Talk:Circuit court

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To what do the numbers refer? Eg 'ninth circuit court'?

Circuit courts in the UK
According to some other articles, England and Wales also have circuit courts, why are these not mentioned in the article?

2/8/2010: US Circuit Courts description is too ambiguous - it cites several aspects over which the courts USED TO have jurisdiction, but is entirely unclear about their current jurisdiction. There are also several theoretical links between the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts in the US that are not covered in this article (e.g. Songer, Segal, and Cameron 1994, etc). The section on circuit courts in the UK is just a list of trivia facts about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.189.17 (talk) 20:28, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Circuit Courts based on the Judeo-Christian Bible
The oldest mentioning of a "circuit judge" is in the Old Testament of the Judeo-Christian Bible:

(1 Samuel 7:15 KJV) "And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life."

(1 Samuel 7:16 KJV) "And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places."

(1 Samuel 7:17 KJV) "And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD."

The Circuit Court form of government is superior to a hierarchy form of government because it emphasizes the equality of the leaders and judges with the common citizens :

(Deuteronomy 17:18 KJV) "And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:"

(Deuteronomy 17:19 KJV) "And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:"

(Deuteronomy 17:20 KJV) "That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel."

Hierarchy forms of government encourage the leaders and judges to consider themselves "ABOVE" their fellow citizens, which denies the fact of human equality.

Circuit Court imagery encourages the Judges to consider themselves to be "AMONG, NOT ABOVE" their fellow citizens, which is to remind the Judges of their human equality with those they are settling disputes for.

Warning Of A Blindness Hierarchy On The American One Dollar Bill

It is possible that symbolism in the Old Testament book of Ezekiel is representing smaller circuit courts being governed by larger courts when it speaks of "the wheels within a wheel" :

(Ezekiel 1:16 KJV) "The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel."

ReJoiCe In God (talk) 05:52, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

I have read that the circuit court was imposed by the Normans on the Anglo Saxons. The title Judge replaced the Mayor as official over legal proceedings. The trial replaced the tribunal. The reason for the circuit court was to review all cases against Norman soldiers and officials to assure they were not wrongfully arrested in opposition to the Norman King. Thus the word circuit or area of jurisdiction of the ranks gets its meaning. The United States imposed the Circuit Court on the south to assure its laws were enforced in Southern States. I have also read that Peter The Great imported the Circuit Court from England to Russia. Strangely enough the Swedish Vikings hated by Russia outlawed the Circuit Court in the time just before the Normans. The title of Olaf held by Swedish monarchy outlawed just before Hitler probably influenced the Normans being that the title Judge might be viewed as Hakim from the Arab hakim judge and Persian hakim Doctor. Early american literature such as The right to call for unlimited submission by Jonathon Mayhew possibly meaning right to call for Islam imply that early americans were strongly opposed to that type of legal system. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.232.42.147 (talk) 13:40, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Outside 'Anglosphere'?
What about courts in places like Russia for example? Right now, the article focuses on the British isles and the US, which is a bit meagre. 82.217.116.224 (talk) 11:06, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

Home circuit
Home circuit redirects here but there is no mention of this term in the text. What exactly does it mean? Derek Andrews (talk) 15:16, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

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"Home Circuit" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Home Circuit. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 October 25 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. JsfasdF252 (talk) 20:37, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Links to Circuits
In view of the above RfD from two years ago, I've had a look at which other circuits redirect here, and also those that don't. I have found that Home Circuit, Home circuit, Midland Circuit, North Eastern Circuit, North Wales circuit, Wales Circuit and Western Circuit all redirect to Circuit court; Northern Circuit has its own article (to which Northern circuit is a redir), but others redirect to different articles. Midland and Oxford Circuit redirects to Crown Court; Oxford Circuit and Oxford circuit both redir to Assizes; but South Eastern Circuit redirs to Circuit Court (Ireland) (as does Dublin Circuit Criminal Court) whereas South-eastern Circuit redirs to Circuit judge (England and Wales).

Except in the case of Northern Circuit, is it worth trying for consistency? If so, which single article should be the destination? Discussing here before I start some WP:RFDs, also notifyinging the participants in the previous RfD in case they are interested. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 10:22, 30 October 2022 (UTC)