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020 _a9781611630107 (paperback)
040 _aMEF
_beng
_erda
049 _aTR-IsMEF
050 0 0 _aKF385
_b.J64 2012
100 1 _aJohns, Margaret Z.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe United States legal system :
_ban introduction /
_cMargaret Z. Johns [and] Rex R. Perschbacher.
250 _aThird edition.
264 1 _aDurham, N.C. :
_bCarolina Academic Press,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012
300 _aix, 278 pages ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction to United States legal education -- Introduction to the United States legal profession -- Introduction to the United States legal system -- Introduction to statues and statutory interpretation -- Introduction to cases and case analysis -- Putting it all together.
520 _aThis book is designed to introduce incoming law students to the U.S. legal system in order to prepare them to get the most out of law school from the day it begins. Authors Johns and Perschbacher do not assume a great deal of prior knowledge and begin by explaining what legal education is all about. There is then a chapter on the legal profession - who are all those lawyers, how are they regulated, and what are they doing? The book then covers the structure of our legal system, looking at the complex relationship between the states and the federal government as well as at the institutions of both. Finally, two important sources of law are considered: legislatures and courts. The book examines some of the ways that legislation is interpreted and some of the ways that the law evolves through the judicial process. For this edition, the authors revised and updated all the chapters, introducing new material on the current state of legal practice and its challenges. They kept the centerpiece of chapter 6, Lockyer v. San Francisco, but added context regarding the on-going litigation on same-sex marriage that currently is in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Chapter 6 retains its focus on efforts of the City of San Francisco and its then-Mayor, Gavin Newsom to bring same-sex marriage to the City on their own. The authors use Lockyer v. San Francisco to raise very interesting questions about the rule of law and separation of powers. This book not only can serve as a crucial introduction for all law students but would also work well in an undergraduate course geared to pre-law students or a more general course about our contemporary legal system.
596 _a1
650 0 _aLaw
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aPerschbacher, Rex R.,
_d1946-,
_eauthor.
900 _aMEF Üniversitesi Kütüphane katalog kayıtları RDA standartlarına uygun olarak üretilmektedir / MEF University Library Catalogue Records are Produced Compatible by RDA Rules
910 _aPandora
942 _2lcc
_cBKS
970 0 1 _aAcknowledgments,
_pix.
970 1 2 _tChapter 1 Introduction to United States legal education,
_p3.
970 1 2 _tThe history of legal education,
_p3.
970 1 1 _tThe apprenticeship system,
_p3.
970 1 1 _tThe academic model,
_p5.
970 1 2 _tThe nature of legal education,
_p10.
970 1 1 _tLangdell's harvard model,
_p10.
970 1 1 _tPractical professional training,
_p12.
970 1 1 _tLate twentieth-century developments,
_p16.
970 1 2 _tLegal education today,
_p20.
970 1 1 _tThe academic context of legal education,
_p21.
970 1 1 _tLaw school values and ethics,
_p23.
970 1 1 _tTuition costs and law school rankings,
_p29.
970 1 2 _tDiscussion questions,
_p33.
970 1 2 _tChapter 2 Introduction to the United States legal profession,
_p37.
970 1 2 _tThe regulation of lawyers,
_p37.
970 1 2 _tThe number of lawyers,
_p41.
970 1 2 _tThe gender and racial diversity of the bar,
_p43.
970 1 1 _tGender diversity,
_p43.
970 1 1 _tRacial diversity,
_p46.
970 1 2 _tThe settings in which lawyers practice,
_p52.
970 1 1 _tHistorical overview,
_p52.
970 1 1 _tSole practitioners and small firms,
_p54.
970 1 1 _tMiddle-sized and large firms,
_p57.
970 1 1 _tMiddle-sized firms,
_p57.
970 1 1 _tLarge firms,
_p59.
970 1 1 _tIn-house counsel,
_p66.
970 1 1 _tLawyers for the government,
_p69.
970 1 1 _tLawyers in the judiciary,
_p69.
970 1 1 _tLawyers for local governments,
_p72.
970 1 1 _tLawyers for state governments,
_p72.
970 1 1 _tLawyers for the federal government,
_p73.
970 1 1 _tMaking ends meet in public service,
_p73.
970 1 2 _tPublic interest lawyers,
_p75.
