Judgement

Another way of looking at this is that the defense lawyer almost never really knows whether the defendant is guilty...

Good judgement includes prioritising, meeting deadlines and carefully planning, which are tools that enable us to effectively cope in difficult...

Unlike all other federal courts, the Supreme Court has discretion to decide which cases it will hear. The Supreme Court...

In US law, a pretext usually describes false reasons that hide the true intentions or motivations for a legal action....

civil law

To produce an electric current, three things are needed: a supply of electric charges (electrons) which are free to flow,...

Statutory law is law that's written by a legislative body. It's law that a government deliberately creates through elected legislators...

A few months after the defendant is found guilty, they return to court to be sentenced. The judge receives guidance...

The Role of Judges A judge is not a prosecutor. Judges don't arrest people or try to prove them guilty....

Article III of the Constitution governs the appointment, tenure, and payment of Supreme Court justices, and federal circuit and district...