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I completely disagree with the other reviews
This is a fine book - who cares about grammatical errors? Its content babay! - Content !! The book is dense because Remedies touches on every area of substantive law & equity ! I rated this 3 stars because "nobody is perfect" !

Is he paid by the word?
The author appears to have a knack for making overly complicated that which should be easily grasped , eschewing the readily comprehensible in favor of a profusion of arcane terms of art, circular reasoning, and needlessly drawn-out redundancies.Like Clarence in his Malmsey he lurches to and fro, chapters marked by an airy, over-the-river-and-through-the-woods approach that seldom leaves the reader feeling any more informed than he was before he started.And as a previous reviewer noted, the tome is riddled with typographical and grammatical errors which do little to ease the put-upon reader's sense of frustration.Repeated and highly focused attempts at critical reading succeeded in educing little more than a profound sense of mental lassitude, with nary a smidgen of enlightenment to reward my efforts.As the ashes settle, I find this little more than an errant vanity work foisted upon the captive audience unfortunate enough to have it assigned as a text.

Mis-Understanding Remedies
The book is filled with typographical and grammatical errors, the text is pedantic and verbose, and the general tenor of the discussion is one of ambivalence. Fischer does little to clarify the often murky aspects of the law of Remedies, and often contradicts himself within the same pages. It is endlessly repetitive and tedious reading that might have been instructive at one-fifth the length. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Damages    3. General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Remedies (Law)    7. United States   

Editorial Review

Imagine, for a preposterous moment, that 55 national leaders convened to write a document to guide the country for hundreds of years. It seems unlikely--given that our current contingent of so-called leaders can't agree on how to balance a checkbook--that they could reach consensus on such issues as the allotment of congressional seats. The political and ideological issues that faced the creators of the Constitution were similar in some ways to those at play today. And in some ways they were vastly different ones. Jack Rakove, a history professor at Stanford University, has in this book framed the process that led to the drafting of the constitution in its historical and political context to offer insight into the difficulty of interpreting that most influential of documents. ... Read more

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A wealth of information, presented badly, bound by a poisonous idea
Jack Rakove certainly knows a lot of history about the founding fathers.Perhaps he knows too much.For the wealth of information in his brain has left him confused.It has left him confused about the meaning of the constitution.And it has led him to believe, since the meaning of the constitution is so hard to divine, that it actually has no meaning, and therefore we must be at the mercy of judges to mete out justice.
Excellent book but not for everyone
This is an excellent book if you really want to understand the Constitution in extreme detail.I did and I enjoyed the book although the writing style is very wordy and long winded at times.This is not a good book for the general public but it was never intended as such.

Reply to "A Reader"
"A Reader" has probably not read Wittgenstein.If he has, he certainly doesn't understand him.No other explanation explains his reference to a brilliant, but completely apolitical, philosopher.
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Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Constitutional history    3. Constitutional law    4. General    5. History    6. History: American    7. Interpretation and construction    8. Politics / Current Events    9. United States    10. United States - 19th Century    11. United States - General    12. Constitution: government & the state    13. History / United States / General    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Competition, Unfair    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Trademarks    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Communication    3. Industries - Media & Communications Industries    4. Language    5. Language Arts & Disciplines    6. Law Of The Press    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Mass Communication Law    10. Mass media    11. Media & the Law    12. Media Studies    13. Press law    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Industries / Media & Communications Industries    16. Communications law    17. Press & journalism   

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Best in the field of negotiation
Charles B. Craver is the Freda H. Alverson Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and a frequent contributor to The Negotiator Magazine. Professor Craver has taught courses in Legal Negotiating at several Law Schools over many years. Additionally, lawyers will know him for his continuing legal education courses on the negotiation process and alternative dispute resolution and well as for his many books and articles on labor relations, alternative dispute resolution and negotiation. He is, therefore, a true expert in negotiation.
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Subjects:  1. Civil Law    2. Civil Procedure    3. Compromise (Law)    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Negotiation    7. United States   

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This got me through my evidence exam
Very good book on the subject, the best I've encountered in regards to Evidence and the FRE.I scored very well on my exam, despite slacking throughout the semester and skipping most of the readings.This book made the difference for me, and for a few of my friends who also got copies before our test.

Fabulous.
This book is absolutely fabulous.It presents the difficult subject matter in a clear and concise way.Everyone I know is using it for finals prep.Highly recommended.

