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state court structure  

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  • Although some similarities exist, generally speaking each of the fifty states of the United States has its own unique court structure. While forty-nine of the fifty states have legal systems based on the English common law tradition (Louisiana, the exception, reflects its French history and has a civil law legal system), each also has a unique cultural, historical, and legal tradition, and there are also variations in the structural and procedural mechanisms whereby each state administers justice. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Court Structure, State]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C0C1JDMR-7

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