EVERETT KIMBALL, _National Government of the United States_, pp. 379-422; JAMES T. YOUNG, _The New American Government and Its Work_, pp. 275-297; W. B. MUNRO, _The Government of the United States_, pp. 342-371; S. E. BALDWIN, _The American Judiciary_, especially pp. 3-124; J. C. GRAY, _The Nature and Sources of the Law_, pp. 84-112. Group Problems =1. What can be done to improve the work of the courts?= Present organization of the courts. How cases are brought. Figures concerning the number of cases. How far are the courts behind in their work? Causes of congestion. Has the jury system anything to do with it? The right to new trials. The right of appeal. Other factors which make for delay. The expensiveness of lawsuits. Justice and the poor. Proposed reforms in judicial procedure. Conclusions. =References=: S. E. BALDWIN, _The American Judiciary_, pp. 197-251; 365-373; C. A. BEARD, _Readings in American Government and Politics_, pp. 500-508; R. H. SMITH, _Justice and the Poor_, pp. 3-34; C. G. HAINES and BERTHA HAINES, _Principles and Problems of Government_, pp. 367-402; American Bar Association, _Report on the Reform of Judicial Procedure_ (in Journal of the American Bar Association, Vol. VI, pp. 509-527, July, 1920); See also _The Cleveland Survey_, 1921. =2. The Supreme Court of the United States and its place in the American scheme of Government.= =References=: W. B. MUNRO, _Government of the United States_, pp. 357-371; P. S. REINSCH, _Readings on American Federal Government_, pp. 703-720; C. A. BEARD, _Readings in American Government and Politics_, pp. 288-290; W. W. WILLOUGHBY, _The Supreme Court of the United States_, pp. 22-42. Short Studies 1. =The Supreme Court at work.= F. J. HASKIN, _American Government_, pp. 325-336. 2. =The practice of declaring laws invalid.= C. G. HAINES, _The American Doctrine of Judicial Supremacy_, pp. 173-184; E. S. CORWIN, _The Doctrine of Judicial Review_, pp. 1-44. 3. =The influence of Supreme Court decisions.= P. S. REINSCH, _Readings on American Federal Government_, pp. 706-716. 4. =Law: its nature and development.= WOODROW WILSON, _The State_, pp. 69-93. 5. =The common law.= J. C. CARTER, _Law: Its Origin and Growth_, pp. 167-190; J. C. GRAY, _The Nature and Sources of the Law_, pp. 82-108; 266-292; SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK, _The Genius of the Common Law_, pp. 1-26. 6. =Trial by jury.= S. E. BALDWIN, _The American Judiciary_, pp. 184-196. 7. =Criminal procedure.= _Ibid._, pp. 226-251. 8. =The law’s delays.= C. A. BEARD, _Readings in American Government and Politics_, pp. 500-505. 9. =Justice and the poor.= R. H. SMITH, _Justice and the Poor_, pp. 41-59. 10. =The courts and democracy.= J. H. TUFTS, _Our Democracy_, pp. 255-267. Questions