Awesome!
I love this book.It does no contain to many words, or uneccesary garbage like the West hornbooks.Best has composed a champion.!!!It is short, you can read it three times in the time it takes you to decipher one chapter in another hornbook!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Evidence    2. Evidence (Law)    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Problems, exercises, etc    6. United States    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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The best book on evidence
My professor suggested this book and deemed it the "Bible onEvidence".I bought it and it is.A great book that will clear upmany of your questions.If you don't understand what your law professor issaying, this book will make it clearer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Evidence    3. Evidence (Law)    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States   

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This should be your first book about the Supreme Court
I had a great Constitutional law professor while I was in law school.He had all these stories of the Supreme Court behind the scenes, and it brought the law to life.So I started to look around for Supreme Court biographies.About 6 years later, I'm still reading them.This is the best I have come across.Love him or hate him, Hugo Black is one of the 10 most important Justices in history, most would agree.More than that--he had a strong, controversial, well-thought-out point of view about the law, though he was friends with many people who absolutely disagreed with him.He is interesting to conservatives and liberals alike and he challenges us to use our brains because he doesn't fit neatly into modern ideas of what it is to be Republican or Democrat.For instance, he's known as a "judicial activist," but he was a textualist (like Scalia).He's also something of an original intent guy (though he doesn't ignore the Amendments like the 14th Amendment that were passed long after the "founding fathers" died).He didn't believe in what's called "substantive due process"---the notion of fairness that many jurists find in the Constitution's due process clause(s).In other words---abortion, gay rights, right to die, anything labeled as a privacy right---he had his views on what the law SHOULD be but...well, as Hugo said (paraphrasing):"I like my privacy as much as the next man, but I don't find it in the Constitution."Also, he wrote Korematsu, the opinion that allowed the government to put Japanese-Americans into internment camps during the war years.Along with Justice Douglas, he was the most vigorous protector of the First Amendment free speech rights that the Court has ever had.He was banned for years from Alabama because of his assistance in desegregaing the nation and providing equal protection to African Americans (which is interesting in light of his KKK past).Thus, if you're a fan of the liberal Warren Court era OR a fan of Scalia and Thomas's modern/throwback textualist and originalist ideas, there is much for you to learn.That aside, Hugo's story was fascinating.Other reviewers have remarked on his KKK and New Deal Senator past.He was also one of the longest sitting Justices---30 years or so.This book is an easy read and you'll get a feel for Hugo's PERSONALITY, not just his actions.(I think of him as "Hugo" rather than Justice Black because I think of him as a friend...and that's due to this book).

From KKK member to the Supreme Court:A fascinating story
What more can you say to attract a reader than this book is the story of a southern lawyer who begins as a member of the Ku Klax Klan in Alabama and ends his career as one of the most respected members of the United States Supreme Court.WOW!The truth IS stranger than fiction. An excellent study of Justice Black's jurisprudence
Justice Black was (and is) a fascinating study in American constitutional theory -- an unabashed and lifelong Democrat, Black surprised many, especially toward the end of his life, when he often refused to join in the Warren court's adventures into judicial activism.Newman's biography is comprehensive, touching on all the key points of Black's life both on and off the bench, including a lenghty examination of his now-famous First Amendment jurisprudence.Black emerges in three dimensions, as a complicated and passionate advocate and jurist.Three minor flaws: first, Newman, obviously in awe of Black, occasionally misses an opportunity to fairly criticize some of his opinions; secondly, the book does not always flow smoothly, but often advances in a rough, staccato fashion (a venial flaw, considering the complicated subject matter).Finally, toward the end of the book, Newman becomes somewhat overly-sentimental - hardly a page goes by without Newman describing the "tears pouring down Black's face" as he recalls his youth and public service.Again, given the author's clearlove of his subject, this is forgiveable.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1886-1971    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Black, Hugo LaFayette,    7. Judges    8. Lawyers & Judges    9. U.S. Supreme Court    10. United States    11. BLACK, HUGO LAFAYETTE, 1886-1971    12. Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges    13. Biography: general    14. Black, Hugo LaFayette    15. Central government    16. Courts & procedure    17. JUDGES_BIOGRAPHY    18. Legal profession    19. UNITED STATES_SUPREME COURT    20. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business records    2. Civil Procedure    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Records retention    6. Study Guides    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Constitutional    3. Constitutional conventions    4. Constitutional history    5. History    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Reference    8. United States    9. Constitutional & administrative law    10. Law / Constitutional    11. USA   

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Satisfaction Guaranteed
I received my book in a lengthy time, and it was in excellant condition. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Courts    3. Courts - General    4. General    5. Justice, Administration of    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Poetry    9. Political aspects    10. Political questions and judici    11. Political questions and judicial power    12. United States    13. Courts & procedure    14. Political Science / General   

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A thrilling, concise expose into the fiction of contract law
Reading Death of Contract is like a fresh glass of water after a hot day at work. It refreshes the mind, and makes you think that there can be some coherence to Tennyson's `lawless science of the laws'. A Classic Account of the Evolution of Contract Law
Provides an in depth account of the evolution of contract law.It has aptly been described as an "epic". Saved my neck in law school--and I enjoyed it, too
When I took Contracts as a first-year law student, I read the cases, went to class, and didn't have the faintest idea what it all meant.It seemed to be a mind-numbing mix of similar facts with different conclusions. Then I read this book and--voila--it all seemed to flow together so cohesively and clearly.And, on top of that, the book is well written, has flashes of humor, and is very short.What a great book this is for any law student. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Contracts    3. Contracts (Law)    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Philosophy    6. Reference    7. United States   

