週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/18 |
Course Introduction |
第2週 |
2/25 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>1. Introduction: the beginning of modern judicial review <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> *Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US> *Appendix: The How, Why and What to Briefing and Citing Court Cases</SPAN></P> |
第3週 |
3/03 |
<SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM>Id.</EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US> *Continue the discussion on Marbury v. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Madison</st1:City></st1:place></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US> *Box: Constitutional history</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US> *The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> Constitution and Amendments </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto">------ <STRONG><U><FONT color=#ff0000>3/3 before 4pm: submission of case brief on Marbury v. Madison</FONT></U></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P> |
第4週 |
3/10 |
<SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=2>2. Common law, equity & the development of the Anglo-American judicial system<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=2>2.1 The Common law courts and the writ system<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=2>2.2 Equitable jurisdiction and the court of chancery<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=2>2.3 The development of modern English and American Courts<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=2>2.4 The distinctive procedure in civil & criminal actions of modern American courts</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=2>*Bodenheimer et al., An Introduction to the Anglo-American Legal System: Readings & Cases 26-35, 46-51 (4<SUP>th</SUP> ed., 2001)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=2>*Peter G. Stein,<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Roman law, common law and civil law</I>, 66 TUL. L. REV. 1591, 1591-1602 (1992).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></SPAN></SPAN> </P></SPAN> |
第5週 |
03/17 |
<P><EM>Id.</EM></P>
<P>*Bodenheimer et al., An Introduction to the Anglo-American Legal System: Readings & Cases 58-70 (4th ed., 2001)<BR>*Figure: The two main routes of the Supreme Court<BR>*Figure: The judicial map of the U.S. courts of appeal and U.S. district courts<BR></P> |
第6週 |
3/24 |
<P><EM>Id.</EM></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Margaret Z. Johns & Rex R. Perschbacher, The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> Legal System: An Introduction 92-97 (2002)[<st1:City w:st="on">Reading</st1:City>: Two Features of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place> Judicial Process]</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Sources of law and reference aids</SPAN></P> |
第7週 |
3/31 |
<P><EM>Id.</EM></P><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*An outline of American trial: 3 pages </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*JOHN J. COUND ET AL., CIVIL PROCEDURE: CASES & MATERIALS 1-17 (7th ed., 1997). [An outline of the procedure in civil action]</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*The fifth, sixth, seventh Amendments of the United States Constitution</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*The explanation of “juror” and “jury” in legal dictionary</SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN> |
第8週 |
4/07 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM>Id.</EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Introduction to Westlaw Research Database</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Introduction to Blue Book (</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 標楷體; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">美國法學術論文引註格式</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>)</SPAN></P> |
第9週 |
4/14 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#ff0000><U><STRONG>Mid-term (48 hours exam):</STRONG></U></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#ff0000><U><STRONG>Exam topic will be distributed in the beginning of the class. Students are allowed to take exam home and must return the answers by Wednesday (4/16) before 4pm.</STRONG></U></FONT></SPAN></P> |
第10週 |
4/21 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3. Judicial process of modern American courts<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.1 The power of judicial review and its limits<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.1.1</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Case or controversy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.1.2</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Standing to sue<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.1.3</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Ripeness and mootness<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.1.4 P</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">olitical questions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.1.5</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Stare Decisis Doctrine</SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*David M. O’Brien, Constitutional Law and Politics Vol. I: Struggles for Power and Government Accountability100-125 (4th ed., 2000)</SPAN></P><o:p></o:p></SPAN> |
第11週 |
4/28 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM>Id.</EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Article III of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Constitution</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Flast v. Cohen, 392 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 83 (1968)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Valley Forge</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceName> v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc., 454 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 464 (1982)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto"><STRONG><U><FONT color=#ff0000>------ 4/28 before 4pm: submission of case brief on either case<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></U></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM>Id.</EM></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Lujan v. Defender of Wildlife, 504 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 555 (1992)</SPAN></P></SPAN> |
第12週 |
5/05 |
Prof. Carol Tang's Speech on Legal Education of England |
第13週 |
5/12 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><EM>Id.</EM></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Baker v. Carr, 369 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 186 (1962)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Goldwater v. Carter, 444 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 996 (1979)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto"><U><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>------ 5/12 before 4pm: submission of a case brief on either case<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></U></SPAN></P>
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第14週 |
5/19 |
<SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.2. The docket and proceedings of the U.S. Supreme Court<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.2.1</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> The Rule of Four<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.2.2</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Oral arguments in the Supreme Court<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.2.3</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Conference deliberation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><st1:chsdate w:st="on" Year="1899" Month="12" Day="30" IsLunarDate="False" IsROCDate="False"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">3.2.4</SPAN></st1:chsdate><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> Writing opinions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*David M. O’Brien, Constitutional Law and Politics Vol. I: Struggles for Power and Government Accountability162-180 (4th ed., 2000)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN lang=EN-US></SPAN></P></SPAN> |
第15週 |
5/26 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">4. The impacts of court decisions on the society: Watershed cases of the U.S. Supreme Court<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">4.1 Brown v. Board of Education: Equal citizenship and civil rights movement <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">*Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown I), 347 U.S. 483 (1954)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">*Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Brown II), 349 U.S. 294 (1955)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> |
第16週 |
6/02 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>4.2 Griswold v. Connecticut: The right of privacy and the revolutionary role of the court to the society</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*Griswold v. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:State>, 381 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 470 (1965)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; mso-shading: white; mso-pattern: gray-15 auto"><U><STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>------ 5/26 before 4pm: submission of a case brief on either Brown or Griswold</FONT></STRONG></U> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> |
第17週 |
6/09 |
<SPAN lang=EN-US>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>5. A modern view of judicial system and American legal culture</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>5.1 Judges and courts</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>5.2 The organization of bar and the culture of lawyering</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>5.3 Legal education and modern law schools</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>5.4 Legal academia, law reviews and American legal thoughts</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>5.5 Social change, popular culture and the rise of litigation</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>6. Conclusion</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US>*<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">LAWRENCE</st1:City> FRIEDMAN, AMERICAN LAW IN THE 20TH CENTURY 457-504 (<st1:City w:st="on">New Haven</st1:City>: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yale</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Press, 2002) [Internal Legal Culture: The Legal Profession]</SPAN></P>
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第18週 |
06/16 |
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><U><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>Final exam: two hours at the class</STRONG></FONT></U></SPAN></P> |