Best Courts
In this noteworthy book, two noted legal writers systematically present every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good unlessyou are learning how to write an appellate brief by just reading this - not so good then."
"Garner delivers as usual."
"Great read for all fresh lawyers by the late, great Justice Scalia."
"Arrived in the described condition."
"Great reading for high school and college debaters."
"It is trhe best book I know for teaching anyone how to write good clear English."
How to prepare and present a winning civil court case Many disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify. “An excellent resource that outlines what’s involved in representing yourself in court―from presenting evidence to the rules of cross examination.” New Orleans Times-Picayune. “Nolo publications…guide people simply through the how, when, where and why of the law."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I borrowed a copy from the library that was in near-new condition, but over the past 2 weeks I've read it so much and so often that I felt bad about returning it."
"But I have always been pleased by Nolo books. This book is similar to other Nolo books about communicating a seasoned lawyer's advice."
"Keep the good job Please if you happen to have a book only on DIVORCE modification child support alimony sole costudy when the ex deserted to live out of state let me know where can I find it for the rules in MARYLAND ONLY."
"Very good basic advice but I would still speak with a qualified attorney to strategize a game plan."
"Easy to read for an average person, I thought it would be over my head but it was very clear, a good, easy to read presentation whether you represent yourself or not."
"If you think this book will help you represent yourself, don't even bother."
Acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. By contrast, he contends, conservative justices Rehnquist and Scalia ended up bitter old men, their rigorous constitutional doctrines made irrelevant by the moderates' compromises. The author deftly distills the issues and enlivens his narrative of the Court's internal wranglings with sharp thumbnail sketches (Anthony Kennedy the vain bloviator, David Souter the Thoreauvian ascetic) and editorials (inept and unsavory is his verdict on the Court's intervention in the 2000 election). (A final chapter and epilogue on the 2006–2007 term, with new justices Roberts and Alito, was unavailable to PW .).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Excellent work, made the complex workings of our highest court extremely understandable, especially in light of today's issues and the vacant seat waiting to be filled."
"That said, there has been a "narrowing of the perspective" of judging applied by the Justices as the result of an intentional "weighting" of the Court with Justices who possess VERY conservative agendas."
"His analysis shatters the illusion of the court as an enlightened and objective body that discerns truth, and underscores the importance of the presidential elections in determining how the court will mete out justice."
"Fascinating insight to the USA Supreme Court."
"This is a fascinating book, full of intimate detail on the Supreme Court and generally reported very well."
"A careful analysis of the evolution of the Supreme Court from Berger to Rehnquist and Roberts that pays particular attention to the role of swing justices like Sandra Day O'Connor who kept the Court from tipping too far to the right."
"It is an engrossing narrative of the nine members of the Supreme Court and a fascinating look at the discussions and conversations that went into some of the Court's most renowned rulings."
"This is such a great read!"
Best Federal Jurisdiction Law
In Federal Jurisdiction, Seventh Edition, luminary author Erwin Chemerinsky unpacks the black letter law and underlying policy issues of his subject with the clarity and penetrating insight for which he is renowned. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky is the founding dean and distinguished professor of law and the Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, with a joint appointment in political science.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I used this student treatise to help with the recommended reading for the class and it helps you to understand the history behind the rules created, lays out the holding of the Court and goes in dept with the subjects covered."
"a very good book."
