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Discover hundreds of extraordinary places to work--law firms, corporations, government agencies, advocacy groups and much more! ... Read more

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Old School
This book does a good job of bring together a lot of information but today with the internet all of this information can be easily found. It offers such great ideas as "Why don't you work for an NFL team? Here is the phone number to the Arizona Cardinals...." Hey why didn't I think of that? Why don't I take my JD and become the President of the United States?

Great If Your Interested in Working at a Traditional Firm...
I found that this book focused mainly on traditional law firms across the country rather than non-traditional aspects of the practice of law. If your willing to pick up and move across the country for a specific firm then this is the book for you. If your looking for something less traditional, keep looking...

Beware . . . .
I actually worked at one of the places she suggests (a government agency), and it was the worst place I have ever worked.It had a very high turnover rate, especially for a non-firm employer.I got the impression that the recruiter was a friend of Kimm's.Employers can simply schmooze the author into putting them into her book--this how many attorneys get on those "Best attorneys under 40" type lists.

The view from the West
I agree with the reviewer from Il that this is not a helpful book, and that it was written in such a way that it would become outdated quickly.Culling information from "administrators" is all fine and good, but the book would greatly benefit from having been authored by a lawyer who had been in the trenches in more ways than as a mere summer associate--Ms. Walton's experience with practicing law.I am thinking, for example, of D. Aron's classic book on alternatives to practicing law, a book which benefits greatly from the author's experience of having practiced law. Such a perspective would allow one to more carefully explore firm politics and how a new associate might deal with them, for example.I also agree with the other reviewer's underscoring the impact of regionalism. In California, for example, we routinely hire prospects from California law schools that are not highly ranked.This is because we know that such schools turn out fine lawyers by having come against them or worked beside them. (I'd like to think it is not because we feel inferior to applicants from better ranked schools elsewhere, a problem the other reviewer hinted at as far as his experience in the South.)

The View From a West Coast Litigator
I agree with the reviewer from Il. who criticized the book as out of date and not helpful. There definitely is a middle America bias to the book. It is not for someone who seriously wants to explore 'radical' public interest careers, for example.It is also not, like Aron's classic book, about a wide variety of things one can do with a law degree besides practicing law. Sure, there are some examples, but not many.There is regionalism all over the country, as the other reviewer pointed out, not just in the South. (His example.) In California, for example, California schools--even those that are not high pedigree--win out over higher ranked schools from other areas of the country besides legal employers tend to choose people whom they can identify with in terms of education and other things. Ms. Walton's book might have been more helpful if she had ever practiced law besides in the capacity of a summer associate. Asking "adminitrators" for data is a good start, but they often can't advise in terms of firm politics etc. ... Read more

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These papers are concerned with the theory, history, sources, relationships of international law with municipal law, subjects of international law, recognition, succession, jurisdiction, territory, state responsibility, the individual, treaties, international organisations, settlement of disputes and the law of war and neutrality. This first or general volume includes the English text of a general course of lectures on international law which Hersch Lauterpacht delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1937 and the chapters on the general part of international law which he prepared for the new edition of Oppenheim's International Law on which he was working at the time of his death. ... Read more

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Sherwin analyzes the cultural and cognitive models at play in the telling and hearing of legal narratives and critiques the tools of meaning-making by looking closely at specific well-known cases and their outcomes. He also examines the use of public relations consultants to spin and provide a seductive coherence to their clients' cases (think of the "impromptu" press conferences on the courthouse steps). When Law Goes Pop is a rich and erudite critique of law as popular culture. It is a call to be alert to the deleterious effects of what another scholar, Doug Reed, has called "the juridico-entertainment complex," and a timely reminder of what is at stake. --J.R. ... Read more

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Much Better as a Reference than as a Read
Professor Richard Sherwin concludes his book with an explicit statement of his thesis, the usual format for mysteries but not for academic studies.If you are a reader who prefers to know where the case studies are headed before reading the case studies, you might do well to read the last chapter first.I hesitate to advise readers to do so, however.Many of Professor Sherwin's analyses of one or a few movies are rich with insight and will inform, enlighten, and even entertain.In contrast, his theoretical contribution (affirmative postmodern theory) is too skimpy to justify a place in my library.Thus, I recommend that readers locate this book in a local library and consult it regarding legal matters in popular culture.

