Outline of the U.S. Legal System /
Summary: Every business day, courts throughout the United States render decisions that together affect many thousands of people. Some affect only the parties to a particular legal action, but others adjudicate rights, benefits, and legal principles that have an impact on all Americans. This book sur...
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Table of Contents:
- Content: Introduction: The U.S. legal system
- Ch. 1: History and organization of the federal judicial system
- Ch. 2: History and organization of state judicial systems
- Ch. 3: Jurisdiction and policy-making boundaries
- Ch. 4: Lawyers, litigants, and interest groups in the judicial process
- Ch. 5: The criminal court process
- Ch. 6: The civil court process
- Ch. 7: Federal judges
- Ch. 8: Implementation and impact of judicial policies
- The Constitution of the United States
- Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.