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Subject(s)

• Justice, Administration of—United States [Browse]
• Judicial process—United States [Browse]
• Courts—United States [Browse]
• Judicial process [Browse]
• Justice, Administration of. [Browse]

Series

• Oxford Academic. [More in this series]
• Very short introduction

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on Publisher website; title from home page (viewed on June 16, 2022).

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.

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Other format(s)

Also available in Print and PDF edition.

ISBN

• 0-19-064492-3
• 0-19-064493-1
• 0-19-064494-X

LCCN

2022018799

Doi

• 10.1093/actrade/9780190644918.001.0001

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