American Law in a Global Context
The Basics
by George P. Fletcher, Steve Sheppard
1st Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780195167238 |
| eText ISBN | 9780199883271 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publishing Year | 2005 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 696 |
American Law in a Global Context: The Basics, 1st Edition, serves as an introductory casebook on the United States legal system presented from an international viewpoint. It explores the central common law principles and lawyering tools customary to first-year legal education.
The volume covers major legal fields, including constitutional law, contracts, property, criminal law, and courtroom procedure. Legal doctrines are set within historical and intellectual contexts, using actual cases to illustrate evolving arguments and legal reasoning.
Intended for LL.M. students, foreign law students, and United States undergraduates, the work incorporates comparative materials from foreign jurisdictions to support legal study and build practical common law skills.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Common Law
Chapter 2: Civil Law
Chapter 3: The Language of Law: Common and Civil
Chapter 4: Legal Reasoning
Chapter 5: The Constitution as Code
Chapter 6: Judicial Review
Chapter 7: Federalism
Chapter 8: The Alternative Constitution
Chapter 9: Equality Prevails
Chapter 10: Freedom Fights Back
Chapter 11: The Jury
Chapter 12: Due Process Ascendant
Chapter 13: Coordinating the States
Chapter 14: Multiple Common Laws?
Chapter 15: Feudalism
Chapter 16: The Triumph of Equity
Chapter 17: Contemporary Property
Chapter 18: The Frontiers of Property
Chapter 19: Contract as Law
Chapter 20: Contract as Justice
Chapter 21: Contractual Harm
Chapter 22: Foundations of Tort Law
Chapter 23: Economic Efficiency
Chapter 24: From Contributory to Comparative Fault
Chapter 25: Punitive Damages
Chapter 26: Stages of a Civil Trial
Chapter 27: Where Would You Rather Be Tried?
Chapter 28: The Fate of Bernhard Goetz
Chapter 29: Self-Defense: Domestic and International Conclusion
Chapter 30: Summary: The Right and Reasonable
Chapter Appendix 1: How to Read (and Brief) a Case
Chapter Appendix 2: Common Law Method; or How to Do Things with Cases
Chapter Appendix 3: The Interpretations of Statutes
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