Amazon.com description: Product Description: The U.S. Legal System surveys the legal system of the United States in articles that emphasize basic legal concepts and offer a practical guide to how the federal and state legal systems work. Its articles examine such subjects as the training, practices and ethics of attorneys and law firms; the organization, procedures and workings of the various kinds of courts; the selection, work and ethics of judges; the responsibilities of other court officers, such as bailiffs, clerks and reporters; the selection and use of juries; types of laws; and types of law enforcement bodies.