Editorial Review

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Judicial review as political insurance
Since the fall of communism in the late 80s and early 90s, new democracies have embraced constitutional courts exercising judicial review. Given the vicious attacks upon courts in the US, one often wonders why anyone would adopt constitutional courts with the power to attack the result of the democratic process, and push its own policy. Ginsburg presents a compelling answer: new democracies turn to constitutional courts as a source of political insurance. When creating a constitution, parties will be more willing to create a court when the political future is uncertain, where they predict that they will likely be in the minority and thus may require extra protection to ensure that the other party(s) will not be able to abuse them. Where a party believes it will be in solid control in the future, the court will likely be weaker because the dominant party would not want to limit its own powers. Ginsburg examines this theory against three case studies of Mongolia, Korea, and Taiwan; the experience of these three countries strongly supports the political insurance theory. This interesting, original work presents judicial review as an integral part of democracy especially in countries without prior democratic experience. Additionally, Ginsburg examines courts in areas that have received little attention in the US, thus, anyone interested in non-western constitutionalism should check this book out. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Constitutional courts    3. Democratization    4. East Asia    5. International    6. Judicial power    7. Judicial review    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. ASIA    11. Comparative law    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. International Law    14. Law / International    15. Law-Civil Procedure    16. Political structures: democracy   

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Individual Power and the Judicial Process
I work at a University Library and see many, many books. This book caught my eye and I found myself compelled to read it. The situation in our government seems to leave many people I talk to feeling discouraged and powerless. Iron's book reminds us that we don't have to be powerless. Peter Irons, The Courage of Their Convictions (1990)
I have used this book three times in UC and CSU public law classes have taught: Intro to Judicial Process, Intro to Judicial Politics, and American Government.It is a personalized, almost biographical approach to leading constitutional rights cases, replete with the "human" as well as "legal" story behind each of the 16 cases.Though short on some of the important legal arguments at the Supreme Court level, it covers well the dispositons and judicial personalities of the lower courts.More importantly, however, it deals with the suffering and courage of the litigants themselves. The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans
This was a fantastic book!People may know about some Supreme Court decisions and its impact but I do not think people understand why such important cases were brought before the Supreme Court.We never learn in school who these people were, (they are everyday people) and exactly how much courage and determination it takes to fight your case to the Supreme Court (after all I think S.C hears about 1% of all cases filed to the Court).Irons is an academic but boy you can read this in a day-this is not a dreaded book you are assigned to read for school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Cases    3. Civil Procedure    4. Civil rights    5. General    6. History    7. History: World    8. Legal System    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Reference    11. Supreme Court    12. United States    13. United States.    14. Business strategy    15. History / United States / General    16. Quality Assurance (QA) & Total Quality Management (TQM)   

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Out of date
This book has a copyright date of 1994.The Communications Decency Act was passed in 1996.The DMCA was passed in 1998.The Patriot Act was passed in 2001.This book is out of date.

Good for starting, but limited in space and somehow outdated
This book offers a good introduction to legal matters in the internet to people in any of the following situations: Good coverage of the field for layman and sysops
"Net Law" (cf. BKNLHLUI.RVW) was written for the lawyer."SysLaw" (cf. BKSYSLAW.RVW) was written for the layman, rather than lawyer, but was still aimed at sysops rather than the common herd. This book fills that space, and is the first I can recall that doesso.Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer Science    4. Computer networks    5. Computers    6. Cybernetics    7. Cyberspace    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Practical Guides    11. Social Aspects - General    12. Telematics    13. United States    14. Communications law    15. Computers / Computer Science    16. Electronic mail (email)    17. Social & Legal Aspects of Computing    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Courts    3. Evidence (Law)    4. Reference    5. United States   

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For Everyone Interested In Truth and Decisionmaking
This is a very unique book and entirely appropriate for nonlawyers.This is not a "law book" on scientific evidence.The authors merely use Daubert -the case that announced the Supreme Court's current approach to scientific expert testimony- as the vehicle for an extended meditation on the nature of truth.There are very few case citations, and all jargon is thoroughly explained in advance.
Belongs in every critical thinker's library
I disagree with the previous reviewer's comments that the book is largely of use to the legal professioin.I find the law case serves as a great backdrop to understanding science and judging scientific claims.Many great principles are explained in this book.

Requires a bit of grappling with math, but well worth it
Since O.J. Simpson's double homicide trial acquainted everyonewith the concepts of RFLP and PCR testing for DNA, the issue ofscience in courtroom has been on the frontburner.As Foster and Huber demonstrate, however, this issue has had a long and controversial history.Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. General    3. Government - Federal    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Science & Technology    7. Civil law (general works)    8. Courts & procedure    9. Law / General    10. USA   

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A Judicial Career
I must begin this review by admitting my biases.No, Iam not related to David Gallen.Roger Goldman, however, did teach me constitutional law at St. Louis University during Justice Brennan's service on the Supreme Court.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Brennan, William J    5. Judges    6. Judicial opinions    7. Lawyers & Judges    8. U.S. Supreme Court    9. United States    10. Central government    11. Courts & procedure    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. Attorney and client    2. Civil Procedure    3. Dispute resolution (Law)    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Mediation    7. Negotiation    8. United States