Fletcher, George P., <br/><br/>
American law in a global context :  the basics / 
George P. Fletcher and Steve Sheppard. 
 - xii, 682 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> The common law --  The civil law --  The language of law : common and civil --  Legal reasoning --  The constitution as code --  Judicial review --  Federalism --  The alternative constitution --  Equality prevails --  Freedom fights back --  The jury --  Due process ascendant --  Coordinating the states --  Multiple common laws? --  Feudalism in land law --  The triumph of equity --  Contemporary property --  The frontiers of property --  Contract as law --  Contract as justice --  Contractual harm --  Foundations of tort law --  Economic efficiency --  From contributory to comparative fault --  Disputed boundaries : punitive damages --  The American civil trial in outline --  Where would you rather be tried? --  The fate of Bernhard Goetz --  Self-defense : domestic and international --  Summary : the right and the reasonable --  How to read (and brief) a case --  Common law method; or, how to do things with cases --  The interpretation of statutes.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19.  20.  21.  22.  23.  24.  25.  26.  27.  28.  29.  App. 1.  App. 2.  App. 3. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195167236 9780195167238 0195167228 9780195167221 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003028123 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--United States<br/>Lawyers, Foreign--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF380  / .F59 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>349.73