Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. General    4. General Practice    5. Law offices    6. Legal Profession    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. United States    9. Business & Economics / General    10. Education    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Required text
Decent book, fairly basic but gets all the points across.Not confusing like case books.Typical LARC

Law school made easier
If you are a law student taking Legal Writing or an associate (summer or new) in a firm, this book will teach or refresh all the skills you need to write an effective memo or brief.The authors teach clear writing andprovide actual student wrting samples to elucidate their techniques.Thebook is especially helpful for those who are wholly unfamiliar with legalwriting, and the index and layout make it a user-friendly reference tool. Most impoprtantly, though, the book is short; it provides a comprehensiveframework without flooding the reader with unnecessary or confusinginformation. ... Read more

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

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McElhaney's Magic
Classic McElhaney -- wisdom and wit together.The best at giving smart, efficient and practical advise.i already had McElhany's Litigation -- which i review before every trial.i have recommended him to my best friends who do trials.This is more of the same.

McElhaney's Trial Notebook
McElhaney's book contains all of the guidance one needs in order to prepare for trial.From practical guidance for organizing materials to inspirational passages on the formation of the theory of the case and argument, this book has it all.I prefer it to the Mauet book.

A "must have" for any up and coming young lawyer
This book was suggested to my Advanced Trial and Evidence class in lawschool.I decided to pick up a copy to see if it would really be worthwhile for my future practice since I want to litigate.It is excellent from what I have read so far.Many of us were shown or told how to do or say certain things in pretrial and trial litigation class.This book is not only a good reminder, but it has many other practical and entertaining ideas that I'm sure to use in my future practice.A "must have!" ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Law    3. Law (Specific Aspects)    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Trial Practice    6. United States    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Criminology: The Core (w CD-ROM & InfoTrac) by Larry J. Siegel
Criminology and criminal justice have been the subject of a lot of research. Critical criminology has evolved over the past two decades and a number of new sub-branches have developed. Most popular research would be improved by greater emphasis on the branch of criminology known as "Minarchist Realism" or "Libertarian Realism."
Criminology: The Core
This book is easy to read and understand. The exercises at the end of each chapter are very helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminology    3. Social Science    4. Sociology    5. Crime & criminology    6. Law / Criminal Procedure   

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Yeah, its written for law students.
It's a hornbook, so you kinda gotta see that coming.
Principles Of Patent Law (Hornbook Series)
More in depth than David Pressman's "Patent It Yourself".It's written for law students, and may be too detailed for some, and lack info for others. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Intellectual Property - Patent    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Patent laws and legislation    6. United States   

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liberal blather from a hippie lawyer
Mr. Feige has written a book with some amusing stories but the overall liberal bias renders it more a polemic. Every story is distorted by omission of facts and his unrelenting bitterness. For example Mr. Feige writes how cars with tinted windows are given 5 tickets, one for each window. He doesn't say that tinted cars are the prefered hit vehicles for drive by shootings and drug deals. If the police can get a tinted vehicle off the streets by amplifying the violation by 5, more power to them. He also writes about dog violations as though the police were using them to harass helpless pet owners. He doesn't say that these are not the cute poodles you might find on 72nd St. These are vicious 150 lb pit bulls that are used to terrorise neighbors and clear a path on the sidewalk. Finally, there are the ad hominem attacks naming specific jurists without any attempt to provide a balanced view. At one point, Mr. Feige names a judge and states, "He got the job by handing $38,000 in cash to a politician". Where are the facts to back up this accusation? More than anything else, the emptyness and bitterness of Mr. Feige's life shines through. He never mentions a wife, children, or any outside of work activities other than drinking.

Blow-by-blow account of one hectic day is eye-opening and revealing.
INDEFENSIBLE: ONE LAWYER'S JOURNEY INTO THE INFERNO OF AMERICAN JUSTICE provides a description of an ordinary day in the life of a South Bronx public defender: a day which encounters murders, annoying fellow lawyers, and vindictive judges. Feige has been a public defender for nearly fifteen years: his blow-by-blow account of one hectic day is eye-opening and revealing.
A glimpse into an impossible system
Mr. Feige's journey into the day in the life of a Public Defender in the Bronx is funny and infuriating.Little gets done (aside from injury).His world is one where the compassionate are blocked from those in need by a pretty brutal, heartless, and racist beurocracy clothed in a robe.He fights a lot.Sometimes he wins.Mostly, it is a study of a system in need.Mr. Feige does a great job of showing a system in great need of repair.
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Bronx County    3. Courts    4. Courts - General    5. Criminal Justice Administration    6. Criminal justice, administration of    7. Criminology    8. Feige, David    9. Law    10. Lawyers & Judges    11. Legal Profession    12. New York    13. New York (State)    14. New York State    15. Public defenders    16. Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Entertainment    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Sports    8. United States   

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Missed Its Target Audience...
Undeniably, Professor Stoebuck is one of the brightest scholars around in Property law, but this book misses its mark for what it was intended for.West's Hornbook series are designed to be used by first year law students learning the law, non-legal scholars who need a quick reference for whatever they are working on, or the practicing attorney who doesn't have the time or money to use one of West's multi-volume practicioner series treatises.
Heavily detailed, but useful for Property students
ALthough this text contains about 10x what the average 1L will need for a Property exam, it was a very helpful guide through a very difficultsubject.It will remain on my shelf just in case I change the very core ofmy being and someday become a real estate lawyer.Students of Property:this is the ONLY text that will help you outside of the classroom.

