- 編號:20066
 
- 書名:LEARNING  ANGLO-AMERICAN LAW:A THEMATIC INTRODUCTION
 
- 作者:BY KUO-LEE LI    
 
- 出版社:北大
 
- 出版時間:2005年9月
 
- 入庫時間:2005-9-12
 
- 定價:29
 
 
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    TABLE oF CoNTENTS
  Chapter One:Anglo-American Law and You    1
    Section One:Political and Moral Perspective    1
    Section Two:Anglo-American Law Defined    2
    A.  Common Law Countries    3
    B·subjects 0f the Common Law    4
    Section Three:Study 0f Anglo-American Law—Why,What and How    4
    A·What Is or Counts as Foreign Law—Deftnition and Clafification    5
    B·Why for Study of Anglo-American Law    5
    C.Reasons for Study—Summary    7
    D.  Implications 0f Globalization of Law:International Trade.Commerce and
    Private Law—Unification and Uniform Application    8
    E.Similarity 0f Private Law Worldwide    9
    Section Four:Factors and Considerations Affecting Choice 0f
    Foreign Law    11
    A.Foreign Law Chosen on the Basis 0f Shared History and Tradition    11
    B.  Foreign Law Chosen on the Basis of Supefior Human Value Conditions   11
    C·Foreign Law Chosen 0n the Basis of Special Relationship   11
    D·  Foreign Law Chosen 0n the Basis 0f Superior Legal Structure and Framework    11
    E.  Foreign Law Chosen on the Basis 0f the Rationality of Substantive Content
    0f Its Law。    12
    Section FiVe:Methodology and Approach of Foreign Law Study    13
    A.How Should Anglo-American Law Be Studied    13
    Section Six:Importance of Knowledge 0f Legal Research and Legal
    Materials    16
    Section Seven:Need for Study 0f Foreign Law in Vernacular    17
    Section Eight:What 0r the Subject Matter 0f Study    17
    A·Hot Topics and In—Demand Subject or Issue:Reactive Research    17
    B·Topics or Issues for Scholarly and Theoretical Research    18
    C·Study the Common Law 88 a Unique Legal System    18
    D.Study the Philosophical Ideas Informing Anglo—American Law    l9
    Section Nine:Sources,Texts and MaterialS Of Study of
    Angl0.American Law    20
    Section Ten:Conditions and Factors Determinative of the Need and
    Viability of Legal Transplant    2D
Chapter TWO:Sources 0f LaW in GeneraI    22
    Section One:C0des and Statutes    22
    Section TWO:Regulations,Decrees and Administrative Directives    22
    Section Three:Binding Nature or Significance of AdministratiVe
    Directives    23
    SectiOil FOUr:Judicial Deeisions    23
    Section Five:Non.state or Unofficial Sources of Law    24
    Section Six:Legal Pluralism and Legal Centralism——Written Law V.
    Unwritten Law,Express v.Implicit Law,Law in Book
    v.Law in Action    26
    A.Pre.(state)Law    26
    B.Relative Insignificance of Judicial Law(Settlement of Disputes)    27
    C.Implicit Law.Unwritten or Autonomous Ordering    28
    Section Seven:Custom    33
    Section Eight:Sources of American Law Worthy of Special Mention    35
    A.Statute Law    36
    B.Constitution as Source    37
    C.Treaties and International Agreements    38
    D.Administrative Law    38
    E.Compilations and Consolidations of Laws    38
    F.Coufl Rules    39
    G.Uniform State Law    39
    H.Secondary Authority    40
    I.Restatement of Law:Nature and Status    40
    J.View of Formalism vs.Realism as to What Counts as Law    4l
    K.Authoritative and Effective Decision as Source    42
    L.Integration of All Sources of Law—Generating Actions and Decisions    43
 Chapter Three:The Common Lllw    44
    Section One:Historical Development 0f the Common Law    44
    A.First:The Anglo—Saxon Period(Preceding the NorlIian Conquest,1066)    44
    B.Second:Formation of the Common Law(1066——1485):From Writs
    to Actions on the Case    44
    C.Third Period:Growth of Equity(1485—1832)    46
    D.Fourth:The Modera Period    ‘    49
    Section Two:Special Charactel"0f English Law    5O
    A.Distinct CharaeteristiCS 0f English Common Law    5l
    B.Courts Decide Fate of Statutes Through Interpretation    54
