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American law in a global context : the basics / George P. Fletcher and Steve Sheppard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xii, 682 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195167236
  • 9780195167238
  • 0195167228
  • 9780195167221
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 349.73 22
LOC classification:
  • KF380 .F59 2005
Contents:
1. The common law -- 2. The civil law -- 3. The language of law : common and civil -- 4. Legal reasoning -- 5. The constitution as code -- 6. Judicial review -- 7. Federalism -- 8. The alternative constitution -- 9. Equality prevails -- 10. Freedom fights back -- 11. The jury -- 12. Due process ascendant -- 13. Coordinating the states -- 14. Multiple common laws? -- 15. Feudalism in land law -- 16. The triumph of equity -- 17. Contemporary property -- 18. The frontiers of property -- 19. Contract as law -- 20. Contract as justice -- 21. Contractual harm -- 22. Foundations of tort law -- 23. Economic efficiency -- 24. From contributory to comparative fault -- 25. Disputed boundaries : punitive damages -- 26. The American civil trial in outline -- 27. Where would you rather be tried? -- 28. The fate of Bernhard Goetz -- 29. Self-defense : domestic and international -- Summary : the right and the reasonable -- App. 1. How to read (and brief) a case -- App. 2. Common law method; or, how to do things with cases -- App. 3. The interpretation of statutes.
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Includes index.

1. The common law -- 2. The civil law -- 3. The language of law : common and civil -- 4. Legal reasoning -- 5. The constitution as code -- 6. Judicial review -- 7. Federalism -- 8. The alternative constitution -- 9. Equality prevails -- 10. Freedom fights back -- 11. The jury -- 12. Due process ascendant -- 13. Coordinating the states -- 14. Multiple common laws? -- 15. Feudalism in land law -- 16. The triumph of equity -- 17. Contemporary property -- 18. The frontiers of property -- 19. Contract as law -- 20. Contract as justice -- 21. Contractual harm -- 22. Foundations of tort law -- 23. Economic efficiency -- 24. From contributory to comparative fault -- 25. Disputed boundaries : punitive damages -- 26. The American civil trial in outline -- 27. Where would you rather be tried? -- 28. The fate of Bernhard Goetz -- 29. Self-defense : domestic and international -- Summary : the right and the reasonable -- App. 1. How to read (and brief) a case -- App. 2. Common law method; or, how to do things with cases -- App. 3. The interpretation of statutes.

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