Best Comparative Law
In Hitler's American Model , James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Indelibly linking American race laws to the shaping of Nazi policies in Germany, Hitler's American Model upends understandings of America's influence on racist practices in the wider world. [Whitman] illustrates how German propagandists sought to normalize the Nazi agenda domestically by putting forth the United States as a model." His short book raises important questions about law, about political decisions that affect the scope of civic membership, and about the malleability of Enlightenment values. Whitman's history does not expose the liberal tradition in the United States as merely a sham, as many of the Third Reich’s legal theorists intimated when they highlighted patterns of black and American Indian subordination. Rather, he implicitly challenges readers to consider when and how, under what conditions and in which domains, the ugly features of racism have come most saliently to the fore in America’s liberal democracy." Carefully written and tightly reasoned, backed up every step of the way with considered evidence and logic, Whitman reminds us that today is yesterday’s child, and that certain strains of DNA persist from one generation to another." The book, in effect, is a portrait of the United States assembled from the admiring notes of Nazi lawmakers, who routinely referenced American policies in the design of their own racist regime. " Hitler's American Model delivers a powerful and timely reminder that it is not only liberal legal orders that look abroad for normative instruction. This book is a profound testament to what the past can teach us about the present and is more timely than Whitman could possibly have imagined when he began this remarkable excursion into our nation's original sin and its surprising European legacy. He offers a detailed and careful reading of how U.S. immigration laws and antimiscegenation legislation gave the Nazi legal establishment the sense of remaining within the boundaries of respectable jurisprudence. Whitman forces us to see America through Nazi eyes and to realize how profoundly white supremacy has shaped this country. Whitman offers a sustained, systematic, and thoughtful look at how Nazi legal theorists and conservative German lawyers drew on American examples when crafting the Nuremberg laws--Germany's contribution to racial madness in the twentieth century. "This spellbinding and haunting book shatters claims that American laws related to race and segregation had little to no impact on the shaping of Nazi policies. Whitman's readings of the Nuremberg laws and Nazi legal scholarship are astonishing--nimble, sophisticated, and nuanced. Speaking volumes, this book will change the way we think about Jim Crow, Nazis, and America's role in the world."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"James Q. Whitman's new book is called Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law. We have known how the U.S. treated African Americans, Japanese Americans, and others at the time of World War II, how it experimented on Guatemalans even during the trials of Nazis for human experimentation, and continued to allow human experimentation in the U.S. for many years. What Whitman's book adds to the complex story is an understanding of U.S. influences on the drafting of Nazi race laws. But neither were the Nazis looking for such laws. Nazis lawyers were looking for models of functioning laws on race, laws that effectively defined race in some way despite the obvious scientific difficulties, laws that restricted immigration, citizenship rights, and inter-racial marriage. There is no doubt of the role that U.S. (state, not just federal) legal models played in the development of the Nuremberg Laws. Thirty U.S. states had systems of laws banning interracial marriage of various sorts -- something the Nazis could find nowhere else and studied in comprehensive detail, among other things for the examples of how the races were defined. The "one-drop" rule for defining a colored person was considered too harsh, for example, as opposed to defining a Jew as someone with three or more Jewish grandparents (how those grandparents were defined as Jewish is another matter; it was the willingness to ignore logic and science in all such laws that was most of the attraction). The Nazis also defined as Jewish someone with only two Jewish grandparents who met other criteria. One of many U.S. state laws that Nazis examined was this from Maryland: "All marriages between a white person and a Negro, or between a white person and a person of Negro descent, to the third generation, inclusive, or between a white person and a member of the Malay race or between a Negro and a member of the Malay race, or between a person of Negro descent to the third generation, inclusive, and a member of the Malay race . The Nazis of course examined and admired the Jim Crow laws of segregation as well but determined that such a regime would only work against an impoverished oppressed group. Some of the Nazi lawyers in the 1930s, before Nazi policy had become mass murder, also found the extent of the U.S. segregation laws too extreme. In 1935, a week after Hitler had proclaimed the Nuremberg Laws, a group of Nazi lawyers sailed to New York to study U.S. law. It's worth repeating the obvious: the United States was not and is not Nazi Germany."
"Press received from some of its referees "suitably bilious responses", validating his decision to bypass commercial publishers. The topic could be embedded in the larger history of the American eugenics movement, so carefully illuminated by Christine Rosen (Preaching Eugenics (Oxford, 2004) who cites this opinion of the great Oliver Wendell Holmes, abbreviated in our book: "It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind."
"This is nuts!"
"Very informative."
"Heard about from Bill Moyer."
"Stefan Küehl has attributed a larger part to eugenics than anyone I can think of in his 2002 book The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism (Oxford University Press). They were strongly influenced by the racial theories of Arthur Comte de Gobineau published in the early 1850s (well before Darwin's books, or the even later Eugenics movement)."
