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

by: Bodenheimer, Edgar; Oakley, John B.; Love, Jean C.

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

by: Bodenheimer, Edgar; Oakley, John B.; Love, Jean C.

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9780314247339
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0314247335
Edition: 3rd
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Copyright: 05/01/2001
Publisher: West Group
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Preface to the Frist Edition

iii

Preface to the Third Edition

Table of Cases

xiii

Introduction

(1)

Prefatory Comments

(1)

Definitions of Law

(4)

THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF LAW

Law and the Process of Classification

(26)

The Meaning and Importance of Classification

(3)

Some Basic Distinctions and Classification of the Law

(23)

International Law and Municipal Law

(1)

Civil Law and Common Law

(2)

Public Law and Private Law

(1)

Substantive Law and Adjective Law

(1)

Legislation, Case Law, and Customary Law

(2)

Separation of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Powers

(3)

Notes and Questions

(1)

Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.

(3)

Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.

(4)

Notes and Questions

(1)

Miller V. French

(4)

Further References

(2)

Common Law, Equity, and the Development of the Anglo--American Court System

(45)

The Common Law Courts and the Writ System

(9)

Common Law Courts

(1)

A.W. Scott and R.B. Kent, Cases and Other Materials on Civil Procedure

(4)

Modes of Trial

(1)

The Writ System

(1)

Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England

(1)

Examples of Early Writs

(1)

Pound & Plucknett, Readings on the History and System of the Common Law

(2)

Statute Westminster II

(1)

Notes and Questions

(1)

The Forms of Action at Common Law

(11)

Introduction

(2)

A Summary of the Chief Forms of Action at Common Law

(1)

Replevin

(1)

Detinue

(1)

Debt

(1)

Convenant

(1)

Trespass

(1)

Trespass on the Case

(1)

Trover

(1)

Special Assumpsit

(1)

General Assumpsit

(1)

Real Actions and Ejectment

(1)

Problems

(1)

Illustrative Cases

(1)

Guy v. Livesey

(1)

Notes and Questions

(1)

Higgins v. Butcher

(1)

Notes and Questions

(1)

Equitable Jurisdiction and the Court of Chancery

(5)

Equity and Justice

(1)

Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

(1)

St. Germain, The Doctor and the Student

(1)

The Court of Chancery and the Development of Equity

(3)

Establishment of the Common Law in the United States

(4)

W.F. Walsh, A History of Anglo--American Law

(4)

The Merger of Law and Equity

(2)

Modern English and American Courts

(14)

Modern English Courts

(1)

Jurisdiction

(1)

A.W. Scott and R.B. Kent, Cases and Other Materials on Civil Procedure

(2)

Diagrams of Court Structure

(1)

W. Fryer & H. Orentlicher, Cases and Materials on Legal Method and Legal System

(1)

Modern American Courts

(1)

Note on the Dual System of State and Federal Courts

(2)

State Court Systems

(2)

The Federal Court System

(1)

Basic Structure

(2)

Basic Jurisdiction

(2)

Jurisdictional Diagrams

(1)

Further References

(2)

Statutes, Case Law, and Judicial Precedent

(40)

Overview

(2)

Statutory Law and Case Law

(10)

Baldwin v. State

(3)

Whitney v. Fisher

(3)

Harris v. Sherman

(2)

Notes and Questions

(2)

The Doctrine of Stare Decisis

(14)

E. Bodenheimer, Jurisprudence: The Philosophy and Method of the Law

(4)

Nicholson v. Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, Inc.

(5)

Notes and Questions

(1)

Cox v. Haworth

(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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