American Tort Law

Author: Li Yahong
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: The United States is one of the most legally developed countries in the world, and its two centuries of experience in legal development holds undeniable value for China. Since the reform and opening-up, exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States have continuously strengthened, making it a pressing need for the Chinese people to understand U.S. law. However, U.S. law is vast, profound, and extensive. It includes common law inherited from Britain, which has been modified and Americanized, as well as statutes continuously formulated with the country's development. There is both a nationally unified federal law and state laws that vary from state to state. The conflicts and coordination among these laws make the U.S. legal system complex, diverse, multi-layered, and ever-changing. Therefore, truly understanding and mastering U.S. law is not an easy task even for Americans; for ordinary Chinese readers living in different linguistic, cultural, and institutional backgrounds, it is even more challenging. The publication of this series of books aims to present the intricate and complex U.S. legal system to a broad Chinese readership in an accessible and easy-to-understand manner, with the hope of assisting those engaged in legal education, legislation, judicial policy research, legal practice, and individuals from various fields who are interested in understanding the U.S. legal system.