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
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