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Section I: U.S. Law

U.S. Law - Legal System

Legal systems List the two systems of law used in the United States:

Legal System - Common Law

What is the common law system?

What is the Doctrine of Stare Decisis?

Define synthesis

Define threshold cases

Define equity






Legal System - Civil Law What is the civil law system?

What geographic locations use the civil law system?

U.S. Law - Sources

Source of Law - Administrative Agencies Administrative agencies are part of which branch?

What powers does an administrative agency have?

Source of Law - Constitution Define constitution

Source of Law - Executive branch






Source of Law - Judicial branch

Source of Law - Legislative branch

What is the NAIC?

U.S. Law - Classifications

Law Classification – Categories of Law Define procedural law

Define substantive law






Law Classification – Subject

Law Classification – Types of Law Define civil law

Define criminal law

U.S. Law - Civil Trial

Trial vocabulary Define the following:

Defendant

Plaintiff

Complaint

Allegation

Pleading

Cause of action

Answer

Counterclaim

Motion

Discovery






Deposition

Interrogatories

Subpoena

Jury

Opening statement

Direct examination

Cross-examination

Closing argument

Verdict

Res judicata

Collateral estoppel

Hearsay rule

Civil Trial Step 1: Pre-trial Define the pre-trial procedure:

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:






Step 4:

Step 5:

Define the following:

Deposition

Discovery

Interrogatories

Pretrial conference

Subpoena






Civil Trial Step 2: Trial Briefly describe the pre-trial procedure:

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Step 6:

Step 7:

Step 8:

Define the following

Directed verdict

General verdict

Mistrial

Nonsuit






Special verdict

Civil Trial Step 3: Appeals

Define the following

Appellant

Appellee

Collateral estoppel

Res judicata

Civil Trial - Evidence

For evidence to be eligible for use in court it must be:

U.S. Law - Alternative Dispute Resolution

Four primary benefits of alternative dispute resolution:






ADR Method - Arbitration

Define arbitration

What is the arbitration process?

ADR Method - Mediation

ADR Method – Negotiation

U.S. Law - Administrative Agency

Define administrative

The functions of administrative agencies include:






Administrative Agency – Hold Hearings

Administrative Agency – Investigation

Administrative Agency - Judicial Review

Administrative Agency – Make Rules






U.S. Law - Definitions Definitions are an extremely important aspect of the 530 exam. Below is a list of all section I terms. Define the

terms that you don’t have memorized, don’t spend too much time copying word for word definitions

Define only the terms you have not memorized:

Administrative agency

Allegation

Answer

Arbitration

Cause of action

Civil law

Civil Law System

Closing argument

Collateral estoppel

Commerce Clause

Common law system

Complaint

Constitution

Counterclaim

Criminal law

Cross-examination

Defendant






Delegation of powers to Congress

Deposition

Direct examination

Directed verdict

Discovery

Diversity jurisdiction

Doctrine of Stare Decisis

Due Process Clause

Equal Protection Clause

Felony

General verdict

Hearsay rule

Interpretive rules

Interrogatories

Judicial review

Jury

Legislative rules

Mediation

Misdemeanor

Mistrial






Motion

Motion for summary judgment

Motion to dismiss

Negotiation

Nonsuit

Opening statement

Plaintiff

Pleading

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act

Procedural law

Procedural rules

Res judicata

Special verdict

Subpoena

Substantive law

Summary offense

Synthesis

Threshold cases

Verdict

Writ of certiorari






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