Legal skills and practice Books
University of Texas Press Expert Legal Writing
Book SynopsisLeClercq covers everything a legal writer needs to know, from the mechanics of grammar and punctuation to the finer points of style, organization, and clarity of meaning.Table of Contents Foreword by Chief Justice Thomas R. Phillip Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction: Getting and Keeping a Competitive Edge Introduction 1. Writing like a Lawyer 2. Writing's a Touchy Subject 3. Focus on Density 4. Attorneys and Writer's Block 5. Min(d)ing the Field: Appellate Judges Speak Out Part II. Manipulating Legal Sentences: First Aid 6. The Long Sentence 7. Left-Handed Sentences 8. Marshmallow Constructions 9. Cases and Citations Within the Text 10. Coordination and Subordination: Defining Relationships 11. Examining Other Professional Prose 12. Emulating the Pro's Prose: Stylistic Consciousness 13. Deliberate Sentence Structure 14. Beware of Ambiguous Modifiers Part III. Manipulating Legal Organization: Structure Is Meaning 15. Organization and the Deductive Thrust 16. Organizational Advice for Successful Drafting 17. Quick Tricks for Organization Part IV. Manipulating Words: Bigger Isn't Better 18. Jargon: Manure, Margarine, and Moderation 19. Boilerplate: Empty Formalisms 20. Gender-Neutral Language 21. That's Not What I Meant Part V. Punctuating for Clarity: The Poetry of Punctuation 22. Allowing Commas to Create Meaning 23. Sentence Punctuation Guide 24. "Quotation Marks?" She Queried—or, The Arbitrary Rules Surrounding Quotation Marks 25. That Sophisticated Semicolon 26. Compound Adjectives and Noun Strings Part VI. Advice and References: So Go Be an Expert 27. Testing Your Basics 28. Grammar Rules Versus Suggestions 29. Advice to Partners About Advice 30. Reference Books for Legal Writers Index
£17.09
Random House USA Inc Writing to Win
Book SynopsisFrom a master teacher and writer, a fully revised and updated edition of the results-oriented approach to legal writing that is clear, that persuades—and that WINS.More than almost any profession, the law has a deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Yet forceful writing is one of the most potent weapons of legal advocacy. In this new edition of Writing to Win, Steven D. Stark, a former lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, who has inspired thousands of aspiring and practicing lawyers, applies the universal principles of powerful, vigorous prose to the job of making a legal case—and winning it.Writing to Win focuses on the writing of lawyers, not judges, and includes dozens of examples of effective (and ineffective) real-life legal writing—as well as compelling models drawn from advertising, journalism, and fiction. It deals with the challenges lawyers face in writing, from organization to strengthening and editing prose; offers incisive ways of improving arguments; addresses litigation and technical writing in all its forms; and covers the writing attorneys must perform in their daily practice, from email memos to briefs and contracts. Each chapter opens with a succinct set of rules for easy reference.With new sections on client communication and drafting affidavits, as well as updated material throughout, Writing to Win is the most practical and efficacious legal-writing manual available.
£15.20
LexisNexis UK Munkman The Technique of Advocacy
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1951, this book is a classic in its field and provides a uniquely analytical approach to the subject of advocacy.
£119.70
OUP Oxford Butterworths Legal Research Guide
Book SynopsisButterworths Legal Research Guide is designed to guide readers through the difficulties of legal research. It provides a narrative, procedural text for those undertaking legal research courses together with a troubleshooting glossary to the problems that may be encountered in practice. This book takes full account throughout of EC materials. which are treated alongside English materials, together with all the latest human rights materials.Table of ContentsA; B; C
£49.99
Round Hall Ltd How to Think Write and Cite Key Skills for Irish
Book SynopsisLegal research and legal writing: Essential skills for success in the world of lawThe new edition of How to think, write and cite provides students who are new to law with clear and practical guidance on mastering essential skills which will be key to success in their assignments and examinations, and which will also be invaluable in the workplace after graduating. Key features* Developed by experienced Irish academics and researchers specifically for Irish law students* Easy-to-follow, practical advice* Explanations of how to read legislation and court judgments* Step-by-step instructions for accessing online legal databases* Explains effective legal writing for exams and essays, including sample answers and essays* Explains when and how to cite in essays* Includes a detailed citation manual for Irish materials based on the internationally-accepted OSCOLA systemNew to the second edition* Up-to-date information on how to use online databases* Expanded section on use of software to a
£25.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Professional Surveyors and Real Property
Book SynopsisThe only modern guide to interpreting and writing real property descriptions for surveyors Technical land information is no longer the exclusive domain of professional surveyors. The Internet now houses a multitude of resources that nontechnical professionals?such as attorneys and realtors?access and implement on a daily basis. However, these professionals are trained in aspects of law and commerce that do not provide the proper education and experience to interpret and evaluate their land boundary information discoveries correctly. As a result, their analysis is often erroneous and the data misapplied?ultimately leading to confusion and costly litigation. Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions attempts to bridge the ever-widening gap between the users of land boundary information and the land surveyors who produce it. An expert team of authors integrates the historic and legal background of real property interests with fundamental concepts of the surveyTable of ContentsForeword xi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Property 1 1.1.1 Personal Property 1 1.1.2 Real Property 2 1.1.3 Ownership 2 1.1.4 Possession 3 1.2 Title and Interests in Real Property 4 1.2.1 The Concept of Title 4 1.2.2 Fee Simple 7 1.2.3 Limited Title 7 1.2.4 Easements 12 1.3 Transfers of Title and Interests 26 1.3.1 Written Transfers and Conveyances 27 1.3.2 Unwritten Transfers and Conveyances 30 1.3.3 Statute of Frauds 33 1.4 Deeds 35 1.4.1 Legally Sufficient 38 1.4.2 Abstract of Title 39 1.4.3 Recordation 40 2 Land Record Systems 45 2.1 Overview 45 2.2 Metes and Bounds 47 2.2.1 General History 47 2.2.2 Legally Sufficient 48 2.3 United States Public Lands System 51 2.3.1 History 51 2.3.2 Aliquot Division 53 2.4 Platted Subdivisions 56 2.4.1 History 56 2.4.2 Recorded Plats 57 2.4.3 State and Local Regulations 58 2.4.4 Federal, State, and Local Government Maps 59 2.4.5 Linear Tracts 59 2.5 Combined Record System Descriptions 67 3 Directions 71 3.1 Angles 71 3.1.1 General 72 3.1.2 Interior Angles 72 3.1.3 Exterior Angles 74 3.1.4 Deflection Angles 74 3.2 Meridians 75 3.2.1 General 75 3.2.2 True North 76 3.2.3 Astronomic North 77 3.2.4 Magnetic North 77 3.2.5 State Plane North 78 3.2.6 Assumed North 78 3.3 Bearings 79 3.3.1 North-South Reference Lines 79 3.3.2 East-West Reference Lines 81 3.3.3 Reversing Directions 82 3.3.4 Generalized Directions 82 3.4 Curved Lines 83 3.5 Azimuths 86 3.6 Compass Directions and Headings 87 4 Map Projections 91 4.1 General 91 4.2 Projectionless Maps 94 4.2.1 Government Land Office (GLO) Plats 95 4.3 Conformal Plane Projection 95 4.3.1 Tangent Plane Projection 96 4.3.2 Lambert Projection 96 4.3.3 Transverse Mercator Projection 97 4.3.4 State Plane Projection 99 4.3.5 Universal Traverse Mercator (UTM) 101 4.3.6 Global Positioning System (GPS) 101 4.3.7 Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 102 4.4 Application 103 5 Platting To Describe 107 5.1 General 107 5.2 Original Surveys 108 5.2.1 Identifying the Bounding Parcels 109 5.2.2 Monumentation 112 5.2.3 Directions 116 5.2.4 Distances 119 5.3 Retracement Surveys 121 5.3.1 Hierarchy of Calls 123 5.3.2 Identification of Lines 124 5.3.3 Area and Significant Figures 125 5.3.4 Recovery of Monumentation 128 5.3.5 Perpetuation of Monumentation 129 5.4 Preserving the Evidence in Words: A Case Study 130 5.5 Reference to Plats in Descriptions 135 6 Composing, Comprehending Descriptions 141 6.1 General 141 6.2 Hierarchy of Calls 142 6.2.1 Elements of the Boundaries 144 6.3 Caption 152 6.3.1 Land Record System 153 6.3.2 Clarify Intent 154 6.4 Body 156 6.4.1 Point of Commencement 156 6.4.2 Point of Beginning 158 6.4.3 Elements of the Boundaries 160 6.5 Elements of the Description 173 6.5.1 Qualifications (Additions, Subtractions, Reservations) 173 6.5.2 Closing and References 177 6.6 Punctuation and Language 177 6.6.1 Key Words or Phrases 179 6.6.2 Construing Ambiguous Deeds 188 6.7 Deed Discrepancies—Conflicts 202 7 Alta/Acsm Surveys 207 7.1 Land Title Insurance 207 7.1.1 Why a Survey Matters 208 7.2 ALTA/ACSM Survey Standards 209 7.3 Mandatory Requirements for ALTA Surveys 210 7.4 Accuracy Standards 212 7.5 Informational Options 215 7.6 The Description for an ALTA/ACSM Survey 215 7.7 The Surveyor Is in Charge 216 8 Situational Awareness 219 8.1 Deed Discrepancies—Conflicts 219 8.2 Professional Responsibilities 220 8.2.1 Understanding Historical Context 220 8.2.2 Clarity and Completeness: Extrinsic Evidence 224 8.2.3 Clarity and Completeness: Consider the Future 227 8.2.4 Clarity and Completeness: Addressing Three Dimensions 228 8.3 Regional Lexicon and Local Practice 233 8.3.1 Limitations on Local Practice 238 8.3.2 Marketable and Registered Title 238 8.3.3 The Effect of Legislation and Courts 241 8.4 Introducing Uniform Language 244 8.4.1 “Commencing” versus “Beginning” 246 8.4.2 Word Choices, Grammar, and Punctuation 248 8.5 Breaking Old Habits 248 8.5.1 Repeating Old Descriptions Verbatim 249 8.5.2 Destroying Evidence 250 8.5.3 Jargon, Colloquialisms, and Abbreviations 251 8.5.4 Sentence Construction and Punctuation 253 8.5.5 Copying a Writing Style 254 Afterword 255 Table of Cases 257 Index 259
£91.76
The University of Michigan Press American Legal English 2nd Edition
Book SynopsisLaw is a profession that requires the ability to read critically, write well, synthesize sources from research, and speak concisely and clearly. This title was developed to help non-native speakers improve their ability to understand and communicate in English with their legal counterparts around the world.
