Judicial Systems in America and Singapore

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This paper looks at the differences in the legal and judicial systems of Singapore and the United States. The paper looks at the powers of the Supreme Court in both countries, their common roots in the English legal system, the court system and the classification of misdemeanors.

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"The judicial power in Singapore is vested in the Supreme Court, which consists of a chief justice and an unspecified number of other judges, all appointed by the president acting on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Supreme Court conducts judicial review of the constitutionality of laws. The Constitution establishes two levels of courts-- the Supreme Court and the subordinate courts, meaning the magistrates' courts which try civil and criminal offenses with maximum penalties of three years' imprisonment or a fine of $10,000; the district courts, trying cases with maximum penalties of ten years' imprisonment or a fine of $50,000; the juvenile courts, for offenders below the age of sixteen; the coroners' courts; and the small claims courts, which hear civil and commercial claims for sums of less than $2,000."

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