I recommend Mr. Sherwin's analysis of Errol Morris's "The Thin Blue Line."I shall never watch or show that classic without thinking about Professor Sherwin?s gloss thereon.I disagree with his comparison of the older and younger versions of "Cape Fear."I suspected that each of his characterizations of one film might just as easily be asserted about the other, but he held my interest and impelled me to watch both versions again.Mr. Sherwin appears to believe that films of David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino tell us much about theories or institutions of law and law enforcement.I was not convinced but found the argument interesting.

I recommend highly Sherwin's comparison of the "jigsaw puzzle" closing of Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden in the first Simpson trial to the heroic saga narratives favored by Johnnie Cochran and Gerry Spence.Sherwin is especially good at exposing Mr. Spence's skill.Mr. Spence appears to be the shrewd country lawyer whom he plays on television.

I also recommend Sherwin's account of myth making in famous cases of the 19th and 20th centuries, although consideration of landmarks of sensationalism calls into question just when the law began to go "pop."

I recommend that readers skip the numerous lists of questions with which Mr. Sherwin mars his manuscript.I could never be certain where the questions were headed and where I was supposed to the find the answers, if any.Readers should be underwhelmed as well by Mr. Sherwin's generalization from aberrations, including the aforementioned Simpson trial.In these matters, Mr. Sherwin seems to succumb to pop law and to see the world in a sound bite of the erstwhile "Rivera Live."

Most of all, I urge readers to overlook his every attempt to generalize about law and legal institutions from movies.As I have said, Mr. Sherwin's analyses of movies are intriguing.However, getting from the movies analyzed to legal institutions is no minor trick.When Mr. Sherwin would generalize to the legal culture from this or that trend that he claims to see in this or that movie, the reader should indulge his impulse to attend to the movie critique and to ignore the alleged social criticism that, it appears, the author believes his cinematic analyses justify.Mr. Sherwin's methodological justification for this twist on cinematic verity is almost self-satire:"My working assumption is that film, like notorious cases, provides a reasonably reliable indicator of shared, conflicted, and newly emerging beliefs, values, and expectations"(p. 171).With working assumptions such as that, what hypothesis wouldn't work out?

Mr. Sherwin separates postmodern sheep from postmodern goats, but the author's renditions of postmodernism seemed to create multiple Potemkin Villages.The specter of skeptical postmodernism may haunt some in the Western world, but Mr. Sherwin's manifesto will strike most readers as disjointed and overwrought.

TOUGH SLEDDING
Law professor Richard Sherwin argues that the law has fallen prey to the representational form of the mass media, television particularly.The law, in its most noted form, the criminal trial, finds that it must present itself like a television drama in order to conduct its business.

This wouldn't be so bad, argues Sherwin, if the law's ability to curb popular passions, objectively search for "truth," maintain the public's faith in the system, and win the battle between legal truth and the public desire for closure all weren't hamstrung in the process.

In these days when most Americans frame their view of the world based on what they see on television, Sherwin's subject is extremely important.The question is whether this book is worth the effort it will require of many readers.And early on, it's hard to know if it is worth all the trouble.

Mainly, Sherwin couches his central argument in the opaque language of literary criticism and legalese.Perhaps this is done for the sake of greater precision.Nevertheless, as a consequence, all but legal and literary scholars will find themselves back on their heels when reading this dense work.Sherwin does, thankfully, buttress the core of his assertions with illustrations from popular trials, movies and television, which allows many readers to better follow his line of reasoning while getting their feet back under them.Still, the case Sherwin's arguing has been argued at least as well elsewhere and with less technical language.