£23.70
The University of Michigan Press The Consciousness of the Litigator
Book Synopsis
£38.15
Pearson Education Writing Law Dissertations
Book SynopsisHow should you choose your dissertation topic? What is the best research method to adopt? What is going to make your dissertation achieve the best grades? This book provides a guide to various stages of the research and writing process for law students, and answers the many questions that face first-time researchers.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. How to Begin - Introduction - What is 'research'? - What is a 'dissertation'? - How to choose your dissertation topic - Specific suggestions for getting you started - Identifying the key issues and marginal issues in your dissertation - Is the research viable in practice? - Putting pen to paper - Conclusion Chapter 2. Getting Along With Your Supervisor - Introduction - Choosing your supervisor - When to choose - What can you expect from your supervisor? - The role of the dissertation supervisor - Devise your own 'learning contract' - At the beginning of your supervision - Writing the dissertation - Meeting your supervisor - Reviewing draft chapters - How much supervision? - Making the most of constructive criticism and formative feedback - Common problems with supervision - Conclusion Chapter 3. Selecting Suitable Approaches to the Conduct of Dissertation Research - Introduction - Resistance to methodological discussion - Positive reasons for engaging in methodological discussion - Recognising the implications of the tension between different research methodologies - Avoiding the pitfalls of selecting an inappropriate methodology -
£42.99
Lexington Books Effigy
Book SynopsisEffigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury''s attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict. These images are starkly contrasted against the backdrop of a brutal murder in which the stereotypes of American fear are realized: Donta Page, the defendant, is an African-American male from a low-income segment of society while Peyton Tuthill, the victim, was a Caucasian female from a middle-income suburb. The prosecuting attorneys depict the defendant as a savage beast, juxtaposing their image against that of a troubled youth as Page is portrayed by the defense attorneys. Slowly and methodically developed as figures with diametrically opposed features, none of which overlap or congeal, both the images are portrayed as real (buttressed by the Trade Review[Cotton] cites the relevant scientific research on juror decision making, and then takes a more open-ended approach to study how jurors reached a guilty verdict in this case. This ultimately provides valuable insight into how jurors are likely to make judgments about human behavior based on their own experience, rather than relying on expert testimony that challenges commonly held assumptions about rational action. Recommended. * CHOICE, May 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Death Penalty in the U.S. and How Juries Operate Chapter 3 The Importance of Defining the Defendant Chapter 4 The Legal Fight Chapter 5 The Guilt Phase: How the Defense/Prosecution Saw their Mission Chapter 6 The Penalty Phase: The Prosecution/Defense's Mission Chapter 7 Who Is the Defendant? The Prosecution's/Defense's Answer Chapter 8 The Impact on Jurors Chapter 9 Conclusion
£88.20
Lexington Books Effigy
Book SynopsisEffigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury''s attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict. These images are starkly contrasted against the backdrop of a brutal murder in which the stereotypes of American fear are realized: Donta Page, the defendant, is an African-American male from a low-income segment of society while Peyton Tuthill, the victim, was a Caucasian female from a middle-income suburb. The prosecuting attorneys depict the defendant as a ''savage beast,'' juxtaposing their image against that of a ''troubled youth'' as Page is portrayed by the defense attorneys. Slowly and methodically developed as figures with diametrically opposed features, none of which overlap or congeal, both the images are portrayed as real (buttressedTrade Review[Cotton] cites the relevant scientific research on juror decision making, and then takes a more open-ended approach to study how jurors reached a guilty verdict in this case. This ultimately provides valuable insight into how jurors are likely to make judgments about human behavior based on their own experience, rather than relying on expert testimony that challenges commonly held assumptions about rational action. Recommended. * CHOICE, May 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Death Penalty in the U.S. and How Juries Operate Chapter 3 The Importance of Defining the Defendant Chapter 4 The Legal Fight Chapter 5 The Guilt Phase: How the Defense/Prosecution Saw their Mission Chapter 6 The Penalty Phase: The Prosecution/Defense's Mission Chapter 7 Who Is the Defendant? The Prosecution's/Defense's Answer Chapter 8 The Impact on Jurors Chapter 9 Conclusion
£39.60
Rlpg/Galleys Law and Justice from Antiquity to Enlightenment
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRobert Shaffern’s book provides a compelling introduction to the vast field of law and legal studies in the west. He provides a diligently researched and accessible compendium of introductory essays, covering a broad range of topics that will be of interest to any student of western thought and culture. -- Timothy M. Thibodeau, Nazareth CollegeThis is a clear, readable, up-to-date, and extremely useful presentation of the role of law in the making of European history. It does equal justice to a variety of traditions from the ancient to the early modern, with a good section on the medieval period. And it makes clear, even for the uninitiated, how central was the role of law and legal institutions in shaping the fabric of European society, even until now. -- John Van Engen, University of Notre DameTable of ContentsPart I: Law in the Fertile Crescent and Ancient Greece Part II: The Law of the Romans Part III: The Laws of the Middle Ages Part IV: The Early Modern Era
£91.80
Rlpg/Galleys Law and Justice from Antiquity to Enlightenment
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRobert Shaffern’s book provides a compelling introduction to the vast field of law and legal studies in the west. He provides a diligently researched and accessible compendium of introductory essays, covering a broad range of topics that will be of interest to any student of western thought and culture. -- Timothy M. Thibodeau, Nazareth CollegeThis is a clear, readable, up-to-date, and extremely useful presentation of the role of law in the making of European history. It does equal justice to a variety of traditions from the ancient to the early modern, with a good section on the medieval period. And it makes clear, even for the uninitiated, how central was the role of law and legal institutions in shaping the fabric of European society, even until now. -- John Van Engen, University of Notre DameTable of ContentsPart I: Law in the Fertile Crescent and Ancient Greece Part II: The Law of the Romans Part III: The Laws of the Middle Ages Part IV: The Early Modern Era
£36.00
Kogan Page High Impact Fee Negotiation and Management for
Book SynopsisOri Wiener is a strategic business development consultant and executive coach to senior executives of professional services firms. Ori founded GARA Consulting and co-founded the Møller PSF Group Cambridge, one of Europe's leading firms specialising in the support of professional services firms. He previously led global business development and marketing at Linklaters, and worked as an investment banker for S.G. Warburg/UBS and Lehman Brothers in London, New York, Frankfurt, Mexico and other locations. He has a unique combination of perspectives as a fee earner, client, insider and consultant to PSFs.Trade Review"One of the very few books that provides pragmatic guidance on how to raise assignment profitability at professional services firms" * Gareth Hughes, EMEA Head of Pricing, LPM and Analytics, Reed Smith *"This is a robust, research-grounded and above all practical guide, mixed with evidence from a seasoned professional in the field. A really useful addition for partners in any professional services firm." * Mike Mister, Partner, Moller PSF Group Cambridge *"Ori has been at the forefront of pricing and negotiation with PSFs for many years. He has a clear passion for, and understanding of, the complexity this area brings. This book will prove an invaluable guide to those seeking to navigate this increasing important area." * Stuart J T Dodds, Director, Global Pricing and Legal Project Management, Baker & McKenzie Global Services *"A thoroughly well-researched and comprehensive book that tackles the difficult issue of how Professional Service Firms and their clients can best negotiate and agree prices. Ori really understands the realities of achieving better fees and better client relationships." * Kevin Doolan, Managing Partner, Møller PSF Group Cambridge *"In increasingly challenging and competitive markets, this book provides professionals with invaluable guidance in a key - and neglected - area of their relationships with clients." * Anthony Angel, Chairman, 4C Biomed Inc, and former Executive Managing Director EMEA, Standard & Poor’s, and Managing Partner, Linklaters *"Every partner and professional in a professional services firm should have a copy of this book and read it in detail." * Hartmut Papenthin, Managing Director Operations, CMS Hasche Sigle *"A must-have for any professional serious about managing the dilemma between building relationships and charging appropriate fees. I wish I had read it years ago." * Anne Scoular, Managing Director, Meyler Campbell Coaching *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: What is Different about Buying Professional Services?; Chapter - 02: Why Professional Services Firms are Different; Chapter - 03: The Challenge of Pricing PSF Work; Chapter - 04: Generating Value with Fee Structures; Chapter - 05: How to Deal with Procurement — The Importance of Scope; Chapter - 06: Raising the Institutional Game; Chapter - 07: Preparing for Fee Negotiations; Chapter - 08: Critical First Steps — Planning; Chapter - 09: How to Raise Your Negotiation Success – Deliver a Credible Opening; Chapter - 10: Act 2 – Managing the Flow of Concessions to Capture Value; Chapter - 11: Act 3 – Locking in Gains Through Effective Closing; Chapter - 12: Creativity – The Ultimate Negotiation Skill; Chapter - 13: Negotiating with Style; Chapter - 14: The Impact of Culture and Gender; Chapter - 15: Having Another Go at Squeezing the Lemon – Advanced Techniques and Approaches; Chapter - 16: Managing PSF Project Profitability; Chapter - 17: The Impact of Effective Veto and Target Setting – Research Results
£37.99
University Press of America Select Legal Topics
