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Item Summary - Outline of the U.S. Legal System
Outline of the U.S. Legal System
Collection
Open Textbook Resources
Description
This outline covers the history and organization of the federal and state judicial systems; the criminal and civil court processes; the background, qualifications, and selection of federal judges; the role of other participants (lawyers, defendants, interest groups) in the judicial process; and the implementation and impact of judicial policies. Contents: …
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Purchase Print Version of this Book
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Author/Creator (Digital Rights Manager)
US Dept of State
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Author/Creator (Digital Rights Manager) Details
http://www.america.gov/publications/books/outline-of-us-legal-system.html
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Creator
Sola Neely, Mildred, Clack, George, United States Department of State
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Role
Editor, Editor, Publisher
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ISBN
9781616100605
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Full Description
This outline covers the history and organization of the federal and state judicial systems; the criminal and civil court processes; the background, qualifications, and selection of federal judges; the role of other participants (lawyers, defendants, interest groups) in the judicial process; and the implementation and impact of judicial policies. Contents: 1) History and Organization of State Judicial System. 2) History and Organization of the Federal Judicial System. 3) Jurisdiction and Policy-Making Boundaries. 4) Lawyers, Litigants, and Interest Groups in the Judicial Process. 5) U.S. Criminal Court Process. 6) U.S. Civil Court Process. 7) Federal Judges. 8) Implementation and Impact of Judicial Policies. Also contains a Glossary and the full text of the US Constitution and Amendments.
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Type of review conducted on this item
No
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Keywords
United States law, American law, American legal system, lawyers, judiciary, courts, judges, OGT+ isbn: 9781616100605
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Language
en-US
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Requirement Name
Adobe PDF
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Interactivity type
Expositive
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Learning resource type
Textbook
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Educational context
11, 12, Community College, Higher Education
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ERIC Thesaurus Terms
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judges, Justice, Laws, Torts
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GEM Subjects Terms (K-12)
Social Studies / United States Constitution, Social Studies / United States government
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Rights statement
Published in the public domain by the United States Department of State. A number of the excerpts and illustrations appearing in this volume are copyrighted. These may not be reprinted without the permission of the copyright
holder.
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