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The best friend for pro se litigants in the strange land of law.
This is one of the best books I have read and enjoyed about pro se litigation. The large font, great white space, and properly displayed summary tables render the book easy to endure and utilize. The authors offer many proverbs and examples for lay people that alleviate the harshness of legal lingo. Moreover, they even translate the formal and non-technical English words into layman's language. For example, words such as "sanction, impeach, strike, motion, cross, re-cross, direct, and re-direct" are simplified to common readers to mean "punish, discredit, delete, request, and questioning of witnesses in different setting".
Represent Yourself In Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case (Represent Yourself in Court)
This book is amazing!You won't need a lawyer after you read this and it will save you time and money.

Represent Yourself In Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case (Represent Yourself in Court)
Extremely useful and easy to understand! Practical idea's and great insight. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Courts    2. Courts - General    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Popular works    6. Practical Guides    7. Pro se representation    8. Trial practice    9. United States   

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Unveiling the links.
The way corporates do governance is linked to the political makeup of their home countries, argues Peter Gourevitch and James Shinn in their important new book. Practices can't be imposed successfully from the outside or homogenized to some global standard; they bubble up from politics and pressures on the ground. Gourevitch, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego and Shinn, ex-CEO of Dialogic and now visiting professor at Georgetown University, uncover complex relationships between key market players. Are workers and investors natural allies, for instance? Well, in markets where job protection laws are widespread, safeguards for investors are weak. On the other hand, global capital moves like a magnet to companies and markets that feature the most minority shareowner protection-thus creating jobs. Read this to find the web of ties to political power that promises global diversity in governance practices for years to come.

Groundbreaking Guide on the Direction of Corporate Governance and Society
According to Gourevitch and Shinn, "corporate governance - the authority structure of a firm - lies at the heart of the most important issues of society"... such as "who has claim to the cash flow of the firm, who has a say in its strategy and its allocation of resources."
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business and politics    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate governance    6. Corporations    7. Government & Business    8. Government - Comparative    9. Industries - General    10. International - General    11. International Relations - General    12. Investor relations    13. Business & Economics / Government & Business    14. Business law    15. Economics    16. Finance    17. Management & management techniques    18. Ownership & organization of enterprises    19. Political Science and International Relations    20. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Antitrust    2. Antitrust law    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Case studies    7. Economic aspects    8. Economics - General    9. Economics - Microeconomics    10. Government policy    11. Industries - General    12. Trusts, Industrial    13. United States    14. Business & Economics / Microeconomics    15. Economics    16. Economics | Business    17. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

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An excellent primer for anyone interested in the subject
This book is part of an excellent 5 book series dealing with democratization. In thisparticular tome, different perspectives are used to explain the transition fromauthoritarianism to democracy. Theimportance of internationalactors, bureaucracies, entrepreneurs, themilitary, and economic conditions areexamined to explain how transitionstake place. Although some perspectives arecounty specific, all of themcan be expanded to explain many cases around theworld. All of the authorsare experts in the field and the essays are highly readable. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Authoritarianism    2. Case studies    3. Democracy    4. Government - Comparative    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Representative government and    8. Representative government and representation    9. International relations    10. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    11. Political ideologies   

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A good start ...
I found this book engaging for the most part. I especially appreciated some of the snippets of speeches and the description of the interplay between Madison and Patrick Henry and James Monroe and others.
Excellent!
Loved this book!I read it in one day...couldn't put it down.Learn how our precious Bill of Rights almost didn't come into being, and learn about the men who made sure it did. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1751-1836    2. 1st-10th Amendments    3. Civil rights    4. Constitution.    5. Constitutions    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History - U.S.    9. History: American    10. Madison, James,    11. Political History    12. United States    13. United States - 18th Century    14. United States - Revolutionary War    15. United States.    16. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    17. American studies    18. History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)    19. History, American | Early National    20. Jurisprudence & General Issues    21. Political ideologies    22. USA    23. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Excellent and Practical
We used this textbook in our MBA level Business Law course. This book is an excellent resource for understanding business law from a corporate finance angle. The book is well organized and very useful as reference to any corporate manager or executive. I highly recommend it.

