1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461657803321

Autore

Miller William S. <1946-, >

Titolo

A primer on American courts / / William S. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-35015-4

1-315-66478-X

1-317-35014-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

347.731

Soggetti

Courts - United States

Procedure (Law) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 A Brief History of English and American Courts""; ""The United States Constitution""; ""English Origins""; ""Colonial and Early State Courts""; ""Development of the Federal Courts""; ""Development of the State Courts""; ""Chapter 2 Jurisdiction""; ""The Four J's""; ""Types of Jurisdiction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 Litigation""; ""Civil Cases and Criminal Cases""; ""Civil Procedure""; ""Criminal Procedure""; ""Appellate Procedure""

""Expedited Consideration of Constitutional Issues""""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 Federal and State Courts""; ""Federal Courts-The Powers of Congress""; ""State Courts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5 The Supreme Court""; ""The Structure of the Supreme Court""; ""The Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court""; ""Supreme Court Procedure""; ""Deciding Cases and Preparing Opinions""; ""Effect of Appellate Decisions and Opinions""; ""Appendix A Finding and Citing Legal Sources""; ""Appendix B Analyzing Opinions and Briefing Cases""; ""Appendix C Theories of Judicial Decision-Making""

""Appendix D Additional Federal Courts""""Appendix E The Funnel Effect""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910717075103321

Titolo

The evacuated people : a quantitative description

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority, , [1946]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 200 pages)

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Evacuation of civilians

Japanese Americans - Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

Evacuation of civilians

Japanese

Statistics.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Selective statistics for the 120,000 persons of Japanese descent who came under the jurisdiction of the War Relocation Authority. Presents detailed characteristics of the total group, changing composition of the center populations, resettlement, vital statistics, and pertinent characteristics of special groups developing within the program. Also includes basic data for refugees at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter.