LEADER 02432nam 2200421 a 450 001 9910449684603321 005 20210114193551.0 010 $a1-280-53409-5 010 $a0-19-972929-8 010 $a1-4337-0040-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245510 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087553 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279773 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245510 100 $a20041101d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aAmerican law in a global context$b[electronic resource] $ethe basics /$fGeorge P. Fletcher and Steve Sheppard 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (624 p.) 311 $a0-19-516722-8 330 $aAn 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. 330 $bAmerican 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. 606 $aLaw$zUnited States$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 606 $aLawyers, Foreign$vHandbooks, manuals, etc 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aLaw 615 0$aLawyers, Foreign 676 $a349.73 700 $aFletcher$b George P$0233694 701 $aSheppard$b Steve$f1963-$0924598 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449684603321 996 $aAmerican law in a global context$92075448 997 $aUNINA