American Courts

by Meador, Daniel John

• ISBN13: 9780314867179
• ISBN10: 0314867171
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-05-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introductory Overview	1	(9)
The State Courts	10	(13)
Trial Courts	11	(2)
Appellate Courts	13	(5)
The Business of the State Courts	18	(5)
The Federal Courts	23	(15)
District Courts	23	(1)
Courts of Appeals	24	(3)
Supreme Court	27	(2)
Other Federal Courts	29	(1)
The Business of the Federal Courts	30	(4)
Federal and State Courts Compared	34	(4)
Complicating Circumstances	38	(16)
Multiple Sovereignties: State-Federal and Multi-State	38	(6)
Coexisting State and Federal Trial Courts	44	(6)
Complex Litigation	50	(4)
Dramatis Personae	54	(23)
Judges	54	(8)
Law Clerks and Staff Attorneys	62	(3)
Other Judicial Adjuncts	65	(2)
Administrative and Clerical Staffs	67	(2)
Supporting Organizations	69	(2)
Lawyers	71	(6)
Trends and Directions	77	(30)
APPENDICES
A. Illustrative State Judicial Structures	85	(6)
B. The Courts of the Fifty States	91	(7)
C. The Federal Courts	98	(5)
D. Article III of the United States Constitution	103	(1)
E. Suggested Readings and Sources	104	(3)
Index	107