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Law School
Legal Education in America from the 1850s to the 1980s
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In this first general history of legal education, Stevens traces the development of law schools, the legal profession, and legal thought, relating their evolution to intellectual, political, and social trends. He describes how the establishment gained power over education after 1920 and how, in the...
General Counsel in the 21st Century
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The function of the general counsel - and in wider terms, the legal in-house department - has undergone a remarkable change in recent years. Law as such is now understood as a valuable resource, not just as a limit on commercial activities, by businesses around the world. As a result, the way that...
Writing to Win
The Legal Writer
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
From a master teacher, a results-oriented approach to powerful legal writing that communicates, that persuades--and that wins.
Of all the professions, the law has the most deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Legal education, which focuses on judicial opinions, not instruments...
by Ari Mermelstein, Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zadoff
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
A new collection edited by Ari Mermelstein, along with Victoria Saker Woeste, Ethan Zadoff, and Marc Galanter, and with chapters by leading scholars in their fields.
Jews are a people of law, and law defines who the Jewish people are and what they believe. This anthology engages with the growing...
Henri Lefebvre
Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
While certain aspects of Henri Lefebvre’s writings have been examined extensively within the disciplines of geography, social theory, urban planning and cultural studies, there has been no comprehensive consideration of his work within legal studies. Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life...
by Girad Clacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Mike faces off with two of the most controversial legal questions that STARCORE legal, the High Council and the United States Supreme Court have ever had to face! One, are the inhabitants of Space Probe Six, since they were not pro-created in the "normal" sense, really STARCORE citizens?...
The Devil's Advocates
Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2007
From the authors of the acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, and featuring some of the most important cases in criminal law, The Devil's Advocates is the final volume of a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history.
Criminal law is considered by many to...
The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities
Pizza Police, Illicit Fishbowls, and Other Anomalies of theLaw That Make Us AllU nsuspecting Criminals
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
You're probably breaking the law right now-and don't even know it.
Did you know...
? Naples, Italy, enforces laws for what constitutes real pizza, and "pizza police" visit restaurants to crack down on unlawful pies?
? In West Virginia it is a crime to display or possess a red or black...
Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe
Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This volume brings together papers by a group of scholars, distinguished in their own right, in honour of James Brundage. The essays are organised into four sections, each corresponding to an important focus of Brundage's scholarly work. The first section explores the connection between the development...
by Julius Kirshner
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Through his research on the status of women in Florence and other Italian cities, Julius Kirshner helped to establish the socio-legal history of women in late medieval and Renaissance Italy and challenge the idea that Florentine women had an inferior legal position and civic status.
In Marriage,...
by SHANE LEE
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
Note-taking in Law School is a Completely Different Ball-game from regular Note-taking...Just like how a Legal Education isn't your regular kind of Education, Note-taking in Law School isn't your regular kind of Note-taking.Ever feel like your fingers can't keep up with the verbiage spilling...
American Law 101
An Easy Primer on the U.S. Legal System
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
American Law 101: An Easy Primer on the U.S. Legal System is a thorough introduction to American legal principles, a highly accessible user's guide into both the spirit and the black letter law underlying the U.S. legal system. Everyone who wants a better, working understanding of U.S. law and the...
Teaching Law
Justice, Politics, and the Demands of Professionalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Teaching Law re-imagines law school teaching and scholarship by going beyond crises now besetting the legal academy and examining deeper and longer-lasting challenges. The book argues that the legal academy has long neglected the need to focus teaching and scholarship on the ideals of justice that...
In-House
A Lawyer's Guide to Getting a Corporate Legal Position
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
In-House: A Lawyer's Guide to Getting a Corporate Legal Position is the "must-have" career book on finding, securing, and thriving in the fiercely competitive in-house legal market. Author David J. Parnell takes the in-house-bound attorney by the hand, leading him or her through the maze...