Book SynopsisSelect Legal Topics is a compendium of legal journal articles covering a wide spectrum of topics in the fields of criminal law, evidence, civil procedure, family law, labor and employment law, civil rights, tort law, and federal procedure. For example, the reprinted criminal law articles include analyses of suppression motions and the requirement that the criminal defendant be afforded a speedy trial. The section on evidence includes articles that analyze polygraph and DNA evidence. The civil procedures articles consider the requirement of filing a notice of claim when a municipality is the subject of a lawsuit, and developments in trial by jury. Articles covering family law consider artificial insemination and paternity, as well as child abuse and child negligence. The labor and employment articles include analyses of discrimination in the workplace and trial by jury. The civil rights articles mainly consider the Civil Rights Statute 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983. The articles focusing on tort Trade ReviewIt informs and covers topics that are of great benefit to practitioner, judge, law student, and even law professor. Any person who takes the time to read this well researched and well written book will stand to benefit in a practical and theoretical fashion. -- Thomas F. Liotti, past chair, Criminal Justice Section, New York State Bar Association and past president of the New York State Association of CriA compendium of articles by one of New York's most prolific and insightful legal commentators is quite welcome. Having a single-source reference to Andrew Schatkin's body of work is truly a practitioner's dream. -- Chris Wittstruck, Esq., coordinator of paralegal studies, Hofstra University, New YorkTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction to Criminal Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Criminal Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 4 Introductionto Evidence Reprinted Articles Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Evidence Reprinted Articles Chapter 6 Introduction to Civil Procedure Reprinted Articles Chapter 7 Chapter 3: Civil Procedure Reprinted Articles Chapter 8 Introduction to Family Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 9 Chapter 4: Family Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 10 Introduction to Labor and Employment Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 11 Chapter 5: Labor and Employment Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 12 Introduction to Civil Rights Reprinted Articles Chapter 13 Chapter 6: Civil Rights Reprinted Articles Chapter 14 Introduction to Tort Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 15 Chapter 7: Tort Law Reprinted Articles Chapter 16 Introduction to Federal Procedure Reprinted Articles Chapter 17 Chapter 8: Federal Procedure Reprinted Articles Chapter 18 Table of Cases Chapter 19 Appendix - Original Sources Chapter 20 Subject Index Chapter 21 Case Index
£75.60
University Press of America Clinical Social Work Practice and Regulation
Book SynopsisClinical Social Work Practice and Regulation: An Overview offers a description of the mental health treatment being provided by over 200,000 licensed clinical social workers in the United States and a summary of the fifty-one licensure laws and regulations which govern licensed clinical social work practice. The public is confused by the fact that no two licensure laws are the same; there are thirty-eight different titles governing clinical social work and social work practice; and scopes of practice vary across the country. LCSWs often have difficulty taking their license to another state. This book aims to contribute to a discussion about standardizing clinical social work licensure laws and regulations. Clinical social work licensure laws and rules are described and analyzed in 18 different areas. Additionally, recommendations are provided for licensure language that would lessen the confusion that exists for the public, and across state laws.Trade ReviewEssential reading not only for the clinical social worker, but also for every state social work regulatory board, all schools of social work, the Council of Social Work Education, and all social work associations and organizations. This book is highly readable…which lends itself to collaboration with relevant professional social work institutions, organizations and clinical social work practitioners necessary to standardize licensure laws/regulations affecting our profession. The resultant clarification and uniformity will better protect the public and advance the social work profession. -- Alice Kassabian Ph.D., LCSW, past director, Clinical Social Work Institute, Washington, D.C.A valuable review of clinical social work practice and a comprehensive survey and analysis of the varying licensure requirements, state by state , that regulate clinical social work practice in this country today...Groshong provides specific, carefully thought out recommendations for resolving some of the differences, and establishing requirements that would better protect the public and the profession. This book should be an important resource for social work licensure boards, schools of social work, social work associations and organizations, as well as for the practicing clinical social worker who wishes to see our profession advance. -- Joyce Edward, LCSW, co-author of Fostering Healing and Growth: A Psychoanalytic Social Work ApproachThis book is an eye-opening, often dismaying, thoroughly researched, wake-up call to the clinical social work profession. It is ?must reading? for all clinical social workers, all social work associations, graduate schools of social work, social work licensing boards and the Council on Social Work Education. Journal: /access/ Author: Patricia Baker, Ph.D., LCSW-C -- Patricia Baker, Ph.D., LCSW-C,, past-president of the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work"This book is an eye-opening, often dismaying, thoroughly researched, wake-up call to the clinical social work profession. It is “must reading” for all clinical social workers, all social work associations, graduate schools of social work, social work licensing boards and the Council on Social Work Education." Journal: /access/ Author: Patricia Baker, Ph.D., LCSW-C -- Patricia Baker, Ph.D., LCSW-C,, past-president of the Maryland Society for Clinical Social WorkTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowlegements Chapter 3 Section 1: Overview of Clinical Social Work Practice Chapter 4 Section 2: Current Clinical Social Work Licensure Laws and Regulations Chapter 5 Section 3: Suggested Standards for Clinical Social Work Licensure Laws and Rules Chapter 6 Section 4: Tables Chapter 7 Section 5: Samples Analyses of Clinical Social Work Licensure Laws Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index
£35.10
University Press of America Moral Desert A Critique
Book SynopsisIn this book, the author critically explores the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly, which seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices. Simmons considers the implications of his views for distributive justice and personal morality.Trade ReviewThe saying, "To understand all is to forgive all," is convincingly borne out by Howard Simmons' lucid critique of notions of moral desert . . . This is a splendid book for sharpening philosophical instincts about desert and blame, guilt and justice. -- Evan Simpson, Honorary Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Memorial University of NewfoundlandTable of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 1. Quandaries of Desert Chapter 3 1.1 Gary Hart and the Selby Rail Disaster Chapter 4 1.2 Internalism versus externalism Chapter 5 1.3 Further development of internalism Chapter 6 1.4 Further problems with desert Chapter 7 1.5 Positive desert Part 8 2. The Implications of Determinism Chapter 9 2.1 Determinism, 'hard' and 'soft' Chapter 10 2.2 Frankfurst cases Chapter 11 2.3 Libertarianism Chapter 12 2.4 Determinism and morality Chapter 14 Notes Part 14 3. Retributivism Chapter 15 3.1 Introduction Chapter 16 3.2 Retributivism: a first look Chapter 17 3.3 Peter French and vengence theory Chapter 18 3.4 Corlett's account: exposition Chapter 19 3.5 Corlett's account: critique Chapter 20 3.6 Negative Retributivism and some thought experiments Chapter 22 Notes Part 22 4. A Utilitarian Approach to Punishment Chapter 23 4.1 Utilitarianism in general Chapter 24 4.2 The basic utilitarian arguments Chapter 25 4.3 Objections to utilitarian punishment and responses Chapter 26 4.4 A return to desert? Chapter 28 Notes Part 28 5. Utilitarian Punishment in Detail Chapter 29 5.1 Guiding principles Chapter 30 5.2 The S-score algorithm Chapter 31 5.3 From S-scores to actual sentences Chapter 32 5.4 Case studies for the application of the algorithm Chapter 33 5.5 Exculpation Chapter 34 5.6 State Punishment within the family Chapter 35 5.7 Punishment within the family Part 37 6. Effort and Distributive Justice Chapter 37 Notes Chapter 38 6.1 Introduction Chapter 39 6.2 Sher versus Rawls Chapter 40 6.3 Distributive justice Chapter 42 Notes Part 42 7. Morality and Blame Chapter 43 7.1 Hostility to wrongdoers Chapter 44 7.2 Sher on blame Part 46 8. Conclusion: Desert Skeptics in a vengeful world Chapter 46 Notes Chapter 47 Notes Part 48 Appendix Part 49 References Part 50 Index
£31.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Family Mediation
Book SynopsisDetails the rapidly growing field of dispute resolution This nuts-and-bolts guide offers a blueprint for developing the skills you need to master the often complex and emotionally charged process of family mediation. In a lively and entertaining style, Robert Coulson, former president of the American Arbitration Association and an internationally recognized expert in dispute resolution, presents exactly what training, marketing, and experience are needed to compete successfully in this rapidly growing field. The family mediation process is revealed, from the first step of persuading parties to mediate through the last details of nailing down a settlement. Current information is provided on many legal issues, including: * marriage and divorce * child support * alimony * custody * visitationTrade Review?The practice of family mediation requires special skills and talent to effectively manage conflict. The future of the profession depAnds heavily on trained and committed practitioners. Robert Coulson's book offers a solid, clear overview of the work of a family mediator and what it takes to become one.? (Robert D. Benjamin, president, Academy of Family Mediation) ?A practical, down-to-earth guide. Present and future divorce mediators will find much helpful and sensible advice in this book.? (Frank E. A. Sander, professor, Harvard Law School) ?Fast, easy reading about the practice of family mediation.? (Marie R. Volpe, president, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, 1996-1997)Table of ContentsThe Nature of Family Disputes. Family Disputes and the Law. Family Mediation in Action. Divorce Mediation. How to Become a Family Mediator.
£34.19
Stanford University Press Dangerous Leaders
