Introduction to US Law Step by Step

An analytical ten-chapter introduction for engineers and CS readers, with one simple source-pinned preview per page and full doctrine in words: legal authority, federalism, court systems, precedent, source data, case lifecycles, legal relationships, authority reading, risk handoff, and a grounded authority-map capstone. Volume: Foundations

What Counts as Law

Federalism and the Three Branches

The Court Systems

Common Law and Precedent

Sources of Law as Data

How a Case Moves Through a Court

Legal Persons and Legal Relationships

Reading a Statute and Reading a Case

Legal Risk and Human Handoff

Capstone: Mapping a Question to Authorities