U.S. Law for Civil Lawyers

Prof. Dr. Kirk W. Junker

doi:10.5771/9783748905714

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The book is not only a useful reference for foreign legal practitioners, but also includes an extremely interesting theory of comparison. It revisits the notion of “foreign law” and elaborates a method to allow foreign lawyers to understand and overcome the gaps between legal cultures.Numerous examples, concrete practical tips and checklists as well as the translation of all important legal terms into German and French offer ideal orientation. Each chapter includes “practice tips,” which serve the aim of guiding non-U.S. lawyers in their first steps into practising U.S. law.ContentsChapter 1: U.S. Law as Foreign Law | Chapter 2: Federal Civil Litigation | Chapter 3: Civil Procedure Brief Drafting Strategy | Chapter 4: U.S. Arbitration Law and Practice | Chapter 5: Aspects of United States Application of International Maritime Law: A Focus on Jurisdictional, Procedural and Substantive Issues Unique to the U.S. System | Chapter 6: Contracts—Drafting and Content | Chapter 7: The Back to Back Contract. The Birth of a New Contract Type

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-6447-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-0571-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: English
Pages: 362
Product type: Comment

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XXXVIII
Introduction: Legal Translation as Cross-Cultural Communication No access Pages 1 - 8 Alessandro Galli
Kirk W. Junker
1. 1. 1. a) What Makes Law “Foreign?” Culture, Not Rules No access
    2. b) “Foreign” Is a Matter of Perspective No access
  2. 1. a) Functionalism No access
    2. b) Translation No access
    3. c) Conclusions from Foreign and Comparative Law No access
2. 1. 1. a) The Use of the Word “Code” No access
    2. b) Stare Decisis and the Doctrine of Precedent No access
  2. 2. Legal Institutions: Juries No access
  3. 1. a) Horizontal Federalism No access
    2. b) Choice of Law No access
    3. c) Federalism and State Relations to Other States No access
  4. 4. Attorneys’ Fees No access
  5. 1. a) The Trial No access
    2. b) The Advocate No access
  6. 1. a) Distinguishing Contracts from Torts No access
    2. 1. i. Contracts No access
      2. ii. Torts No access
    3. c) Source of Law Differences No access
3. III. Conclusions No access
F. Baicker-McKee
1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Organization of the Federal Courts No access
  2. 2. Comparison with State Courts No access
  3. 1. a) Federal Question Jurisdiction No access
    2. 1. i. Complete Diversity of Citizenship No access
      2. ii. Amount in Controversy No access
      3. iii. Excluded Categories No access
    3. c) Supplemental Jurisdiction No access
    4. 1. i. After-Acquired Jurisdiction No access
      2. ii. Fraudulent Joinder No access
  4. 1. a) Consent No access
    2. b) Presence No access
    3. c) State “Long Arm Statute” No access
  5. 1. a) Venue Choices No access
    2. b) Venue Residence No access
    3. 1. i. Improper Venue No access
      2. ii. Transfer of Venue No access
      3. iii. Forum Non Conveniens No access
  6. 6. Choice of Law No access
3. 1. 1. 1. i. Caption No access
      2. ii. Body of the Complaint No access
      3. iii. Statement of Jurisdiction No access
      4. iv. Statement of Claims No access
      5. v. Statement of Relief No access
      6. vi. Signature; Rule 11 No access
    2. 1. i. Temporary Restraining Orders No access
      2. ii. Preliminary Injunctions No access
      3. iii. Permanent Injunctions No access
    3. c) Parties Included in the Complaint No access
    4. d) Summons No access
  2. 1. a) Waiver of Service No access
    2. b) Service on a Corporation No access
    3. 1. i. Service by Means Authorized in State Court No access
      2. ii. Service by Extraordinary Means No access
  3. 1. a) Time for Responding to a Complaint No access
    2. 1. i. Failure to State a Claim No access
      2. ii. Waiver of Rule 12 Defenses No access
    3. c) Answer No access
    4. 1. i. Counterclaims No access
      2. ii. Crossclaims No access
      3. iii. Third-Party Claims No access
  4. 4. Amending Pleadings No access
4. 1. 1. 1. i. Discovery Planning Conference No access
      2. ii. The Scope of Discovery No access
      3. iii. Privileges No access
    2. b) Attorney-Client Privilege No access
    3. c) Trial Preparation Materials No access
    4. d) Privilege Log No access
  2. 1. a) Initial Disclosure No access
    2. b) Expert Disclosure No access
    3. c) Pretrial Disclosure No access
  3. 1. a) Interrogatories No access
