TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fletcher,George P.
AU  - Sheppard,Steve
TI  - American law in a global context: the basics 
SN  - 0195167236
AV  - KF380 .F59 2005
U1  - 349.73 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Law
KW  - United States
KW  - Lawyers, Foreign
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - 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
ER  -