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Introduction to Law

ISBN: 9780314129383 | 0314129383
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
Pub. Date: 10/30/1998

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Table of Contents
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Table of Cases
vi(1)
Prefacevii
CHAPTER 1 The Historical Basis and Current Structure of the American Legal System
1(24)
THE HISTORICAL BASIS OF AMERICAN LAW
2(8)
Before the Government
2(1)
The Results of the Revolution
3(3)
The Influence of Political Theories
6(1)
Balance as the Key to Success
7(3)
THE MODERN LEGAL SYSTEM
10(15)
The Sources of Law
11(11)
The Hierarchy of Law
22(3)
CHAPTER 2 The Courts
25(34)
THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF JUDICIAL LAW
26(4)
Characteristics of Judicial Law
26(1)
Clarification of the Law
26(3)
Protection of the Law
29(1)
THE STRUCTURE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
30(6)
Trial versus Appellate Courts
30(1)
The Federal Court System
31(1)
The U.S. District Courts
32(1)
The U.S. Courts of Appeals
33(1)
The U.S. Supreme Court
34(2)
Special Federal Courts
36(1)
THE STATE COURT SYSTEM
36(1)
LEGAL ANALYSIS
37(22)
The Facts
40(1)
The Issue
40(1)
The Law
41(1)
The Rule
41(18)
CHAPTER 3 Legislation
59(16)
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
60(1)
THE PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION
61(3)
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
64(6)
Bills
64(3)
Constitutional Amendments
67(1)
Lobbying
67(1)
Public Hearings and Sessions
68(1)
Publication of Legislation
68(2)
LEGISLATION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW
70(5)
CHAPTER 4 The Executive Branch and Administrative Authority
75(16)
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
76(3)
Changes in the Electoral Process
76(1)
Powers and Authority of the President
76(3)
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
79(12)
Role of the Administrative Agency
79(2)
The Creation of an Administrative Agency
81(2)
Agencies Today
83(1)
The Operation of an Administrative Agency
83(1)
Authority of Administrative Agencies
84(7)
CHAPTER 5 Substantive and Procedural Issues
91(42)
SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES
92(2)
Criminal versus Civil Law
92(2)
SUBSTANTIVE VERSUS PROCEDURAL LAW
94(4)
Substantive Law
94(1)
Procedural Law
95(1)
The Common Ground
96(2)
THE CREATION AND APPLICATION OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
98(1)
Creating Laws of Procedure
98(1)
Types of Procedural Law
98(1)
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
99(34)
Pretrial Proceedings
99(20)
Stages of Trial
119(7)
Rules of Evidence
126(2)
Rules of Appellate Procedure
128(5)
CHAPTER 6 Jurisdiction
133(28)
TYPES OF JURISDICTION
134(8)
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
134(3)
Jurisdiction in Personam
137(3)
In Rem and Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction
140(2)
FEDERAL JURISDICTION
142(10)
Federal Question
142(1)
The United States as a Party
143(1)
Diversity of Citizenship
144(2)
Removal and Remand
146(6)
OTHER JURISDICTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
152(5)
Corporations
152(3)
Venue
155(1)
Forum Non Conveniens
156(1)
ESTABLISHING JURISDICTION
157(4)
CHAPTER 7 The Law of Contracts
161(32)
ELEMENTS OF A VALID CONTRACT
162(17)
At Least Two Parties
163(1)
Parties Who Have Legal Capacity
163(3)
Manifestation of Assent by All Parties
166(8)
Consideration That Supports an Enforceable Promise
174(5)
THIRD-PARTY INVOLVEMENT IN CONTRACTS
179(4)
Third-Party Contracts
179(1)
Assignment and Delegation
180(3)
PROBLEMS IN CREATING OR ENFORCING THE CONTRACT
183(4)
Terms of the Contract
183(1)
Unconscionable Contracts
184(1)
Fraud in Contracts
185(1)
Statute of Frauds
186(1)
DEFENSES TO AN ALLEGATION OF BREACH OF CONTRACT
187(2)
REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
189(4)
CHAPTER 8 Property Law
193(48)
REAL PROPERTY
194(36)
Freehold Estates
194(3)
Types of Ownership between Multiple Parties
197(7)
Air and Subsurface Rights
204(1)
Incorporeal Interests
205(2)
Buyers' and Sellers' Rights
207(3)
Adverse Possession
210(6)
Rights and Duties of Ownership
216(1)
Condominiums
217(2)
Non-Freehold Estates
219(10)
Fixtures
229(1)
PERSONAL PROPERTY
230(11)
Bailment
230(2)
Lost and Mislaid Property
232(1)
Abandoned Property
233(1)
Confused Property
233(1)
Actions to Recover Property or Its Value
233(8)
CHAPTER 9 Torts
241(48)
WHAT IS A TORT?
242(1)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORT LAW
243(2)
Trespass and Trespass on the Case
243(1)
Liability of Parties
244(1)
Increase in Tort Claims
244(1)
TERMINOLOGY IN TORTS
245(1)
NEGLIGENCE
246(17)
The Concept of Duty
246(1)
Range of Possible Injury
247(1)
Degree of Duty
248(1)
The Standard of Care
248(1)
Proximate Cause
249(3)
Damage
252(4)
Res Ipsa Loquitur