    2. b) Requests for Inspection No access
    3. c) Requests for Admission No access
    4. d) Depositions No access
    5. e) Depositions of Organizations No access
    6. f) Physical or Mental Examinations No access
    7. g) Duty to Supplement No access
    8. h) Discovery of Nonparties No access
    9. i) Discovery Involving Foreign Parties No access
    10. j) Discovery Enforcement No access
5. 1. 1. a) Voluntary Dismissals No access
    2. b) Involuntary Dismissals No access
  2. 2. Summary Judgment No access
6. 1. 1. 1. i. Claims “At Law” versus Claims “In Equity” No access
      2. ii. Claims Not Existing in 1791 No access
      3. iii. Complaints with Legal and Equitable Claims No access
    2. b) Procedure for Asserting the Right to a Jury No access
    3. c) Selection and Composition of a Jury No access
    4. d) The Trials No access
  2. 1. Advisory Juries No access
7. 1. 1. Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law No access
  2. 2. Motion for a New Trial No access
  3. 3. Motion for Relief from a Judgment No access
8. VIII. Appeal No access
9. IX. Collection No access
10. 1. 1. Claim Preclusion or Res Judicata No access
  2. 2. Issue Preclusion or Collateral Estoppel No access
11. XI. Conclusions No access
Heidi K. Brown
1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. Purpose of Briefs in Federal Civil Litigation No access
3. III. A Common Organizational Structure for Briefs No access
4. 1. 1. Briefs in (or shortly after) the Pleadings Phase No access
  2. 2. Briefs in the Fact Discovery Phase No access
  3. 3. Briefs in the Expert Discovery Phase No access
  4. 4. Briefs in the Pre-Trial Phase No access
  5. 5. Briefs in the Trial Phase No access
  6. 6. Briefs in the Post-Trial Phase No access
  7. 7. Appellate Briefs No access
5. 1. 1. Drafting Initial Briefs No access
  2. 2. Drafting Opposition Briefs No access
  3. 3. Drafting Reply Briefs No access
6. VI. Persuasion in Brief-Writing No access
7. 1. 1. Sample Discovery BriefOffenlegungs-Schriftsatz / conclusions en divulgation / alegatos escritos acerca del procedimiento de descrubrimiento de pruebas / memoria diretta a richiedere l’esibizione di... No access
  2. 2. Sample Evidentiary Brief Outline No access
  3. 3. Motion for Summary Judgment No access
8. VIII. Conclusions and Potential Pitfalls in Brief-Writing No access
Katherine M. Simpson
1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. The Arbitration Agreement No access
  2. 2. The New York Convention and United States Federal Law No access
  3. 3. State Law (and the United Nations Commission International Trade Law Model Law) No access
  4. 4. Institutional Rules No access
3. 1. 1. Competence-Competence: Who Decides Upon the Authority of Who Decides Jurisdiction? No access
  2. 2. Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards and Manifest Disregard of the Law No access
  3. 3. Non-Arbitrability and the “Wholly Groundless” Exception No access
  4. 4. Using United States’ Discovery in Support of an Arbitration: 28 U.S.C. § 1782 No access
4. 1. 1. The (Ir)relevance of United States’ Style Discovery in International Arbitration No access
  2. 2. Who Pays? Costs and the “American Rule” No access
5. V. Conclusion No access
Keith E. Wilder
1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. The Exordium/Introductory Clause No access
  2. 2. Dating the Contract No access
  3. 3. The Preamble No access
  4. 4. The Transitional Language and Words of Agreement No access
3. 1. 1. The Definition Section No access
  2. 1. a) The Correct Usage of the Word Shall No access
    2. b) The Correct Usage of the Words Will and Must No access
    3. c) The Correct Usage of the Words Entitled To No access
    4. d) The Correct Usage of the Word May No access
4. 1. 1. a) Severability Clause No access
    2. b) Merger, Integration or “Zipper Clauses” No access
    3. c) Force Majeure Clause No access
    4. d) Modification and Waiver Clause No access
    5. e) Assignment and Delegation Clause No access
    6. f) Choice of Law or Governing Law Clause No access
    7. g) Choice of Forum Clause No access
  2. 1. a) Successors and Assigns Clause No access
    2. b) Notice Clause No access
    3. c) Counterparts Clauses No access
    4. d) Waiver of Jury Trial Clause No access
5. V. Conclusion No access
Patrick Sorek
1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. Protection of Business Information Is Always Balanced Against Personal Freedom No access
3. III. Legal Language Can Be Confusing No access
4. IV. Definition of a Common Form of Legally Protected Business Information Common Form of Legally Protected Business Information No access
5. 1. 1. a) Consideration No access
