I. Civil actions. Pursuing a federal civil action ; Appellate review ; Claims for relief and aggregate processing
II. Criminal actions. Entering the system ; From prosecution through conviction ; After conviction: sentencing, appeals, and post-conviction relief
III. Choosing the law to apply and exercising power over people
IV. Remedial powers
V. Institutional forms. Domestic tribunals ; Administrative agencies ; Alternative dispute resolution ; International tribunals
VI. The participants. Broadening participatory rights: gender, race, ethnicity and the courts ; The role of juries ; Controlling judges ; The centrality of lawyers, the costs of process, and the availability of subsidies
VII. Rulemaking. Generating rules within the federal system ; Reconstructing the process and reallocating authority ; The diminishing centrality of the federal rules.