American Law An Introduction 3rd Edition by Lawrence M. Friedman
ISBN 9780190460594
This book is a general introduction to the law and the legal system of the
United States. In a way, writing another book about American law would seem to be
like bringing another coal to Newcastle. There is certainly no shortage of books about
our legal system. The Harvard Law School library, which is just about the biggest in
the country except for the Library of Congress, has more than two million volumes.
Hundreds of thousands of these are books about American law. Every year, Harvard
adds thousands more to its collection. Of the making of law books, there seems to be no
end. Do we really need more?