The United States legal system : an introduction / Margaret Z. Johns, Rex R. Perschbacher.
2016
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Title
The United States legal system : an introduction / Margaret Z. Johns, Rex R. Perschbacher.
Published
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2016]
Call Number
KF385 .J64 2016
Edition
Fourth Edition.
ISBN
9781611638608 paperback alkaline paper
1611638607 paperback alkaline paper
1611638607 paperback alkaline paper
Description
ix, 266 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)951833392
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
ch. 1
Introduction to United States Legal Education
3
1.1.
History of Legal Education
3
1.1.1.
Apprenticeship System
3
1.1.2.
Academic Model
5
1.2.
Nature of Legal Education
9
1.2.1.
Langdell's Harvard Model
10
1.2.2.
Practical Professional Training
12
1.2.3.
Late Twentieth-Century Developments
16
1.2.4.
Early Twenty-First-Century Developments
20
1.3.
Legal Education Today
22
1.3.1.
Academic Context of Legal Education
22
1.3.2.
Skills and Clinical Instruction
23
1.3.3.
Teaching Values and Ethics in Law School
24
1.3.4.
Tuition Costs and Law School Rankings
31
1.4.
Discussion Questions
34
ch. 2
Introduction to the United States Legal Profession
37
2.1.
Regulation of Lawyers
37
2.2.
Number of Lawyers
42
2.3.
Gender and Racial Diversity of the Bar
45
2.3.1.
Gender Diversity
45
2.3.2.
Racial Diversity
47
2.4.
Settings in Which Lawyers Practice
53
2.4.1.
Historical Overview
53
2.4.2.
Sole Practitioners and Small Firms
55
2.4.3.
Middle-Sized and Large Firms
57
2.4.3(a).
Middle-Sized Firms
57
2.4.3(b).
Large Firms
59
2.4.4.
In-House Counsel
63
2.4.5.
Lawyers for the Government
66
2.4.5(a).
Lawyers in the Judiciary
67
2.4.5(b).
Lawyers for Local Governments
69
2.4.5(c).
Lawyers for State Governments
69
2.4.5(d).
Lawyers for the Federal Government
70
2.4.5(e).
Making Ends Meet in Public Service
70
2.4.6.
Public Interest Lawyers
72
2.4.6(a).
Historical Antecedents
72
2.4.6(b).
Lawyers for the Poor
73
2.4.6(c).
Advocates for Group Legal Rights
77
ch. 3
Introduction to the United States Legal System
81
3.1.
Multiple Sovereignties
82
3.1.1.
Federalism
82
3.1.2.
Substantive Law Areas of the Multiple Sovereigns
85
3.2.
Federal Government
87
3.2.1.
United States Constitution
88
3.2.2.
Three Branches of Government
89
3.2.2(a).
Legislative Branch
89
3.2.2(b).
Executive Branch
90
3.2.2(c).
Judicial Branch
91
3.2.2(d).
Separation of Powers
102
3.3.
State Governments
105
3.3.1.
State Court Structure
105
3.3.2.
Parallels and Contrasts to the Federal System
110
3.3.3.
Areas of State Law
111
3.3.4.
Continuing Evolution of the Common Law
113
3.4.
Two Features of the United States Judicial Process
115
3.4.1.
Doctrine of Stare Decisis
115
3.4.2.
Merger of Law and Equity
118
3.5.
Overlap and Complexities
120
3.6.
Discussion Questions
125
ch. 4
Introduction to Statutes and Statutory Interpretation
129
4.1.
Approaches to Statutory Interpretation
130
4.1.1.
Literal Rule
130
4.1.2.
Golden Rule
131
4.1.3.
Social Purpose Approach
131
4.2.
Canons of Construction
132
4.2.1.
Plain Meaning
132
United States v. Locke
133
Notes and Questions
135
Dissent to United States v. Locke
138
Notes and Questions
141
4.2.2.
Ejusdem Generis ("Of the Same Kind")
142
4.2.3.
Noscitur a Sociis ("It Is Known by Its Companions")
142
4.2.4.
Expressio Unius ("The Mention of One Thing Excludes Other Things")
143
4.2.5.
Narrow Construction of Penal Statutes
143
4.2.6.
Broad Construction of Remedial Statutes
143
4.2.7.
Specific Statutes Take Precedence Over General Statutes
144
Strawberry v. Albright
144
Notes and Questions
145
4.2.8.
Dueling Canons
146
4.3.
Legislative Intent
147
4.3.1.
Legislative Process
147
4.3.2.
Legislative History
149
Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
149
Notes and Questions
153
Concurring Opinion in Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
155
Notes and Questions
158
4.4.
Retroactivity Problem
163
Martin v. Hadix
166
Notes and Questions
171
ch. 5
Introduction to Cases and Case Analysis
177
5.1.
Reading Cases
177
5.2.
Evolution of the Common Law
180
Sidwell v. McVay
180
Notes and Questions
182
Mirand v. City of New York
183
Notes and Questions
187
Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
188
Notes and Questions
199
5.3.
Stare Decisis
200
5.4.
Retroactivity Problem
201
Douglas v. Ostermeier
203
Notes and Questions
212
ch. 6
Putting It All Together
217
Obergefell v. Hodges
217
Notes and Questions
247
Glossary
249
Index
257