Texas Judicial System Criminal and Civil Courts

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The Texas Judicial System is divided into separate Criminal and Civil Courts at the lowest and highest levels, but it is not necessarily divided into separate Criminal and Civil Courts at the intermediate levels. Why do you think this is so? What advantages or disadvantages does a split judiciary hold for dispute resolution in Texas?

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The Texas Judicial System - Outline
Thesis Statement: The court process in Texas is unique because different levels of courts
operate differently
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Why the judiciary of Texas has separate Criminal and Civil Courts at the lowest and
highest levels, but shares courts at Criminal and Civil Courts at the intermediate levels

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Advantages or disadvantages a split judiciary holds for dispute resolution in Texas


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I. Why the judiciary of Texas has separate Criminal and Civil Courts at the lowest and highest
levels, but shares courts at Criminal and Civil Courts at the intermediate levels
The Judicial Structure of Texas
Texas has a unique court structure. They begin at the grassroots level all differentiated, at the
middle level, they merge into one stream of justice before differentiating again at the apex. That
is a novel attempt to manage the logistical hassle of dealing with a massive flow of litigation and
ensuring the maximum efficiency of the available number of judicial officers in the state. In
other words, the only reason that Texas has a different court structure is so that there can be a
way of regulating the quality of decisions that go through to the Supreme Courts (Raymond 90812). The historical reasons for this state of affairs stem from way back in the reconstruction
epoch.
The Union was implementing the Fourteenth Amendment and that petrified the
Confederates. They simply could not imagine a life where African –Americans could access
administrative justice. It would disrupt the status quo irreparably. Therefore, they reorganized the
courts in such a ma...


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