English for Law Students. University Course. Part 2

Foreword
UNIT I. THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Text 1. The Need for a New Constitution
Text 2. The Actual Writers of the Constitution
Text 3. "We the People of the United States"
Text 4. Ratification of the Constitution
Text 5. The First National Government under the
Constitution
UNIT II. AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM: ORIGINS
AND PRINCIPLES
Text 1. The Origins of American Constitutionalism
Text 2. American Circumstances
Text 3. The American Constitutional System: Principal
Characteristics
UNIT III. U.S. CONGRESS
Text 1. Historical and Constitutional Background of
Legislative Power
Text 2. Congress Membership
Text 3. Sources of Legislation
Text 4. Introduction and Referral to Committees
Text 5. Senate Action
Text 6. Congress's Investigative Oversight Role
Text 7. The Enactment Process
Text 8. The Party Organization
Text 9. Representative Government
UNIT IV. U.S. PRESIDENCY
Text 1. The Chief Executive
Text 2. The Power of Appointment
Text 3. Enumerated, Implied, Inherent Powers
Text 4. The Treaty-Making Power
Text 5. Executive Agreements
Text 6. The Presidential Veto
Text 7. The President as Legislator
Text 8. Impeachment
Text 9. The Intent of the Framers Versus the Modern
American Presidency
UNIT V. THE ORGANIZATION OF COURTS IN THE
UNITED STATES
Text 1. State Courts v. Federal Courts
Text 2. The Structure of American Courts
Text 3. Consequences of the Dual Court System
Text 4. The Administrative Organization of Courts
UNIT VI. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Text 1. The Court and Constitutional Interpretation
Text 2. The Court as an Institution
Text 3. Constitutional Guide and Modern Developments
Text 4. The Court and its Procedures
Text 5. A Unique Court
Text 6. Judicial Review
Glossary
Keys
References