KIM WOODS Assignment

CJS 220 Week 4 Assignment 4A: Research Paper References

Reference #1 :

Scheb, M.(2002). An Introduction to the American Legal System. Cengage Learning: Connecticut

In this article, the author explains about the American Legal System. How the legal system is structured in terms of names and functions each court. He also explains the role of each part of the legal system, plus the role of each court.

Reference #2 :

Feinman, M.(2006). Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System.

Oxford University Press: New York

In this article, the author focuses on how the American Justice System has developed and greatly depended on the ancient system of the American colonialists, the British. He describes the stages and events that led to the development of the justice system.

Reference #3 :

Troutman, N. The Magna Carta (The Great Charter).

[http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm]

Here, the author gives every detail enlisted in the Magna Charter, as created in the year 1215. He explains how the inequalities of rights on juries in the ancient judiciary system, and how it all led to the creation of the Magna Carta Charter. All the principles of the charter of Magna Carta are listed here.

Reference #4 :

Fischer, K. (2004). Magna Carta. Greenwood Publishers: Connecticut

In this article, the author tells how the charter of Magna Carta contributed heavily on the development of the ancient American Judicial System, up to the current. He explains how the charter influenced the creation of the American Constitution during independence, which has remained to be the basis of the current judicial system of America, up to date.

Reference #5 :

Burns, P.(2009). The Death of the American Trial. Oxford University Press: California

For this article, the author observes the forms and process of trials in the ancient America and how some of the process has been adopted in the current generation of America. For example, he notes that the current practice of trial is heavily rooted to the ancient wisdom in trials. He identifies that the trials were used to calm any tension, hence defining the American culture.