United States Law - General & Miscellaneous, Legal Secretaries & Paralegals, Legal Profession - General & Miscellaneous, Legal Reference - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Written by a respected and well-known author team, this text offers a comprehensive, intelligent overview of all the key concepts paralegals need to know, as it provides a wealth of information in an accessible, well-organized format.
The talent and experience of these authors serve to enrich the text, and results in a book that is not just a compendium of facts, but rather a thoughtful discussion that teaches students how to use and analyze what they have learned.
The book's outstanding pedagogy not only makes it easy to teach for the instructor, but also makes it interesting for the students.
The text features:
- thoughtful charts and other graphics
- discussion questions
- hypothetical cases presented as examples at the beginning of chapters and referred to throughout the chapter
- legal reasoning exercises
- review questions
- definitions in the margins of the text
- ethics alerts and practice tips in boxes throughout
- well-edited cases
- and a comprehensive glossary.
Editorials
Booknews
This textbook for introductory paralegal/legal assistant courses provides an overview of the legal system. By focusing on the basic foundations of the law and the legal reasoning process, Currier (business and law, Elms College) and Eimermann (paralegal studies, Illinois State U.) teach the skills necessary for reading and understanding statutes and court cases. Coverage extends to legal ethics and substantive law. Included in the appendices are a grammar and style primer, a reference for proper legal citation form, and the major codes of ethics. The second edition includes coverage of recent legal developments and new material on critical legal studies and feminist jurisprudence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
November 28, 2000
Publisher
Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Pages
776
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780735518018