Part 1 Introduction to Law Unit 1 Definition, Classification and Sources of Law Text Definition, Classification and Sources of Law Supplementary Reading Law ofthe United States Unit 2 Legal Systems Text Legal Systems of the World Supplementary Reading Law of the People's Republic of China Unit 3 Legal Education Text Legal Education Supplementary Reading Yale Law School Unit 4 Legal Profession Text Lawyer Supplementary Reading American Bar Association Part 2 Varieties of Law Unit 5 Constitutional Law Text The United States Constitution Supplementary Reading Analysis of the United States Constitution Unit 6 Administrative Law Text Adnunistrative Law Supplementary Reading Agency Action and Administrative Law Unit 7 Criminal Law Text Criminal Law Supplementary Reading Criminal Law Jurisdictions Unit 8 Contract Law Text Contract Law Supplementary Reading Remedies for Breach of Contract Unit 9 Tort Law Text Tort Law Supplementary Reading Categories of Torts Unit 10 Property Law Text Property Law Supplementary Reading Basic Categories of Property Unit 11 Intellectual Property Law Text Intellectual Property Law Supplementary Reading Copyright Unit 12 International Law Text International Law Supplementary Reading Monism and Dualism in International Law Part 3 Great Law Scholars and Their Works Unit 13 John Rawls Text John Rawls Supplementary Reading A Theory of justice Unit 14 H.L.A.Hart Text H.L.A.Hart Supplementary Reading Legal Positivism Unit 15 The Republic Text The Republic Supplementary Reading Reception and Interpretation of the Republic Unit 16 The Spirit of the Laws Text The Spirit of the Laws Supplementary Reading Montesquieu Key to the Exercises Appendix 1 Legal Terms Appendix 2 Legal Documents
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With the advice and consent of the Senate, the President may appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,judges of the supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not otherwise described in the Constitution. Congress may give the power to appoint lower officers to the President alone, to the courts, or to the heads of departments. The president may make any of these appointments during a congressional recess.Such a recess appointment" expires at the end of the next session of Congress. Section 3 opens by describing the president's relations with Congress: The president reports on the state of the union. The president may convene either house, or both houses, of Congress. When the two houses of Congress cannot agree on the time of adjournment, the president may adjourn them to some future date. Section 3 adds: The president receives ambassadors. The president sees that the laws are faithfully executed. The president compressions all the offices of the federal government. Section 4 provides for removal of the president and other federal officers.The president is removed on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.