The American legal system for foreign lawyers
By: Eldon H. Reiley
Series: Aspen coursebook series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781454807254
Subjects: Law; Foreign Lawyers; Handbooks, manuals; Administration of Justice
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: American federalism and the structure of the judicial system; title: Sources of United States law : common-law history, binding precedent, and comparative reflections; title: Publication and citation of judicial opinions and other authority; title: Preparing for class; title: Legal English; title: Legal education and law practice in the United States; title: Overview of the Constitution; title: Source and scope of judicial power; title: Judicial interpretation of legislation; title: Doctrines that limit access to federal courts; title: Sources of and limitations on federal legislative power; title: Federal constitutional limits on state legislative power; title: A story : liquor, the Twenty-first Amendment, and the dormant commerce clause; title: Property rights : due process and takings; title: Due process and the right of privacy; title: Rights of minorities in the United States : potential use of international authority to support affirmative action; title: Formation of contracts : common law (UCC) and CISG compared; title: CISG : scope and interpretation; title: Excuse : impossibility, mistake, and hardship; title: Contract remedies at common law and under UCC and CISG; title: Specific performance; title: Drafting basic contracts.