Full Description
This book, suitable as a primer for foreign LLMs — or as an introductory survey for American students of both procedural and substantive law — is a comprehensive, though concise, survey of the American legal system — its structure and its methodology.
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Table of Cases
Chapter 1. Introduction to American Law
Chapter 2. The Sources of Law and Common Law Reasoning
Chapter 3. The American Constitutional System: Allocation of Governmental Powers
Chapter 4. The American Judiciary: Guardians of the Constitution
Chapter 5. The American Civil Trial: Ritualized Combat
Chapter 6. Contract and Commercial Law: A Promise Is a Promise (Maybe)
Chapter 7. American Tort Law: Venerable Common Law on the Eve of Reform?
Chapter 8. American Property Law: Plenty of Old Wine in Both New and Old Bottles
Chapter 9. America's Business Is Business: And Business Lawyers Govern the Show
Chapter 10. American Labor Law: Laissez-Faire—Freedom to Contract; Limitations Regarding Discrimination
Chapter 11. Criminal Law: (Much) Crime and (Severe) Punishment in Modern America
Chapter 12. Criminal Procedure: The "Long and Winding Road" from Apprehension of Criminals to Their Release
Chapter 13. A Bill of Rights for All Seasons
Chapter 14. Administrative Agencies and Their Law: The Fourth Branch of American Law
Chapter 15. International Law in the American Legal System: Is It Really There?
Chapter 16. Conclusion: The American Bar
Index
