Law, Courts, and Due Process

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Law, Courts, and Due Process

Criminal and Civil Law Types of Civil Cases Common-law Real property Precedents Stare decisis Statutory law Common-law marriage Community-property Homestead Probate Intestate Real property Administrative law Charter Writs of injunction Closed shop Union shop Slander/libel Tort Vernon’s Annotated

Civil and Criminal Law Types of Crimes Crime Felony misdemeanor

Figure 7.1 – Texas’s Crime Rate Since 1987 ** Total of violent and property crimes (burglary, theft, and motor vehicle theft) per 100,000 population. Murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Source: Department of Public Safety, Crime in Texas: Calendar Year 2002, p. 14.

The Courts Trial and Appeal Original Jurisdiction Appellate Jurisdiction

The Courts Trial Courts’ Jurisdiction Municipal Courts Justices of the Peace County Courts County Courts-at-Law District Courts

The Courts Appellate Jurisdiction Courts of Appeal Texas Supreme Court Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

The Selection of Judge and Juries Selection and Qualifications of Judges Partisan Elections The Merit Plan Texas’s Appointive-Elective System Qualifications

The Selection of Judge and Juries Selection of trial (petit juries) Venire Voir dire Peremptory challenges Selection of grand juries Grand juries Prima facie Indictment

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