Trip Agenda

Here are our plans:

October 10, 2010 Leave 20:40 fly to Vienna through London arrive in Vienna October 11 at 20:00.

We will be in Vienna on Oct 11, 12, 13 and leave for Prague on Oct 14

While in Vienna we will be staying at the Renaissance Wien, it is near Schoenbrunn Schloss

If you would like a tour click below:
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/viehw-renaissance-wien-hotel/

On October 14 we travel to Prague, we will be staying at Courtyard Prague Flora in downtown, we will stay in Prague the 14th, 15th and leave the 16th

   

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-photos.mi?marshaCode=prgcy&pageID=HWHOM

On October 16th Saturday we will travel to Budapest and will stay at the Courtyard Budapest City Center and will stay in Budapest the 16th and 17th and then travel to Bratislava on Oct 18th (Monday).

 
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-photos.mi?marshaCode=budcy&pageID=HWHOM

On Monday Oct 18th we will drive to Bratislava and stay at the Hotel Druzba on the Danuba, it is the offical Hotel for the University (more like a Dorm which should be fun)
  

http://bratislava.prague-hotel.org/druzba/

We will stay in Bratslava until November 5.  I will attend a European Legal Conference at Comenius University on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and start teaching at the University on Monday October 25th for two weeks.

WE FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, WE WILL POST PICTURES AND COMMENTS DURING THE TRIP

LDS Music
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Class Outline

Class Outline


The American Litigation Practice

By Stanley W. Parry, Attorney at Law

I. Introduction

A. Professor is Stanley W. Parry
B. This class is about American Litigation Practice
1. Civil Procedure
2. Criminal Procedure
3. Trials and Rules of Evidence

II. The American Legal Process

A. What is law
B. Civil Law Tradition
C. Anglo-American Development of Common Law
1. Introduction
2. History of American law
3. Judicial Review
     Marbury vs. Madison (Facts, Issues, Decision)
     Gore vs. Bush (Facts, Issues, Decision)
4. Sources of American law
5. Case law
6. Judicial Function
7. The Jury system
8. The Court System

D. Federal Courts
E. U S Supreme Court
F. State Courts

III. The Study of Law in the U. S.

A. Law School
B. The Case method
C. The Socratic method
D. The IRAC reasoning: Issue-Rule-Application and Conclusion

IV. The Practice of law in the U. S.

A. The Bar
B. Judges
C. Academics
D. The Practice of Civil law
E. Criminal Defense
F. Attorneys in Government

V. Litigation Practice

A. Civil Rules of Procedure
      Federal and State Courts – Separate but similar Rules of Procedure

B. Criminal Procedure
     Federal and State Courts – Separate but similar Rules of Procedure

C. Trials and Rules of Evidence
D. Appeals
E. Practice Activity (Moot Court Practice)

Outlines for the Federal and State Systems

I have posted links to descriptions of the United States Federal and State Systems. They will help understand the systems and compare them.

Understanding Federal and State Courts

Understanding Federal and State Courts

Comparing Federal and State Courts

Comparing Federal and State Courts

Structure of Federal Courts

Structure of Federal Courts