Law made interesting!
I had to purchase this text for a class...it is phenominal!I actually like reading all the cases and examples that bring the law back down to earth.It isn't hard to complete reading assignments and actually understand what you should be retaining as concepts. thorough and refreshing to know that justice does serve ...
Dr. Cheesemen's thorough and direct explanations into the world ofbusiness law is phenomenal.He breaks down the wall and makes the law awhole lot easier to understand. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business & Financial    3. Business Law    4. International    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Evidence And Analysis    2. Criminal Procedure    3. Criminal investigation    4. Evidence    5. Footprints    6. Footwear    7. Forensic Science    8. Identification    9. Jurisprudence    10. Law    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. Science/Mathematics    13. Criminal investigation & detection    14. Law / Forensic Science    15. Police & security services   

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excellent service
It was good service. The book was intact and delivered in time. Excellent job. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business & Financial    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business Law    5. Business/Economics    6. Economics, Finance, Business and Industry    7. Law / Business   

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Enlightening, Fun & Important Read
It's a dense and fun work in a very interesting and important topic. It was my first book on law&economics, and I am very satisfied with it. I highly recommend it especially for those who love economics--you will learn fascinating insights. The chapters on tort and criminal law were my favorites. David Friedman is a great teacher, in print or talk (if you haven't seen him speak, don't miss a chance).

Should Voodoo practice be punishable?
As soon as I was finished with this book, I turned around and read it again.Friedman is picking up a theme that he introduced towards the end of the revised Machinery of Freedom, in which he states that in order to understand certain mechanisms, we must undertake the economic analysis of law.This discipline was generally considered to have been initiated by Ronald Coase and taken up and popularized by Richard Posner.Friedman's own work advances the study into areas of law that relate to the internet and computers. interesting read, annoying footnote approach
Liked the book. But instead of using citations and footnotes, he uses icons that point to his web site. This is supposed to be make it easier to read, but it's very annoying. I hope this doesn't become a trend. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Economics - Theory    2. Jurisprudence    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Economic theory & philosophy    6. Economics    7. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    8. Law / Jurisprudence    9. Political Science and International Relations    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1945-    2. 1945-1989    3. Foreign relations    4. Foreign relations administrati    5. Foreign relations administration    6. Government - Comparative    7. International Relations - General    8. Political Science    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Politics and government    11. Politics/International Relations    12. United States    13. International relations    14. Political Science / General    15. USA   

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Good enough for me
Barron's "Dictionary of Legal Terms" is a solid text. When I asked a law friend of mine which law dictionary I should purchase he told me that "Black's" was the best law dictionary out there. However, it is rather expensive at eighty or so dollars. Even the pocket version of the text is at least twenty dollars. So I sprang for this law dictionary at about eight dollars.
Perfect for everyone
Legal terms presented in a way that can be understood by all.Very helpful information in section-"KEY TO EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS DICTIONARY"

I love this dictionary!
I bought this dictionary 4 years ago and since then it has been invaluable to me in getting through law school and the bar exam. My copy is so tattered and worn out, I'm thinking of buying a new one to replace it. I highly recommend it over Black's and others that have traditionally been regarded essential for law students and lawyers. Too often with the other legal dictionaries, you look up a word, and then to understand the given definition you end up having to look up additional words. Not so with this book--it lays out legal definitions in the most simple and straightforward manner possible. For many terms, it even gives short hypotheticals to illustrate the term in its proper context.
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Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. Dictionaries & Terminology    3. Dictionaries - General    4. Law    5. Law (General)    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal System    8. Reference    9. United States    10. Reference / Dictionaries    11. Reference works   

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Very Interesting and Engaging
A true to life story involving the Rhode Island couple Martha "Sunny" von B�low and her husband Claus von B�low whowas accused of injecting her with insulin, sending her straight into a coma.We were made to understand that Claus did this so that he could marry his mistress Alexandra Isles; a soap opera actress.

Subjects:  1. 1926-    2. Courts    3. Law    4. Newport    5. Rhode Island    6. Trials (Murder)    7. Trials, litigation, etc    8. Von Bulow, Claus,    9. Von Bèulow, Claus,    10. Crime & violence    11. Law / General    12. Police & security services    13. The law, legal issues    14. Von Bülow, Claus   

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Terrified and terrifying
Prof. Chandler gives us a remarkably deep analysis of Pol Pot's secret prison S-21, which within the autogenocide of the Cambodian people stands out as a haunting symbol. It reflected the unlimited paranoia of Angkar and its schizophrenic regime that 'was at once terrified and terrifying, omnipotent and continually under threat'. Disturbing
David Chandler has made extensive use of the archives of S-21, with photographs and "confessions" to show the absurd paranoia of the leaders in Democratic Kampuchea. An excellent book, with some aspects that put me off, though: blunt anticommunism, some assertions about Soviet, Chinese and Vietnamese leaders that are rather anecdotal than based on serious historic scholarship, and weird comparisons between the turturers at S-21 and psychoanalysts.