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With his signature candor and penetrating analysis, Anthony C. Thompson contemplates a sea change in legal education. Thompson rightly demands that law school must prepare lawyers to lead. And his book goes one step further, offering a clear and compelling roadmap for reimagining the training of lawyers as leaders, and for the development of lawyer leaders who are accountable not only to their clients, but to their communities." -- Sherrilyn Ifill * President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund *"In this very important and original book, Anthony C. Thompson offers specific lessons focusing on what should be done differently so that law schools can effectively teach leadership skills. Beautifully written and comprehensively researched, Dangerous Leaders provides readers with excellent case studies as effective teaching and learning tools. This original book should be required reading for lawyers, law students, and legal educators." -- Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California * Berkeley School of Law *"The legal profession is a noble one with the ability to positively or adversely impact our society. This important book thoroughly dissects the implications of that power and enlightens us about the importance of training lawyers to be honorable public citizens. Professor Thompson's work is a compelling exploration of the role that training lawyers as civic-minded custodians of the rule of law can play in impacting the public good." * Congressman Hakeem Jeffries *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: A New Vision of Leadership for Lawyers chapter abstractAn increasingly uncertain and globalized world demands that lawyers be leaders, yet legal education has failed to prepare lawyers for that responsibility. Consequently, lawyers have made decisions that corrupt organizations and structures, ultimately making them "dangerous leaders." The chapter introduces a new framework called intersectional leadership that will allow leaders to navigate the current complex and unpredictable society. This model has five key components: (1) develop and rely on a team that brings dissimilar experiences to the leader; (2) learn from unlikely sources; (3) collaborate for the greater good, not the leader's incentives; (4) be suspicious of consensus; and (5) have moral courage. 1Piloting the Boat by Looking at the Wake: Leadership Challenges for the Legal Profession chapter abstractThe chapter explores how existing theories of leadership overlap and differ from an intersectional leadership model. The intersectional model is distinct in that it does not assume leadership as hierarchical; rather, it recognizes that leaders should be collaborative and situated at nodes of various networks. This chapter details how each of the five dimensions of intersectional leadership enables the lawyer-leader to assume a broader enterprise function and to expand beyond technical skills taught in law school. It posits that in order for a lawyer to advise his or her client effectively, he or she must rely on truly diverse, and at times competing, perspectives not limited to his or her technical expertise. The chapter concludes by examining how the 2008 financial crisis necessitates a more creative and proactive model of leadership to deal with the demands of a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous global climate. 2Is There an Echo in Here? Diversity, Tension, and Accountability in the Leadership Team chapter abstractThis chapter uses two case studies to illustrate how failure to construct diverse leadership teams creates blind spots in judgment that can lead to corrupt practices. The first details how Governor Chris Christie created a culture of insularity within his administration and enabled his officials to retaliate against a town that refused to support Christie's bid for reelection. The second case explains how Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Letten turned a blind eye to his top trusted officials' misconduct and compromised his investigation and ultimately the administration of justice. The chapter identifies takeaways regarding the risks of insularity and outlines concrete steps that law schools and educators can take to foster more diverse and critical lawyer-leadership teams. 3"A Fish Rots from the Head Down": Leadership Failures Behind Closed Doors chapter abstractThis chapter argues that lawyer-leaders must develop practices to ensure integrity in conduct carried out behind closed doors, showing the risks through two examples from the criminal justice system. In each example, prosecutors, although mandated to serve as ministers of justice, permitted their own biases to pollute the environment in which they led—and their behavior cast a wide shadow. Others within an organization look to the leader for guidance on behavior and values; if ugly behavior occurs at the top, it will likely spread across the ranks. When the lawyer-leader sinks to base behavior, this not only drags others down to that level but actually threatens the integrity of the legal system at large. The chapter details several cases in which evidence of racial motivations for striking jurors was used to successfully challenge capital punishment, highlighting the importance of continual integrity and transparency. 4Getting the Balance Right: Personal Ambition vs. the Greater Good chapter abstractThis chapter calls for a framework to help lawyer-leaders make decisions when personal interests and greater goals are in tension. It argues that ethics are foundational to a good legal education, particularly given how many lawyers seek elected office. The chapter outlines two instances where public decisions collided with personal ambition. First, Justice French of the Ohio Supreme Court was running for reelection when she ruled in favor of imposing the death sentence without acknowledging her political ambitions of maintaining a conservative court. Second, when then-governor Bill Clinton was running for president and was criticized for being soft on crime, he refused to grant clemency to a man on death row with a severe mental disability. The chapter concludes that lawyer-leaders must not only be transparent when the greater good conflicts with their personal interests but also must subordinate personal goals in service of the public good. 5If You See Something, Say Something: Leadership Responsibility and Systemic Failures chapter abstractThis chapter explores the role of lawyer-leaders who may not have an explicit role to monitor breaches of public trust but witness ethically ambiguous conduct. By way of example, the chapter details how Enron's outside counsel failed to take their concerns to Enron's executives about the shell companies that ultimately concealed Enron's fraud. The chapter also details how the obvious judicial misconduct of Judge Ciavarella in juvenile court went unreported for six years, despite many prosecutors, public defenders, court officers, and police witnessing his tactics to send kids to his private detention center. The chapter concludes by arguing that lawyer-leaders must be morally attuned to the entire ecosystem within which they operate and sustain difficult conversations to ensure the integrity of the enterprise. 6"Keeping Your Head on a Swivel": Maintaining Multiple Vantage Points chapter abstractThis chapter explores the challenges that emerge when conflicts are essentially baked into the lawyer's role, and the dangers that result when lawyer-leaders fail to balance their competing demands. Focusing on the role of general counsel, this chapter examines how lawyers have historically served two principal functions: guiding the business through its strategic priorities and ensuring compliance with the law at all times. As the general counsel role has evolved, the obligations have become increasingly multifaceted and involve greater complexity and tension than previously. The author uses the examples of two specific general counsels, from Hewlett-Packard and Wells Fargo, whose choices to favor one role over competing roles and to ignore the position's broad mandate damaged the interests they were assigned to protect. The chapter concludes by arguing that lawyers must hold multiple perspectives simultaneously or risk threatening the integrity of the system that they safeguard. 7What Got You Here Won't Get You There: Pulling Together the Leadership Lessons for Lawyers chapter abstractThis chapter debunks the view that lawyers need only rely on their technical expertise to lead. Instead, the chapter argues that lawyer-leaders will need to operate as intersectional leaders embracing the five key leadership attributes that are foundational to the intersectional lawyer-leader. This chapter pulls together the leadership lessons gleaned from the examples in the previous chapters to argue that more is required of today's lawyer-leader than business as usual. The author argues that the intersectional leader must be able to connect people and networks in the service of a common good and shared goal. The chapter also explains that effective lawyer-leaders will need to tap into and hone a set of key skills and attributes that enable them to be emotionally intelligent, cognitively competent, culturally competent, and broadly connected. 8Reducing the Danger Ahead: Teaching Lawyers Leadership chapter abstractThis chapter argues that exposing law students to intersectional leadership education is an important first step toward reducing the danger posed by ill-prepared lawyer-leaders. The chapter contends that if law schools seriously intend to prepare the next generation of leaders, they must recognize and embrace the duty to start this process of learning by exposing law students to leadership concepts and lessons through their pedagogy and substantive discussions. Similarly, practicing lawyers who currently function as leaders or have ambitions to such roles will also need to train for this new form of leadership. The chapter urges law schools to provide leadership learning opportunities for students in dedicated courses as well as traditional courses. The chapter suggests that intersectional leadership is a place to start. Conclusion chapter abstractConsidering the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the Brexit movement in the United Kingdom, and the particular populist leaders they have ushered in, this chapter challenges the notion that appeals to nativism, xenophobia, and division are examples of genuine leadership. The author insists that there are three fundamental components to effective leadership. First, the leader must unite people who may have previously disagreed with the leader. Second, a leader must inspire those whom he or she leads, meaning the entire enterprise, its stakeholders, and its clients. Finally, once the leader has united the organization, enterprise, or country, he or she must move it toward a shared vision of a greater good. Given the decentralized nature of governing and complexity of issues the next generation of lawyer-leaders will face, law schools must teach them intersectional leadership to prepare them for the world that is unfolding.
