Whatever your background, if you seek an understanding of the legal system of the United States, this is the book for you. American Law in a Global Context is an elegant and erudite introduction to the American legal system from a global perspective. It covers the law and lawyering tools taught in the first year of law school, explaining the underlying concepts and techniques of the common law used in U.S. legal practice. The ideas central to the development and practice of American law, as well as constitutional law, contracts, property, criminal law, and courtroom procedure, are all presented in their historical and intellectual contexts, accessible to the novice but with insight that will inform the expert. Actual cases illuminate each major subject, engaging readers in the legal process and the arguments between real people that make American law an ever-evolving system. George P. Fletcher and Steve Sheppard's exciting approach contrasts the American legal system with other legal systems, especially those of continental Europe. This comparison illuminates the core concepts of US law, making them easily understandable to readers from other systems, and offering a unique perspective on American law as part of global network of laws. Designed to help the foreign student grasp the basic ideas of pedagogy, legal institutions, and substantive law in the US, appendices include an introduction to the common law method, instruction on how to read a case, and the interpretation of statutes. Based on the course for lawyers from across the globe studying American law at Columbia University, this cutting edge volume makes the basics of American legal education accessible to students and the public worldwide. A must-own reference source for LLM students, undergraduates, and students of US law in other countries.

American Law in a Global Context: The Basics

Fletcher, George P.

Sheppard, Steve

Legal Theory & Systems

Oxford University Press

I Do Solemnly Swear: The Moral Obligations of Legal Officials

What should the people expect from their legal officials? This book asks whether officials can be moral and still follow the law, answering that the law requires them to do so. It revives the idea of the good official - the good lawyer, the good judge, the good president, the good legislator - that guided Cicero and Washington and that we seem to have forgotten. Based on stories and law cases from America's founding to the present, this book examines what is good and right in law and why officials must care. This overview of official duties, from oaths to the law itself, explains how morals and law work together to create freedom and justice, and it provides useful maxims to argue for the right answer in hard cases. Important for scholars but useful for lawyers and readable by anybody, this book explains how American law ought to work.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Cambridge University Press

What should the people expect from their legal officials? This book asks whether officials can be moral and still follow the law, answering that the law requires them to do so. It revives the idea of the good official - the good lawyer, the good judge, the good president, the good legislator - that guided Cicero and Washington and that we seem to have forgotten. Based on stories and law cases from America's founding to the present, this book examines what is good and right in law and why officials must care. This overview of official duties, from oaths to the law itself, explains how morals and law work together to create freedom and justice, and it provides useful maxims to argue for the right answer in hard cases. Important for scholars but useful for lawyers and readable by anybody, this book explains how American law ought to work.

In this sequel to the award-winning Tourist Town, echoes of Nantucket’s whaling past resound through the island’s cobblestone streets as winter settles in. Not only are whales once again spotted in surrounding waters, the decades-old robbery of a whaling-era sea chest sends several winter denizens searching for clues in hopes of solving the mystery. In Nantucket Nocturne: A Winter’s Idyll the answer to the eternal question, “Just what do islanders do in the winter?”, becomes obvious — plenty!\nAs New York Times bestselling author Blue Balliett exclaims: “Steve Sheppard’s Tourist Town characters have come roaring back.”

Nantucket Nocturne: A Winter's Idyll

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Steve Sheppard

She awakes on Nantucket Island, not knowing where she is — or who she is — and she doesn’t want to find out. She calls herself ‘Verona,’ a name borrowed from the stern of the first boat she sees — a name she hopes will help scuttle her past. She resolves never to leave Nantucket. By staying, the likelihood of uncovering, or being confronted by her past, is negligible — or so she believes. One fog-shrouded night, however, Verona encounters an old woman sitting alone beneath the lighthouse at Sankaty Head — the daughter of a former lighthouse keeper. A diary discovered in the attic of a Victorian-era home reveals a decades-old lighthouse tragedy that will soon entangle Verona, the old woman, and a pair of tour bus drivers, who may be able to add a new chapter of Nantucket history to their tours. A New England Book Award-winning book.

