Law School for Everyone: Litigation, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, and Torts

Litigation: Litigation and the American Legal System (1x1)

Air date: Jan 01, 2017

In this lecture, use a 1963 Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright, as a window into the relationship between litigation and the American legal system. You'll explore why we adopted this particular system, how it works, and why we teach law in America the way we do.