Tag: Federal Courts

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Discovery

    Discovery in the United States A procedure used before civil trials that allows one party to obtain information about a case from the opposing party. Discovery assists litigants in civil suits prepare for trial. Evidence is basically gathered in three ways during discovery. The first is by […]

  • Discovery

    Discovery in the United States A procedure used before civil trials that allows one party to obtain information about a case from the opposing party. Discovery assists litigants in civil suits prepare for trial. Evidence is basically gathered in three ways during discovery. The first is by […]

  • Personal Jurisdiction

    Personal Jurisdiction in the United States Personal Jurisdiction in the Context of Corporate Affiliations and Agency Relationships Personal Jurisdiction Based on Alter Ego Status in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Personal Jurisdiction Based on Alter Ego Status in relation to […]

  • Personal Jurisdiction

    Personal Jurisdiction in the United States Personal Jurisdiction in the Context of Corporate Affiliations and Agency Relationships Personal Jurisdiction Based on Alter Ego Status in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Personal Jurisdiction Based on Alter Ego Status in relation to […]

  • Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction in the United States The power of a court to act, including its authority to hear and decide cases. Jurisdiction defines the boundaries within which a particular court may exercise judicial power. Judicial power is specifically conveyed through the assignment of jurisdiction. The […]

  • Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction in the United States The power of a court to act, including its authority to hear and decide cases. Jurisdiction defines the boundaries within which a particular court may exercise judicial power. Judicial power is specifically conveyed through the assignment of jurisdiction. The […]

  • Alienage Jurisdiction

    Alienage Jurisdiction in the United States Alienage Jurisdiction in the Context of Alienage Jurisdiction Contemporary Statutory Grants of Alienage Jurisdiction in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Contemporary Statutory Grants of Alienage Jurisdiction in relation to the Subject […]

  • Civil Procedure

    Civil Procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure United States Constitution According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, Article I of the Constitution empowers Congress to constitute lower federal courts and thus, by conventional assumption, to regulate […]

  • Civil Procedure

    Civil Procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure United States Constitution According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, Article I of the Constitution empowers Congress to constitute lower federal courts and thus, by conventional assumption, to regulate […]

  • Appellate Courts

    Appellate Courts in the United States The appeals courts differ from trial courts in several ways, but the principal difference is functional. Trial courts are designed to deal with questions of fact. A trial jury may determine, for example, that an accused has been factually proven guilty of […]

  • Appellate Courts

    Appellate Courts in the United States The appeals courts differ from trial courts in several ways, but the principal difference is functional. Trial courts are designed to deal with questions of fact. A trial jury may determine, for example, that an accused has been factually proven guilty of […]

  • Sovereign Immunity

    Sovereign Immunity in United States Sovereign Immunity Definition Governmental Immunity in this legal Encyclopedia Sovereign Immunity definition in the Law Dictionary Sovereign Immunity in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias Link Description Sovereign Immunity, Sovereign […]

  • Sovereign Immunity

    Sovereign Immunity in United States Sovereign Immunity Definition Governmental Immunity in this legal Encyclopedia Sovereign Immunity definition in the Law Dictionary Sovereign Immunity in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias Link Description Sovereign Immunity, Sovereign […]