The Psychology of Horror
David Chandler's "Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison" is a good book for a novice like me. Chandler starts by framing the book around the S-21 institution and its configuration. Chandler then dedicates and entire portion to the memoirs of the purges; the allegation santebal leveled at prisoners; and the various approaches of "politics" and"torture." The book concludes with short commentary of the "why" of S-21. Chandler's "Voices from S-21" is effectively a detailed history of the inner workings of the Khmer Rouge's secret police. Known as "santebal", and working out of a prison complex called S-21, the Khmer Rouge killed, tortured and interrogated "enemies" of the Democratic Kampuchea (DK). Due to the secretive nature of the Khmer Rouge, S-21 was "the place where people went in but never came out" (p. 7) - and this is an important issue to consider. Read more

Subjects:  1. Asia - General    2. Asia - Southeast Asia    3. Cambodia    4. Genocide    5. Government - Comparative    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Political persecution    10. Political prisoners    11. Torture    12. Violence in Society    13. 20th century    14. Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -    15. Central government    16. History / Asia    17. Political imprisonment   

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This Book Tries to Do the Impossible
Prison is a mean ugly horrible place.The rules are all subjective until someone wants them to be otherwise.Prison is about politics not justice in America.Prison is about so much more than just what what happens in the court room.
The impossible write
I picked this book up at a second hand store because the title intrigued me. The book appropriately and realistically interprets the legal & correctional system as a beast that is to be both feared and confronted. The authors pull no punches and blatantly discuss the dishonesty, apathy and agenda-driven decisions that taint the legal system. Individuals faced with the prospect of going to prison need to understand what they can expect, and more importantly what they cannot expect (expediency, fairness, empathy) from the legal system in America.
Terrible
I learned more in a upper class area San Francisco Drunk Holding Tank about prison life as a teenager, than I did reading this BORING BOOK!! To be honest I only got half way through....I read the other reader's thumbs down review of this book and I still bought it!!! Not to mention, its a really odd size book! Its almost a flat bible size book! Bizzare!!Pass on it is my recommendation... David ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Jurisprudence    2. Law    3. Life skills guides    4. Penology    5. Prison administration    6. Prison violence    7. Prisoners    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. Prisons    11. True Crime / General   

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Very Dull
I am a Criminology and Criminal Justice student finishing my sophomore year this month. I have taken 7 different CCJ classes so far, and this textbook ranks among the most dry, dull, and boring CCJ textbooks I have ever had the misfortune to read. Even my Criminal Law text was better than this book was.
Dry, yet informative.
This book is one of the more wordy books I have ever read.The text isvery dry yet informative.If you suffer from insomnia, this is one cure, Iknow it was for me.In all seriousness, this is a relatively good book,though I feel the newer version is a lot better. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Courts    2. Courts - General    3. Family Law - Children    4. Juvenile Justice Administration    5. Juvenile courts    6. Juvenile justice, Administration of    7. Law    8. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics / Current Events    11. United States    12. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

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I Knew Vic Oboyski in Germany
In 1970 - 1972 I had the privilege of working with Victor Oboyski. Robert Sabbag's book captures the essence of that fine Military Policeman. The rest of the book provides an exciting look into the world of law enforcement and the US Marshal Service. The book is worth the price just to read of Vic's entry methods. PS Ask Vic about SMLM!

Great Book!
What a great account of the nations oldest law enforcement agency.The book is full of information about the Marshals service, it's mission, and it's history.You'll also get to know some interesting personalities inthe Marshals service along the way. I am a Deputy Sheriff myself, as wellas a history buff.From that Perspective, I throughly enjoyed this bookand couldn't put it down.Mr. Sabbag, thanks for a great look into theworld of the U.S. Marshals. And as for Deputy U.S. Marshal Victor Oboyski -I'd be happy to "do a door" with you anytime.

a sure: can't put this book down reading
very well written, i just couln't put this book down, and you won't be able to either. Portrays the Marshal Service like no other author has. This book will give you a peek inside the oldest and most respectable Federal Law Enforcement agency. Highly Recommended! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. Law Systems    4. Marshals Service    5. Nonfiction - True Crime / Espionage    6. Police    7. Police Personnel    8. Sociology    9. United States    10. United States marshals    11. True Crime / General   