Best Conflict of Laws
In fact, such judicial discretion might lead to the destruction of the Bill of Rights if a majority of the judges ever wished to reach that most undesirable of goals. This essay is followed by four commentaries by Professors Gordon Wood, Laurence Tribe, Mary Ann Glendon, and Ronald Dworkin, who engage Justice Scalia's ideas about judicial interpretation from varying standpoints. He applies this principle to constitutional law, arguing that we should concentrate on the Constitution's original meaning. To reduce a complex and subtle argument to a sentence, he believes that judges should discern a law's import from the words in which it is stated, not from divining the legislative intent behind its passage or interpreting the text through analysis of its historical context; he finds the application of common-law adjudicature to constitutional issues a threat to democracy. Glendon's Harvard Law School colleague Laurence Tribe lauds Scalia's insistence on a close reading of statutory texts but contends that specific constitutional language must be studied ``in light of the Constitution as a whole and the history of its interpretation''; he doubts that any set of ``rules'' for constitutional exegesis is possible. Ronald Dworkin, of New York University Law School, finds textualism inadequate for constitutional analysis because ``key constitutional provisions, as a matter of their original meaning, set out abstract principles rather than concrete or dated rules.''.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I agree with most of Justice Scalia's opinions, so I thoroughly enjoyed his essay."
"Too much and too involved for my tastes although my regard for Justice Scalia has not diminished."
"This is not really a book - it is a series of brief essays that address the most important issue in American law."
"Short but very interesting chapter written by Scalia."
"Scalia argues that the fact that some texts bear multiple interpretations does not sink the enterprise of textualism. Scalia argues it is precisely the threat of abolishing cherished rights that makes original meaning important - it is a protection against those, (say Nazis) who would seek to impose a new order or new interpretation of acceptable governance. Dworkin seeks to root constitutional interpretation in broad principles of understanding and rights; Tribe concedes he has no theory of jurisprudence, other than he finds it difficult to accept the certitude of either Dworkin or Scalia that they have the right interpretation. Scalia never says the Constitution does not bear multiple interpretations, but he does argue for a more disciplined approach, in which rights are not found willy nilly in the minds of judges and then imposed on the original document by which we are governed."
"Scalia also makes the argument that a written constitution is purposed specifically to prevent change, to embed certain rights so firmly that future generations cannot take them away. One wonders if Scalia himself recognized the hypocrisy of this stance, or if he was too lost in the conservative impulse to moralize and tear their beards when a new right is “smuggled” in. In fact, Scalia shows his true colors with a brief list of things that society (meaning the majority population of a state) used to allow, but cannot now: presenting illegally obtained evidence at a criminal trial, prayer in public schools, electing a state legislature on criteria other than numerically equal representation, terminating welfare, and imposing property requirements as a condition of voting. Scalia caps off his criticism of the idea of a “Living Constitution” by insisting that the concept does not seek to provoke social change but to prevent it. This doublespeak requires a doubletake, and makes one wonder who Scalia thought his audience would be, judges, lawyers, and academics who would scratch their heads at that comment, or conservatives who would applaud it without a moment’s reflection. It truth, they do not start with a blank slate and rub their hands together eagerly ready to add new law based on their personal biases. In the end, Scalia manages to undermine his entire argument by admitting that even with Constitutional originalists, there are words or phrases open to ambiguity and reinterpretation. So ultimately this book is a polemic written for the consumption of conservatives who lack the capability of independent thought and who require their political opinions to be delivered from on high."
