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OUTLINE OF THE
U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM
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U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM
Bureau of International Information Programs
United States Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov
2004
OUTLINE OF THE
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U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The U.S. Legal System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CHAPTER 1
History and Organization of the Federal Judicial System . . . . . . . . . 18
CHAPTER 2
History and Organization of State Judicial Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CHAPTER 3
Jurisdiction and Policy-Making Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CHAPTER 4
Lawyers, Litigants, and Interest Groups in the Judicial Process . . . . 72
CHAPTER 5
The Criminal Court Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
CHAPTER 6
The Civil Court Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
CHAPTER 7
Federal Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
CHAPTER 8
Implementation and Impact of Judicial Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
The Constitution of the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
OUTLINE OF THE
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INTRODUCTION
THE
U.S.
LEGAL
SYSTEM
In this scene from an 1856
painting by Junius Brutus Searns,
George Washington (standing,
right) addresses the Constitutional
Convention, whose members
drafted and signed the U.S.
Constitution on September 17,
1787. The Constitution is the
primary source of law in the
United States.
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