Record Nr.

UNINA9910797576003321

Autore

Miller William S. <1946->

Titolo

A primer on American courts / / William S. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London : , : 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

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""

Sommario/riassunto

This brief, accessible, and inexpensive supplement on American courts

and their functions provides undergraduate, or first-year law students, with an understanding of the key substantive and procedural concepts that they need to know to study the law or the judicial process. Recognizing that there are many substantive and procedural concepts about American courts that students must first grasp in order to study the law or the judicial process, this brief text answers important questions about justiciability, standing, jurisdiction, and judicial power. With a stronger historical context, this text is a perfect complement to a text on Constitutional Law, Judicial Process, or a legal casebook, and will help students master the legal vocabulary with which they are confronted.