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)