POL 3013 Lecture Notes - Precedent

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The structure and administration of the courts law in colonial america. With the english having legal institutions, they had a well- established method of study. The colonies, did not, and relied on such books like blackstone"s commentaries. * divided english common law into 4 different volumes. The rights of a person: the rights of property. Private wrongs (torts: public wrongs (criminal law) became, the legal system in colonial, revolutionary, and pre-revolutionary america. With the increase in population & the economy, court structures became more complex. By the time of independence, the colonies had developed a hierarchical court system (operating under procedural systems (the bar) Separation of powers could not occur until the constitution. Around the 1800"s, states introduced the reporter system. 1879, west publishing company"s national reporting system brought about an overwhelming number of decisions. Stare decisis became a quantitative as well as qualitative challenged. Most functions of government were vested in congress.

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