LEADER 05341oam 2200625I 450 001 9910464435403321 005 20210616033336.0 010 $a1-315-72215-1 010 $a1-317-52414-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315722153 035 $a(CKB)3710000000088586 035 $a(EBL)1791019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12432950 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11158069 035 $a(PQKB)11603281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1791019 035 $a(OCoLC)897455691 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000088586 100 $a20180706e20152014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican criminal courts $elegal process and social context /$fCasey Welch and John Randolph Fuller 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (615 p.) 300 $a"First published 2014 by Anderson Publishing"--T.p. verso. 311 $a1-322-15550-X 311 $a1-4557-2599-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND DEDICATIONS; PREFACE; ONLINE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RESOURCES; CHAPTER 1 Principles and Decision-Making in U.S. Criminal Courts; The Rule of Law; Importance of Studying Criminal Courts; Overview of the Criminal Justice System; Theme 1: Steady Principles and Contextualized Changes; Legal Principles as a Source of Stability; Changes in the Courts; Theme 2: State Power and Individual Rights; Crime Control: The Exertion of State Power; Due Process: Individual Rights and Constraint of Arbitrary State Power 327 $aDue Process and the Three Branches of GovernmentProcedural Laws and Codes of Criminal Procedure; Balancing Crime Control and Individual Rights; Theme 3: Motivations, Decisions, and Actions of the Courtroom Workers; Patterns and Variance; Legal Frame: Principles, Duties of the Court, Procedure, and Reasoning; Internal Ecology: Organization, Processes, and Relationships Within a Court; External Ecology: Characteristics of Community; Legal Reality; Summary; References; Part 1 Formal Social Control; CHAPTER 2 Social Control, Comparative Courts, and the Development of the U.S. Judicial System 327 $aSocial Order and Social ControlSocial Order in Simple Societies; Transitional History: Empires and the Birth of Law and Courts; The Modern Nation-State and the Expansion of Courts; Comparative Legal and Court Systems; The Creation and Adaptation of U.S. Courts; The Federal Constitution; A National Judiciary; The Federalist System; Dialectics of Due Process and Crime Control; Modern Changes in the Criminal Courts; Industrial Revolution, Immigration, and Urbanization; Bureaucracies and Professional Training; Public Policy and Social Engineering; Professional Organizations 327 $aDue-Process RevolutionSummary; References; CHAPTER 3 The Structure of Federal and State Courts; The Role of Criminal Courts: Limitations and Duties; Different Courts for Different Disputes; Issues Common to Federal and State Courts; Jurisdiction; Civil Courts; Original Jurisdiction: Criminal Trial Courts; Appellate Jurisdiction: Intermediate Appellate Courts; The High Court; Jurisdiction and Structure of Federal Constitutional Courts; U.S. Magistrate Courts; U.S. District Courts; U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court; State Courts; State Court Caseload and Jurisdiction 327 $aStructure of State Courts: Original and Appellate JurisdictionBudgets and Unification of State Courts; Specialized State Courts; Summary; References; CHAPTER 4 Criminal Law, Crime, and the Criminal Court Process; Law as the Foundation of State Power and Individual Rights; Definition of Law; Types and Sources of Law; Constitutional Law; Statutory Law: Private and Public; Judicial Law; Substantive Criminal Laws: Criminal Justice System Powers and Boundaries; Procedural Laws: Rules for Enforcing Rules; The Definition of Crime: Legal Reality and the Criminal Justice System Boundary 327 $aElements of a Crime 330 $aAmerican Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context is an introductory-level text that offers a comprehensive study of the legal processes that guide criminal courts and the social contexts that introduce variations in the activities of actors inside and outside the court. Specifically the text focuses upon: Legal Processes. U.S. criminal courts are constrained by several legal processes and organizational structures that determine how the courts operate and how laws are applied. This book explores how democratic processes develop the criminal law in the United States, the documents tha 606 $aCriminal courts$zUnited States 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCriminal courts 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of 676 $a345.7301 700 $aWelch$b Casey.$0925869 701 $aFuller$b John R$0873619 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464435403321 996 $aAmerican criminal courts$92078824 997 $aUNINA