Tough sledding aside, if you enjoy popular culture and hold the law in high regard, then ready a thick dictionary, find a firm chair, get in good light and read Sherwin's book.Only your stamina will determine whether the outcome was really worth the work. ... Read more

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For over 80 years, Osborn's has been the dictionary of choice for law students. With over 4,700 references from the obscure to the everyday it contains everything needed for the study of law. No matter what the subject, Osborn will cover it with references on Criminal Law, Company Law, International Law through to EU and Constitutional Law. Osborn's also includes an extensive citations list, a useful tool for finding and understanding journal and law report abbreviations. ... Read more

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Excellent Condition
The seller delivered my book in a much better condition that described. Prompt delivery too. Excellent service. ... Read more

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Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law, shouldn’t you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions?

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The Final Volume in a Must-Have Trilogy of the Best Closing Arguments in American Legal History

In The Devil's Advocates, Michael S. Lief and H. Mitchell Caldwell turn to the dramatic crimes and trials of criminal law. The eight famous cases in this riveting collection have set historical precedents and illuminated fundamentals of the American criminal justice system. Future president John Adams illustrates the principle that even the most despised and vilified criminal is entitled to a legal defense in the argument he delivers on behalf of the British soldiers who shot and killed five Americans during the Boston Massacre. Clarence Darrow provides a ringing defense of a black family charged with using deadly force after defending themselves from a violent mob - an argument that refines the concept of self-defense. And perhaps the best-known case is that of Ernesto Miranda, the accused rapist whose trial led to the critically important Miranda decision, which underpins procedure at every criminal arrest.

Each case presented is given legal and cultural context, including a brief historical introduction, biographical sketches of the attorneys involved, highlights of trial testimony, analysis of the closing arguments and a summary of the trial's impact on its participants and our country. In clear, jargon-free prose, the authors make these pivotal cases come to vibrant life for every reader. ... Read more

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The arguments themselves are disappointing, but the context is brilliant
Oddly enough, the closing arguments themselves were almost always disappointing.Lief and Caldwell do a magnificent job in this book analyzing eight significant criminal cases, from fleshing out the histories of the legal principles to engaging with the most colorful characters to painting detailed pictures about the social settings.Their observations are worth the price of this book, but the direct quotes of lengthy (and probably highly objectionable) closing arguments (or, worse, confused and often ill-prepared arguments at the Supreme Court level) tend to drag everything down.If the authors had written a strict history book that quoted only the most interesting and effective highlights of the various arguments, I would certainly have given it a 5-star rating.As it is, by the sixth chapter of this book I began to skim the direct quotes (or skip them entirely), so I can only give the book three stars.And I'm a public defender who hears and delivers closing arguments frequently, if that means anything.

Wonderful book
This book is well-written and captivating.Each chapter gives great details in leading up to the trial, as well as what happens after.I enjoy it immensely.I definately recommend it to history buffs and to trial watchers.

The Devil is in the Details
The authors once again have written a fine book which looks at landmark closing arguments. In this book, the third in their series, they focus on noteworthy crimes that formed the basis for trials. You will read the closing argument of Clarence Darrow, one of the 20th Century's most famous lawyers, that he gave in 1925 when he defended an African-American family that shot at a mob that was attacking their home. What I really liked about the book is that the authors put each trial in the social context in which it took place. In the example above, the authors give the reader a great insight to the racial tensions that existed in 1925 which provides needed background in order to understand the significance of the trial.

A brilliant display of the legal profession
Yes, some chapters get pretty boring...but in all of the "Greatest Closing Argument" series, there's atleast two that truly shine. In this book, I personally enjoyed Gerry Spence's defense.

If you are a quick reader, or someone who is not bothered about spending a couple hours on reading about how someone supposedly killed someone and this and that supports what, this book is for you. If you cannot stand reading for more than ten minutes, you should save that money for movies.

