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This is THE CJ research book for the 90's and beyond.
This is the best research text in the field.It reallyclarified many ofthe difficult concepts that I read in other research texts.This is aresearch book forthe 90's and beyond ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal justice, Administrati    3. Criminal justice, Administration of    4. Criminology    5. Criminology (General)    6. Jurisprudence    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Methodology    9. Research    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Crime & criminology    13. Social Science / Criminology    14. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Legal research    4. Research    5. United States   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Criminal justice, Administrati    3. Criminal justice, Administration of    4. Criminology    5. Criminology Research    6. Judicial statistics    7. Methodology    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Research    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Crime & criminology    13. Law / Criminal Law    14. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Legal Writing    4. Legal composition    5. Legal research    6. Research    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. Legal composition    3. Legal research    4. Reference    5. Research    6. United States    7. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Research   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal Research    5. Legal System    6. Legal Writing    7. Reference    8. Terminology    9. Thesauri    10. United States    11. Legal skills & practice    12. Writing & editing guides   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    6. Legal Profession    7. Legal assistants    8. Legal research    9. Research    10. Texas    11. Business & Economics / General    12. Economics, Finance, Business and Industry   

Subjects:  1. Clinical trials    2. General    3. Health/Fitness    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Medicine    9. Research    10. United States    11. Medicine: General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Computer network resources    3. Information Storage & Retrieval    4. Information storage and retrieval systems    5. Internet - General    6. Law    7. Law Office Education    8. Law Office Technology    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Legal Research    11. Research    12. United States    13. Law / General   

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Every legal researcher should own this book
I attend a legal research course and depend on it to help me get my research assignments done. The book gives thoughtful analysis of legal materials currently published and its beautiful illustrations and annotatedexamples make legal research less confusing. It evaluates sourcesthoroughly and its topical approach and excellent index make it thoroughlyusable and useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Law    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal research    5. Popular works    6. Research    7. United States    8. Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies    9. Law / General    10. Legal profession   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Research   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Legal Writing    4. Legal composition    5. Legal research    6. Research    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Appellate procedure    2. Briefs    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Legal Writing    6. Oral pleading    7. Research    8. Trial Practice    9. United States    10. Legal skills & practice    11. Writing & editing guides   

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Great resource
I read this book twice in my first four weeks of law school and I believe it is a helpful resource for a first year law student. The book is well organized and easy to read. The authors do not simply present information, but include exercises at the end of each chapter to help students reinforce materials presented. The book does not waste any space, it is very concise and to the point. I think I've learned more from this book than from some assigned textbooks for my legal methods class. The authors present a structural writing technique for legal writing (CREAC), but also include a wealth of additional useful information. It teaches students fundamental techniques of legal analysis that students need to succeed in law school. Additionally, for first year law students, who have not employed legal writing before, this book is very helpful in all aspects. I think the authors definitely had the right audience in mind when they wrote the book. Many first year law students can benefit by investing their time and money in this book.

Excellent Resource
I have been in practice for six years and I wish I had this book when I was a first-year law student.It's concise yet packed full of information.Legal analysis is a difficult skill for law students and this book expertly helps unravel some its mysteries.I bought the book for a newer associate at my firm and he loves it.In fact, his writing and analysis has improved dramatically.I read the CREAC chapter with particular interest.I learned that I naturally draft legal documents in the CREAC format; so it certianly applies to practice.If more lawyers (and judges) adopted the CREAC format, we'd all benefit.Thank you.

Terrible
This feels like one of those books produced so that it can be put on the syllabus and students are forced to purchase it. It looks harmless enough, as small as it is, but I agree with the previous reviewer who said it is simplistic and plodding. This book has no soul and the components are not well enough articulated to really understand what separates the good legal analysis from the bad. Granted, most legal writing books fail miserably at teaching the substance of legel writing so that students are able to make conscious improvements, but this book is no help. If you're not forced to buy this and are just looking for a good legal writing supplement, pass this one up. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Legal Research    4. Methodology    5. Research    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Legal Writing    6. Legal assistants    7. Legal composition    8. Legal research    9. Reference    10. Research    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / General    13. Education    14. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Priceless tool for 1L's and other law students
During my first year of law school I asked my "legal research and writing" professor for an excellent and clearly written introduction to legal reasoning. He recommended Professor Burton's book. Excellent Introduction to legal theory and reasoning...
in an easy-to-read short book.Burton has given the beginning student of law and layperson a very approachable introduction in plain language.A must for first-year law students or 1L's-to-be to put their learning into a context of legal theory.A good primer before moving onto reading Cardozo's The Nature of the Judicial Process and the Hart's The Concept of Law, both of which I'd recommend to 1L's interested in jurisprudence. Burton's primer is an introduction to how cases and rules relate in analogical and deductive legal reasoning; how legal reasons, conventions, policy, purposes, and not just rules alone, are used to help lawyers make predictions and judges make decisions.Finally, it concludes with a brief chapter on the legitimacy of our legal system.Core foundational ideas from which any law student begins to build his/her knowledge and understanding and then application of legal reasoning. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Judicial process    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal Writing    5. Methodology    6. Paralegals & Paralegalism    7. Philosophy    8. Philosophy Of Law    9. Research    10. United States    11. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law   

Subjects:  1. Language    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal Writing    5. Legal composition    6. Research    7. Language teaching & learning material & coursework    8. Legal skills & practice    9. Research methods: general    10. Writing & editing guides   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Legal research    4. North Carolina    5. Research   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Research    3. Legal composition    4. United States    5. Language    6. Rhetoric    7. Legal Writing