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Chapter I
Opening Thoughts - Defining Elements of the U.S. Common Law
System ......................................................... 15
Chapter II
The Constitution of the United States ................................. 19
I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 19
II. A STRUCTURAL OVERVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES...................................................... 20
A. The Preamble ................................................... 20
B. The Articles: The Body of the Constitution ............ 20
C. The Amendments.................................................. 20
III. THE ARTICLES: GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES AND SHARED
POWERS............................................................. 21
A. The National Government: Separation of Powers and Checks
and Balances ................................................... 21
1. Separation of powers: an overview of the federal government. 21
a. Article I: The U.S. Congress..................... 21
(1) Two chambers.......................................... 21
(a) The House of Representatives ...................... 22
(b) The Senate......................................... 22
(2) Congress as a non-parliamentary body......... 22
(3) The legislative process............................... 22
(4) Limits on federal legislative power................... 23
(5) The non-delegation doctrine .......................... 24
b. Article II: The federal executive ........................ 25
c. Article III: The federal judiciary........................ 26
2. Checks and balances ........................................ 27
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B. Federalism: The Relationship between State and Federal Govern-
ments ........................................................
IV. THE AMENDMENTS: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
AND STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS......................................
Chapter III
U.S. Judicial Systems ............................................
I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW....................................
33. FEDERAL COURTS.....................................................
A. Constitutional Basis and Structure .......................
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B. Overview of Federal Court Structure ......................
1. United States District Courts..........................
2. United States Court of Appeals ........................
3. Supreme Court of the United States ....................
C. Administration of the Federal Court System ...............
III. CHOOSING A COURT: JURISDICTION AND RELATED ISSUES ..
A. Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Federal or State Court? .....
1. Federal question jurisdiction .........................
2. Diversity jurisdiction .................................... 4*
3. A note about removal and supplemental jurisdiction ........ 4^
4. Effect of a lack of subject matter jurisdiction .......... -1.
B. Personal Jurisdiction ....................................
1. State long-arm statute ................................... ±,
2. Due process ............................................... 4?
C. Venue .................................................... 4f
D. Choice of Law............................................. 4i
1. Procedural matters ........................................ 44
2. Substantive matters ....................................... 4*
IV. SOME NOTES ABOUT STATE COURT SYSTEMS............................. 4,
A. Autonomous and Independent systems ....................... 4
B. Structure of State Court Systems..........................
C. Selection of State Court Judges .......................... 41
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Chapter IV
U S. Sources of Law and Related Issues ........................... 49
l INTRODUCTION ................................................. 49
II. PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY U.S. LEGAL AUTHORITIES............. 49
A. Primary Sources of Law ......................................... 49
1. Defined ..................................................... 49
2. Primary sources of law as a reflection of federalism and sepa-
ration of powers................................................ 49
3. Hierarchy of primary sources of law .................... 50
B. Secondary Legal Authorities..................................... 50
1. Law review/journal articles ................................. 50
2. Legal Encyclopedias/Treatises/American Law Reports ..... 51
a. Legal Encyclopedias ...................................... 51
b. Treatises ................................................ 52
c. American Law Reports (A.L.R.) ....................... 52
3. Restatements ................................................ 52
4. Model and uniform laws ................................. 53
a. Uniform laws ............................................. 53
b. Model laws ............................................. 53
in. FINDING TOOLS ................................................ 54
A. Finding Case Law ............................................... 54
1. Case reporters .............................................. 54
a. State court reporters .................................... 54
b. Federal court reporters ................................ 54
(1) Supreme Court reporters ............................ 54
(2) Court of appeals reporter ............................ 54
(3) District court reporters ............................. 55
2. Case finding tools .......................................... 55
a. Digests .................................................. 55
b. Legal Encyclopedias/Treatises/American Law Reports ... 56
c. Citator Systems........................................... 56
B. Finding Statutes ............................................... 56
1. Sources of codified law ..................................... 56
2. Annotated codes ............................................. 56
C. Finding Agency and Other Executive Materials ................... 57
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IV. CITATION CONVENTION....................................... 57
V. FINDING U.S. LAW ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB..................... 59
Chapter V
Common Law Development and the Uses of Precedent............... 61
L COMMON LAW AND COMMON LAW DEVELOPMENT ..................... 61
II. WORKING WITH CASE LAW .................................... 63
A. Anatomy of a Case........................................... 63
B. Briefing a Case............................................. 65
C. Synthesizing Case Law .J.................................... 67
III. RULES OF STARE DECISIS ........................................ 67
A. General Remarks ............................................ 67
B. Rationale for Stare Decisis ................................ 68
1. Predictability ........................................... 68
