American Law in a global context
the basics
- ISBN: 9780195167238
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2005
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 681
- Idiomas: Inglés
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 Equality prevails 201 10 Freedom fights back 224 11 The jury 243 12 Due process ascendant 259 13 Coordinating the states 276 14 Multiple common laws? 302 15 Feudalism in land law 319 16 The triumph of equity 338 17 Contemporary property 358 18 The frontiers of property 376 19 Contract as law 395 20 Contract as justice 413 21 Contractual harm 426 22 Foundations of tort law 440 23 Economic efficiency 452 24 From contributory to comparative fault 472 25 Disputed boundaries : punitive damages 488 26 The American civil trial in outline 502 27 Where would you rather be tried? 531 28 The fate of Bernhard Goetz 549 More...
