6400:220 Lecture 3: ch 3 -- dispute resolution

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The structure of our court systems, civil lawsuits, and alternative dispute resolution litigator- a lawyer who handles court cases. Alternative dispute resolution litigation- refers to lawsuits, the process of ling claims in court, and ultimately going to trial alternative dispute resolution- any other formal or informal process used to settle disputes without resorting to a trial. The us has more than 50 systems of courts. One nationwide system of federal courts serves the entire country. The typical state court system forms a period (pg. Almost all cases tract in trial courts trial courts- determine the facts of a particular dispute and apply to those facts the law given by earlier appellate court decisions. In a course devoted to legal principles, it is easy to lose track of the key role that factual determinations play in the resolution of any dispute jurisdiction- a court"s power to hear a case.

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