To h#ll with the plea, lets try this case!
Truly amazing and inspiring, beautifully read, a must for any litigator. ... Read more

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Written by leading academics, this new Text, Cases, & Materials book on Public Law provides a thought-provoking and vivid account of one of the most interesting areas of the undergraduate law syllabus.

The authors have drawn on their substantial experience as teachers and researchers to write a book that will enable readers to acquire both a thorough knowledge of the practicalities of this area of law and an understanding of the theoretical and political debates.The authors explain the key principles of constitutional law and practice, drawing on extracts from a diverse range of materials, along with case studies designed to bring the subject alive. Throughout the book a wealth of learning features - such as questions, discussion points and summaries - are used to help students develop their knowledge and understanding of the issues.

The book is organised in four parts. Part 1, constitutional fundamentals, introduces the role of constitutions and core principles such the 'rule of law' and the protection of constitutional rights. Part 2, the executive function, focuses on the organisation and nature of government within the UK and the EU.Part 3 deals with legislation.It asks who makes legislation? It also examines the extent to which legislators in the UK and EU are accountable for the rules they generate. Part 4 concentrates on the role of the courts and tribunals to explore how disputes between individuals and public bodies are dealt with. This part includes coverage of judicial review and the use of human rights arguments in the UK courts.

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The book is supported by an Online Resource Centre featuring updates on case law, legislation and academic commentary,a test bank of multiple choice questions, a glossary of key terms, extra material to support the case studies in the book, links to relevant material including home pages of the main institutions involved in the case studies (e.g a government department, parliamentary select committee, and campaign group) and reports in the online news media. ... Read more

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When a soldier in the field of battle is under attack in a small village and comes upon a villager who could be a combatant or a civilian, what rules govern how that soldier should act? If the soldier detains the villager and determines that the villager is an unaffiliated combatant, what do the rules of detention require? In The War on Terror and the Laws of War, six legal scholars with experience as military officers bring practical wisdom to the contentious topic of applying international law to the battlefield. The authors apply their unique expertise to issues that have gained greater urgency during the United States' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: including categorizing targets and properly detaining combatants. The modern battlefield has proven to be a difficult arena in which to apply traditional legal rules. The War on Terror and the Laws of War brings clarity to the subject with an insider's perspective. ... Read more

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The War on Terror and the Laws of War
This collection should be on the shelf of anyone interested in the law of armed conflict/international humanitarian law.The most important subjects of the transnational "War on Terror" are presented with clarity and precision (these include the choice of law, targeting, detention, interrogation, war crimes liability, command responsibility, and the difficulty inherent in translating legal principles into on-the-ground practice).What is more, this book brings under one cover what few other books can: the collective experience of scholars with over a century of experience in the United States Army and United States Navy.These authors acquired that experience as military prosecutors and defense counsel, legal advisors and strike planners, and as combatants.This shared experience has not produced complete harmony of opinion: the reader encounters debate within its pages over both the current application of the law and, consequentially, its future.Buy this book and you will soon find that it wears the unmistakable badge of all useful books: a well-worn spine and dog-eared pages.

Jeffrey Kahn
Assistant Professor of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law

Terrific Book!
The War on Terror and the Laws of War is an outstanding contribution to the emerging body of important scholarship in this area.Written by scholars/lawyers/practitioners and experts in their fields, this book is a must read for those interested in Post-Sept 11th national security jurisprudence.This book will be an excellent textbook for college and graduate-level courses focused on such issues as detention, interrogation, targeting, and litigation.

Jody Prescott and David Wallace

The War on Terror and the Laws of War
This book was written by a team of legal heavyweights; the authors are all well-recognized for their commonsensical, accurate, and important insights into many of the most critical issues facing contemporary policymakers and military leaders.I deal with these same issues as a senior level legal advisor at the highest levels of our government.Upon reading the first segments, and scanning the contents, I quickly realized that this book would soon become a well-worn resource by the lawyers and staff officers who work in my orbit.Now that I have completed my read, I give this book my highest praise and enthusiastic endorsement; it has both substantial value to academics and pratitioners alike.After learning that Geoff Corn and Dick Jackson were involved in this effort, I had very high expectations, and these expectations were easily realized by their superb work product!!

