USA Law

Category: Procedural Law

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces hears appeals from the military courts (courts martial) of the army, navy, air force and coast guard. The Court was originally created in 1951 as the United States Court of Military Justice. The name was changed in 1994. Legal Materials […]

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces hears appeals from the military courts (courts martial) of the army, navy, air force and coast guard. The Court was originally created in 1951 as the United States Court of Military Justice. The name was changed in 1994. Legal Materials […]

  • Executive Branch

    Executive Branch in the United States Introduction to Executive Branch At a time when all the major European states had hereditary monarchs, the idea of a president with a limited term of office was itself revolutionary. The Constitution vests the executive power in the president. It also […]

  • Probation

    Probation in the United States A criminal sentence that allows a person to return to the community under supervised release. Probation is an alternative to imprisonment and is applied to almost two-thirds of sentenced offenders in the United States. Control is maintained over the offender by […]

  • Courts

    Courts in the United States Courts in the United States Introduction to Courts Courts in the United States, government institutions that resolve legal disputes by trial and that hear appeals from such cases. The United States has a federal system of government in which power is divided […]

  • Class Actions

    Class Actions in the United States Legal Materials The leading legal treatise on U.S. class actions is Newberg on Class Actions (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing). The Survey of State Class Action Law (ABA Section of Litigation) summarizes the laws of each state. Information on […]

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the United States Definition of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Settlement of civil disputes by means other than trial. The move to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) was prompted by a number of factors, but largely the time, expense, and […]

  • Verdict

    Verdict in the United States A finding by a jury on a fact question formally submitted to it for deliberation. The verdict is reported to the court and announced. Either party is entitled to request that the jury be polled. This requires that each juror disclose in open court his or her vote. […]

  • Verdict

    Verdict in the United States A finding by a jury on a fact question formally submitted to it for deliberation. The verdict is reported to the court and announced. Either party is entitled to request that the jury be polled. This requires that each juror disclose in open court his or her vote. […]

  • Procedure

    Procedure in United States Procedure Definition The rule of pleading and practice by which, rights are enforced. It is generally considered as not including the law of evidence. Procedure in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Procedure, Procedure […]

  • Procedure

    Procedure in United States Procedure Definition The rule of pleading and practice by which, rights are enforced. It is generally considered as not including the law of evidence. Procedure in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Procedure, Procedure […]

  • Courts Of Appeals

    Courts of Appeals in the United States Courts of Appeals, formerly Circuit Courts of Appeals, in the federal judiciary system of the United States, courts created by Congress in 1891 to relieve the Supreme Court of its great burden of work and thus to give speedier justice to litigants. […]

  • Courts Of Appeals

    Courts of Appeals in the United States Courts of Appeals, formerly Circuit Courts of Appeals, in the federal judiciary system of the United States, courts created by Congress in 1891 to relieve the Supreme Court of its great burden of work and thus to give speedier justice to litigants. […]

  • Electronic Discovery

    Electronic Discovery in the United States Electronic Discovery: Preserving Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Note: there is a entry about Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in this American legal Encyclopedia. The Obligation to Preserve Electronic Evidence By Tony Schoenberg. He […]

  • Arbitration

    Arbitration in the United States History The common law and statute law of the United States as to arbitration bear a general resemblance to the law of England. Voluntary submissions All controversies of a civil nature, and any question of personal injury on which a suit for damages will […]