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Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition

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ISBN-10: 0199733104

ISBN-13: 9780199733101

Edition: 4th 2010

Authors: E. Allan Farnsworth, Steve Sheppard

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In the updated, fourth edition of this classic text which has been translated into over a dozen languages, constitutional scholar and Columbia Law School professor E. Allan Farnsworth provides a clear explanation of the structure and function of the U.S. legal system in one handy reference. An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Fourth Edition is designed to be a general introduction to the structure and function of the legal system of the United States, and is especially useful for those readers who lack familiarity with fundamental establishments and practices. This text also gives the reader a clear understanding of how to research the law, the importance of case law…    
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Book details

List price: $69.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Steve Sheppard is the William Enfield Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He has written articles in legal history, legal philosophy, international law, and the practice of law. With George Fletcher, he wrote American Law in a Global Context: The Basics. He is the editor of the Aspen Bouvier: A Law Dictionary, The Selected Writings of Sir Edward Coke, The History of Legal Education in the United States, Karl Llewellyn's The Bramble Bush, and several series of law books, as well as contributing introductions to the revived works of John Selden, Sir William Jones, and Francis Leiber, among others. He clerked and practised law in Mississippi and throughout the South…