concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: judicial systems

courts of law
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

criminal justice
type: Concept
narrower: judicial systems

decision making in democracies
type: Concept
narrower: judicial systems

hearings (law)
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

judicial councils and conferences
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

judicial discretion
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

judicial diversion
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

judicial elections
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

judicial systems
type: Concept
broader: criminal justice
broader: decision making in democracies
definition: Although the core of judicial systems is the trial, pretrial practices dispose of most potential litigation. Social, economic, or political pressures or lack of knowledge or resources will inhibit most aggrieved parties from bringing suits. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Judicial Systems]
narrower: juries
narrower: military justice
narrower: judicial councils and conferences
narrower: courts of law
narrower: hearings (law)
narrower: judicial discretion
narrower: trials
narrower: judicial elections
narrower: judicial diversion

juries
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

military justice
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems

trials
type: Concept
broader: judicial systems