£25.19
Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing Effective Written Advocacy A Practitioners Guide
Book SynopsisThis book not only offers a practical and comprehensive guide to effective written advocacy, but provides worked examples drawn from real cases contributed from todayâs leading and highly successful advocates.Table of ContentsForeword and Acknowledgements Foreword to the First Edition Table of Cases Introduction: The Trend Towards Written Advocacy in Practice PART 1 SKELETON ARGUMENTS AND WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS 1 What the Court Requires 2 What Judges Want PART 2 DEVELOPING WRITTEN ADVOCACY SKILLS 3 Skills for the Practitioner 4 Creating a Style for Written Advocacy 5 Literary Techniques for the Advocate 6 The Technique of Persuasion in Writing 7 The Art of Précis for Lawyers 8 Tasks before Lodging PART 3 WHAT SUCCESSFUL ADVOCATES PROVIDE: WORKED EXAMPLES 9 Introduction to Worked Examples Worked examples A Queen’s Bench trial – Personal injuries – Quantum only – Claimant’s skeleton opening B Queen’s Bench trial – Clinical negligence – Quantum only – Claimant’s skeleton opening C Queen’s Bench Trial – Employer’s duties – Defendant’s skeleton opening D Queen’s Bench application to vacate trial – Claimant’s skeleton argument E Queen’s Bench Commercial Court trial – Claim for Insurance Indemnity – Claimant’s skeleton opening F Queen’s Bench Commercial Court trial – Claim for Third Party Rights to Insurance Policy – Defendant’s skeleton opening G Chancery Division – Application for summary judgment – Skeleton of 2nd Defendant H Chancery Division trial – Professional negligence – Defendant’s skeleton opening I Central Criminal Court – Preliminary issues of law – Defendants’ skeleton submissions J Crown Court at A – Wasted costs application – Respondent’s skeleton submissions K Court of Appeal – Renewal of application for permission – Applicant’s skeleton L Court of Appeal – Defendant Appellant’s skeleton M Court of Appeal – Defendant Appellants’ skeleton N Court of Appeal – Defendant Respondent’s skeleton O Supreme Court – Appellant’s case P Supreme Court – Respondent (Crown)’s case 10 Conclusion: Fifteen Key Points to Writing a Successful Skeleton PART 4 WRITTEN ADVOCACY OUTSIDE THE COURTS 11 Inter-partes Correspondence: The ‘Dear Judge’ Letter 12 Pre-action Protocol Letters of Claim and Reply 13 Part 36 Offers 14 Introduction to Worked Examples Worked examples Q Letter of claim under Pre-action Protocol R Post-issue letter of claim under Pre-action Protocol S Letter in reply to a Pre-action Protocol T Reply to a threat of injunction U Without Prejudice Part 36 offer 15 Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
£39.00
Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing How Judges Decide Cases Reading Writing and
Book SynopsisHow Judges Decide Cases is a unique and practical guide which looks at how cases are decided and judgments are written. It examines the style and language of judges expressing judicial opinion and considers the drive for rational justice.Trade Review"A really useful resource...highly recommended” Law GazetteTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 HOW JUDGES DECIDE CASES 1.1 Judicial transparency 1.2 The mechanics of fact finding 1.3 Questions of weight in fact finding 1.4 Evidence on oath 1.5 The dilemma of impression 1.6 Menschkeit and judicial civility 1.7 Conscious and unconscious bias 1.8 Decision-making in interim applications 1.9 The exercise of judicial discretion 1.10 Decision-making by tribunals 2 THE APPELLATE JUDGMENT 2.1 Appellate courts and tribunals 2.2 Decision-making in the Court of Appeal 2.3 Dissent 2.4 The appeals and appellate committees of the Supreme Court 2.5 Delivery of Supreme Court judgments 2.6 Decision-making by the appellate committee 2.7 The appellate committee and judge-made law 2.8 Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 3 WRITING JUDGMENTS, DECISIONS AND AWARDS 3.1 Delivering and writing judgments 3.2 Preparation 3.3 Judgment in the lower courts 3.4 Judicial training 3.5 On finding facts 3.6 On addressing the loser 3.7 On the task in hand 3.8 On the issue of credibility 3.9 On the use of language 3.10 On using counsel’s written submissions 3.11 Personal views on framework 3.12 Civil fast track 3.13 Family cases 3.14 Master’s or district judge’s application 3.15 High Court trial 3.16 Arbitration 3.17 Writing tribunal decisions 3.18 A general approach 3.18.1 Identify the issues 3.18.2 Finding the facts 3.18.3 Telling the tale 3.18.4 Setting out the law 3.18.5 The parties’ submissions 3.18.6 Stating the conclusions 3.19 Majority decisions 3.20 Interlocutory rulings and orders 3.21 Model decision-writing for tribunals 3.22 Writing appellate judgments 3.23 Appellate tribunal awards 3.24 Court of Appeal judgments 4 READING JUDGMENTS 4.1 Basic principles: focus and time 4.2 Focus 4.3 Time 4.4 Inspectional reading 4.5 The mechanics of analytical reading 4.6 Form and structure 4.7 Preparing an analysis 4.8 Classification 4.9 Interpretation 4.10 Deconstruction 4.11 Syntopical reading 5 THE USE OF LANGUAGE IN JUDGMENTS 5.1 The choice of judicial language 5.2 Linguistic analysis 5.3 The use of words 5.4 The structure of sentences 5.5 The language of lawyers 5.6 Contemporary vocabulary and social change 5.7 Dealing with technical and specialist vocabulary 5.8 The residual use of legal Latin and French 5.9 Literary style in judgments 5.10 Judicial literary techniques 5.11 Imperative and declarative sentences 5.12 The compressive metaphor 5.13 The elegant variation 5.14 The factual allusion 5.15 The literary allusion 5.16 Simplification of ideas 5.17 Other techniques 5.18 The impact of distinctive judicial literary style 6 ANALYSING JUDGMENTS: REASONING, ARGUMENT AND LEGAL LOGIC 6.1 Reasoning, argument and legal logic 6.2 Locating the arguments 6.3 Units of reasoning 6.4 Finding the solution 6.5 The domestic approach 6.6 Judicial reasoning and the role of persuasion 6.7 Distinguishing grammatical and logical interpretation 6.8 Positive judicial argument 6.9 Aids to reasoning 6.10 The judge and the expert 6.11 The use of precedent 6.12 Precedent and reasoning 6.13 At the coal face: trial judges 6.14 Distinguishing your judgment 6.15 Ratio and obiter 7 ANALYSING JUDGMENTS: TECHNIQUES FOR CRITICISM 7.1 Criticising a judgment fairly 7.2 Analysing your disagreement objectively 7.3 Distinguishing between knowledge and opinion 7.4 The focus of your criticism 7.5 The mechanics of fair criticism 7.6 Uninformed 7.7 Misinformed 7.8 Illogical 7.9 Incompleteness 7.10 The structured critique 8 USING LAW REPORTS 8.1 Fundamentals and difficulties 8.2 The functionality of law reports 8.3 Accuracy in law reporting 8.4 Editorial anomalies Bibliography
£49.00
Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing Legal Research A Practitioners Handbook
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents List of Figures and Tables Introduction Acknowledgements PART A - BEFORE TOUCHING A KEYBOARD OR OPENING A BOOK … 1 WHERE TO START THE RESEARCH Preparing to undertake research Analysing the problem Deriving keywords 2 WHICH SOURCES TO USE Classifying the types of information needed Choosing the best source: print or electronic? Which sources should I search first? 3 HOW TO CHOOSE THE SOURCES Asking fundamental questions about a source Be ‘streetwise’ about using the internet PART B -SELECTING THE RIGHT SOURCE AND USING IT EFFECTIVELY 4 GENERAL LAW ENCYCLOPEDIAS Introduction United Kingdom England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland European Union International 5 LEGISLATION Introduction United Kingdom Wales Scotland Northern Ireland European Union International – bilateral treaties International – multilateral treaties (including Council of Europe) UK Treaties and agreements 6 CASE LAW Introduction England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland European Union European Court of Human Rights International 7 PROCEDURAL LAW Criminal procedure Civil procedure 8 STANDARD FORMS AND PRECEDENTS External Internal 9 WORDS AND PHRASES Introduction England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland European Union International 10 UPDATING KNOWN LAW Introduction United Kingdom England and Wales Wales Scotland Northern Ireland European Union Council of Europe International 11 COMMENTARY ON THE LAW Introduction Cross-jurisdictional United Kingdom European Union European human rights International How to cite books and journal articles Commentary via blogs and twitter 12 PRE-LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS United Kingdom European Union European human rights International 13 OTHER OFFICIAL INFORMATION United Kingdom European Union International 14 WHERE TO FIND LEGAL INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN YOUR FIRM OR CHAMBERS England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Other, free sources Three charged-for services 15 BUSINESS INFORMATION Company confirmation statements and accounts Company annual reports Filings by listed companies: offer documents, prospectuses and shareholders’ circulars Company news, market news and deals Credit worthiness Analyst reports and research Share prices Interest rates Business news Company directories Information on individuals 16 INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE AND PERSONALITIES CONNNECTED WITH THE LAW Central government Public bodies Courts Law firms Law libraries Legal professionals and their societies Expert witnesses 17 PORTALS, GATEWAYS AND MORE Portal websites Searchable subject gateway Overseas domestic law International and comparative law PART C - PRESENTING THE RESULTS EFFECTIVELY 18 WRITING TO IMPRESS What this chapter is about Advice on good writing skills Style manuals Style manuals for legal citations PART D - HOW TO GET THE BEST DEAL FROM COMMERCIAL LAW PUBLISHERS 19 BUYING LEGAL INFORMATION Introduction Which are the main commercial publishers? How to buy information in print format Challenges and pitfalls of buying online information Hints and tips when negotiating with online law information providers APPENDICES 1 Lists of Abbreviations 2 What Does this Technical Term Mean? 3 Court Directions Relating to Legal Research 4 Using Databases Better 5 Popular Names Index to UK Cases and EU Legislation and Cases Subject Index Index of Published Materials Index to Databases and Organisations