    2. b) Basic Terms of Typical Restrictive Covenants No access
  2. 2. Statutes No access
  3. 3. Common Law No access
6. VI. Overlapping Sources of Law No access
7. VII. Defenses Against Wrongful Use of Confidential Information Suits No access
8. VIII. Remedies No access
9. IX. The Defend Trade Secrets Act – the First Federal Statute on the Subject No access
10. X. The Future No access
Antonio Lordi
1. I. The Principles of Clarity, Transparency and Specularity No access
2. 1. 1. Risk Related to the Execution of the Scope of the Subcontract No access
  2. 2. Risk of Payment Delays or Non-Payment from the Owner No access
  3. 3. Risk of Delays and Liquidated Damages of the Performance of the Subcontract No access
  4. 4. Risk Related to Change Orders No access
3. 1. 1. Case Law No access
  2. 2. Statutes No access
4. IV. A New Contract Type No access
Jacob H. Rooksby
1. I. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. Copyright No access
  2. 2. Patent No access
  3. 3. Trademark No access
  4. 4. Trade Secret No access
3. 1. 1. a) Copyright No access
    2. b) Patent No access
    3. c) Trademark No access
    4. d) Trade Secret No access
  2. 1. a) Patent No access
    2. b) Trademark No access
4. IV. Conclusion No access
P. Matthew Roy
1. I. Introduction–A Horizontal System of Income Taxation No access
2. 1. 1. Resident versus Non-Resident Taxation by the States No access
  2. 2. Income Taxation at the Local Level No access
3. III. Federal Income Taxation No access
4. IV. “Gross Income” Under the Internal Revenue Code No access
5. V. Internal Revenue Service Examination and Audit of Federal Tax Returns No access
6. VI. Criteria for the Selection of Tax Returns for Audit No access
7. 1. 1. The 30 Day Letter No access
  2. 2. The 90 Day Letter and Choice of Venue to Appeal Internal Revenue Service Determinations No access
8. VIII. Conclusion: Settlement with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel Conclusion: Settlement with the Internal Revenue Service No access
Phillip A. Buhler
1. I. Introduction to the Maritime Law Regime in the United States No access
2. 1. 1. The Constitutional Basis No access
  2. 2. Federal Statutes No access
  3. 3. United States’ Adoption of Treaties and Conventions No access
  4. 4. The General Maritime Law and Federal Common Law No access
  5. 5. The Concepts of Federal Preemption and Uniformity No access
3. 1. 1. In Rem and Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction No access
  2. 2. Jury Trials in Admiralty No access
4. 1. 1. The Codification of The Hague-Visby Rules No access
  2. 2. A Summary of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act No access
  3. 3. Other United States’ Law Applicable to International Carriage of Goods by Water No access
  4. 4. The Rotterdam Rules – Prospects for Replacement of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act No access
5. 1. 1. Maritime Contract Jurisdiction No access
  2. 1. a) Forum Selection Clauses No access
    2. b) Choice of Law No access
    3. c) Forum Non Conveniens No access
    4. d) Arbitration Clauses No access
    5. e) Passenger Vessel Tickets No access
  3. 1. a) Demise Charter No access
    2. b) Time Charter No access
    3. c) Voyage Charter No access
    4. d) Slot Charter No access
    5. e) Space Charter No access
    6. f) Common Carriage No access
  4. 1. a) List of Common Liens in Potential Order of Priority: No access
    2. b) Maritime Liens on Cargo No access
6. 1. 1. Claims by Seamen No access
  2. 2. Forum Selection Clauses in Employment Contracts No access
  3. 3. Remedies of Non-Seaman Workers and Passengers No access
  4. 4. Death on the High Seas Act No access
  5. 5. Foreign Workers on Offshore Oil Platforms, Drill Vessels and Fish Processing Vessels No access
  6. 6. Criminal Jurisdiction and Enforcement Over Foreign Flagged Vessels No access
7. 1. 1. The Basic Marine Pollution Legislation–The Federal Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act and the Clean Water Act No access
  2. 2. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 73/78 No access
  3. 3. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act No access
  4. 4. Oil Pollution Act of 1990 No access
  5. 5. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage No access
  6. 6. International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties No access
  7. 7. Convention on Pollution of the Seas by the Dumping of Waste and Other Matters No access
  8. 8. The Refuse Act No access
  9. 9. Ocean Dumping Act No access
  10. 10. International Convention for the Control and management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Convention) No access