    C.US Courts Incorporate Legislative Innovations and Policies into Common
    Law Principles    54
    D.Courts Apply Principles Derived Ftom Statutes    55
    Section Three:Certain CharacteristicS 0f the Common Law Authoritv    55
    Section Four:Source$of the British Common Law    56
    Section Five:Importance of Legal Structure,Defining Categories
    and Concepts    57
    Section Six:English Judicial Organization    57
    Section Seven:Judicial Authority in England    6O
    Seetion Eight:Forrn and Content of English Judgments    6O
 Chapter FOur:Legal System and Foundation of Law of the United States  62
    Section One:General Remark    62
    Section Two:Reasons for Choiee 0f FOCUS    62
    Section Three:SDirit and Fundamental CharacteristiCS 0f American
    Law and Societv    63
    A.Liberry,Rights and Government by Consent    63
    B.  Individualism,Competing Values and Personal Choice    63
    C.Distrust of Government:Separation and Limitation of Powers,Checks and
    Balances,Political Accountability and the BiU of Rights    63
    D.Pragmatism in Law    65
    E.Government under the Rule of Law    66
    F.Tolerance    67
    G.0ptimism    67
    H.Unity Out of Diversity    68
    I.Diversity as Divisiveneas:Disquieting Factors and Troubling V0ices    68
    Section Four:Basic Constitutional and Political Structure    69
    Section FiVe:Division and LimitS Of Legal Authority of the United States 70
    A.0riginality of American Law    71
    B.  Place of Statute in American Law:The Abnormal 0r Excessive Attitude
    toward Statute    71
    SectiOil Six:AUocation of Legal Authority between Federal and
    State Govemmeilts    72
    A.1nherent Legal Authority of the States    72
    B.Jurisdiction of Federal LaW VS.Jurisdiction of State Law    72
    C.Supremacy ClaUSe    74
    D.PteemDtion Controversies    74
    E.  Derivative PrinCiple 0f PreemptiOn Clause    75
    F.  COntinued 1mportance of State and Local Law    75
    SectiOil Seven:Judicial Organization    75
    A.organiz8tiOil Of COlins    75
    B.  Administrative AgencieS alld Tribunals    76
    C.State Courts    77
    D.Jury    77
    SectiOil Eight:AllOCation of Judicial AuthOrity    78
    A.Gelleral AUoc砒ion    78
    B.Two Primary Bases of Federal Jurisdiction    78
    c.strueture Parallel Systeins of Adjudicati。n:Judieialal Dualism    79
    D.Foreign Sovereign Itumuliities Act,28 u.S.C para.  1330    79
    E.Jurisdicti011 of the Supreme Court    8O
    SectiOil NiRe:Reception of the COmlTlOn Law in the United States    8l
    A.Ignorance and Slight。f the Common Law 82
    B.Influence of the Codi6cation Movement 82
    C.TriumDh ofthe Comnlon Law 82
    SectiOil Ten_-Is There a United States Common Law or a Distinct
    Common Law for Each State Individually 84
    A.  Different Social alld Economic coilditions ProdliCed Diverse common Law 84
    B.  Conimon Law Develop s along the Same Line alld Way as Legislation:
    Federal alld State 84
    c.complicating Factors 85
    Section Eleven:The C0hesion and Unity of Ametican Law    87
    Section Twelve:Unifying State Common Laws—Role of State and
    not Federal Courts    87
    Section Thirteen:Codification of American Common Law 88
    Section Fourteen:A Systematic Statement of the Common Law 89
    Section Fifteen:Protection from the Burdens of Multi.State
    Legal Authority    89
    A.Tradition of Uniform Laws    90
    B.Constitutional Limit on the Reach of State Court Jurisdiction and Choice
    of Law    9l
    C.Negative Commerce Clause    92
    Chapter Five:Case L8W:Form.Nature and Function of
    Judicial Decisions    94
    Section one:FOITll and Content of Judicial Decisions    94
    Section two:The Judicial Function    94
    Section Three:Meaning and Scope of the Rule of Precedent in
    British Law    95
    Section Four:Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Its Justification    96
    Section Five:The Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Ratio Decidendi or
    H0lding of a Case    96