Tourist Town:: A Nantucket Idyll

Literature & Fiction

He Is Born

Book by Payne, Soloists Jan, Sheppard, Steve, Wissink, Kevin

Payne, Soloists Jan

Wissink, Kevin

Religion & Spirituality

Back to the Bible

This recording features the talents of the Back to the Bible Quartet and other singers. Includes "O Little Town of Bethlehem, " "The First Noel, " "I Wonder As I Wander, " and 12 more.

You Are What You Drive For years people have said things like you are what you eat and clothes make the man and you can t tell a book by its cover. These are all true in their own way but nothing comes close to revealing a person s personality and value system as the car he/she drives. America is a car motivated society. After the family home, nothing consumes so much money and time as the family car or cars. They must be purchased, financed, insured cleaned, fueled, washed and waxed. After the supermarket and the bank, the local car wash is the most known spot in town. Stop someone in a medium sized town and ask him where the Baptist church is. He ll hem and haw and give some vague answer like. we don t got one. But ask him where the car wash is and Bingo, he ll give you exact directions. Buying a car is a huge undertaking. If it was just transportation, it would be a simple matter. Do you see people writing letters to city governments about the color of the buses or the trim in a subway? But when it comes to cars, every nerve ending in the human body wants a vote. Don t you love the smell of a new car? The feel of the leather seats? The shininess of the paint? The sound or silence of the engine? You bet you do. With all this sensory input at stake, the personality takes over. Why do some men prefer dark suits while others opt for slacks and a sports coat? Why do some women prefer red over white? Why do some people work out everyday, others a few days and others not at all. It s all about priorities and the human priority is how we appear to other people. Don t you remember how you used to primp and clean and carefully dress yourself when you first met someone new? Why? Obviously, to make an impression at least to make the impression you think best represents yourself. And nothing says so much about you as your car. The choices are infinite perhaps even more styles and variations than houses offer. Why do you pick what you pick? A bunch of people will, after reading the chapter on their car choice, say stuff like, that s the only car I could afford. BS! Every price point in the car market has dozens of choices. Just go to a junkyard and if you have only a hundred bucks to spend, you ll still have choices and will pick the heap that says, this is me.

Are You a Beetle or a BMW?: What Your Car Says About You

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Cohort Pr

Bored to Death in the Baltics is a comedy thriller, a sequel to A Very Important Teapot, set four months later. Saul Dawson and Lucy Smith, still working for a minor department of MI6, get caught up in the apparent assassination of a foreign scientist working on a top secret project. Meanwhile, a traitor is on the loose within the secret service.\nIt's murder, mayhem and mirth. Full of twists, puns and action, it's so brilliantly constructed that only the comedic genius of Steve Sheppard could have written it.\nWhen a bomb explodes in front of Dawson on a sunny June morning, he is lucky to escape with his life, certainly luckier than the man he is following.\nBut finding himself a few hours later in the bilges of a ship heading for the eastern Baltic is less fortunate as that is not how he'd planned to spend his weekend.\nWho is the man assassinated by the bomb?\nWho has kidnapped Dawson, and will Lucy Smith find him in time?\nWhat is happening deep underground in rural Estonia and leafy Surrey?\nIs there a double agent within MI6?\nWho are the tantalising Sesks twins really working for?\nCan Dawson and Lucy distinguish Wright from Rong?\nAnd can Dawson avoid being bored to death?

Bored to Death in the Baltics: Book 2 in the Dawson and Lucy Series

Humor & Satire

Claret Press

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Books by Sheppard, Steve

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American Law in a Global Context: The Basics

I Do Solemnly Swear: The Moral Obligations of Legal Officials

I Do Solemnly Swear: The Moral Obligations of Legal Officials

Nantucket Nocturne: A Winter's Idyll

Tourist Town:: A Nantucket Idyll

He Is Born

He Is Born

Are You a Beetle or a BMW?: What Your Car Says About You

Bored to Death in the Baltics: Book 2 in the Dawson and Lucy Series