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?
Sources to consider:
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Herasimchuk, Cathleen C. “New Federalism: Judicial Legislation by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.” Tex. L. Rev. 68 (1989): 1481.
Judice, C. Raymond. “Texas Judicial System: Historical Development and Efforts Towards Court Modernization, The.” S. Tex. LR 14 (1972): 295.
McCormick, Charles T. “Modernizing the Texas Judicial System.” Tex. L. Rev.21 (1942): 673.