    Section Six:Transforming Facts into Binding Legal Rules    9 7
    Section Seven:In Search of an Ideal Holding or Ratio Decidendi
    0f a Case    97
    Section Eight:Rule 0f Preeedent and Statute Law    99
    Section Nine:Obiter Dictum:Definition and Clarification    100
    Section Ten:Ratio,Obiter and PriBeiple    100
    Section Eleven:Doctrine of Stare Decisis in U.S.Law    101
    Section TwelVe:The Overriding Importance of the Opinions 0f the
    Appellate Courts    103
    Section Thirteen:Factors Likely to Figure in Distinguishing Decisions    103
    Section Fourteen:OppOSing Treatments 0f Precedents   104
    Section Fifteen:To Distinguish or To OVeITUle    105
    Section Sixteen:Multi-legged H0lding    105
    Section Seventeen:The Retroactive Efiect 0f Application 0f Judicial
    Decisions    106
    Section Eighteen:Contradiction and Tension between Predictabilitv
    and Hard Cases    107
    Section Nineteen:More Characterizations of the Common Law    108
    Section Twenty:Is the Common Law a Living Law    110
    Section Twenty—one:The Common Law——Vitality,Staying Powei"
    and Continuing Relevance    111
    Seetion Twenty-two:Common Law in the Welfae.e State 0f the
    Twentieth Century—the Age of Statutes    112
    Chaptel"Six:United States LaW in Action:the operatiVe and
    Intel'attive Dylllll311ics    114
    Section one:The De6ning Character and Spirit of Anglo-American Law    114
    Section two:The Contrast between Law in Action and Law in Book    114
    Section three:Sites,SoLIrces and Manifestations of Law and Legal
    System in Action:State and Non.state    118
    Section foIll":The Life of Law in Common Law America:Selective
    Accounts 0f the Interactive Dynamics of E1ite
    Power Deeisions    122
    A.  Check and Balance:The Overriding PriBeiple of Interactivity    122
    B.  Exemplary Interactive Relationships between the Presiderr,the Congress,
    the Court and the States    123
    C.Life and Fate of Legislation    127
    D.Judicial Attitude toward Legislation:The Legal Standing or Status of
    Legi8lation in the Legal System    128
    E.Place of Statute in American Law    128
    F.Trail8forilling Statutes into Coillmon Law:The Life of StBrute Take8 Oil the
    F01-m ofthe Commoll Law    129
    G.Nattire alld Content of the United States C0de    129
    H.Collstitutional Activism of the Judiciary    130
    I.  Measul-e8 Takell to Countel-Anti—Demoerati(2 01"Unpopular Judicial RevieW    133
    J.Life and Fate of~t Common Law Rule or Commoll Law Cabe    135
    K.R0le of Lawyers in Shaping Judicial LaW    137
    L.Checking Judicial LgW by Legislative Deeision 01-Exeelltive Action    138
    M.Judge8 and Judge.made Law v8.Legislatul-e8 and LegislatiOil    139
    N.Scholarly Rendering and Exposition of Legislation    140
    ,O.Formatioll of Leading Cases:The Role and Contribution of Jurists    141
    P.  Schol    and Scholar’s Law Vel-suB Judges and Judicial Law    141
    Q.Sollle Anecdotal 0bservatiORS of the U.S.Legal System in Actioll.    144
    R.Conclusion    l45
    S.In Sear(?h of Emerging Law        l46
    Section five:Some Critical 0bservatioBS on the LaW of the United
    States in Action:Phenomenon of Idealization of Law.
    Juridification Saturation 0f SOCiety and
    Hypertrophying of Law and Legal Reason    l48
    Section six:Modes and Levels of Dispute Resolution    l50
    Section seven:Critique 0f the Efficiently Processed Dispute Theory
    and Its NotorioUS ConclUSioas    l5l
Chapter Seven:Good Legal System,Good Laws and Good Decision.
    nlakers Lawyers    l56
    Section One:Legal System and System of Law Distinguished    l56
    Section TWO:G00d Legal System Produces Good Laws    l58
    A·The Formal and Proeedural Requirements for a G00d Legal System    l58
    B.Legal Proteduralism    l59
    Section Three:G00d Law Informs Good Legal System    l6l
    A·SubstantiVe Moral Requirements for a Good Legal System    l6l
    B.Democratic Foundation and Spirit of Law and Legal System    l62