Best Legal System
Scalia Speaks will give readers the opportunity to encounter the legendary man more fully, helping them better understand the jurisprudence that made him one of the most important justices in the Court's history and introducing them to his broader insights on faith and life. "Reading Scalia Speaks — the marvelous collection of his speeches, lovingly compiled by his son and a former law clerk — brought Nino back to life for me." -Alan M. Dershowitz, The New York Times Book Review "This marvelous book surely will be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the mind of this great jurist and conservative thinker. “A treasure that captures Justice Antonin Scalia’s brilliance, wit, faith, humility and wide range of knowledge...Scalia speaks in his own words in this magnificent volume that should be on the bookshelf of every educated American.”. - Washington Post. Christopher J. Scalia , the eighth of Justice Scalia's nine children and a former professor of English, works at a public relations firm near Washington, D.C. His book reviews and political commentary have appeared in The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , TheWeekly Standard , and elsewhere.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"In his later years on the bench, he became the most prominent member of the federal judiciary as he published law review articles, granted television interviews, and gave talks across the country. In a speech to the Dominican Order, the justice explained Thomas Aquinas believed any written code opposed to natural law was immoral and invalid. For him, Roe v. Wade and its case law progeny were a tragedy, not just as a member of the Catholic faith, but also for reading into the United States Constitution a right to abortion contained nowhere in the text. Another was the concern of many that the Constitution is a relatively barebones text and legislatures are often lethargic or unresponsive in crafting laws supported by broad swaths of the public, so Justice Scalia’s philosophy did not account for the challenges of the modern era. Whether those criticisms have merit is left to each individual reader, but undoubtedly Justice Scalia’s views continue to have an outsized influence on legal interpretation. Justice Scalia covered a wide range of other issues, including his general hostility to using foreign law to interprete American rights outside rare circumstances, eulogies lamenting the passage of time and friends, his pride in being a Catholic and Italian-American (emphasis on American), the value of a college education for newly-minted graduates, and an encomium on turkey hunting that may be the best defense of sportsmanship by a federal official since Herbert Hoover’s advocacy of fly fishing. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted in her touching foreword, “Now and then he would call me, or stop by my chambers, to point out a slip I had made in an opinion draft. Justice Scalia homed in on all the soft spots, energizing me to strengthen my presentation.” With the bitter partisan bickering that plagues both the Republican and Democratic parties, it is nice to know that tucked away in the far corners of government some people still have the capacity for personal respect during instances of professional disagreement. Even on occasions when one disagreed with him, the force of his character and intellectual acumen challenged his opponent’s preconceived notions and pushed them to make their own arguments sharper."
"The speeches range on faith, character, tradition, ethnicity, education, turkey hunting, and even the games and sports that a young Nino played on the streets of Queens in the 1940s."
"Beautifully written....Judge Scalia is a legend and, I believe, history will show him to be one of the most honorable judges to sit onthe bench... a man of great wisdom. In reading this book, the reader is quick to relate to this great man and his great compassion for those he serves...ALL the people."
"Each speech is expertly seasoned with lovely and personal stories that cover the span of his life, thus, making each one a "delicious" read, leaving the reader craving the next one. At a time when America seems so divided by ideological lines, this book reminds us that we are blessed to live in a country where the character and contributions of one of us transcends politics and that true affection for those with whom we disgree is possible because people are so much more then any particular point of view. One final thought, as a longtime admirer of Justice Scalia who always seemed so much larger than life and exceptional in every way, I was thrilled to learn that he was not, much like me, a gifted speller."
"This is a must read for everyone."
Best Juries
Was Dale Harrell a hapless, innocent victim of a brutal killing, or was this the final act of a desperate woman who had suffered through years of domestic violence? Should the defendant pay for her crime with her life, should she be incarcerated for twenty-five years to life, or should she receive a life sentence with no chance of parole? "Why Not Kill Her: A Juror's Perspective - The Jodi Arias Death Penalty Retrial". "Banquet of Consequences: A Juror's Plight - The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson" (March 2017). Since then, Paul has gone on to write a further two True Crime books on some of the most spectacular trials in US history, Why Not Kill Her: A Juror’s Perspective – The Jodi Arias Death Penalty Retrial and Banquet of Consequences: A Juror’s Plight – The Carnation Murders Trial of Michele Anderson. Why Not Kill Her, along with Shanna Hogan’s book, Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story, has become one of the most recommended books on the subject and was publicly endorsed by the jury foreperson, Haaken Liknes.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Paul takes us into the court system and shines a bright light on justice."
"Feel like I was in that court room and learn more about justice system in this country especially if you never been a jury before."
"Paul shares his life as a child, his perspective as the 13 juror, and gives you an understanding of how justice was served!"
"Felt like I was in the courtroom and jury room..very good reading."
"Excellent book."
"Other than inadequate proofing/editing, this book is awesome!"
"That statement is frankly the reason you should buy and read this book."
"Very well written."
Best Court Rules Procedures
Described by many lawyers as the bible of New York practice, Siegel's Hornbook on New York Practice serves as the complete guide to civil practice in New York state courts, with a broad perspective in each subject.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"New York deviates from the federal civil procedure model in a number of ways so this book will help an attorney come to grips with the unusual aspects of New York civil practice. I recommend it for attorneys as well as pro se litigants who lack the resources and training to navigate New York civil practice and motions without some help."