Colonel Rich Whitaker

Professor Corn
Professor Corn is a very seasonsed and accomplished retired military officer and attorney. His views are very direct and to the point--he is not one to "beat around the bush" and when appropriate, "calls a spade a spade". I look forward to reading this book and know that it will provide insight into how the military justice system operates, and/or "should operate".

Douglas S. Wacker
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What began as a neighborhood party during the summer of 1942 led to the largest mass murder trial in California's history. After young Jose Diaz was found murdered near Los Angeles' Sleepy Lagoon reservoir, 600 Mexican Americans were rounded up by the police, 24 were indicted, and 17 were convicted. But thanks to the efforts of crusading lawyers, Hollywood celebrities, and Mexican Americans throughout the nation, all 17 convictions were thrown out in an appellate decision that cited lack of evidence, coerced testimony, deprivation of the right to counsel, and judicial misconduct.

Mark Weitz chronicles the Sleepy Lagoon case (People v. Zammora) from the streets of the L.A.'s Mexican-American neighborhoods to the criminal courts, through the appeals process, and to the ultimate release of the convicted. In the process, Weitz opens a window onto the uneasy world of Hispanic-Anglo relations, which, exacerbated by an influx of Mexican immigrants, had simmered beneath the surface in California for a century and reached the boiling point by 1942. By demonstrating how an environment of hostility and fear had fostered a breakdown in the legal protections that should have been afforded to the Sleepy Lagoon defendants, Weitz also illuminates a vital episode in the evolution of defendants' rights--including the right to counsel and a fair and impartial trial.

As the case unfolded, the prosecution and local media drew ominous comparisons between the supposed dangers posed by the Mexican-American defendants and the threat allegedly posed by thousands of Japanese Americans, whose sympathies had been called into question after Pearl Harbor. Weitz shows how Zammora demonstrates what it is like to literally be tried in the court of public opinion where the "opinion" has been shaped before the trial even begins.

Now, as Americans once again feel threatened by outsiders--whether Islamic jihadists or illegal immigrants--Zammora provides a mirror showing us how we acted then compared to how we respond now. While much of what occurred in 1942 L.A. was unique to its time and place, Weitz's compelling narrative shows that many of the social, political, and culture issues that dominated America then are still with us today.

This book is part of the Landmark Law Cases and American Society series. ... Read more

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Seniors are a wide ranging and exponentially growing special status group that the law treats differentially with respect to rights, responsibilities, and benefits. This book is written to inform and assist seniors and those who care for them. The topics covered range from retirement strategies, housing options, and long-term care to federal benefit programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and ultimately, to end of life decisions. Whether you are someone looking out for your parents; a new retiree concerned about your legal rights; or one of the growing number of old old eighty-five years or older who needs answers to confusing legal issues, this book provides essential information in clear language about timely topics such as reverse mortgages, long-term care insurance, powers of attorney, guardianship, and the hidden problem of elder abuse. Each chapter includes Did You Know opening outlines as well as web-based resources for additional information. The authors are nationally known elder law experts and are frequently asked to consult with national commissions, legislatures, bar associations, and individuals from every walk of life. In Everyday Law for Seniors, they provide advice appropriate for everyone, senior or not (yet). ... Read more

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Clear and concise
Everyday Law for Seniors is clear, concise and easy to understand.It provides the most understandable explanations of complex concepts in elder law of any of the dozen or so books of it's kind that I have read.I have practiced in the field of elder law for over 10 years. This book is a very consumer friendly text and would make an excellent basic overview for professionals in the field of law and aging. ... Read more

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The legal services marketplace has become ever more competitive. Identifying a robust business strategy and sources of competitive advantage are difficult challenges for law firms today. The review of legal services carried out by Sir David Clementi, leading to the UK Legal Services Bill, paves the way for yet more change, competition and consolidation. As well as reviewing the way that law firms are regulated, the bill will de-regulate the ownership of law firms, so that they can be made public or owned by multi-disciplinary principals. For the first time, firms now face the prospect of not being wholly owned and managed by lawyers, and of being able to seek capital in the general finance markets in the same way as other businesses.

