An Introduction to the Angloamerican Legal System Readings and Cases: Readings and Cases,9780314247339

An Introduction to the Angloamerican Legal System Readings and Cases: Readings and Cases

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780314247339
ISBN10: 0314247335
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Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): West Group
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Frist Edition iii
Preface to the Third Edition v
Table of Cases
xiii
Introduction 1(1)
Prefatory Comments
1(1)
Definitions of Law
1(4)
THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF LAW
Law and the Process of Classification
5(26)
The Meaning and Importance of Classification
5(3)
Some Basic Distinctions and Classification of the Law
8(23)
International Law and Municipal Law
8(1)
Civil Law and Common Law
9(2)
Public Law and Private Law
11(1)
Substantive Law and Adjective Law
12(1)
Legislation, Case Law, and Customary Law
12(2)
Separation of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Powers
14(3)
Notes and Questions
17(1)
Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.
18(3)
Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.
21(4)
Notes and Questions
25(1)
Miller V. French
25(4)
Further References
29(2)
Common Law, Equity, and the Development of the Anglo--American Court System
31(45)
The Common Law Courts and the Writ System
31(9)
Common Law Courts
31(1)
A.W. Scott and R.B. Kent, Cases and Other Materials on Civil Procedure
31(4)
Modes of Trial
35(1)
The Writ System
36(1)
Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
36(1)
Examples of Early Writs
37(1)
Pound & Plucknett, Readings on the History and System of the Common Law
37(2)
Statute Westminster II
39(1)
Notes and Questions
40(1)
The Forms of Action at Common Law
40(11)
Introduction
40(2)
A Summary of the Chief Forms of Action at Common Law
42(1)
Replevin
42(1)
Detinue
42(1)
Debt
43(1)
Convenant
43(1)
Trespass
43(1)
Trespass on the Case
44(1)
Trover
45(1)
Special Assumpsit
45(1)
General Assumpsit
46(1)
Real Actions and Ejectment
47(1)
Problems
48(1)
Illustrative Cases
49(1)
Guy v. Livesey
49(1)
Notes and Questions
49(1)
Higgins v. Butcher
50(1)
Notes and Questions
50(1)
Equitable Jurisdiction and the Court of Chancery
51(5)
Equity and Justice
51(1)
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
51(1)
St. Germain, The Doctor and the Student
52(1)
The Court of Chancery and the Development of Equity
53(3)
Establishment of the Common Law in the United States
56(4)
W.F. Walsh, A History of Anglo--American Law
56(4)
The Merger of Law and Equity
60(2)
Modern English and American Courts
62(14)
Modern English Courts
62(1)
Jurisdiction
62(1)
A.W. Scott and R.B. Kent, Cases and Other Materials on Civil Procedure
62(2)
Diagrams of Court Structure
64(1)
W. Fryer & H. Orentlicher, Cases and Materials on Legal Method and Legal System
64(1)
Modern American Courts
65(1)
Note on the Dual System of State and Federal Courts
65(2)
State Court Systems
67(2)
The Federal Court System
69(1)
Basic Structure
69(2)
Basic Jurisdiction
71(2)
Jurisdictional Diagrams
73(1)
Further References
74(2)
Statutes, Case Law, and Judicial Precedent
76(40)
Overview
76(2)
Statutory Law and Case Law
78(10)
Baldwin v. State
78(3)
Whitney v. Fisher
81(3)
Harris v. Sherman
84(2)
Notes and Questions
86(2)
The Doctrine of Stare Decisis
88(14)
E. Bodenheimer, Jurisprudence: The Philosophy and Method of the Law
89(4)
Nicholson v. Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, Inc.
93(5)
Notes and Questions
98(1)
Cox v. Haworth
99(3)
The Problem of Retroactivity
102(14)
The Graves Case
103(2)
The Sunburst Case
105(2)
The Linkletter Case
107(4)
Developments since Linkletter
111(2)
Notes and Questions
113(1)
Further References
114(2)
The Ratio Decidendi of a Case
116(16)
Overview
116(5)
E. Bodenheimer, Jurisprudence: The Philosophy and Method of the Law
116(3)
Note by the Editors: Reasonable Application of the Ratio Decidendi
119(1)
Problems
120(1)
The Evolution of Products Liability at Common Law in New York
121(11)
Winterbottom v. Wright
121(2)
Thomas and Wife v. Winchester
123(3)
Loop v. Litchfield
126(1)
MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
127(4)
Further References
131(1)
Logic and Policy in Legal Reasoning
132(25)
Theoretical Perspectives
132(9)
P.E. Treusch, ``The Syllogism'', In: Hall, Readings in Jurisprudence
132(2)
O.W. Holmes, The Common Law
134(1)
L.G. Boonin, ``Concerning the Relation of Logic to Law''
135(4)
Note by the Editors: Types of Legal Reasoning
139(1)
Problems
140(1)
Logic And Policy In Judicial Opinions
141(16)
Borer v. American Airlines, Inc.
141(3)
Hay v. Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
144(6)
Question
150(1)
Note by the Editors: Duty of Care Owed by Landowners
150(1)
Hynes v. New York Central R.R. Co.
151(2)
Hynes v. New York Central R.R. Co.
153(3)
Further References
156(1)
Fundamentals of Statutory Interpretation
157(45)
Overview
157(3)
H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law
157(2)
Note by the Editors: The Hart/Dworkin Debate
159(1)
Problems
159(1)
Basic Approaches to Statutory Interpretation
160(6)
Historical Introduction
160(1)
Description of Three Basic Approaches
161(1)
The Literal Rule
161(1)
The Golden Rule
161(1)
The Purposive Approach
161(1)
Note by the Editors: The Case of the Speluncean Explorers
162(1)
United States v. Kirby
162(1)
Holy Trinity Church v. United States
162(2)
Caminetti v. United States
164(2)
Intrinsic Aids: Canons of Statutory Construction
166(5)
Expressio Unius Est Exclusio Alterius
166(2)
Noscitur a Sociis
168(1)
Ejusdem Generis
169(1)
Note by the Editors: Thrust and Parry
170(1)
Note by the Editors: The Survival of the Cannons
170(1)
Legislative History and Other Extrinsic Aids
171(7)
M. Radin, ``Statutory Interpretation''
171(1)
J.M. Landis, ``A Note on Statutory Interpretation''
172(1)
Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.
173(1)
R. Posner, ``Economics, Politics, and the Reading of Statutes and the Constitution''
173(1)
Pepper v. Hart
174(2)
Chison v. Roemer
176(1)
Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Martier
176(1)
Note by the Editors: The Supreme Court's Use of Legislative History
177(1)
A Case Construing a Criminal Statute
178(11)
Brogan v. United States
178(11)
Cases Construing Civil Statutes
189(10)
Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.
190(2)
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
192(2)
Clymer v. Webster
194(5)
Reasoning From Statutes by Analogy
199(3)
R. Pound, ``Common Law and Legislation''
199(1)
Note by the Editors: Analogical Use Of Statutes
199(1)
Further References
200(2)
Appendix 202(25)
Index 227

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