{"product_id":"the-oxford-companion-to-american-law","title":"The Oxford Companion to American Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eA landmark in legal publishing  The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court is a now classic text many of whose entries are regularly cited by scholars as the definitive statement on any particular subject. In the tradition of that work  editor in chief Kermit L. Hall offers up The Oxford Companion to American Law  a one-volume  A-Z encyclopedia that covers topics ranging from aging and the law  wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping  the Salem Witch Trials and Plessy vs. Ferguson. The Companion takes as its starting point the insight that law is embedded in society  and that to understand American law one must necessarily ask questions about the relationship between it and the social order  now and in the past. The volume assumes that American law  in all its richness and complexity  cannot be understood in isolation  as simply the business of the Supreme Court  or as a list of common law doctrines. Hence  the volume takes seriously issues involving laws role in structuring decisions about governance  the significance of state and local law and legal institutions  and the place of American law in a comparative international perspective. Nearly 500 entries are included  written by over 300 expert contributors. Intended for the working lawyer or judge  the high school student working on a term paper  or the general adult reader interested in the topic  the Companion is the authoritative reference work on the subject of American law.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984050647093,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195088786","price":28.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195088786.jpg?v=1770820008","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-companion-to-american-law","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}