American law and the American legal system in a nutshell by Lloyd Bonfield.
Series Nutshell series | Nutshell seriesDetalles de publicación: St. Paul, MN Thomson/West c2006.Descripción: xxi, 370 p. 19 cmISBN:- 0314150161 ( pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780314150165 ( pbk. : alk. paper)
- KF 386 .B59 2006
- 86.10
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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.
Includes index.
Introduction to American law -- The sources of law and common law reasoning -- The American constitutional system: allocation of governmental powers -- The American judiciary: guardians of the Constitution -- The American civil trial: ritualized combat -- Contract and commercial law: a promise is a promise (maybe) -- American tort law: venerable common law on the eve of reform? -- American property law: plenty of old wine in both new and old bottles -- Americas business is business: and business lawyers govern the show -- Criminal law: (much) crime and (severe) punishment in modern America -- Criminal procedure: the 'long and winding road' from apprehension of criminals to their release -- A Bill of Rights for all seasons -- Administrative agencies and their law: the fourth branch of American law -- International law in the American legal system: is it really there? -- Conclusions: the American bar.