American law in a global context - George P. Fletcher

American Law in a Global Context is an elegant and
erudite introduction to the American legal system from a
global persepctive. There is no basic book that introduces
the foreign lawyer who has already studied the law of
foreign jurisdictions to fundamental concepts of American
law and legal practice. This book fills that void. Using a
comparative approach, George P. Fletcher and Steve Sheppard
introduce underlying principles of common and civillaw,
constitutional, criminal, and public law, and property and
procedure. Designed to help the foreign student grasp the
basic ideas of pedagogy, legal institutions and substantive
law in the US, appendices include an introduction to the
common law method, instruction on how to read a case, theinterpretation of statutes, and an introduction to the
Federal system and US courts systems. A must-own reference
source for LLM students, undergraduates, and students of US
law in other countries.