Stephen Mayson has been a consultant to law firms all over the world for more than 20 years, and is one of the most respected commentators on legal practice. In this book, he presents the first in-depth and systematic treatment of strategy, competitive advantage and valuation for the legal services market. The text provides practical guidance for law firms on how respond to the reforms to be introduced by the Legal Services Bill, and in particular how to build and preserve value in the new environment. It explores in detail a range of factors that firms need to address in order to face both known and new forms of competition, and build a sustainable business.

In the first part of the book, the author explores the emerging landscape of legal services. He discusses fair market valuation and the link between strategy, competitive advantage and valuation, before addressing regulation and competition. Here the decline of regulatory barriers (including the Clementi Review and the Legal Services Bill) and the effects of maturing markets are examined, as well as the issues and challenges of consolidation and polarisation of legal service providers, and globalisation. Mayson then examines the nature of competitive advantage, including its foundations and sustainability. In the third section, the principles of valuation, including definitions of value and methods of valuation, are looked at, in addition to an analysis of the drivers of value in law firms and guidance on how to optimise and sustain income. A section on the implications of valuation then focuses on issues such as the possible tensions between individuals and the organisation, collective action and commitment, and the longevity of the firm. In the final section, the author looks at the foundations of strategy, such as: its context; the 'strategic triangle' of services, clients and geography; strategic objectives and risks; the strategic response; and the building of capital for competitive advantage (including a discussion of financial, physical, human, social and organizational capital). The book ends with a discussion of future prospects for the legal services market. ... Read more

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<p><b>California Family Law for Paralegals</b> is the only textbook for paralegals that focuses specifically on California family law. In its fifth edition, this straightforward textbook continues to provide California paralegal students with a practical framework for examining the full range of family law issues under California law.</p><p><b>Among the characteristics that make this text the perfect choice for teaching California family law:</b></p><ul><li><b>A practical, straightforward approach</b> designed to teach the basics to paralegal students.</li><li><b>A focus on the California Family Code</b>, integrating statutory law and judicial interpretation into a cohesive general discussion of family law and its various aspects.</li><li><b>Examples of all the key Judicial Council forms</b> used in the practice of family law in California</li><li>Unlike other California-specific books, this book was written specifically as a teaching tool and offers <b>a format that helps students learn</b>, including Chapter Overviews and Summaries, Exercises, Key Terms, and a Glossary.</li></ul><p><b>Updated and completely current, the Fifth Edition includes:</b></p><ul><li>Revision of the text to reflect changes in the law, with new cases and statutes</li><li>Completely updated forms</li><li>Advice on how technology can make family law practice more effective</li><li>Completely updated <b>Instructor’s Manual</b></li><li>A new, streamlined organization with shorter, more teachable chapters</li></ul><p>The only text of its kind, <b>California Family Law for Paralegals </b>offers comprehensive coverage—in a readily accessible format—of all the key topics and developments in this ever evolving area of the law.</p><p></p> ... Read more

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california law paralegal book
I have not received my book as of 5/30/2008 one month later, no return e-mail or any contact from the seller .I am dissapointed that there is no phone numbers for Amazon or the seller.Waiting patiently I really would like to do a re-order just from another seller who has it thru Amazon.The cost of the book is 69 $ I can not order until I get my money back. ... Read more

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"Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs,confuses the distinction between government andsociety. As a result of this, every time we object to a thingbeing done by government, the socialists conclude thatwe object to its being done at all. We disapprove of stateeducation. Then the socialists say that we are opposedto any education. We object to a state religion. Then thesocialists say that we want no religion at all. We objectto a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we areagainst equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if thesocialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons toeat because we do not want the state to raise grain."- Frédéric Bastiat ... Read more

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The true purpose of government
The truth never changes.As relevant today as the day it was written.It will remind you of what the true purpose of law and government is.It will remind you of what our founding fathers intended when they wrote the constitution.

