Grilliot's Introduction to Law and the Legal System 6th edition by Schubert, Frank A.; Grilliot, Harold published by Houghton Mifflin College Div Hardcover

This is a comprehensive text written from a legal and institutional perspective. In the preface, Schubert says that the book is designed to allow students to understand the "strengths and weaknesses of law" and that readers "can decide for themselves whether the lawmaking institutions -- the legislative, executive, judicial and administrative agencies -- are dealing adequately with social and business problems" (p. xxi) . These goals are to be fulfilled as students analyze the cases included in each chapter.