This course provides an introduction to the substantive and procedural alw of hte United States, to the legal system of the United States, and to distinctive aspects of the Anglo-American system of common law, thereby bridging the gap between students' understanding of their home countries' legal systems and the United States legal system. It focuses on torts and contracts. Students holding law degress from countries with predominately common law traditions may by exempted from this requirement upon the determination of the Faculty LL.M. Director.