01905cam a2200337 a 4500999001900000003000800019005001700027007000300044008004100047020002500088020002200113040001800135041000800153042000800161043001200169050002300181082001100204100003000215245008900245246002900334250001200363260004200375300003700417504005100454520078800505650002401293650003401317856008401351942001201435952012001447  c114124d114124BJBSDDR20230411090639.0ta200312s2011    mnu      b    001 0 eng    a9780314266101 (pbk.)  a0314266100 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCbspa  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aKF 386bB966i 201100a349.731 aBurnham, William, d1947-10aIntroduction to the law and legal system of the United States /cby William Burnham.18aLegal system of the U.S.  a5th ed.  aSt. Paul, MN :bThomson/West,cc2011.  axxxii, 735, [95] pages ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThis text provides an introduction to U.S. law. It is intended for law students, lawyers, and legal scholars from foreign countries; U.S. graduate and undergraduate college students; members of the general reading public in the United States; and anyone who seeks a "big picture" of the law and legal system. Not a casebook, it explains the major substantive areas of the law in narrative form with citations to cases and sources for additional detail. In addition to covering the principal substantive areas of the law, the book has chapters on: essential basic history and governmental structure necessary to an understanding of the legal system; the legal profession; the theory and practice of the adversary system of justice; and statutory interpretation and case law reasoning. 0aLawzUnited States. 4aDerechozEstados Unidos 9156413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy11pdf03/2011290364.html  2lcccBK  001040708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2020-03-12l0oKF 386 B966i 2011p00000122602r2020-03-12 00:00:00t1w2020-03-12yBK