A Short & Happy Guide to Constitutional Law

by Mark C. Alexander
A Short & Happy Guide to Constitutional Law
Author: Mark C. Alexander
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Constitutional law
ISBN: 9780314286055
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This Efficient Book takes the complex subject matter of Constitutional Law and makes it easier to understand and digest. World-renowned Seton Hall Law Professor Mark Alexander carefully explains the key concepts involved in Constitutional Law and also brings it home with straightforward explanations of why you are reading and discussing the cases you are assigned every day. The subject matter runs the gamut from Marbury v. Madison and the structural side of the course to Due Process and Equal Protection. In addition, he provides exam-taking tips, and general words of guidance on how to make it through law school, and beyond, to a rewarding legal career. Book jacket.

A Short & Happy Guide to Property

by Paula Ann Franzese
A Short & Happy Guide to Property
Author: Paula Ann Franzese
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Property
ISBN: 9780314282415
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This efficient and effective Second Edition takes difficult subject matter and makes it understandable, enjoyable and easy to remember. Professor Franzese provides an immensely accessible framework and invaluable techniques for mastering the top ten themes of Property law, adverse possession, the rule of capture, the law of finders, estates and future interests including the dreaded rule against perpetuities), concurrent estates, landlord-tenant law, servitudes, land transactions, the recording system, zoning and eminent domain. This indispensable book also includes helpful exam-taking techniques and some healthy perspectives on converting peace of mind while in law school. Learn from this nine-time recipient of the Professor of the Year Award and nationally acclaimed teacher and become a Property connoisseur! Book jacket.

A Short and Happy Guide to Contracts

by David G. Epstein
A Short and Happy Guide to Contracts
Author: David G. Epstein
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Contracts
ISBN: 9780314277930
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This efficient and exceedingly effective guide to Contracts will help you see the big picture. The authors focus on making the key concepts of contract law, and the relationship among those concepts, easier to understand and retain. The authors have also infused the book with humor, believing there is nothing inconsistent between a rigorous academic experience and having a little fun. Each of the authors is nationally-renowned law teacher who has taught Contracts for decades. Based on that experience, in this book they have set forth understandable techniques for mastering the law governing each critical aspect of the contract relationship, including, contract formation (offer and acceptance), enforcement (consideration and defenses), interpretation, performance, breach, and remedies.

Constitutional Law Stories

by Michael C. Dorf
Constitutional Law Stories
Author: Michael C. Dorf
Publisher:
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN:
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Dorf's Constitutional Law Stories provides a student with an understanding of 15 leading U.S. constitutional law cases. It focuses on how lawyers, judges, and socioeconomic factors shaped the litigation, and why the cases have attained landmark status. This book is suitable for adoption as a supplement in an introductory constitutional law course or as a text for an advanced seminar.

A Short and Happy Guide to Advanced Legal Research

by ANN W. LONG
A Short and Happy Guide to Advanced Legal Research
Author: ANN W. LONG
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-02-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781640207486
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Legal research can be costly for students and practitioners in two ways: time and money. A SHORT & HAPPY GUIDE TO ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH identifies available free and fee-based legal research options as good, cheap and/or fast. This book can streamline the process of legal research involving any subject matter and during any stage of civil litigation. An overview of the litigation analytics and artificial intelligence features available from Bloomberg Law, Lexis Advance, and Westlaw Edge is also included, in the likely event you graduated from law school before 2019. Ann Walsh Long is the Head of Research & Digital Collections/Assistant Professor of Law at the Lincoln Memorial University School of Law. Ann has also worked at the Environmental Protection Agency's Headquarters Library and in four "Big Law" firms. As a former law firm librarian, Ann taught hundreds of summer and new associates how to conduct cost-effective legal research, and advised firms on how best to recover those costs from clients.

A Short & Happy Guide to Criminal Law

by Joseph E. Kennedy
A Short & Happy Guide to Criminal Law
Author: Joseph E. Kennedy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Criminal law
ISBN: 9780314287618
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This book leaves newcomers to criminal law with what they need most: key concepts they can remember! Too many criminal law guides bury the novice in detailed rules when nine times out of ten mastery of the fundamental concepts is the key to success on the exam or in practice. Remembering these concepts is made easier by a "forest before the trees" organization and the use of quirky, often funny examples that stick the concepts to the reader's memory. Bonus chapters offer valuable tips for students on how to succeed in the study of the law. You'll laugh and learn.

A Short & Happy Guide to Evidence

by Sydney Aaron Beckman
A Short & Happy Guide to Evidence
Author: Sydney Aaron Beckman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Evidence (Law)
ISBN: 9781683289371
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