Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Glossary Chapter 1 - Types and Sources of Laws 1.1 What is ?the law?? 1.2 Where do laws come from 1.2.1 Who or What is ?The Government?? 1.2.2 Supreme Law: The United States Constitution 1.2.
3 Balance of Power 1.2.4 Congressional Organization 1.2.5 State Constitutions 1.2.6 Local Charters 1.2.
7 Beyond the Constitution: Statutory law 1.2.8 Statutory Organization and Numbering 1.2.9 Ordinances 1.2.10 Beyond Statutes & Ordinances 1.2.
11 Case Law 1.2.12 Common Law 1.2.13 Less Common Sources of Law 1.3 Standards and Codes 1.3.1 Where do Standards Come From 1.
3.2 When Standards Become Law 1.4 Civil v. Criminal 1.5 Jurisdiction 1.5.1 Federal Jurisdiction 1.5.
2 State Jurisdiction 1.5.3 Local jurisdiction 1.5.4 State Freedom to Pass Laws Chapter 2 ? Courts and court systems 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Courts in general 2.2.
1 Judges and Magistrates 2.3 Jurisdiction 2.4 Trial Courts and Appellate Courts 2.5 Evidence 2.5.1 Testimony 2.5.2 Hearsay Evidence 2.
5.3 Admissions and Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule 2.6 Anatomy of a Civil Suit 2.6.1 Pleadings 2.6.2 Discovery 2.6.
2.1 Depositions 2.6.2.2 Interrogatories 2.6.2.3 Requests for Production 2.
6.2.4 Requests for Admissions 2.6.2.5 Pre-Trial motions 2.6.3 Trial 2.
6.3.1 Burden of Proof 2.6.3.2 The Merits of a Case 2.6.3.
3 Juries 2.6.3.4 To jury or Not to Jury 2.6.4 Appeals 2.6.4.
1 Appeals Limited to Issues Raised At Trial 2.6.4.2 Concurring and Dissenting Opinions 2.7 Federal Court System 2.8 State Courts 2.9 Stare decisis and precedence 2.10 How ?Decisis? is ?Decisis?? 2.
11 Law Suits and the Media 2.12 The Role of Law Suits in American Society 2.12.1 Introduction to the McDonalds Case 2.12.2 The Facts 2.12.3 Does She Have a Case 2.
12.4 The Trial 2.12.5 From the Jury?s Perspective 2.12.6 Excessive Damages 2.12.7 The End: Social Change 2.
13 Legal Research 2.14 Legal Arguments Chapter 3 ? Types of Fire Departments 3.1 What is a Fire Department? 3.2 The Role of a Fire Department 3.3 Public Sector v. Private Sector 3.4 Types of Entities 3.4.
1 Corporations 3.4.2 Corporate existence 3.4.3 Associations 3.4.4 The Problem with Unincorporated Associations 3.4.
5 Corporate Name 3.4.6 Why Incorporate? 3.4.7 Limitations on Liability Protection 3.5 Public Sector Fire Organizations 3.5.1 Municipal Fire Departments 3.
5.2 County Fire Departments 3.5.2.1 Transitional Situations 3.5.3 Fire Districts or Fire Protection Districts 3.5.
4 Regional Fire Departments 3.5.5 Public Safety Departments 3.5.6 State and Federal Fire Departments and Related Entities 3.6 Private Sector Fire Organizations 3.6.1 Volunteer Fire Companies 3.
6.1.1 Agreements between Volunteer Fire Companies and Jurisdictions Protected 3.6.1.2 Volunteer Fire Company Oversight Boards 3.6.1.
3 Volunteer Firefighter Rights 3.6.2 Subscription Fire Departments 3.6.3 For-Profit Corporations 3.6.4 Industrial Fire Departments 3.6.
5 Fire Brigades 3.7 Conclusions on Fire Department Authority 3.8 Volunteer Fire Company Authority Chapter 4 ? Administrative Agencies 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 4.3 Getting the Job Done 4.4 OSHA Inspections 4.5 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Review Commission 4.
6 OSHRC and OSHA 4.7 OSHA Violations and Sanctions 4.8 Administrative Agencies and Separation of Powers 4.9 Exhaustion of Remedies 4.10 OSHA Jurisdiction \ 4.11 State and Local Agencies 4.12 Administrative Law Making 4.12.
1 Rulemaking 4.12.2 Judicial Review 4.13 OSHA and the NFPA Standard 4.14 Application of OSHA to Volunteers and Part-Time Personnel. 4.14.1 Volunteers in General 4.
14.2 State and Municipal Employee Exception 4.14.3 Private Volunteer Fire Companies Chapter 5 Criminal Law 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Statutory and Common law Crimes 5.3 Federal versus State Jurisdiction 5.4 Crimes Must be Specifically Declared to be Criminal 5.
5 Felonies and Misdemeanors 5.6 Elements 5.6.1 Act 5.6.1.1 Omissions and the D.