Excellent resource for a difficult area of the law
This is an excellent treatise covering the major areas and topics of property law.It is sighted often by leading casebooks, including Singer's Property Law.I highly recommend this book to law students as the othersecondary sources in this area of law are woefully lacking. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Property    4. Real property    5. United States    6. Private, property, family law   

Editorial Review

In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, Read more

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Synchronicity???
Is this book, a worthwhile read, an attempt to close the book on shady goings-on in Woburn of the 1960s?Were some children in this case treated for leukemia using cutting edge techniques of the day,such as bone marrow transplants, and some of those children survived only to be tormented because of their unexpected survival?
Just a an ending, not a beginning!
This is a necessary book which does a public service by highlighting the repercussions of poor environmental stewardship. It does not, however, indicate the extent of a broader mystery behind the events in Woburn and Middlesex county itself, respectively.
An inside track on the legal process
Insanely detailed.The author shadowed Mr. Schlichtmann throughout the entire course of the case, giving the reader unprecedented insight into what goes on behind the scenes during litigation.I can see why law classes use the book.A must read for anyone going into law school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1936?-    2. Anderson, Anne,    3. Boston    4. Civil Procedure    5. Contamination    6. Drinking water    7. Groundwater    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal System    10. Massachusetts    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Pollution    13. Sociology    14. Torts    15. Trials (Toxic torts)    16. Trials, litigation, etc    17. W.R. Grace & Co    18. Woburn    19. Anderson, Anne    20. Law / Environmental    21. Law for the lay person    22. Schlichtmann, Jan    23. Reading Group Guide   

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I'm not employed by a tax lawyer
This would probably be a great book for a law student, but not for a lay person. I consider myself to be fairly intelligent, but I had a bit of difficulty wading through this to find the little bit of info that I needed.I'm sure it's also a great book for someone with a tax background.

unable to review
unfortunately, at the time of writing, 9 August 2005, I still have not received the item ordered on 7 July 2005. Therefore, I am not able to give any views on the book.

International Taxation
Doernberg provides a helpful overview of the important topics most relevant in International Taxation. This summary will be a useful guide for students, practitioners and anyone else interested in the U.S. tax issuesrelevant in international business. While short by design, this bookcontains a surprising amount of information. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Corporations, Foreign    2. Foreign income    3. Income tax    4. International    5. Investments, Foreign    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Military    10. Taxation    11. United States   

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Outstanding resource for the forensic architectural engineer
Robert Day does a fine job of addressing the many modes of foundation failure in a clear and articulate manner.Of special help to the engineer are the numerous case studies presented, and the step-by-step procedures to follow after a failure has occurred - from preliminary investigation and documentation to litigation and expert witness testimony.

Great Reference
This is great reference book.The information is presented in a logical and concise format but with the detail and depth needed to enable the reader to make an educated evaluation.This book covers all the fine points of a forensic investigation from administration to data collection to final report.A must have in any forensic or geotechnical office.Highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Engineering (Specific Aspects)    2. Civil Procedure    3. Criminal Investigation    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Evidence, Expert    6. Forensic Science    7. Forensic engineering    8. Law    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. United States    12. Geology & the lithosphere    13. Science / Geology    14. Structural engineering   

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OK...But not for a law students
This book was ok. It won't help the 1L law students looking for an aid to help them supplement their readings.This book is just a glorified canned case book.Highly recommended for those CONSIDERING law school and want to read about contracts BEFORE they start school.Once your in law school, look for another source.

A charming introduction to legal thinking
This is one of the few books that someone should consider reading before law school. Written in a fluid style, the book provides an adequate overview of what could be called "Contracts' Greatest Hits." While it is probably not sufficient to rely on for exams, it is a great introduction to legal thinking generally.

The Best Supplement For Contracts Students
This book explains contract law simply and effectively in an incredibly small number of pages.The book covers the entire common law of a first year course.When taking Contracts, I used Chirelstein as a review of a section of law, and it noted just about every seminal case.Often, the explanations were better than my professor's (and perhaps not conicidentally, sometimes they were the same).Now that I am a second-year student, I still use it as my first reference for contracts before looking to a horn book or Westlaw.I would recommend every first year law student to have a copy.It is easy on the back and on the mind.
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Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Contracts    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. United States    6. Contract law   

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Every law student (or would be law student) should read this book
As a law school career counselor, I can attest that one of the top challenges students face is determining what they want to do with their law degree and how to get what they want.This book goes a long way in helping to solve that riddle. I recommend it to every law student with whom I work. Each one who has followed my advice has praised the recomendation.My Admissions Office will not give me my personal copy back because they find it so useful.
A very useful book for yourself or to counsel others
I work in the career services field and have found this book very helpful in counselling law students. Most law students come into law school with a vague notion of what they want to do, but no sense of what it really means to practice a particular kind of law. Ms. Abrams book gives them a real-world account of what lawyers in each specialty do all day and what they can expect out of their careers. I'd highly recommend this to anyone considering a legal career or anyone helping those who are.

