CRM/LAW C101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Tort, Supreme Court Of The United States, Social Forces
20 Nov 2018
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American law: the substantive and procedural law that governs private dispute resolution civil justice in the context of the american legal system, formal litigation and informal adr. What makes the american system unique: common law system, legal actors, federalism, structure and function of the courts, the power of judicial review, american legal consciousness, litigiousness and rights consciousness, out constitution. Q: what is common law : a body of rules that came from england. They also make new rules based on the precedents, in a particular case: judges in the us have the power to add/subtract from the common law, any judge, not just supreme court judges. Structure and function of the courts: federal v. state courts (appellate courts, resolving and processing disputes, lawmaking through the creation of precedents. Q: state courts handle what percentage of all legal cases filed as compared to federal courts: 98%