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Marxism: Dormant, but not dead
I can think of no other book, fiction or nonfiction, that has so captured the evil we faced from the Soviet Union. Orwell accomplished much with 1984 and Animal Farm, but here we have something much more valuable: genuine life experience. Solzhenitsyn doesn't just pen an autobiography with the Gulag Archipelago. He recounts, examines, and criticizes the entire Communist/Socialist/Marxist worldview, and the reality that came from the theory. The last century cannot be properly understood without reading this book. It is my belief that socialism will rise again - not in our lifetimes, but somewhere down the road when intellectuals agree that "Well, mistakes were made, but we're so much more advanced now." The movement will return under another name. This book is the cure.
Clarification
This is just to clarify that this is an Abridgement. I wish it had been more clear in the description that this edition was an abridgement and not the entire work. Fortunately, I Amazon refunded my money as I wish to read The Gulag in all its glory.

A sobering adjustment of perspective
I'm usually among the first in line to complain about the NSA, COINTELPRO, the modern surveillance-state, the PATRIOT ACT, etc.In spite of this (or, perhaps because of this) it is deeply insightful to read this first-hand account about life in a genuine police-state.Although ponderous and sometimes outright dull, The Gulag Archipelago is an important record of one of the darkest chapters of modern history.Without books like this, who will remember once all the survivors are gone? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Concentration camps    4. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    5. Government - Comparative    6. History - General History    7. Literary    8. Penology    9. Political prisoners    10. Prisons    11. Russian & Former Soviet Union    12. Soviet Union    13. Biography & Autobiography / Literary   

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Law    4. Human Resources & Personnel Management    5. Labor    6. Labor & Employment    7. Labor And Employment Law    8. Labor laws and legislation    9. Law    10. Personnel And Human Resources Management    11. Personnel management    12. United States    13. Employment & labour law    14. Law / Business    15. Personnel & human resources management   

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I read this book and it was great!
I found this book very easy to understand and informative. I have attended estate planning seminars and other financial conferences, but came away overwhelmed and confused. Jay has a great personal story that really adds to his credibility. After I finished reading it, I immediately read it again. I know what to do and what not to do. I have changed the way I do business since I read this book.
Fantastic Book
I have read hundred of books on finances and I would rate this book near the top as to its usefulness. I learned more about asset protection from reading this book than I have learned from the hundreds of hours I have spent with CPAs, attorneys and financial advisors over the years.

Pass
Among his estate planning peers, Jay Mitton is one of the least liked and most notorious attorneys because of his heavy marketing of arguably worthless pre-made kits for family limited partnerships. The low quality of these kits, combined with Mitton's less-than-truthful marketing, has generated some scathing comments on the American Bar Association's estate planning bulletin board. The Supreme Court of Florida in fact entered an order prohibiting him from marketing in that state. The guy is a great marketer, to be sure, but his products can be charitably described as substandard and if you buy his book you need to also buy a ton of salt to go with it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adversary system (Law)    2. Business/Economics    3. Civil Procedure    4. Estate planning    5. Executions (Law)    6. Law (Specific Aspects)    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Popular works    9. Practical Guides    10. United States    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues    12. Law / General   

Editorial Review

Thanks to TV cop shows, most Americans can probably recite the Miranda warnings, but do they know when the warnings do--and do not--apply? Tort reformers cite the $2.7 million in punitive damages a jury awarded a little old lady in Albuquerque when the cup of coffee she had set between her legs spilled and scalded her. These crusaders against "excessive" damage awards do not usually note that the trial judge reduced the award to $480,000, or that the coffee was 20 degrees hotter than competitors' coffee.Read more

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Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System
This is a great introduction to the different fields of law. This uses recent cases that show now only how the legal field works, but how it has run amuck.

Good so far
Before my first year classes started I had read most of the parts that were applicable.The reading definitely gave me some sort of foundation and framework for understanding all the information they throw at you in law school.Some of the reading is a little dry, but compared to some Marshall opinions you'll read for class, this book's a breeze.

Heavily academic in dry, concise, and reasonable format
For what it worth, the book is intended for classroom study. It is dry, dense, and concise with heavy emphasis on the history of law and its role in society. The author has relied on few anecdotes to demonstrate how the law is applicable to dispute resolution. Those linger along many chapters and require the reader to follow closely each anecdote in order to discern the applicability of the law.