An introduction to the legal system of the United States

Ed. Steve Sheppard. In the updated, fourth edition of this classic text which has been translated into over a dozen languages, constitutional scholar and Columbia Law School professor E. Allan Farnsworth provides a clear explanation of the structure and function of the U.S. legal ...

American Law in a global context

the basics

Table of Contents 1 The common law 15 2 The civil law 29 3 The language of law : common and civil 54 4 Legal reasoning 75 5 The constitution as code 111 6 Judicial review 132 7 Federalism 150 8 The alternative constitution 172 9 ...