American law : an introduction /
"This book provides an introduction to the American legal system for a broad readership. Its focus is on law in practice, on the role of the law in American society; and how the social context affects the living law of the United States. It covers the institutions of law creation and applicatio...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2017
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| Edition: | Third edition |
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| 005 | 20190826100901.0 | ||
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| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a KF387 |b .F74 2017 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Friedman, Lawrence Meir, |d 1930- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a American law : |b an introduction / |c Lawrence M. Friedman, Grant M. Hayden |
| 250 | |a Third edition | ||
| 260 | |a New York, NY : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2017 | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 360 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-337) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a What is a legal system? -- Law : formal and informal -- The background of American law -- The structure of American law : the courts -- The structure of American law : statutes and statute makers -- The structure of American law : executing policy -- Federalism and American legal culture -- Inside the black box : the substance of law -- Crimes and punishments -- Constitutional law and civil liberties -- On legal behavior -- Legal culture : legitimacy and morality -- The American legal profession -- Law and social change -- Epilogue : the future of law in the United States | |
| 520 | |a "This book provides an introduction to the American legal system for a broad readership. Its focus is on law in practice, on the role of the law in American society; and how the social context affects the living law of the United States. It covers the institutions of law creation and application, law in American government, American legal culture and the legal profession, American criminal and civil justice, and civil rights. Clearly written, the book has been widely used in both undergraduate and graduate courses as an introduction to the legal system; it will be useful, too, to a general audience interested in understanding how this vital social system works. This new edition follows the same basic structure as applied in the previous editions providing a thorough revision and reworking of the text. This edition reflects upon what has happened in the years since the second edition was published in 1998, and how these events and evolutions have shaped our fundamental comprehension of the workings of the American legal system today." |c --publisher's description | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Law |z United States |v Popular works | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Hayden, Grant M. | |
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| 852 | |a Law Library |b Second Floor |h KF387 .F74 2017 |p 33940004432306 | ||