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Beyond the Borders of the Law
Critical Legal Histories of the North American West
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
In the American imagination “the West” denotes a border—between civilization and wilderness, past and future, native and newcomer—and its lawlessness is legendary. In fact, there was an abundance of law in the West, as in all borderland regions of vying and overlapping claims, jurisdictions,...
by Deborah L. Rhode
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2004
"Equal Justice Under Law" is one of America's most proudly proclaimed and widely violated legal principles. But it comes nowhere close to describing the legal system in practice. Millions of Americans lack any access to justice, let alone equal access. Worse, the increasing centrality of law in American...
Glass Half Full
The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
The hits keep coming for the American legal profession. Law schools are churning out too many graduates, depressing wages, and constricting the hiring market. Big Law firms are crumbling, as the relentless pursuit of profits corrodes their core business model. Modern technology can now handle routine...
Knowledge Management in Law Firms
Expertise in Action
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Knowledge has always been at the heart of the legal profession. This is because an essential component of practising law involves applying knowledge and expertise to solve clients' legal problems. In the rapidly changing contemporary legal world, where cases, transactions and legal issues become increasingly...
Democratizing Legal Services
Obstacles and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
We live in a “law-thick” world. For individuals and organizations in both the public and private sectors, navigating the large number of complex laws, rules, institutions, and procedures that pervade American life is virtually impossible without some assistance. Some argue that "there are too...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
The contributions in this volume suggest that "the ethics project in legal education" is increasingly an international one. Even though the strength of commitment by both the profession and the legal academy to "ethics learning" within law schools varies, two fundamental questions...
Advice for the Lawlorn
Career Do's and Don'ts From One of the Most Successful Legal Recruiters in the Industry
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Ann M. Israel is among the most highly respected and sought after legal search professionals in the largest and most competitive legal market in the United States—the New York City metropolitan area. She enjoys long-standing relationships among top-tier and mid-tier law firms in Manhattan, Long...
by Speedy Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
A legal research study guide can be quite helpful in preparing a student for an exam. To be clear, a legal research study guide can include questions that pertain to various aspects of legal research, sample problems, sample tests that can be taken and summaries of factual cases. In addition, a legal...
by Edward H. Levi
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Originally published in 1949, An Introduction to Legal Reasoning is widely acknowledged as a classic text. As its opening sentence states, “This is an attempt to describe generally the process of legal reasoning in the field of case law and in the interpretation of statutes and of the Constitution.”...
Great Legal Marketing: How Smart Lawyers Think, Behave and Market to Get More Clients, Make More Money, and Still Get Home in Time for Dinner
How Smart Lawyers Think, Behave and Market to Get More Clients, Make More Money, and Still Get Home in Time for Dinner
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Other lawyers are living extraordinary lives and their success can be discovered and modeled! Who wants to spend 60 to 70 hours per week in the office? What lawyer would love nothing more than to be accessible to his or her clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? "Great Legal Marketing" will...
Defending Faith
The Politics of the Christian Conservative Legal Movement
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2017
When, in Obergefell v. Hodges, the US Supreme Court held that bans on same-sex marriage violate the Constitution, Christian conservative legal organizations (CCLOs) decried the ruling. Foreseeing an “assault against Christians,” Liberty Counsel president Mat Staver declared, “We are entering...
by Michael Long
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
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by G. Edward White
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful role in shaping that society, though not always in positive ways. Eminent legal scholar G. Edward...
Law and the Formation of Modern Europe
Perspectives from the Historical Sociology of Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Law and the Formation of Modern Europe explores processes of legal construction in both the national and supranational domains, and it provides an overview of the modern European legal order. In its supranational focus, it examines the sociological pressures which have given rise to European public...