"A fundamentally sound book on courtroom procedure."
"Excellent companion for the new practitioner."
"Could be more concise."
"Very useful as fundamental overview or refresher of NYS practice protocols with due emphasis on the prevalence and application of the CPLR in civil litigation, as well as how that omnibus statute is adjusted by or supersedes case law."
"This manual is a must seek for any person looking for true facts of a matter, and how matters are handled by law."
"Purchased by mistake."
Best Court Records Procedures
DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. (John Grisham). DNA testing is revolutionizing our system of criminal justice: this book shows why. Garrett makes a powerful case for how to improve criminal justice so that we dramatically reduce the number of wrongly convicted. This is an invaluable book, a comprehensive, highly readable but well-researched work examining the hows and whys of the law's ultimate nightmare--convicting the innocent. Garrett's book is a gripping contribution to the literature of injustice, along with a galvanizing call for reform...It's the stories in his book that stick in the memory. Looking at the 250 people exonerated through DNA as of February 2010, Garrett aimed to determine how often...malignant factors had warped the criminal justice process at the expense of an innocent person (and to the benefit of an actual criminal who went unpursued). This book details some of the worst miscarriages of justice in U.S. history and describes how DNA evidence helped to right those wrongs...The book, what must be the most thorough treatment yet of wrongful convictions, is a first-rate examination of the human foibles and conflicts of interest hampering the pursuit of justice. A uniquely valuable part of Garrett's book is a statistical appendix that provides a quantitative overview of the false convictions, their consequences, and the factors that contributed to them....It is hard to imagine seven pages more damaging to the claims of our system of criminal justice.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I read Brandon Garretts book " Convicting The Innocent" in the Carlow University Master's of Science in Fraud and Forensics course on Forensic Research and Analysis. [...]. Prior to reading Garrett's book I only really thought about innocent being convicted on the criminal shows I watched. Gary Dotson was prosecuted on a rape case using unreliable forensic methods.Because of the forensic analysts false testimony of inconclusive scientific evidence, Dotson was convicted of rape. I realized how important it is to ensure the evidence we uncover is both reliable and valid as it is for forensic analysts investigating evidence at crime scenes. I am committed to base my observations on valid and reliable evidence so I can eliminate wrongful convictions."
"The book, Convicting the Innocent, written by a Brandon Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia law school, explores these errors within the criminal justice system by observing numerous examples."
"To find out how often people are wrongfully accused and imprisoned based upon the blatant use of bias over what the evidence itself is showing , or the negligent actions of professionals in the criminal justice arena is disheartening. In his book, Garret uses real life cases in a way that makes the reader feel just how terrible the situations for the wrongfully accused were. Utilizing trial transcripts, retested forensic evidence findings, and accounts from those who were convicted, he paints a pretty clear picture of how details were twisted and juries were manipulated into turning the defendants in the cases into pariahs for all violent crimes. I do however hope to one day join the professional ranks, whether it be in criminal justice, fraud and forensics, or maybe even in security."
Best Depositions
Discover why much of the conventional wisdom about depositions is completely wrong, learn how to beat an expert witness every time, get innovative advice on witness preparation, and master the secrets that guarantee success with argumentative lawyers and lying witnesses. You will learn from the skillful techniques---and memorable failures---that occurred at the most famous depositions of all time, those of President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and O.J. From the most basic topics to intricate ways of dealing with witnesses, this book will give your depositions focus and purpose. Given the book’s almost encyclopedic treatment of deposition topics, it is difficult to imagine that anything significant is omitted.”. ---- The Colorado Lawyer. “The structure and jurisprudence of the deposition and discovery rules are explicated in a well written and solidly researched text. The author skillfully weaves a very readable set of chapters containing the best of practical tips with information and questions from interesting and unusual, high profile cases. The inclusion of portions of actual depositions of witnesses and parties from some of the most significant litigation in our lifetime is helpful beyond description. The book makes excellent use of examples from high profile cases to illustrate what lawyers strategically should do in a deposition – as opposed to simply telling them what can be done. A terrific companion to Shane Read’s Winning at Trial, the book includes great practice tips that very succinctly capture the explanatory text. “Shane Read has a gift, as evidenced by his earlier Winning at Trial, to convey in an interesting and enjoyable style, all you ever wanted and needed to know about taking or defending a deposition. One of the more important responsibilities of a General Counsel is to find the best litigator available when your client company is faced with a troubling lawsuit. D. Shane Read is a best-selling and multiple award-winning author and an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law. In 1989, he began his career at Akin Gump and since 1998 has worked on civil and criminal cases as an Assistant United States Attorney in Dallas, Texas.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have been practicing law for 10 years and I am recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer and a Texas Rising Star in business litigation."
