Legal category: 4736 books
Fighting Fair
Legal Ethics for an Adversarial Age
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Along with used car dealers and telemarketers, lawyers are considered to be among the least trustworthy of all professionals. If lawyers want more respect, they will have to earn it by reframing their ethical responsibilities. In an original approach to law's moral dilemma, legal theorist Allan C....
Inventing American Exceptionalism
The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800-1877
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
A highly engaging account of the developments—not only legal, but also socioeconomic, political, and cultural—that gave rise to Americans’ distinctively lawyer-driven legal culture When Americans imagine their legal system, it is the adversarial trial—dominated by dueling larger-than-life lawyers...
by Chantal Stebbings
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2007
Nineteenth-century governments faced considerable challenges from the rapid, novel and profound changes in social and economic conditions resulting from the industrial revolution. In the context of an increasingly sophisticated and complex government, from the 1830s the specialist and largely lay...
Married Women and the Law
Coverture in England and the Common Law World
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Explaining the curious legal doctrine of "coverture," William Blackstone famously declared that "by marriage, husband and wife are one person at law." This "covering" of a wife's legal identity by her husband meant that the greatest subordination of women to men developed within marriage. In England...
History and Power in the Study of Law
New Directions in Legal Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Building on earlier work in the anthropology of law and taking a critical stance toward it, June Starr and Jane F. Collier ask, "Should social anthropologists continue to isolate the ‘legal’ as a separate field of study?" To answer this question, they confront critics of legal anthropology who...
Essays in the History of Canadian Law
The Legal History of British Columbia and the Yukon
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1995
This sixth volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law turns to the a central theme in the history of British Columbia and the Yukon - law and order. In the early days of British sovereignty, the frenzied activity of the fur trade and the gold rush, along with...
Writing Shorter Legal Documents
Strategies for Faster and Better Editing
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
In a legal document, in accordance with federal, state, and local court rules, every letter and space is important. Writing Shorter Legal Documents is a concise, practical handbook that explains how to quickly, efficiently reduce the length of your legal documents. It's a collection of advice written...
by George Mousourakis
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Roman law forms an important part of the intellectual background of many legal systems currently in force in continental Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world. This book traces the historical development of Roman law from the earliest period of Roman history up to and including Justinian's...
by Emily Allbon, Sanmeet Kaur Dua
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Confused by cases? Stuck on statutes? Or just unsure where to start with writing, research or revision? The Insider’s Guide to Legal Skills will show you what you need to succeed, applying skills in their real-world context and helping you get to grips with legal method and thinking.
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Client Science
Advice for Lawyers on Counseling Clients through Bad News and Other Legal Realities
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Lawyers know that client counseling can be the most challenging part of legal practice. Clients question and often resist the complexities and uncertainties inherent in law and legal process. Honest advice from the lawyer can make a client doubt his or her allegiance and zeal. Client backlash may...
Reforming Legal Education
Law Schools at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
In today’s volatile law school environment, curriculum reform has emerged as a significant focus. It is commonly understood that law schools effectively teach certain analytical skills, but are less successful in other areas, and often scramble to adapt to evolving aims. This book demonstrates how...
by J. Randolph Evans, Shari L. Klevens
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
Georgia Legal Malpractice Law addresses both the fabric of Georgia legal malpractice law and the cases and issues confronting attorneys, including effective claim prevention and loss avoidance. Since the first edition of this book was released, the Georgia Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of...
by John B. Nann, Morris L. Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect...
Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945
The Reception of Western Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Taiwan�s modern legal system--quite different from those of both traditional China and the People�s Republic--has evolved since the advent of Japanese rule in 1895. Japan has gradually adopted Western law during the 19th-century and when it occupied Taiwan--a frontier society composed of Han Chinese...