courts and court of appeals (The Columbia Encyclopedia,
2001). The state level, however, is not quite so simple - and no two states have similar judiciaries, which makes defining this particular level so difficult. Generally, the state courts
have, at their lowest level, the inferior courts (which might include magistrate court, municipal court, justice of the peace, police court and traffic court); superior court (which hears appeals from
the inferior courts and has jurisdiction over crimes and major civil suits) and the generally highest level, the appellate court (or state supreme court), which hears appeals from the superior
courts (The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2001). As the country grew, so did the dual system, and each came to "exercise exclusive jurisdiction in some
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