970 1 1 _tThe historical antecedents,
_p76.
970 1 1 _tLawyers for the poor,
_p77.
970 1 1 _tAdvocates for group legal rights,
_p81.
970 1 2 _tChapter 3 Introduction to the United States legal system,
_p83.
970 1 2 _tMultiple sovereignteis,
_p84.
970 1 1 _tFederalism,
_p84.
970 1 1 _tSubstantive law areas of the multiple sovereigns,
_p87.
970 1 2 _tThe federal government,
_p89.
970 1 1 _tUnited States constitution,
_p90.
970 1 1 _tThe three branches of government,
_p91.
970 1 1 _tThe legislative branch,
_p91.
970 1 1 _tThe executive branch,
_p92.
970 1 1 _tThe judicial branch,
_p93.
970 1 1 _tSeperation of powers,
_p105.
970 1 2 _tThe state governments,
_p107.
970 1 1 _tState court structure,
_p108.
970 1 1 _tParallels and contrasts to the federal system,
_p112.
970 1 1 _tAreas of state law,
_p114.
970 1 1 _tContinuing evolution of the common law,
_p115.
970 1 2 _tTwo features of the United States judicial process,
_p118.
970 1 1 _tThe doctrine of stare decisis,
_p118.
970 1 1 _tThe merger of law and equity,
_p121.
970 1 2 _tThe overlap and complexities,
_p123.
970 1 2 _tDiscussion questions,
_p128.
970 1 2 _tChapter 4 Introduction to statutes and statutory interpretation,
_p131.
970 1 2 _tApproaches to statutory interpretation,
_p132.
970 1 1 _tThe literal rule,
_p132.
970 1 1 _tThe golden rule,
_p133.
970 1 1 _tThe social purpose approach,
_p133.
970 1 2 _tCanons of construction,
_p134.
970 1 1 _tPlain meaning,
_p134.
970 1 1 _tUnited States v. Locke,
_p135.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p137.
970 1 1 _tDissent to United States v. Locke,
_p139.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p142.
970 1 1 _tEjusdem generis ("Of the same kind"),
_p143.
970 1 1 _tNoscitur a sociis ("It is known by its companions"),
_p144.
970 1 1 _tExpressio Unius ("The mention of one thing excludes other things"),
_p144.
970 1 1 _tNarrow construction of penal statutes,
_p144.
970 1 1 _tBroad construction to remedial statutes,
_p145.
970 1 1 _tSpecific statutes take precedence over general statutes,
_p145.
970 1 1 _tStrawberry and albright,
_p145.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p146.
970 1 1 _tDueling canons,
_p147.
970 1 2 _tLegislative intent,
_p148.
970 1 1 _tThe legislative process,
_p148.
970 1 1 _tLegislative history,
_p150.
970 1 1 _tWisconsin public intervenor v. Mortier,
_p150.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p155.
970 1 1 _tConcuring opinion in Wisconsin Public intervenor v. Mortier,
_p156.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p159.
970 1 2 _tThe retroactivity problem,
_p164.
970 1 1 _tMartiv v. Hadix,
_p167.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p173.
970 1 2 _tChapter 5 Introduction to cases and case analysis,
_p177.
970 1 2 _tReading cases,
_p177.
970 1 2 _tEvolution of the common law,
_p180.
970 1 1 _tApplebaum v. Kidwell,
_p180.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p181.
970 1 1 _tIsaacs v. Huntington memorial hospital,
_p182.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p188.
970 1 2 _tStare decisis,
_p189.
970 1 1 _tAnn M. V. Pacific plaza shopping center,
_p190.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p195.
970 1 2 _tContinuing evolution of the common law,
_p202.
970 1 1 _tRosenbaum v. Security pacific corporation,
_p202.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p210.
970 1 2 _tThe retroactivity problem,
_p212.
970 1 1 _tDouglas v. Ostermeier,
_p214.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p223.
970 1 2 _tChapter 6 Putting it all together,
_p227.
970 1 1 _tLockyer v. city and country of San Francisco,
_p227.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p251.
970 1 1 _tNotes and questions,
_p258.
970 1 1 _tSame-sex marriage controversy in California,
_p259.
970 0 1 _aGlossary,
_p263.
970 0 1 _aIndex,
_p271.
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