“美国法律文库”是“中美元首法治计划”（Presidential Rule of law Initiative）项目之一，该项目计划翻译百余种图书，全面介绍美国高水平的法学著作，是迄今中国最大的法律图书引进项目。“美国法律文库”著作将陆续推出，以飨读者。

杰拉德·波斯特玛，美国北卡罗来纳大学法学及哲学教授，当代英语世界杰出的法哲学家、政治哲学家和观念史学家。该书是他的代表作。

The debate between Bentham and classical Common Law theory is philosophically fundamental and has shaped contemporary conceptions of the nature, tasks, and limits of law and adjudication. This book offers a philosophical interpretation of this historical debate. The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical fo...(展开全部)

The debate between Bentham and classical Common Law theory is philosophically fundamental and has shaped contemporary conceptions of the nature, tasks, and limits of law and adjudication. This book offers a philosophical interpretation of this historical debate. The author draws on the full range of Bentham's published and unpublished writings, and explores the philosophical fo...(展开全部)

杰拉德·波斯特玛，美国北卡罗来纳大学法学及哲学教授，当代英语世界杰出的法哲学家、政治哲学家和观念史学家。该书是他的代表作。

This book is part of the new, ABA Classics Series. In the history of the law there have been many great treatises written by many great legal minds, but only a few have had the influence and staying power to truly be called the classics. First published in 1881, The Common Law has retained its relevance through the elegant writing of Justice Holmes and the sound, thorough cov...(展开全部)

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events—such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist l...(展开全部)

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events—such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist l...(展开全部)