Arthur T. von Mehren

Law in the United States (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Law in the United States, Second Edition, is a concise presentation of the salient elements of the American legal system designed mainly for jurists of civil law backgrounds. It focuses on features of American law likely to be least familiar to jurists from other legal traditions, such as American common law, the federal structure of the U.S. legal system, and the American constitutional tradition. The use of comparative law technique permits foreign jurists to appreciate the American legal system in comparison with legal systems with which they are already familiar. Chapters in the second edition also cover such topics as American civil justice, criminal law, jury trial, choice of laws and international jurisdiction, the American legal profession, and the influence of American law in the global legal order.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511266966
• Artikelnr.: 38199981

Autorenporträt

Arthur T. von Mehren (1922-2006) was Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He represented the United States for 38 years in the Hague Conference of Private International Law. He wrote 210 publications in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Japanese. They include the groundbreaking Civil Law System, his pioneering two books and nine articles on Japanese law, his highly original Law of Multistate Problems, his foundational monographs on contract formation and form, his articles on jurisdiction, and his award-winning Hague lectures.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sources of American law
2. American common law
3. Comparative perspectives on American contract law
4. American federalism
5. American constitutional law and the role of the United States Supreme Court
6. American civil justice
7. American criminal justice
8. American trial by jury
9. Choice of law, international civil jurisdiction and recognition of judgments in the United States
10. The American legal profession
11. The United States and the global legal order.