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Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing Advocacy A Practical Guide
Book Synopsis'Advocacy: A Practical Guide' is for those who wish to learn essential advocacy skills as well as those seeking to make their advocacy more effective. This accessible book is intended to give you essential knowledge, tips, confidence and support.Trade Review“I have read no better guide to the practicalities of good advocacy than Peter Lyons’ book. It is informed by years of experience and by a wealth of illuminating anecdotes that will instruct and entertain all advocates from the novice to the QC. It is easy to understand, comprehensive (from opening submissions, through cross-examination to final speeches) and, as one would expect of a book on advocacy, completely persuasive.” From the foreword by Lord Pannick QC"This book is really first rate and can be read with pleasure and benefit any advocate at any stage of their career." From review by David Pickup in Law Society Gazette.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Presentation Skills 2 The Qualities of a Good Advocate 3 Professional Conduct 4 Case Analysis 5 Interim Applications (Motions) 6 Written Advocacy 7 Skeleton Arguments 8 Preparing Witnesses 9 Examination-in-Chief or Direct Examination 10 Cross-examination 11 Re-examination 12 Expert Witnesses 13 Addresses 14 Submissions of Law 15 Further Reading Appendix Case Study
£21.38
Barwrite Press Perform Your Best on the Bar Exam Performance Test Mpt Train to Finish the Mpt in 90 Minutes Like a Sport
£47.57
Writing on Stone Press Inc So You Want to be a Lawyer Eh
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Lawyering in the
Book SynopsisThis book gives legal practitioners, academics, and law students a comprehensive look at the main impacts of artificial intelligence use in legal practice. Contributors identify the main challenges surrounding a legally compliant and ethical development of AI and craft a framework for analyzing the costs and benefits of new technology.Table of Contents1. Lawyering in the Digital Age Pietro Ortolani and Larry A. DiMatteo; Part I. Effects of Technology on Legal Practice: 2. Disruptive effects of legal tech Larry A. DiMatteo, Jiang Christine Jiaying and Robert Thomas; 3. The effects of technology on legal practice: from punch card to artificial intelligence? Andrė Janssen and Tom J. Vennmanns; 4. Legal drafting and automation Benjamin Werthmann; 5. Emerging rules on artificial intelligence: Trojan horses of ethics in the realm of law? Florian Möslein and Maximilian Horn; Part II. Legal Tech and ADR: 6. Legal tech in ADR Mateja Durovic and Franciszek Lech; 7. A blockchain-based smart dispute resolution method Alessandro Palombo, Raffaele Battaglini and Luigi Cantisani; 8. Digital dispute resolution: blurring the boundaries of ADR Pietro Ortolani; Part III. Legal Tech in Consumer Relations and Small Claims 9. Legal tech in consumer relations and small-value claims: a survey Francisco de Elizalde; 10. Regulation of legal services and access to justice in the digital age: a war report Jin-Ho Verdonschot and Max Houben; 11. Legal tech and EU consumer law Martin Ebers; 12. The two faces of legal tech in B2C relations Eric Tjong Tjin Tai; Part IV. Legal Tech and Public Law: 13. Blockchain's heterotopia: technological infrastructures and lawyering in the public sector Georgios Dimitropoulos; 14. Fundamental rights and the use of artificial intelligence in court Jean-Marc van Gyseghem; 15. Legal tech in public administration: prospects and challenges Antonios Kouroutakis; Part V. Legal Ethics and Societal Values Confront Technology: 16. Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI Michel Cannarsa; 17. Ethical digital lawyering: technical and philosophical insights Mathieu Guillermin, Arnaud Billion, Carine Copain-Héritier and Emmanuel de Vaujany; 18. Law, disintermediation, and the future of trust Christoph Kletzer; Part VI. Fate of the Legal Professions: 19. Lawyering somewhere between computation and the will to act: a digital age reflection Jeffrey M. Lipshaw; 20. Surviving the digital transformation – a method for lawyers to approach legal tech Paw Fruerlund and Sebastian Peters; 21. Road forward: promise and danger Larry A. DiMatteo and Pietro Ortolani.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Professional Judgment for Lawyers
Book SynopsisWritten by the leading authority on legal decision making, Professional Judgment for Lawyers integrates empirical legal research, cognitive and social psychology, organizational behavior, legal ethics, and neuroscience to understand and improve decision making by attorneys, clients, judges, arbitrators, mediators, and juries.Trade Review‘Buy it. Read it. Make better judgments and decisions. … Professional Judgment for Lawyers can help you understand what is going on, become more self-aware, understand your cognitive limitations, and know how to get help when you need it. … Like all of Kiser's books, Professional Judgment for Lawyers is well written, accessible, and a pleasure to read. … Law schools should offer courses on this subject with this book as the core text. Law firms should conduct in-house seminars and workshops with this book as the guide. Bar associations should offer CLE programs based on Professional Judgment for Lawyers."‘This new book, like Randy Kiser’s others, truly is a must-read. It showcases his unusual and enviable talent for pulling together empirical work from very diverse fields. So insightful for practice and law teaching alike. Highly recommend.’ -- Donna Shestowsky, Director of Lawyering Skills Education and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, U.C. Davis School of Law, US‘Randy Kiser’s Professional Judgment for Lawyers is a tour-de-force book every lawyer, law student, judge, arbitrator, mediator, and public policy maker should read and study. It draws on empirical research and theoretical models about human decision-making and judgment. The chapter capsules which end chapters offer wonderful syntheses of the breadth of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks about lawyering, decision-making by actors in legal systems, and policies to improve the quality of legal rules and institutions. This masterpiece is a gift for those who are in the legal profession to help them improve their professional and personal decision-making and judgment.’ -- Peter H. Huang, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Law School, US‘This is a fascinating and important book. Its overarching aim is vital: to improve decision making in all corners of the world of law. A wonderful antidote to the superficial blogs that threaten to obscure our understanding of lawyers and lawyering, Kiser has gifted us a fine volume that is clearly the result of extensive empirical research and deep reflection.' -- Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society for Computers and Law‘It’s been nearly 15 years since Randall Kiser jumpstarted the field of lawyer decision making with his seminal study in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Now, several books later, we have Professional Judgment for Lawyers, which weaves together the threads of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, emotion, and decision making with the context of lawyers, clients, judges, mediators, arbitrators, and jurors. This book can be safely viewed as Kiser’s magnum opus, as the depth and breadth of learning (combined with its accessibility) is truly staggering. This is a book that belongs in every lawyer’s library.’ -- William Henderson, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Principles and Challenges 2 Neuroscience and Cognition 3 Emotions. 4 Legal Analysis and Reasoning 5 Attorneys and Clients 6 Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators 7 Jurors and Juries 8 Insight, Hindsight, and Foresight 9 Expertise, Motivation, and Wisdom 10 Decision-making Styles 11 Individual Decision-making Expertise 12 Group Decision-making Expertise 13 Ten Decision-making Tenets Index
£114.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Professional Judgment for Lawyers