"Well as someone who is preparing pro se, this book is extremely helpful in understanding what will happen and why."
"Worth the read if you want to know the aspects of being deposed."
"Great book for young lawyers, those lawyers that do not handle litigation often enough as well as those lawyers who are in litigation and want a refresher on the topic."
"If every attorney read this book, the practice of law would improve immensely."
"A badly done deposition is a waste of time and money and will not help you at trial, mediation, or settlement negotiations."
"This book is extremely helpful for several reasons: (1) BREADTH: It covers the major topics one would need to review when taking or defending a deposition such as:Taking the deposition, defending the deposition, the expert witness, preparing your client for the deposition, problems at depositions (including a section on "dealing with difficult counsel at a deposition") and using the deposition at trial. (4) EXAMPLES FROM REAL DEPOSITIONS: Throughout the chapters there are examples taken from real depositions to help demonstrate the points being discussed."
"Shared it with a lot of other younger attorneys who enjoy it."
Best Litigation
It is a resource combining the theories and principles of law with practical paralegal skills, paralegal ethics, numerous forms, checklists, practice tips, online resources, and a focus on the goals and needs of the paralegal profession, all in the context of the law office. Chapter 1: Welcome to the Law Office: Foundations for Litigation Chapter 2: The Initial Interview Chapter 3: Evidence and Investigation Chapter 4: Drafting the Complaint Chapter 5: Filing the Lawsuit, Service of Process, and Obtaining a Default Judgment Chapter 6: Defending and Testing the Lawsuit: Motions, Answers, and Other Chapter 7: Discovery and Electronic Discovery: Overview and Interrogatories Chapter 8: Discovery: Depositions Chapter 9: Discovery: Document Production and Control, Medical Exams, Admissions, Chapter 10: Settlement and Other Alternative Dispute Resolutions Chapter 11: Trial Preparation and Trial Chapter 12: Post-Trial Practice from Motions to Appeal Appendices Glossary Index James McCord is an experienced trial attorney in criminal law, professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a member of the Wisconsin and Kentucky Bar Associations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The bare complete basics of what a Paralegal can and cannot do is in this book."
"I have downloaded the kindle reader on my iPad mini and use that in place of a bulky book when I attend."
"Wonderful book;The Litigation Paralegal 5th (fifth) edition Text Only it has practical guides on what elements are needed in a cause of action, and how to draft a complaint."
"The spine of the book was completely off I had to glue the cover back on, but it did serve the purpose of the class."
"It's really easy to understand this book."
"Was in great conditon for used."
"The Litigating Paralegal book was in great condition even that it was used it was also at a good price!"
"As another review stated, I am also surprised this book has such a high rating."
Best Civil Law Procedure
helps you learn new material by working through chapters that explain each topic in simple language challenges your understanding with hypotheticals similar to those presented in class provides valuable opportunity to study for the final by reviewing the hypotheticals as well as the structure and reasoning behind the corresponding analysis quickly gets to the point in conversational style laced with humor remains a favorite among law school students is often recommended by professors who encourage the use of study guides works with ALL the major casebooks, suits any class on a given topic provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great quality and price."
"This book is amazing and so helpful!"
"I've bought the E&E for every one of my law classes."
"it is clear, concise, very easy to relate to case books... the examples are great."
"Very helpful to read simultaneously with your case book to help illustrate the principles in understandable, plain English."
"The only issue I have with this supplement is that it doesn't cover class actions."
"This horn book should be required for every civil procedure course."
