American Law 101: An Easy Primer on the U.S. Legal System

by Jasper Kim

Overview

Everyone who wants a better, working understanding of U.S. law and the way it is applied—foreign lawyers, law students or those thinking about law school, business professionals, journalists, and the simply curious—can use this straightforward, approachable guide to the American legal system.

American Law 101 offers:

• easy-to-read and succinct explanations and examples of most of the concepts covered in U.S. law schools
• concepts and terms explained in plain English, with minimum use of American colloquialisms, cultural references, and slang
• short executive summaries of each chapter that cover the most crucial, “big picture” applications of the concepts covered
• simple and useful diagrams
• complete copies of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as a glossary of legal terms

Chapters include thinking like an American lawyer, contracts, torts, constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, American perspectives on international business and public law, and alternative dispute resolution and civil litigation. American Law 101 provides a better understanding of the U.S. legal system—and the legal professionals working in it—to domestic and international readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627228589
Publisher:	American Bar Association
Publication date:	11/07/2015
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jasper Kim is a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Professor at Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University, adjunct faculty at Pepperdine University's School of Law, and founder and CEO of Asia-Pacific Global Research Group. He was previously a lawyer and investment banker with Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune (IHT) and on CNBC TV, BBC TV, NPR, and Bloomberg TV. His previous books include 24 Hours with 24 Lawyers: Profiles of Traditional and Non-Traditional Careers (2011), and Korean Business Law: The Legal Landscape and Beyond (2010).