256(7)
STRICT LIABILITY
263(5)
INTENTIONAL TORTS
268(10)
Assault
269(1)
Battery
269(6)
False Imprisonment
275(1)
Trespass
275(1)
Fraud
275(1)
Defamation
276(1)
Emotional Distress
277(1)
Damages Awarded for Intentional Torts
277(1)
PRODUCT LIABILITY
278(2)
Causes of Action
278(1)
Defenses
279(1)
Statute of Limitations
280(1)
EMPLOYMENT AND TORTS
280(3)
Third Parties
280(1)
Statutes Governing the Employment Relationships That Affect Tort Actions
281(1)
Employer Liability Laws
281(1)
Discriminatory Practices By Employers
282(1)
TORT DEFENSES
283(3)
Contributory and Comparative Negligence
283(1)
Assumption of Risk
284(1)
Last Clear Chance
284(1)
Intentional Tort Defenses
284(2)
DAMAGES IN TORT ACTIONS
286(3)
CHAPTER 10 The Law of Business
289(46)
AGENCY
291(13)
Creation of the Agency Relationship
291(1)
Agent's Duties
292(1)
Principal's Duties
293(1)
Types of Authority
294(4)
Respondeat Superior
298(6)
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS
304(1)
PARTNERSHIPS
304(10)
The Nature of Partnerships
304(1)
Characteristics of a Partnership
305(1)
Limited Partnerships
305(1)
The Relationship of Partners
306(1)
Partnership Property
307(1)
The Life of a Partnership
307(1)
Partnership Dealings with Third Parties
308(5)
Termination or Dissolution
313(1)
CORPORATIONS
314(21)
Corporate Characteristics
314(2)
Creating a Corporation
316(2)
Types of Corporate Status
318(1)
Piercing the Corporate Veil
319(5)
Corporate Stock
324(2)
The Corporate Existence
326(1)
Voting by Shareholders
327(1)
Rights of Shareholders
328(1)
Corporate Actions
328(1)
Dissolution of the Corporation
329(1)
Bankruptcy
330(5)
CHAPTER 11 Estates and Probate
335(20)
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
336(4)
TESTATE SUCCESSION
340(10)
Requirements of a Valid Will
340(2)
Will Codicils and Will Revocation
342(5)
Will Contests
347(3)
PROBATE OF ESTATES
350(5)
CHAPTER 12 Criminal Law
355(34)
DEFINITIONS AND CATEGORIES OF CRIME
357(6)
Categories of Crime
357(1)
Definition of Crime and the Elements of Criminal Conduct
357(6)
PARTIES TO CRIME
363(3)
Principal in the First Degree
363(1)
Principal in the Second Degree
364(1)
Accessory before the Fact
364(1)
Accessory after the Fact
364(1)
Parties to Crime under the Model Penal Code
365(1)
ELEMENTS OF SERIOUS CRIMES
366(9)
Inchoate Offenses
366(4)
Miscellaneous Offenses
370(1)
Felony Crimes
370(5)
PUNISHMENT
375(6)
WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
381(3)
DEFENSES TO CHARGES OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT
384(5)
Common Defenses
384(1)
The Insanity Defense
385(4)
CHAPTER 13 Criminal Procedure
389(42)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND THE CONSTITUTION
390(24)
The Approach of the U.S. Supreme Court
390(1)
The Fourteenth Amendment: Due Process
391(2)
The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure
393(5)
The Fifth Amendment: Double-Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination
398(9)
The Sixth Amendment: Speedy Trial, Impartial Jury, Confrontation
407(5)
The Eighth Amendment: Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
412(2)
THE STAGES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
414(17)
Pre-Arrest
414(3)
Arrest and Interrogation
417(1)
Bail
418(1)
Preliminary Hearing and Arraignment
419(1)
Trial, Appeal, and Sentencing
420(11)
CHAPTER 14 Family Law
431(54)
MARRIAGE AND ANNULMENT
432(11)
Antenuptial (Prenuptial) Agreements
432(3)
Requirements for Marriage
435(2)
Annulment
437(1)
Common Law Marriage
438(2)
The Marriage Relationship
440(1)
Effects of Tort and Criminal Law on Domestic Relations
440(3)
ENDING THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP
443(4)
Jurisdiction
443(1)
Grounds for Dissolution of a Marriage
444(1)
Legal Separation
445(1)
Temporary Orders
445(2)
CUSTODY
447(3)
Who Gets Custody?
448(1)
Joint Custody
449(1)
Enforcement of Custody Orders
450(1)
CHILD SUPPORT
450(24)
Child Support Guidelines
456(1)
Modification of Support
456(2)
Failure to Pay
458(16)
VISITATION
474(1)
PROPERTY AND DEBT DIVISION
475(2)
Separate Property
475(1)
Community Property
475(1)
Pensions and Employee Benefit Programs
476(1)
Marital Debts
476(1)
MAINTENANCE (ALIMONY OR SPOUSAL SUPPORT)
477(2)
NONMARITAL RELATIONSHIPS
479(6)
CHAPTER 15 The Legal Professional's Role and Ethical Obligations
485(22)
ROLE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
486(13)
Judges
486(3)
Lawyers
489(5)
Paralegals
494(4)
Support Personnel
498(1)
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONAL
499(8)
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States507(10)
Appendix B The Model Business Corporation Act517(51)
Appendix C The Uniform Partnership Act568(10)
Appendix D The Uniform Limited Partnership Act578(12)
Appendix E Understanding and Locating Legal Citations590(3)
Glossary593(8)
Index601

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