[Kathy63]

You are not entitled to an attorney in small claims court either.

If you are a defendant and you lose, you can appeal your case to the Superior Court and have both attorney and jury. You have to pay for these things, including jury fees, but you can have them if you wish. If you are a plaintiff and you lose, since you chose the venue, you can't appeal anywhere. Most people make a conscious decision not to appeal because the amount in question is far, far smaller than what it would cost to hire and attorney and pay court costs and jury fees.

There was a successful revolution of British Rule, not not British law. We made a decision to truck along British common law and keep it (Except for Louisiana that has the Napoleonic Code). In that we are like Pakistan and India both of which chose to adopt British common law, although Pakistan does have Sharia Courts too.