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The American judicial system : a very short introduction / .

By: Material type: TextSeries: Oxford AcademicPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]Publisher: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (colour)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190644949
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: : American judicial system : a very short introduction.DDC classification:
  • 347.731 23
LOC classification:
  • KF8700
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in Print and PDF edition.
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Preface: The contours of the American judicial system -- 1 Structures and jurisdictions -- 2 Roles and functions -- 3 Powers and motivations -- 4 People -- 5 Process -- 6 Politics and policy -- Afterword -- References -- Further reading -- Index.
Abstract: The book provides a very short, but complete introduction to the institutions and people, the rules and processes, that make up the American judicial system. Jargon free and aimed at a general reader, it explains the where, when, and who of American courts. It also makes clear the how and why behind the law as it affects everyday people. It is, in a word, a starting place to understanding the third branch of American government at both the state and the federal levels, a guide to those wishing to know the basics of the American judicial system, and a cogent synthesis of how the various elements that make up the law and legal institutions fit together.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Preface: The contours of the American judicial system -- 1 Structures and jurisdictions -- 2 Roles and functions -- 3 Powers and motivations -- 4 People -- 5 Process -- 6 Politics and policy -- Afterword -- References -- Further reading -- Index.

The book provides a very short, but complete introduction to the institutions and people, the rules and processes, that make up the American judicial system. Jargon free and aimed at a general reader, it explains the where, when, and who of American courts. It also makes clear the how and why behind the law as it affects everyday people. It is, in a word, a starting place to understanding the third branch of American government at both the state and the federal levels, a guide to those wishing to know the basics of the American judicial system, and a cogent synthesis of how the various elements that make up the law and legal institutions fit together.

Also available in Print and PDF edition.

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