Author Question: In 1987, the National Center for State Courts received a grant from theBureau of Justice Assistance ... (Read 42 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Aug 23, 2018

In 1987, the National Center for State Courts received a grant from theBureau of Justice Assistance to create its __________, which was chargedwith developing performance standards that could be used by the statecourts.

a. Commission on Trial Court Performance Standards
b. Committee to Improve Court Performance Standards
c. Organization for Judicial Performance Standards
d. Administrative and Court Performance Standards Group

Question 2

Explain how privileged relationships came about in the American court system.

What will be an ideal response?

memslove · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution adopted much of the legal rationale from English common law and recognized the importance of privileged communications. The courts have defined such privileges narrowly and expressed reluctance to expand their boundaries. State governments were the first to recognize that relationships grounded in socially valued intimacies, must be protected against governmental invasion. Statues emerged at the same time as compulsory witness testimony. In 1972 the Federal Rules of Evidence originally drafted to nine distinct privileges. Congress rejected the federal privileges, and privileged communications varies across jurisdictions and no absolute standard exists for their admission.