Understanding American Law

This excerpt from “The Law.pdf” explains the complexities of the American legal system, highlighting the differences between various types of law, such as common law, equity law, statutory law, and constitutional law. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the specific legal doctrines applicable to a given situation and warns against blindly trusting lawyers, urging readers to become more legally knowledgeable themselves. The text also discusses the manipulation and obfuscation of laws over time and the problems with case law as a source of legal authority. Finally, it notes the disparity between what the law states and how the legal system operates in practice.