Book SynopsisWritten by the leading authority on legal decision making, Professional Judgment for Lawyers integrates empirical legal research, cognitive and social psychology, organizational behavior, legal ethics, and neuroscience to understand and improve decision making by attorneys, clients, judges, arbitrators, mediators, and juries.Trade Review‘Buy it. Read it. Make better judgments and decisions. … Professional Judgment for Lawyers can help you understand what is going on, become more self-aware, understand your cognitive limitations, and know how to get help when you need it. … Like all of Kiser's books, Professional Judgment for Lawyers is well written, accessible, and a pleasure to read. … Law schools should offer courses on this subject with this book as the core text. Law firms should conduct in-house seminars and workshops with this book as the guide. Bar associations should offer CLE programs based on Professional Judgment for Lawyers."‘This new book, like Randy Kiser’s others, truly is a must-read. It showcases his unusual and enviable talent for pulling together empirical work from very diverse fields. So insightful for practice and law teaching alike. Highly recommend.’ -- Donna Shestowsky, Director of Lawyering Skills Education and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, U.C. Davis School of Law, US‘Randy Kiser’s Professional Judgment for Lawyers is a tour-de-force book every lawyer, law student, judge, arbitrator, mediator, and public policy maker should read and study. It draws on empirical research and theoretical models about human decision-making and judgment. The chapter capsules which end chapters offer wonderful syntheses of the breadth of empirical studies and theoretical frameworks about lawyering, decision-making by actors in legal systems, and policies to improve the quality of legal rules and institutions. This masterpiece is a gift for those who are in the legal profession to help them improve their professional and personal decision-making and judgment.’ -- Peter H. Huang, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado, Law School, US‘This is a fascinating and important book. Its overarching aim is vital: to improve decision making in all corners of the world of law. A wonderful antidote to the superficial blogs that threaten to obscure our understanding of lawyers and lawyering, Kiser has gifted us a fine volume that is clearly the result of extensive empirical research and deep reflection.' -- Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society for Computers and Law‘It’s been nearly 15 years since Randall Kiser jumpstarted the field of lawyer decision making with his seminal study in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Now, several books later, we have Professional Judgment for Lawyers, which weaves together the threads of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, emotion, and decision making with the context of lawyers, clients, judges, mediators, arbitrators, and jurors. This book can be safely viewed as Kiser’s magnum opus, as the depth and breadth of learning (combined with its accessibility) is truly staggering. This is a book that belongs in every lawyer’s library.’ -- William Henderson, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Principles and Challenges 2 Neuroscience and Cognition 3 Emotions. 4 Legal Analysis and Reasoning 5 Attorneys and Clients 6 Judges, Arbitrators, and Mediators 7 Jurors and Juries 8 Insight, Hindsight, and Foresight 9 Expertise, Motivation, and Wisdom 10 Decision-making Styles 11 Individual Decision-making Expertise 12 Group Decision-making Expertise 13 Ten Decision-making Tenets Index
£66.45
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Effective Communication for Lawyers
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This is a highly useful, clear and interesting read. David Cowan guides us through why great communication is such a vital skill for legal professionals but then, most importantly, he gives the tools which enable us to do this ourselves - impactfully and simply. An excellent contribution.’ -- Christina Blacklaws, entrepreneur and innovator, Chair of LawTech UK and former President of the Law Society of England and Wales‘If communication, as David suggests, is better understood as the activity of sharing, then I think we are all fortunate that he has shared with us his insights into effective communication in this invaluable book. As a practising lawyer, I would rank effective communication as the most valuable skill a lawyer can possess; one that we must continually develop. The Dialogue Box is an excellent practical tool which aids that development for everyone from the first year law student to the most seasoned practitioner.’ -- Tara Doyle, Matheson, Dublin, Ireland‘This book does much more than it says on the tin. As well as being a first-rate practical guide, it offers a deeply informed analysis of the changing nature of legal communications in a digital society. Wide-ranging, well-researched, and ambitious, it should be mandatory reading across the world of law.’ -- Richard Susskind, President, Society for Computers and LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Dialogue and law – new horizons 2. Law as communication, communication as law PART I THE COMMUNICATING LAWYER 3. Emotional lawyering 4. Collaborative lawyering 5. Changing channel 6. Changing paradigms – confront or collaborate? PART II THE DIALOGUE BOX FOR LAWYERS 7. Introducing the Dialogue Box 8. The Intelligence Zon 9. The Emotion Zone 10. The Interpretation Zone 11. The Narrative Zone 12. Ready to dialogue? Index
£24.65
Cambridge University Press Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, Randall Kiser presents a multi-disciplinary, practice-based introduction to the major soft skills for lawyers: self-awareness, self-development, social proficiency, wisdom, leadership, and professionalism. The work serves as both a map and a vehicle for developing the skills essential to self-knowledge and fulfillment, organizational respect and accomplishment, client satisfaction and appreciation, and professional improvement and distinction. It identifies the most important soft skills for attorneys, describes and applies hundreds of studies regarding psychology, law, and soft skills, and provides concrete steps and methods to improve soft skills. The book should be read by law students, attorneys, and anyone else interested in how lawyers should practice law.Trade Review'Any objective reading of this book would conclude that legal education has been scooped by Randall Kiser. Building upon his prior research on why some trial lawyers consistently outperform others, Kiser has delved deeper into the component parts of lawyer success. Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer creates a simplifying and unifying framework that ties together research from a wide array of disciplines, and then places these insights into a practical format for lifetime self-improvement. In addition to applying Soft Skills to my own professional life, I am building a curriculum around this book. History will judge Kiser and Soft Skills as part of a major breakthrough in changing legal education for the better.' William Henderson, Professor and Stephen F. Burns Chair on the Legal Profession, Indiana University Maurer School of Law'A remarkable achievement, this book has the power to change how the profession thinks about the skills required for excellence. Marshalling the best available research and packed with insights, Soft Skills for Effective Lawyers will help aspiring lawyers acquire the skills required for successful practice, lasting client relations, and a fulfilling career. I know of no other book on lawyering with the scope and depth of this masterly work.' Sverre Blandhol, Universitetet i Oslo and founder of Palatin AS'Recent empirical evidence establishes that 'soft' skills are essential for effective lawyering and many lawyers come up short. Good news, though - soft skills can be learned and here is a book that teaches lawyers how to master these skills. Randall Kiser succeeds in demystifying what distinguishes top performing attorneys from those who are merely technically competent. Reading this book is sure to enhance your performance as a lawyer and equip you to fill the needs for which clients seek our counsel. It builds chapter by chapter to the real payoff of providing insight into wisdom, leadership, and professionalism. This book helps lawyers who have the intellectual hardware develop the software necessary to become legal counselors.' Jay Folberg, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of San Francisco School of Law'Just as the legal profession is beginning to understand the critical need for soft skills, along comes Randall Kiser with an engaging and well-researched book that not only explains key soft skills such as emotional intelligence, professionalism, perspective taking, and decision making, but provides practical information on how to increase skills. Full of interesting examples, studies, interviews, and expert tips, this is a book that should be on the shelf of any lawyer interested in excelling in an increasingly competitive market.' Teresa Frisbie, Director, Dispute Resolution Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law'Based on hundreds of empirical studies, Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer is at the leading edge of the future of the legal profession. Contrary to conventional legal training, which puts the emphasis quasi-exclusively on logical and rational legal reasoning, Randall Kiser demonstrates in a persuasive manner that lawyers' effectiveness is largely influenced by their mastery of 'soft skills': self-awareness, self-development, social proficiency, wisdom, leadership, and professionalism. With this convincing evidence, the time is ripe for law schools to introduce soft skills training into their course curriculums. Kiser provides a variety of tools and techniques to assist lawyers to improve, recover, and enhance their long forgotten soft skills.' Véronique Fraser, Professor, Dispute Resolution Program, Faculty of Law, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada'This book is onto something crucial to attorneys, and we should all listen very carefully. Time and time again, I've seen the thoughtful use of soft skills help produce the best results in resolving civil disputes as well as managing through crisis events. We can all benefit from Randall Kiser's well-researched work and practical advice in this critical area.' Mark LeHocky, former public company