03550oam 2200565I 450 991079757600332120210330043532.01-317-35015-41-315-66478-X1-317-35014-610.4324/9781315664781 (CKB)3710000000465835(EBL)3570427(MiAaPQ)EBC3570427(Au-PeEL)EBL3570427(CaPaEBR)ebr11093378(OCoLC)929512619(OCoLC)970390384(OCoLC)919087019(OCoLC-P)919087019(FlBoTFG)9781315664781(EXLCZ)99371000000046583520150824d2016 uy 0engurcnu---unuuurdacontentrdamediardacarrierA primer on American courts /William S. MillerLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (209 p.)First published 2005 by Pearson Education, Inc.0-02-399600-5 0-321-10615-6 ""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""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.CourtsUnited StatesProcedure (Law)United StatesCourtsProcedure (Law)347.731Miller William S.1946-1543354OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910797576003321A primer on American courts3796756UNINA