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Whether studying American law outside the United States or intending to enroll in a graduate program in the United States, for an LL.M., it is necessary to become aware of the major differences that exist between the U.S. legal system and other systems of law. This book helps a student bridge that gap and quickly grasp a solid introductory foundation of American law and legal research techniques that will easily permit focus on the legal field of their choice. Features and Benefits Major differences and similarities between the US common law system and the civil law system Clear, straightforward commentary of legal resources Analyzes in-print and online repositories of law Defines basic principles of legal research Become More Effective Obtain the much needed basic principles of legal research Find out about the numerous free-of-charge repositories of law Learn how to strategize your research according to your resources and needs Understand the Meaning of Law in American Legal Studies Explains the different meanings of law Describes the branches of the government and how they all make law Explains the sources of statutory law, case law, and administrative law Explains the idiosyncrasies of legal research through the dynamic nature of US law Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

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Common law --- Legal composition --- Rédaction juridique --- Philosophy --- Language --- Philosophie --- Langage --- Rédaction juridique --- Law --- Communication in law --- Practice of law --- Forms (Law) --- Anglo-American law --- Law, Anglo-American --- Customary law --- Authorship --- Editing --- Common law - Philosophy --- Common law - Language

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This book offers a radical challenge to accounts of the common law's development. Contrary to received jurisprudential wisdom, it maintains there is no grand theory which will explain satisfactorily the dynamic interactions of change and stability in the common law's history. Offering original readings of Charles Darwin's and Hans-Georg Gadamer's works, the book shows that law is a rhetorical activity that can only be properly appreciated in its historical and political context; tradition and transformation are locked in a mutually reinforcing but thoroughly contingent embrace. In contrast to the dewy-eyed offerings of much contemporary work, it demonstrates that, like life, law is an organic process (i.e., events are the products of functional and localized causes) rather than a miraculous one (i.e., events are the result of some grand plan or intervention). In short, common law is a perpetual work-in-progress - evanescent, dynamic, messy, productive, tantalising, and bottom-up.

Common law --- Evolution --- Anglo-American law --- Law, Anglo-American --- Customary law --- Methodology. --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy. --- Darwin, Charles, --- Gadamer, Hans-Georg, --- Darwin, Charles, Robert --- Methodology --- Study and teaching --- Philosophy --- Darwin, Charles --- Gadamer, Hans-Georg --- Law --- General and Others

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This volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes contains A dialogue between a philosopher and a student, of the common laws of England, edited by Alan Cromartie, supplemented by the important fragment 'Questions relative to Hereditary Right', discovered and edited by Quentin Skinner. As a critique of common law by a great philosopher, the Dialogue should be essential reading for anybody interested in English political thought or legal theory. Cromartie has established when and why the work was written and has supplied extensive annotation (along with a substantial introducti

Common law --- Law --- Jurisprudence --- Anglo-American law --- Law, Anglo-American --- Customary law --- Philosophy. --- Hobbes, Thomas, --- Great Britain --- Kings and rulers --- Succession. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Hobbes, Thomas --- Gobbs, Tomas, --- Hobbs, Thomas, --- Gobbes, Tomas, --- T. H. --- H., T. --- Hobs, Thomas, --- Hobbes, --- Hobbes, Thom. --- Hobbius, Thomas, --- Hobbuzu, Tomasu, --- Huobusi, --- Hobbs, Tho. --- הובס, תומס, --- 霍布斯, --- ホッブズ, トマス,