This course is a general introduction to the fundamental principles and distinctive aspects of the American legal system and its institutions including basic concepts of American jurisprudence, including the case method, federal-state jurisdiction and the rules of precedent. This course will also introduce the American adversarial system, the role of the legal profession in the United States, legal methods, and the basics of library research. This course is graded on a credit/no credit basis and is limited to LLM students only.