How to appear knowledgeable during on-campus interviews:
For anyone who needs an edge over competition during recruiting season, here is your ticket.Abrams' books is well-organized, comprehensive and illuminating.If you read it, you will learn the most basic lingo of the various legal practice areas.You will also be able to identify the specialities that suit your personality (for instance litigation and corporate are very different).You'll enter the interview process more self-aware and be aware of what's out there; as a result you'll be able to effectively market yourself to particular firms.If you don't read the Official Guide and don't know anything about the different practices of law yet, how do you know you are not making a mistake pursuing the practice of law?Read it, then apply for those jobs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Careers - General    2. Careers - Other Specific Fields    3. General    4. Law    5. Legal Profession    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Business    8. Law / General   

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Its alright
This book is alright for a basic course but lacks some vital deffinitions. Also, some vocabulary words are hilited and some are left without making them difficult to find. In a few cases there are no deffinitions for words. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business Law    3. Business/Economics    4. Criminal Law    5. Criminal Law - General    6. Criminal Procedure    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal assistants    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / General    12. Organizational theory & behaviour    13. USA   

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This Book is a Tort Itself
This is biased, pro-plaintiff, and hard to follow. It is a self-justifying, defender of the out of control legal profession. Only 60 pages are devoted to the defense. There is nary a word, beyond brief dismissal, of the devastation wrought upon our besieged Nation by the profession. There is nary a word about changing the unconscionable 80% error rate in tort litigation. There is nary a word about the wackiness that passes for judicial decision making, mind reading, fortune telling, etc. A fine hornbook
This excellent volume was one of my own study aids during my first year of law school and it's now a valued part of my burgeoning law library. Excellent tort book
An excellent book about tort law. The author revises every issues and explains clearly the subject. Dobbs quotes abundant cases and bibliography too. The content is : Part I. Introducing Tort Law;Part II: Physical interference with person or property; Part III, Operating and altering the tort system in personal injury cases. Finally, I must point out that this book (with 1600 pages) have an accurate updating. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Torts    5. Negligence    6. Torts / delicts   

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time-tested excellence
I remember getting an earlier rendition of this book when I was in grade school, and now while in law school, it still comes in handy. If you are in any class or position where you need to write letters, compositions or just about anything else, you need this book. It will tell you when to use what word, when not to use what word, and is easy to use. Can't beat it!

Great reference, very friendly.
The Redbook is a great have-by-your-side manual for legal or other writing.

Should be on all attorneys' book shelves
As a gramarian and etymologist by avocation, my tastes are a bit weird.Maybe that's why I actually enjoyed reading this bookcasually.Each of Garner's books belongs on the bookshelf of any attorney who considers himself a professional.My pet peeve is the attorney who I know is writing to impress the reader with his writing skills as opposed to the attorney who is writing to persuade the reader.The former will not have Garner's books in his library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Profession    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal Writing    5. Reference / Law   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. United States   

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only way to go
These flash cards are the best way to drill the info into your brain. And the older versions still work too. Keep them around for any and all exams, essay, quizzes.

A huge help
Myself and a lot of my classmates used these for our final exam and I have to tell you that they were a HUGE help.Notes and books are great too but myself and a few of my classmates used this as one of our primary ways of preparing the last few days before exams.I highly recommend. ... Read more

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

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Nice and Simple
This book was nice and simple.A good summary of what you need to know.The section on agency was great.I think he got a little carried away in the partnerships section when he compared RUPA and UPA.I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants a comprehensive summary of the law of agency, partnerships, and unincorporated entities. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Agency (Law)    3. Law    4. Legal Education    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Partnership    7. Private companies    8. Reference    9. United States   

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This textbook stinks...
This book is unorganized, out-of-date, too focused on New York City, and on every other page promotes the authors and their careers...On page 7 they are telling you how much has changed with the computer age, and the internet, and one of the authors tells you he went to grade school and they used quill pens and fountain jars...okay, I didn't need to know that.It was so annoying that by page 14, I was going to submit to them a list of improvements, but it would have been EXTENSIVE!From there on just gritted my teeth and got through it...Good luck!You'll be really tired of the references to the Trade City Bombing, and NYC in general, by the end of it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Criminology    3. Law    4. Law enforcement    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Police    7. United States    8. Courts & procedure    9. Criminal law    10. Law / Criminal Procedure