Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Broad Overview of the American Legal System:
A reader writes:
What one book would you recommend that gives a broad overview of
the American legal system? Even if I don't go to law school, I need
the background just to get a better understanding of public policy.
It's a great question, but I don't know the answer (nor do I know
whether such a book exists or even can exist). If you have a
recommendation, please post it in the comments, which I'm enabling for
this post.
Note, though, that my correspondent and I are looking for a clear,
objective description of the legal system as it is. We're not looking
for condemnation or praise of the system, or descriptions of the
system as it ought to be -- those can be great, but they aren't the
subjects of this particular question.
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