  11. 11. Ballast Water Management Act No access
  12. 12. Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 73/78–Air Pollution from Ships No access
  13. 13. Clean Air Act No access
  14. 14. Other Applicable Maritime Environmental Statutes No access
8. VIII. United States Application of the Law of the Sea Convention No access
9. IX. Limitation of Liability No access
10. 1. 1. The Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims No access
  2. 2. District Court Local Rules for Admiralty Matters No access
  3. 3. Maritime Statutes of Limitations and the Doctrine of Laches No access
Ryan Kraski
1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. Distinguishing Between the Types of Nonprofits No access
3. III. Nonprofit Structure No access
4. IV. Limitations on Nonprofit Organizations No access
5. V. Internal Revenue Service Tax Exemption Qualifying Tests No access
6. VI. Internal Revenue Code § 527 Political “Action” Groups No access
7. VII. Unrelated Business Income Tax No access
8. VIII. Dissolving Nonprofits No access
9. IX. Managing Nonprofits No access
10. X. Conclusion No access
Katherine M. Simpson
1. I. Introduction No access
2. II. Citizenship: Why Become a Citizen of the United States? No access
3. III. History and Purpose(s) of the Immigration Law and Policy in the United States History and Purpose(s) of the Immigration Law and Policy No access
4. IV. The Federal Agencies Involved in Immigration Law and Policy No access
5. 1. 1. The Letter of the Law No access
  2. 2. The Immigration Court System No access
6. 1. 1. Admission to the United States No access
  2. 2. Grounds for Exclusion No access
7. 1. 1. a) Family Based Visas No access
    2. b) Priorities of the United States’ Immigrant Visas: Employment-Based No access
    3. c) Priorities of the United States’ Immigrant Visas: Diversity No access
  2. 2. Priorities of United States’ Non-Immigrant Visas No access
8. VIII. Refugees, Asylees, and the Asylum Procedure No access
9. IX. Conclusions No access
Barbara M. Carlin
1. I. Criminal Jurisdiction in the United States No access
2. 1. 1. Mail Fraud No access
  2. 2. A Ponzi Scheme No access
3. III. Forms of Criminal Liability No access
4. 1. 1. Obtaining Evidence of Federal Crime in the United States No access
  2. 2. Obtaining Evidence of Federal Crimes from Outside the United States No access
  3. 3. Other Investigative Tools: Injunctions and Search Warrants No access
  4. 4. The Indictment No access
  5. 5. Arraignment No access
  6. 6. Plea Agreements No access
  7. 7. Sentencing After Guilty Pleas No access
5. 1. 1. Part I: Prosecution to Obtain a Conviction for the Crime(s) Charged No access
  2. 2. Part II: Sentencing Upon Conviction at Trial No access
6. 1. 1. The Challenges for Procedure When Obtaining Evidence of Fraud Outside the United States No access
  2. 2. Procedural Challenges to Obtaining Evidence Outside the United States No access
Kirk W. Junker, Michael J. Heilman
1. 1. 1. The Spirit of Litigation Viewed from the Spirit of Legislation No access
  2. 2. Is Environmental Law a Matter of Public Law or Private Law? No access
  3. 3. Organizing Environmental Law Statutes No access
2. 1. 1. Federal or State? Cooperative Federalism No access
  2. 2. Distinguishing LawRecht / droit / derecho / diritto. from EquityRecht der Gerechtigkeit / equité / equidad (conjunto de normas creadas por el Court of Chancery) / regole dell “equity” [lit.], laddo... No access
  3. 3. Civil, Administrative or Criminal? Culturally Dividing the Norms No access
  4. 4. When Can Citizens Take Over State Competency? The Citizen Suit No access
3. 1. 1. Constitutions No access
  2. 2. Statutes No access
  3. 3. Regulations No access
  4. 4. Binding Decisions of the Courts No access
4. 1. 1. Compliance No access
  2. 2. Enforcement No access
5. V. Conclusions No access
Gabriela Steier
1. 1. 1. Food Law in the United States No access
  2. 2. What is Food Sovereignty and How Does it Relate to Law in the United States? No access
  3. 3. Are Local Food Systems Governed by Federal or State Jurisdiction? No access
2. 1. 1. The Role of the United States’ Lawyer in the Local Food Movement No access
  2. 1. a) Farm Leases No access
    2. b) Tenure Options No access
    3. c) Rent Rate No access
    4. d) Improvements or Additions to Real Property No access
    5. e) Soil and Land Preservation and Conservation Planning No access
  3. 1. a) Agri-tourism No access
    2. b) Local Land Use Regulations, State Licensing, and Permit Requirements No access
  4. 1. a) Small Farm Financing No access
    2. b) Intellectual Property Issues No access
3. III. Conclusion No access
Index No access Pages 357 - 362