Contents
Part I Foundations of Law
Unit 1 What Is Law ……………………………………………3
Text A The Soul of the Law……………………………………………………4
Text B A Definition of Law……………………………………………………17
Text C Heien v.North Carolina……………………………………………………28
Unit 2 Legal Systems…………………………………………………………………37
Text A The Depp v. Heard Case:What Does It Tell Us About the Differences Between U.K.and US.Law ………………………………………………………………38
Text B A History of the Court of Chancery in British Law………………………………50
Text C Marbury v. Madison………………………………………………………………………60
Unit 3 Legal Theories…………………………………………………………………69
Text A The Protean Face of Justice……………………………………………………………70
Text B Jurisprudence………………………………………………………………84
Text C Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka……………………………………………93
Part ⅡCore Branches of Law
Unit 4 Constitutional Law………………………………………………………………103
Text A To the People of the State of New York…………………………………………104
Text B Constitutional Lav: Foundations,Principles, and Contemporary Challenges……116
Text C McCulloch v.The State of Maryland…………………………………………124
Unit 5 Civil Law…………………………………………………………………131
Text A Justifying Private Rights…………………………………………132
Text B Exploring the Influence of Natural Law in Clarence Thomass Legal Philosophy……………………………………………144
Text C Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corp…………………………………………………152
Unit 6 Criminal Law…………………………………………………………………………161
Text A Executing Those Who Do Not Kill ………………………………………………162
Text B Power to Arrest at Common Law……………………………………………………175
Text C Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions………………………………………………………184
Unit 7 Procedural Law……………………………………………………………………191
Text A Criminal Procedure: Investigation to Sentencing……………………………192
Text B The Litigation Process………………………………………………203
Text C Bell Atlantic Corp.v.Twombly…………………………………………………………211
Unit 8 Property Law…………………………………………………………………219
Text A Property Law in the Society of Equals…………………………………………220
Text B Property Law………………………………………………………………232
Text C Armory v. Delamirie…………………………………………………………242