ABSTRACT
Essentially, the legislative branch (the House of Representatives and the Senate) is responsible for enacting statues, the executive branch (the President) is responsible for enforcing those statutes, and the judicial branch (the Supreme Court and other lower or “inferior”
12.1 e U.S. Legal System 377 12.1.1 History and Terminology 377 12.1.2 Court Systems 378 12.1.3 Application of Law in Cases 379
12.2 Criminal Law 382 12.3 Civil Law 385 12.4 Adversarial System of Law 386 12.5 e Dentist as a Witness 386
12.5.1 Fact Witness 386 12.5.2 Expert Witness 386
12.6 Legal Terminology 387 12.6.1 Subpoena 387 12.6.2 Expert Witness Qualication and Voir Dire 387
12.7 Expert Witness Testimony 388 12.7.1 Expert Witness Immunity and Liability 389 12.7.2 Expert Witness Liability 390
12.8 Rules of Evidence 391 12.9 Tips for Expert Witnesses 392
12.9.1 Cross-Examination 393 12.9.2 Expert Witness Relationship with Case Counsel 394
References 394
federal courts) is responsible for adjudicating disputes that arise involving the interpretation of those statutes and the U.S. Constitution.
