part oneanglo��american legal culturechapter 1 historical development of the common law00chapter 2 the doctrine of stare decisis and ratio decidendi or holding ofa case0chapter 3 federal courts and what they do0chapter 4 the opinions of the appellate courts and precedents0part twointroduction to american lawsconstitutional law0chapter 1 the judicial power0chapter 2 legislative power0chapter 3 executive power0chapter 4 individual guarantees against governmental or private action0chapter 5 due process0chapter 6 equal protection0chapter 7 fundamental rights0chapter 8 the first amendment0contractschapter 1 basics of contracts chapter 2 contract formationchapter 3 capacity of a contractchapter 4 vitiating factorschapter 5 dischargechapter 6 breach of contractchapter 7 remedies for breach of contracttortschapter 1 intentional tortschapter 2 defenses to intentional tortschapter 3 negligencechapter 4 cause in factchapter 5 proximate causechapter 6 multiple tortfeasorschapter 7 damages for personal injurieschapter 8 limited duties: special limitations on the scope of dutychapter 9 premises liability: duties of owners and occupiers of landchapter 10 defenseschapter 11 vicarious liabilitychapter 12 products liabilitychapter 13 defamationchapter 14 competitive tortsproperty lawchapter 1 acquisition of propertychapter 2 possessory estateschapter 3 future interestschapter 4 concurrent estateschapter 5 landlord and tenantchapter 6 fixtureschapter 7 rights in the land of another—easements, profits, covenants,and servitudeschapter 8 conveyancingchapter 9 cooperatives, condominiums, zoning and nuisanceevidence lawchapter 1 general considerationschapter 2 relevance and judicial noticechapter 3 real evidencechapter 4 documentary evidencechapter 5 testimonial evidencechapter 6 the hearsay rulechapter 7 procedural considerationscriminal lawchapter 1 basics of criminal lawchapter 2 how defendants�� mental states affect their responsibility fora crimechapter 3 criminal offenseschapter 4 implications of a crime��s classificationcriminal procedurechapter 1 exclusionary rulechapter 2 fourth amendmentchapter 3 confessionschapter 4 pre��trial procedureschapter 5 trialchapter 6 guilty pleas and plea bargainingchapter 7 constitutional rights in relation to sentence and punishmentchapter 8 constitutional problems on appeal and rights duringpunishmentchapter 9 double jeopardychapter 10 forfeiture actionsreferences