Gets it right...
Great insights into the concept of justice, and the dangerous consequences and impact of twisting the law, away from impartial principles, to support any agenda.

I cannot recommend this book enough
"The Law" is a small book on the basics of economic principles written by Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), a French economist and member of their National Assembly. He only published works during the last 5 years of his life, which was cut short by a lingering illness.

The Law struck me as an ecnomics version of Thomas Paine's Common Sense - a short, easy to understand book full of impassioned, clearly laid out arguments and examples that clearly demonstrate the author's arguments.

Bastiat was a man who was not in synch with his times or his country. He grew up in Napoleonic France, a time and place that replaced the idea of individual liberty with government action for the good of the individual. Bastiat argues (and supplies plenty of examples to back his arguments) that this is a perversion of the purpose of government: "The organizers maintain that society, when left undirected, rushed headlong to its inevitable destruction because the instincts of the people are so perverse. The legislators claim to stop this suicidial course and to give it a saner direction. Apparently, then, the legislators and the organizers have received from Heaven an intelligence and virtue that place them beyond and above humankind; if so, let them show their titles to this superiority. They would be shepherds to us, their sheep. Certainly such an arrangement presupposes that they are naturally superior to the rest of us." (pp. 62-3)

Bastiat begins with a look at the origins of government. He argues, like Locke and Hobbes that governments had to have been organized to protect life and property. That is their purpose and when they stray from it, be it with protectionist schemes like tariffs or with Legal Plunder programs that "take from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong...if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do with commiting a crime...then abolish this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but it is a fertile source for further evils...it will spread, multiply and develop into a system." (p. 21)

Bastiat would not be happy with amount of influence most modern Western governments have over the economies of their countries and the lives of their people. I can only imagine this Frenchman would be a proud supporter of the Tea Party movement - low taxes, no loopholes or special breaks for favored industries, take a hard look at all government programs and get rid of those that engage in the "Legal Plunder" that I mentioned in the previous program.

So, what is this short book "The Law?" I found it to be exciting, invigorating, intellectually stimulating, simple in it language and argument and every bit of a match for Thomas Paine's Common Sense. If the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence have meaning for you, if Adam Smith'sThe Wealth of Nationsmakes sense to you, if you think Hayek's The Road to Serfdomand Freidman's Free to Choose are relevant to the modern world make a point of reading this short book - it is powerful in its simplicity and it still has meaning 160 years after its initial publication.

I cannot recommend this book enough.

Note: Please make sure you get the 1950 translation - by all accounts it is superior.

A classic that will reshape your thinking about government
This book by Bastiat, although an old book, is SO relevant today.Is asks important questions about the role and nature of government, especially tax funded programs.It's a must read for any homeschool highschool student, law student or concerned citizen.It may very well influence who you vote for during election time!

A ridiculous book
The pre-Constitution Articles of Confederation were found to be unsatisfactory for governing the colonies or states. Thus, begat the Constitution which has served quite nicely, especially in collecting enough taxes to have a modern army and educated (public school) military personal to man complex weapon systems.

Under Bastiat's idea of a limited and poor government he would have had to tell (if he been alive at the time) Hitler and WWII Japanese to go away and not bother the free (and greedy) men of America. ... Read more

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The Modern Law of Evidence is well established and widely relied upon as a lucid, engaging, and authoritative exposition of the contemporary law of evidence. Straightforward and practical in its approach, this textbook also provides concise analysis of the theory behind the law, with the emphasis on recent discussion and current topics within the subject.

