02432nam 2200421 a 450 991044968460332120210114193551.01-280-53409-50-19-972929-81-4337-0040-9(CKB)1000000000245510(StDuBDS)AH24087553(MiAaPQ)EBC279773(EXLCZ)99100000000024551020041101d2005 fy 0engur|||||||||||American law in a global context[electronic resource] the basics /George P. Fletcher and Steve SheppardOxford Oxford University Press20051 online resource (624 p.)0-19-516722-8 An introduction to the American legal system from a global perspective. Using a comparative approach, the authors introduce underlying principles of common and civil law, constitutional, criminal, and public law, and property and procedure.American Law in a Global Context is an elegant and erudite introduction to the American legal system from a global persepctive. There is no basic book that introduces the foreign lawyer who has already studied the law of foreign jurisdictions to fundamental concepts of American law and legal practice. This book fills that void. Using a comparative approach, George P. Fletcher and Steve Sheppard introduce underlying principles of common and civil law, constitutional, criminal, and public law, and property and procedure. Designed to help the foreign student grasp the basic ideas of pedagogy, legal institutions and substantive law in the US, appendices include an introduction to the common law method, instruction on how to read a case, the interpretation of statutes, and an introduction to the Federal system and US courts systems. A must-own reference source for LLM students, undergraduates, and students of US law in other countries.LawUnited StatesHandbooks, manuals, etcLawyers, ForeignHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.lcshLawLawyers, Foreign349.73Fletcher George P233694Sheppard Steve1963-924598StDuBDSStDuBDSUkPrAHLSBOOK9910449684603321American law in a global context2075448UNINA