The American legal system for foreign lawyers /
Reiley, Eldon H.
The American legal system for foreign lawyers / Eldon H. Reiley and Connie de la Vega. - New York Wolters Kluwer Law & Business c2012 - xxi, 507 páginas 26 cm. - Aspen coursebook series .
Incluye índice.
American federalism and the structure of the judicial system -- Sources of United States law : common-law history, binding precedent, and comparative reflections -- Publication and citation of judicial opinions and other authority -- Preparing for class -- Legal English -- Legal education and law practice in the United States -- Overview of the Constitution -- Basis and scope of judicial review -- Judicial interpretation of legislation -- Doctrines that limit access to federal courts -- Sources of and limitations on federal legislative power -- Federal constitutional limits on state legislative power -- A story : liquor, the Twenty-first Amendment, and the dormant commerce clause -- Property rights : due process and takings -- Due process and the right of privacy -- Rights of minorities in the United States : potential use of international authority to support affirmative action -- Formation of contracts : common law (UCC) and CISG compared -- CISG : scope and interpretation -- Excuse : impossibility, mistake, and hardship -- Contract remedies at common law and under UCC and CISG -- Specific performance -- Drafting basic contracts.
9781454807254 1454807253
Legislación ---Estados Unidos
Administración de justicia ---Estados Unidos
Abogados ---Relaciones exteriores ---manuales, etc--Estados Unidos -
Law ---United States
Justice, Administration of ---United States
Lawyers, Foreign ---Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States -
KF 387 / R448 2012
The American legal system for foreign lawyers / Eldon H. Reiley and Connie de la Vega. - New York Wolters Kluwer Law & Business c2012 - xxi, 507 páginas 26 cm. - Aspen coursebook series .
Incluye índice.
American federalism and the structure of the judicial system -- Sources of United States law : common-law history, binding precedent, and comparative reflections -- Publication and citation of judicial opinions and other authority -- Preparing for class -- Legal English -- Legal education and law practice in the United States -- Overview of the Constitution -- Basis and scope of judicial review -- Judicial interpretation of legislation -- Doctrines that limit access to federal courts -- Sources of and limitations on federal legislative power -- Federal constitutional limits on state legislative power -- A story : liquor, the Twenty-first Amendment, and the dormant commerce clause -- Property rights : due process and takings -- Due process and the right of privacy -- Rights of minorities in the United States : potential use of international authority to support affirmative action -- Formation of contracts : common law (UCC) and CISG compared -- CISG : scope and interpretation -- Excuse : impossibility, mistake, and hardship -- Contract remedies at common law and under UCC and CISG -- Specific performance -- Drafting basic contracts.
9781454807254 1454807253
Legislación ---Estados Unidos
Administración de justicia ---Estados Unidos
Abogados ---Relaciones exteriores ---manuales, etc--Estados Unidos -
Law ---United States
Justice, Administration of ---United States
Lawyers, Foreign ---Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States -
KF 387 / R448 2012