Civil Dispute Resolution
After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:
• List and describe the courts in the Federal court
system and in a typical State court system.
• Distinguish among exclusive Federal jurisdiction,
concurrent Federal jurisdiction, and exclusive State
jurisdiction.
• Distinguish among (1) subject matter jurisdiction and
jurisdiction over the parties and (2) the three types of
jurisdiction over the parties
List and explain the various stages of a civil
proceeding.
• Compare and contrast litigation, arbitration,
conciliation, and mediation