The eighth edition has been carefully developed and updated to ensure that it remains a thorough and reliable resource for its readers.In particular, it provides:

- Up to date coverage of all the developments in the law following the Criminal Justice Act 2003, especially in the areas of hearsay and evidence of character
- A greater degree of evaluation and analysis of the law, to help students directly engage with areas of topical interest
- Further reading sections, to guide readers forward in their studies

This book is an ideal text for undergraduates and students studying on the BVC and LPC.It has been cited with approval by the highest appellate courts, thereby cementing its reputation as a useful reference for practitioners and judges.

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Gratian has long been called the Father of Canon Law. This latest volume in the ongoing History of Medieval Canon Law series covers the period from Gratian's initial teaching of canon law during the 1120s to just before the promulgation of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX in 1234.

Gratian's contributions to the birth of canon law and European jurisprudence were significant: he introduced a new methodology of teaching law by using hypothetical cases and by integrating--and inserting in the texts themselves--his own comments on the canons. He also used the dialectical method to analyze legal problems that he raised in his cases. Though this methodology was first developed by Peter Abelard and others in the schools of Northern France, Gratian was the first to apply it to legal texts with the publication of his Decretum (ca. 1140). Because the Decretum was not just a collection of texts but an analysis of the sources and doctrines of ecclesiastical law, his book enjoyed immediate success across Europe. The Decretum was adopted by teachers from England to Italy and Germany to Spain. Gratian's successors later applied his methodology to the papal appellate decisions (decretals) that gradually became the foundation of canon law in the later Middle Ages.

In this volume, distinguished legal historians contribute noteworthy essays on the commentaries on Gratian, the beginnings of decretal collections and commentaries on them, and the importance of conciliar legislation for the growth of canon law. There are also chapters on the influence of Roman law on canon law and the teaching of canon law in law schools.

Contributors are James A. Brundage, Anne Duggan, Charles Duggan, A. García y García, Joseph Goering, Michael H. Hoeflich, Peter Landau, Wolfgang P. Müller, Jasonne M. Grabher, Kenneth Pennington, and Rudolf Weigand.

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Helpful, interesting - THE book on Navajo courts!!
This is a great resource for anyone interested in American Indian courts and of course, the Navajo justice system.Former Chief Justice Rayond Austin writes so clearly and the cases he discusses are fascinating.The index is extremely helpful in finding Navajo concepts discussed in the book.This book teaches the reader that there are many different lenses through which one can view justice, and American judges at all levels could learn a lot from reading it.Highly recommended!!!! ... Read more

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Foundations of Public Law offers a distinctive, provocative theory of public law, building on the views first outlined in The Idea of Public Law (OUP, 2003).The theory aims to identify the essential character of public law, explain its particular modes of operation, and specify its unique task. Public law is conceived broadly as a type of law that comes into existence as a consequence of the secularization, rationalization and positivization of the medieval idea of fundamental law. Formed as a result of the changes that give birth to the modern state, public law establishes the authority and legitimacy of modern governmental ordering.

Public law today is a universal phenomenon, but its origins are European. Part I of the book examines the conditions of its formation, showing how much the concept borrowed from the refined debates of medieval jurists. Part II then examines the nature of public law. Drawing on a line of juristic inquiry that developed from the late-sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries - extending from Bodin, Althusius, Lipsius, Grotius, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke and Pufendorf to the later works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Fichte, Smith and Hegel - it presents an account of public law as a special type of political reason.

The remaining three Parts unpack the core elements of this concept: state, constitution, and government. By taking this broad approach to the subject, Professor Loughlin shows how, rather than being viewed as a limitation on power, law is better conceived as a means by which public power is generated. And by explaining the way that these core elements of state, constitution and government were shaped respectively by the technological, bourgeois, and disciplinary revolutions of the 16th-19th centuries, he reveals a concept of public law of considerable ambiguity, complexity and resilience. ... Read more