英美法案例研读

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分类标题 钥匙序号 分类标题 钥匙序号 Ambassadors and Consuls 26 Aliens 28 Citizens 77 Customs Duties 114 Domicile 135 Treaties 385 War and National Emergency 402 Trade Regulation 382 Admiralty 16 International law 221 Sources and Scope of International Arbitration 221.13 International law 221.2 International Organizations And Tribunals in General 221.10.45(1)
The Association of Legal Writing Directors created the ALWD Citation Manual because
THE ALWD CITATION MANUAL
• • • • • • Divided into 7 parts. Part 1 – Introductory Materials. Part 2 – Citation Basics. Part 3 – Citing Specific Print Sources. Part 4 – Electronic Sources. Part 5 – Incorporating Citations into Documents. • Part 6 – Quotations. • Part 7 – Appendices.
Second Step-- Defining the legal issue
• Who was the actor? • Who was the recipient of the action? • What was the action that caused the controversy? • What law or specific part of the Constitution /Statute is involved?
There is no evidence to establish a ―mistake of the scrivener‖. There is no evidence of mutual mistake. There is evidence of a unilateral mistake on the part of plaintiffs, but there is no evidence of attending fraud or inequitable conduct on the part of defendants. Webb v. Culver, 265 or. 467 , 509 P. 2d 1173 (1973). The record simply does not contain any evidence that would constitute grounds for reformation. Therefore the decree of the trial court is affirmed. Affirmed.
No. CA 75 1308 Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc. Argued and Submitted July 10, 1975. Decided Aug. 7, 1975
二、判例总结(Syllabus or Prefatory Statement)
参阅West出版公司为Cereghino v. Vershum案所提供的判 例总结 In an action to reform a trust deed, plaintiffs appealed from a decree of the Circuit Court, Multnomah County, William M. Dale, J., denying the relief requested. The Supreme Court held that reformation was correctly denied where there was no evidence to establish a mistake of the scrivener or mutual mistake. Here, the evidence showed only unilateral mistake on the part of the plaintiffs, unattended by fraud or other inequitable conduct on the part of defendants. Affirmed. Carter, J., concurred and assigned reasons.
Case Study—Six Easy Steps
First Step--Relevant and determinative facts What happened in this case? Who are the people involved? What motives could explain why the people involved acted as they did? How did the lower courts find for the case? Which facts are material or key facts? How did the court describe the key facts?
例如WEST公司为Cerechino v. Vershum 案提供了如 下法律摘要和相应分类标题: 1. Reformation of Instruments 390.57
2. Trial 388.182, 227.24, 230.133 3. Appeal and Error 1064.1(1)
Read and Analyze Common Law Cases
英美法案例研读
Section 1: The Basic Structure of Court Opinions 案例的基本结构
一.判例的名称或抬头 Willie Louie CEREGHINO and Frances Mary Cereghino, Petitioners, v. Mary J. VERSHUM, Trustee, and Janet Coffyn, Respondents.
普通法判例一般遵从以下结构和顺序： 1、案件的起诉和上诉历史（discussion of the procedural posture of the case） 2、事实概要（summary of the facts） 3、待决法律争议，有时还包括争议双方的法律意见（legal issues before the court， sometimes followed by the legal theories of each party） 4、法庭的判决结果（court‗s decision or the holding in the case） 5、判决理由（court‘s reasoning） 6、判决所产生的法律规则（rule emerging from the decision） 7、后续诉讼程序指示（procedural decision） 8、另类判决理由（concurring or dissenting opinion or both）
主审法官（Presiding Judges）
Before CARTER， LANIER and LeBLANC， JJ. LeBLANC, Judge (or PER CURIAM) The issues presented in this personal injury case concern a requested jury instruction, the exclusion of certain testimony and quantum.
Case Study—Six Easy Steps
• Third Step--Formulating arguments for both sides of the legal issue • Fourth Step--Analyzing both majority and dissenting opinions of the court • Fifth Step--Evaluating the impact of the court‘s decision • Sixth Step--Solving languLeabharlann Baiduge barriers
法庭判决意见(the Opinion)
以Cereghino v. Vershum案为例,法庭的判决意见节 选如下: This is a suit to reform a trust deed executed by plaintiffs, on ground that ―by the mistake of the scrivener who drafted the trust deed…he included the home of plaintiffs‖ and that said trust deed, according to the agreement of plaintiffs and defendant Coffey and her agent who negotiated the loan, should have covered only property of plaintiffs in East Mount Tabor Addition, Multnomah County, Oregon. Plaintiffs appeal from a decree denying the relief requested.
三、分类标题及法律摘要（Topics and Headnotes） • 美国法律摘编系统将所有案例法律摘要划分为 七类（class）：人（persons）、财产 （property）、合同（contracts）、侵权 （torts）、犯罪（crimes）、司法救济 （remedies）、政府（government）。 • Class——subclasses——topics—— subdivisions 法律类别 亚类别 分类标题 亚标 题 共有400多个分类标题，每个亚标题配备一 个数字编号（西方钥匙序号）
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在Cereghino v. Vershum 案中紧接headnotes之后有以下这些 文字: Donald L. Alderton, Sullivan & Alderton, P. C., Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants. Francis F. Yunker, Cromwell & Hoffman, L.L.P., Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellees. P.C. = Professional Corporation （专业服务公司） L.L.P.= Limited Liability Partnership （有限责任合伙）