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INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW INSEEC – S. Collombet
PART II THE US LEGAL SYSTEM (November 06)

I. Outline of the Chapter n°1 : An Overview of the US legal system 1
II. Federalism 2
a) The Federalist papers, Clinton Rossiter, ed1961, p 77-84. 2
The Federalist No.10 2
b) The US Constitution, article I, section 8 : the division of competences between the Federal structure and the states 5
III. The US Supreme Court 6
Source: www.supremecourtus.gov/ 6
Reading 1 article III of the US Constitution 6
Reading 2 The due process of law Amendment XIV 8
The full text of the Constitution can be downloaded from http://www.house.gov/house/Educate.shtml 8
Reading 4 Biographical Data on Justices and Associate justices Justice Rehnquist, Justice Robert, Justice Ginzburg, Justice Warren 8
a) Rehnquist 8
b) John Roberts (2005-present) 9
c) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( Associate justice) 9
d) Earl Warren 13
Reading 5: D. Lazare, Aux Etats-Unis, une Cour trop supreme, Le monde diplomatique, 16
Reading 3 The Supreme court up coming cases 19
III. Equal rights 21
a) BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) 21
b) Martin Luther King, I have a dream, 1963 24
c) The Civil right act 1964 26
c) REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. BAKKE (1978) 27
IV . Federal Court Organization 32
Website: http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks/ 32

I. Outline of the Chapter n°1 : An Overview of the US legal system
Intro: key dates, facts and figures

I. Features of the US legal system
1.Common law legal culture
2. Judicial review
3. The jury system

II. The Court system
1. State court systems
2. Federal Court System

III. The sources of the law of the US
1. The Constitution of the US
2. States Constitutions
3. Statutes and codified law
4. Restatements
II. Federalism
a) The Federalist papers, Clinton Rossiter, ed1961, p 77-84.
The Federalist No.10
Among the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed Union, nonedeserves to be more accurately developed than...