Legal environment of the new millennium- Vocab and cases

Aristotle: “ the law is a pledge that citizens of a state will do justice to one another.”
Black’s law dictionary: “that which must be obeyed and followed by citizens, subject to sanctions or legal consequences.”
Status and process is a concept that makes judicial decisions easier to understand. If one is able to ascertain who enjoys favored status with the law it is often possible to predict the outcome of a case without even knowing the law.
The caption of a case identifies the parties to the lawsuit.
The citation tells a person how to locate the case.
The appellant appeals the lower court’s decision. The party against whom the appeal is filed is the “appellee.”
When a decision is affirmed, the appellate court determines that the lower court reached the correct decision.
A case may also be remanded to the trial court. This occurs when the appellate court finds that the trial judge committed an error in deciding the case or additional evidence must be obtaine...