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State and Federal law

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1. What is the difference between state and federal law?

2. What is the difference between the court system and ADR and why would you use one over the other?

3. Knowing what you know about our legal system, what changes do you feel need to be made if any?

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The difference between state and federal law and the court system and ADR is provided. The changes that need to be made in our legal system are given.

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1) State law is different for each state and thus each state can have laws that are only appropriate for them (such as Texas and oil law). Federal applies to all states regardless and are applied in addition to the ...

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