Order by phone 1-866-808-5635 (M-F 10am - 4pm CST) Help/FAQs / LawRewards / Gift Certificates

Your Discount Online Law Bookstore!

My Cart 0 $0.00
Only $48.99 until FREE SHIPPING!
Only $48.99 until FREE SHIPPING!
  • Menu
  • Account

Order by phone 1-866-808-5635 (M-F 9am-5pm CST)

Fundamentals of U.S. Law (w/ Connected eBook) (Instant Digital Access Code Only)

  • Edition : 1st ed., 2022
  • Author(s) : Fernholz, Collova
    • ISBN: 9781543829525
    • SKU: 99822
    • Condition: New
    • Format: Hardcover/Access Code

    $233.28

    List Price: $243.00

    • Order now and this item SHIPS TODAY!
    • SKU: 99822E
    • Format: Digital Access Code Only

    $183.00

    List Price: $243.00

    Digital Product FAQs

    • Instant Access!
    • ISBN: 9781543829525
    • SKU: 99822C
    • Condition: New
    • Format: Hardcover/Access Code

    $177.39

    List Price: $243.00

    Rental Due: 06/7/2025
    Rental FAQs

    • Order now and this item SHIPS TODAY!
  • What is a Connected Casebook?

    In an effort to offer more affordable, and powerful, law school textbook options to law students, Aspen Publishers/Wolters Kluwer Legal Education is now offering Connected Casebook versions of some of their textbook titles. With Connected Casebook versions, you get all of this:

    • A pristine, unused rental copy of the textbook (which must be returned by the end of your course semester), with no highlighting or writing restrictions,
    • Immediate, lifetime access to the digital copy of that edition of the textbook, and
    • Access to the Interactive Study Center where you can utilize outlining tools, self-assessment tools that will show you your strengths and weaknesses, and online study aids including curated excerpts and practice questions from leading study aids such as Examples & Explanations and Glannon Guides.

    What is the benefit of a Connected Casebook?

    With Connected Casebook titles, you really do get more for less! Connected Casebook items are discounted up to 25% off of the price of their respective non-Connected Casebook versions.

    Want more info on Connected Casebook? Click here!

Purchase or rental of a new Connected eBook includes a new print textbook PLUS a full ebook version of your text; outlining and case briefing tools; and other resources. 

Order now to get INSTANT ACCESS to the ebook and other digital tools — just redeem the access code sent in your order confirmation email!


Fundamentals of U.S. Law teaches the “how” of legal practice in the United States. Students learn how to read cases, synthesize rules from reasoning, apply those rules to novel situations, and predict how the law may develop. The authors, two experienced lawyering skills instructors, use a half dozen fascinating and controversial topics to teach the signature skill of the common-law case method.

Highlights of the First Edition:

LLM students are bright, motivated, legally sophisticated, and ready to succeed. Fundamentals of U.S. Law plays to their strengths and mitigates their weaknesses. The textbook starts with a very short introduction to the legal system in the United States, followed by a discussion of one example of state common-law development. The rest of the textbook presents a set of interlinked topics of American constitutional law, all of which are likely to immediately engage student interest. No boring topics allowed.

  • Students learn how courts use their decisions to create new law, the hallmark of common-law case development.
  • Students also learn the fundamental skills of case analysis, including rule identification, rule synthesis, and application of the rule to novel facts.
  • Students learn to apply these skills in American-style law school examinations.