CONTENTS | |
| | Preface to the Second Edition | xv |
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| | 1: The American Legal System and the Judicial Process | 1 |
| 1. | | Codes of Ethics and Sources and Types of U.S. Law | 3 |
| Constitutional Law 4 | | Statutory Law 7 | | Administrative Law 8 | | Common Law 9 | | Equity Law 10 | | Civil Versus Criminal Law 12 | | Torts Versus Contracts 14 | | Ethical Standards and Codes of Ethics 14 | | Summary 16 | | Endnotes 17 |
| | 2. | | The Federal Court System20 | | Venue Versus Jurisdiction25 | | Transitory Versus Local Causes of Action28 | | The U.S. Court of Appeals28 | | Diversity30 | | The U.S. Supreme Court30 | | State Court Systems41 | | Summary42 | | Endnotes45 |
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Book title: Mass Communication Law and Ethics.
Edition: 2nd.
Contributors: Roy L. Moore - Author.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Place of publication: Mahwah, NJ.
Publication year: 1999.
Page number: vii.
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