Best Trial Practice
Juan Martinez, the fiery prosecutor who convicted notorious murderess Jodi Arias for the disturbing killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the shocking investigation and sensational trial that captivated the nation. Throughout the trials, his bullish and unfaltering prosecution strategy was both commended and criticized, and in his book, Martinez will illuminate the unique tactics he utilized in this case and how they lead to a successful conviction, and-for the first time-discuss how he felt losing the death penalty sentence he’d pursued for years. When the nude photo of a teenage runaway shows up on a website, the girl’s father turns to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks for help.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The utter unprofessionalism and dishonesty that most people observed by the Arias defense team during the trial was proven to be accurate when Martinez discloses that Nurmi , a female defense attorney and an investigator showed up unannounced (and unidentified as Arias’ defense team) to Deanna Reid’s home purporting to be people “involved in the case” who wanted to ask some questions about Travis “off the record.” The female defense attorney tried to be “chummy” with Deanna and produced one of the forged “pedophile letters’ for her to read which also contained unflattering things about Deanna. This information proves without a doubt that Arias’ defense team MOST CERTAINLY DID attempt to argue that Travis was a pedophile—something that both Nurmi and Willmott pathetically and disingenuously tried to deny once the trial was over."
"My only real criticisms of the book were that I would have liked a little more on the penalty retrial and the controversy surrounding Juror 17 and a bit more dirt on the often fiery interaction between the prosecution and the defence that resulted in those endless bench conferences!."
"i appreciate that i got to understand the progression of this case."
"Therefore, he chose a line of questioning to instigate the very behaviors he knew she would exhibit as he had read about her and viewed every single piece of video on her. I was overly interested in the case and this was due to how I wanted justice for the Alexanders and I also feel very sorry for Jodi Arias' family, since all of these people have suffered the consequences of her actions."
"A wonderfully detailed book on the Murder of Travis Alexander by his former girlfriend, Jodi Arias."
Best Legal Witnesses
“Makes the Shawshank Redemption look like a holiday camp” – NOTW. After a SWAT team smashed down stock-market millionaire Shaun Attwood’s door, he found himself inside of Arizona’s deadliest jail and locked into a brutal struggle for survival. "A buttock-clenchingly terrifying cautionary tale" - Meg Rosoff on Hard Time Shaun Attwood is a London-based true-crime author with 100,000 copies sold.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I devoured it in no time at all and found myself missing the life and fall of English Shaun when I was finished!"
"Conditions are harsh and dangerous and corruption and injustice is rife in the judicial system, but the book also demonstrates that there are a few inmates in gaol who want to improve themselves."
"I would have rated Hard Time five stars but I feel the ending could have been explained more thoroughly, letting the reader know exactly the judge's decision."
"I had heard the sheriff in AZ was mean but the news media should do an in depth story about the guy that serves up green bologna and those nasty showers and sleeping conditions."
"Thought provoking awareness- Extremely well written and edited- Provides a long range of emotions and thoughts, leaving me feeling blessed and grateful- It also provided outrage on many levels-."
"Someone recently shot & killed an innocent 12 year old boy where I live & the suspect was captured in Arizona & placed in the Maricopa County Jail..."
"English Shaun spins a tale that will draw you in and not let you go!"
"While reading this there were many times I felt emotional."
Best Legal Remedies
Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense . The nuns of the Missionaries of Charity believed two abandoned buildings in New York City would make ideal homeless shelters. More highly recommended as a study of the negative impact of law is Walter K. Olson's The Litigation Explosion (LJ 2/15/91) even though its focus is on lawsuits and the courts.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The bloated bureaucracy; the rules; the laws; the regulations; are so integral to our lives that we no longer would recognize a life without these burdensome evils. What is meant for good, and to bring about harmony, only results in stagnation, closed businesses, higher prices, less choice, rise of litigation, etc. Mandated perfection only ends in the opposite, along with an incredible waste of money and manpower, not to mention it treats individuals as criminals. Although Wilson's "Great Society" and Roosevelt's "New Deal" (whom he quotes) spawned this form of bureaucracy it still took many more presidents to bring us to this point."
"Perhaps some weak attempt is made at providing a direction or conversely the author spins off into the depth of the universe never to return to reason. Rather than providing some drab history on our national problems, Mr. Howard give us an informative, and dare I say entertaining, cause and effect model to help up understand just how we ended up with a government that hardy functions."
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In The Little Book of Restorative Justice , Zehr first explores how restorative justice is different from criminal justice. Zehr is Distinguished Professor of Restorative Justice and co-director of the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia).
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"Good message."
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