2. Fairness ................................................. 68
3. Judicial efficiency....................................... 68
4. Integrity of the judicial system .................... 68
5. Conscientious judicial decision making ................... 69
C. Operation of Stare Decisis Principles ...................... 69
1. The legal issue presented................................. 69
2. Relationship between the courts .......................... 69
a. Rulings of the United States Supreme Court ............ 70
b. Rulings of the United States courts of appeal ......... 70
c. Rulings of the United States district courts .......... 70
3. Facts .................................................... 71
4. Holding versus dictum .................................... 71
D. Overruling Precedent........................................ 72
Chapter VI
Litigation and Other Dispute Resolution Processes in the United Sta-
tes .............................................................. 75
I. INTRODUCTION .............................................. 75
II. SOME NOTES ABOUT SETTLEMENT AND PLEA BARGAINS ............ 75
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III. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION............................... 76
A. Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution ................ 76
B. Mediation ..................................................... 76
C. Arbitration.................................................... 76
D. Benefits of ADR Mechanisms .................................... 77
IV. CIVIL LITIGATION ............................................. 78
A. Introduction .................................................. 78
B. The Players: The Role of the Parties, the Attorneys, the Judge,
and the Jury ................................................... 78
1. The parties and their attorneys ............................. 78
a. The adversarial system and the importance of the parties/
attorneys................................................. 79
b. Contingency fees possible ................................ 79
c. No attorney fee shifting ................................. 79
2. The judge ................................................... 80
3. The jury..................................................... 80
a. Introduction to the jury system...................... 80
b. Advantages and Drawbacks ................................. 81
(1) Advantages of the jury system ................... 81
(a) Improves chances for settlement ................ 81
(b) Confidence in the system ......................... 81
(c) Public participation in the administration of jus-
tice ................................................. 82
(2) Criticisms of the jury system ........................ 82
(a) Time and cost .................................... 82
(b) Rigidity of procedures ........................... 82
(c) Irrational decision-making ....................... 83
C An Overview of Civil Litigation ............................. 83
1. Starting the litigation: Preliminary Considerations ......... 83
2. The complaint .......................................... 83
3. Defendant s response to the complaint....................... 84
a. Answer ................................................... 85
b. Motion to dismiss ........................................ 85
4. Managerial judging: Scheduling and other pre-trial orders ... 86
5. Discovery ................................................... 86
a. Introduction ............................................. 86
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b. Scope of discovery ........................................ 87
(1) Broad discovery permitted ............................. 87
(2) Exceptions from discovery ............................. 87
(a) Attorney client privilege ......................... 87
(b) Work product exception ............................ 88
c. Discovery devices ......................................... 88
(1) Interrogatories........................................ 88
(2) Requests for production of documents and other
things ................................................ 88
(3) Depositions............................................ 89
(4) Requests to admit ..................................... 89
(5) Physical or mental examination......................... 89
d. Discovery practice qnd procedure: The role of the court .. 90
(1) Motion to compel ...................................... 90
(2) Motion for protective order ........................... 90
6. Summary judgment motions ..................................... 90
7. Other pre-trial motions ...................................... 91
8. Trial ........................................................ 91
a. Selecting the jury......................................... 91
(1) Developing the pool............................... 92
(2) Automatic exclusions .................................. 92
(3) Voir dire.............................................. 92
(a) Introduction and overview ......................... 92
(b) Challenges to prospective jurors .................. 92
(i) Challenges for cause ......................... 93
(ii) Peremptory challenges ......................... 93
b. Opening statements ........................................ 93
c. Introduction of evidence .................................. 93
d. Closing statements ........................................ 95
e. Jury Charge................................................ 95
f. Jury deliberations and verdict and the issue of punitive
damages ................................................... 96
(1) Jury deliberations and verdict ........................ 96
(2) Punitive damages ...................................... 96
9. Post trial motions............................................ 98
10. Entry of judgment ........................................... 98
11. Enforcement of judgment ..................................... 98
V. CRIMINAL LITIGATION ............................................ 98
A. Introduction ................................................ 98
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B. An Overview of Criminal Litigation......................... 99
1. Indictment by grand jury .................................... 99
2. Arrest interview ............................................ 99
3. Probable cause hearing .................................... 99
4. Arraignment ................................................ 100
5. Discovery .................................................. 100
6. Evidentiary motions ...................................... 100
7. Trial by jury .............................................. 100
8. Punishment.................................................. 101
VI. APPEALS AND THE APPELLATE PROCESS ............................. 101
Appendix I: Constitution of the United States of America .......... 105
Appendix II: Geographic Boundaries of the United States Courts of
Appeals and United States Districts Courts....................... 123
Appendix III: Template of an Interoffice Memorandum ............... 125
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