    C.Democratizing Law—Making(Authoritative and Efiective Decision)Process    l65
    D.0pen and Transparent Decision—making    l67
    E.Elite Powers and Demoeracy    l69
    F.Equality bef_0re the Law:Equal Protectl‘on of the L8.WS    l70
    G.Timely Access to the Court    l71
  Section Four:The Virtue of Legal Simplicity    l72
    A.General    l72
    B.Some Defining Elements of Legal Simplicity    l78
  Section FiVe:The Falsity 0f Legal Conplexity    l74
  Section Six:Private Ordering Versus State Law    l75
  Section Seven:Transnational Component ofthe National Legal System    l 78
  Section Eight:Human Elements of a G00d Legal System and Good Law    l79
    A.Rule of Law vs.Rule ofMan    l79
    B.Good Lawyer,G00d Legal System and Good Laws    l82
    C.Amexican Law Schools and Legal Education    l88
    D.The Conditions and Requirements of a Good Judge    l95
    E.Condition and Requirements of a G00d P01itician    201
    F.  Conditioil and Requirements of a G00d Legal Scholar or Jurist    2D5
    G.ConditiOIlS and RequirementS 0f a G00d Citizen    2D9
Chapter Eight:Legal ReasOn and Exeeuting DecisiOn    211
    Section one:Law and Legal Reason    2l3
    A.Nature of Legal Reason    2l4
    B.COntent oT Material Bases 0f Legal ReKSOFt    21 6
    C.Distinctive Nature and Superior StatUS 0f Reason    2l8
    D.Reason and Discretionary Decision    22l
    E.AlJure and Rick of Legal Reason    222
    F.  Evaluation and Balancing of Reason    224
    G.Authoritative and Effective Decisions and Justifying Reason    226
    H.Truth and Mvth of Judicial Reason    227
    I.Moral,Epistemological Pluralism and Incommensurability    23l
    J.LimitS Of Legal Reason and LimitS 0f Knowledge    234
    K.Reason Runs 0ut    235
    L_subjective versus 0bjective Rcason    23 7,
    M.R~ason.Faith and 0ther BeliefSystems    238
    N_Belief in Disguise of Reason    24D
    O.Legal Reason is a Noble Scam:The Self_referential Nature of Law and
    Leg8l Reason    242
    P.Beyond Reason,Beyond Law;Without Reason,Withont Law    245
    Q.Law,Reason and Deep,Divisive SocialIssues    248
    R.Critique of Cynicl’sm,Defeatism and Self_denial of LaW alld Reason一
    “As If Jurispmdence'’    250
    S.DOUbters,Law and Legal Reason    25l
    T.Truth in Law and Reason    252
    U.Emotion in Political and Moval Debate    255
    V.Defending and Redeeming Reason    256
    W.Re.imagine and Re.coilceptualize Law and Reason    258
 Chapter Nine:Civil Litigation    26D
    A.General Remarks    26D
    B.Start a Lawsuit with a Complaint and a Summons    260
    C.Responses to the Complaint    26J
    D.Truth and Adversarial Advocacy    263
    E.Multi—Party Actions    263
    F.Class Action    264
    G.DiScovery    265
    H.Pre.trial confefence    267
    I.Summary Judgment    267
    J.Trial    268
    K.Jury Trial and Selectioli    269
    L.Nature of Jury Decision    269
    M.TriaI or Legal Proceedings    269
    N.Jury Instructions    271
    0.Rogue Juror    272
    P.Appeals    274
    Q.ReasoEt for Appeal    275
    R.nnality Principle    275
    S.The“De NOVO 9’Nature of the AppeUant Proceedings    275
    T.Brief AmiCUB Curiac    276
    U.0ptions of Appellant Ruling    276
    V.Judge’s DiscretionAry Rulings    277
Chapter Ten:Legal ReSearch and Legal Materials    278
    Sel3tion Oile:Legal Research in General    278
    Section TWO:Practical Legal Research    279
    A.Identify,Analyze and characterize significant Facts    280
    B.Identify and FOITIIUlate Legal Issucs    280
    C.Research the Issues and Update Findings    28j
    D.  Idelltify and A118.1yze Social Change and Ttends    282
    Secti011 ThFee:Legal Matel"ials and Publications    282
    A.Publications Of Judicial Decisions    283
    B.Finding Case Law    285
    C.Findjng Legislation    287
    D.Finding Legislative Documents    289
    E.Finding Administrative Law    289
    F.Shepard’s Citatl’ons    290
    G.Lexis and Westlaw Online Services    29D
Genel-fll References    293
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