general counsel, and Adjunct Professor of Mediation Advocacy, University of California, Davis'Pretty much everything that Randy Kiser publishes is simply brilliant. I can't wait to read this new book.' Donna Shestowsky, Indisputably (www.indisputably.org)'The book synthesizes a great deal of research on psychology and lawyers, citing numerous empirical studies. It would be useful as a recommended reading for law students who want to get a head-start on honing skills that they will really need after graduation.' John Lande, Best Practices for Legal Education (www.bestpracticeslegaled.albanylawblogs.org)'Soft Skills for the Effective Lawyer lives up to its title with a studious examination of invaluable 'soft skills' for the legal profession - vital abilities that not traditionally studied in law school, including communication skills, resilience, leadership, and empathy. Chapters discuss the most essential soft skills, and effective ways to cultivate and maintain them, with particular emphasis on Wisdom, Self-Awareness, Self-Development, Social Proficiency, Leadership, and Professionalism. An index rounds out this invaluable supplementary resource for self- improvement, highly recommended especially for college library collections and the personal reading lists of legal professionals.' James A. Cox, Library Bookwatch'This is a great book for lawyers. It explains skills that help lawyers do a better job for their clients. Some of these skills are patience, trust, and optimism. People can develop these skills and make them stronger. For example, the book lists seven ideas for lawyers to help them be more creative … It should be mandatory reading for every lawyer, law student, law professor, and CLE provider.' Lainey Feingold, Disability Rights LawyerTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Essential soft skills; 3. Self-awareness; 4. Self-development; 5. Social proficiency; 6. Wisdom; 7. Leadership; 8. Professionalism; 9. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Intricacies of Dicta and Dissent
Book SynopsisCommon-law judgments tend to be more than merely judgments, for judges often make pronouncements that they need not have made had they kept strictly to the task in hand. Why do they do this? The Intricacies of Dicta and Dissent examines two such types of pronouncement, obiter dicta and dissenting opinions, primarily as aspects of English case law. Neil Duxbury shows that both of these phenomena have complex histories, have been put to a variety of uses, and are not amenable to being straightforwardly categorized as secondary sources of law. This innovative and unusual study casts new light on and will prompt lawyers to pose fresh questions about the common law tradition and the nature of judicial decision-making.Trade Review'Professor Duxbury provides us with a wealth of scholarship and some valuable insights into two aspects of judging which have not received much attention to date. In particular, he shows us how the two are inter-related – all dissents being essentially obiter dicta – and debunks the myth that today's dissent is tomorrow's orthodoxy – although I hope that it is not always a myth.' Brenda Hale, the Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom'A very thoughtful discussion of two aspects of judicial practice which deserve more attention, exploring how obiter dicta are used to fit an individual case into a wider principled legal scheme and what moves judges to write dissents. It encouraged me to reflect more deeply about my own judicial writing.' Philip Sales, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council'In these twin essays of breathtaking range and erudition, Neil Duxbury illuminates two largely unstudied ways in which judges contribute to the common law by expressing views that create no binding precedent. Anyone interested in the craft of judging will be wiser, as well as hugely well informed, after reading this book.' George Leggatt, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom'Advocates and judges constitute a small minority of the legal profession. But they and others will be rewarded by reading this attractive, succinct monograph, which is an exemplary and insightful study into under-appreciated aspects of the craft of judgment writing and legal argument…. It is difficult to imagine readers who would not emerge wiser from reading the account of the changing attitudes to majority decisions of multi-member courts.' Mark Leeming, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Cambridge Law Journal'Anyone writing on either dicta or dissent shall firmly stand upon the shoulders of this book.' Elijah Granet, Notes on the Style of the Law'I warmly recommend this lepidum novum libellum. Its charm is different from that of Catullus, but it is immensely readable, and readers will be richly rewarded.' Mark Leeming, Cambridge Law JournalTable of ContentsPreface; Table of cases; Prologue; Essay I. Dicta: introduction; 1. The civilian dimension; 2. Case law as common law; 3. 'Obiter' as legal entity; 4. Dicta depicted; 5. Oblique strategies; 6. Engines of confusion; 7. The necessity test; 8. Cheap talk; 9. Dicta and dicta; 10. Nearly law?; 11. Observation and authority; 12. The sources problem; Essay II. Dissent: introduction; 13. Some preliminary observations on dissent; 14. The nature of judicial dissent; 15. Without contraries is no progression?; 16. Stalemates and motivations; 17. Dissents, decisions, and courts; 18. The tug of unanimity in England's courts; 19. Dissent in an apex court; 20. When is a dissent not a dissent?; 21. Minorities as authorities; 22. Are we agreed?; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Formation of Professional Identity
Book SynopsisBecoming a lawyer is about much more than acquiring knowledge and technique. As law students learn the law and acquire some basic skills, they are also inevitably forming a deep sense of themselves in their new roles as lawyers. That sense of self the student's nascent professional identity needs to take a particular form if the students are to fulfil the public purposes of lawyers and find deep meaning and satisfaction in their work. In this book, Professors Patrick Longan, Daisy Floyd, and Timothy Floyd combine what they have learned in many years of teaching and research concerning the lawyer's professional identity with lessons derived from legal ethics, moral psychology, and moral philosophy. They describe in depth the six virtues that every lawyer needs as part of his or her professional identity, and they explore both the obstacles to acquiring and deploying those virtues and strategies for overcoming those impediments. The result is a straightforward guide for law stuTable of Contents1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Motivation and Professional Identity; 3. Competence as a Professional Virtue; 4. Fidelity to the Client as a Professional Virtue; 5. Fidelity to the Law as a Professional Virtue; 6. Public Spiritedness as a Professional Virtue; 7. Civility as a Professional Virtue; 8. Practical Wisdom as a Professional Virtue; 9. Professional Identity and the Future of the Legal Profession
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Cambridge University Press Artificial Intelligence and Legal Analytics
Book SynopsisThe field of artificial intelligence (AI) and the law is on the cusp of a revolution that began with text analytic programs like IBM''s Watson and Debater and the open-source information management architectures on which they are based. Today, new legal applications are beginning to appear and this book - designed to explain computational processes to non-programmers - describes how they will change the practice of law, specifically by connecting computational models of legal reasoning directly with legal text, generating arguments for and against particular outcomes, predicting outcomes and explaining these predictions with reasons that legal professionals will be able to evaluate for themselves. These legal applications will support conceptual legal information retrieval and allow cognitive computing, enabling a collaboration between humans and computers in which each does what it can do best. Anyone interested in how AI is changing the practice of law should read this illuminating wTrade Review'In relation to the composition of this book, it provides a comprehensive and user-friendly description of this interdisciplinary area, focusing on the suitability of developing legal devices based on artificial intelligence. The structure of the work allows users to analyse how representation of legal logic knowledge occurs, and its suitability for computational implementations … On this matter, the author provides relevant and understandable illustrations that facilitate the linkage between theory and the development of the techno legal implementations. … Artificial Intelligence and Legal Analytics: New Tools for Law Practice in the Digital Age is a fundamental work for those of us who are interested in the intersection between intelligent technology and the legal field, and its promising future.' Jesus Manuel Niebla Zatarain, SCRIPTedTable of ContentsPart I. Computational Models of Legal Reasoning: 1. Introducing AI and Law and its role in future legal practice; 2. Modeling statutory reasoning; 3. Modeling case-based legal reasoning; 4. Models for predicting legal outcomes; 5. Computational models of legal argument; Part II. Legal Text Analytics: 6. Representing legal concepts in ontologies and type systems; 7. Making legal informational retrieval smarter; 8. Machine learning with legal texts; 9. Extracting information from statutory and regulatory texts; 10. Extracting argument-related information from legal case texts; Part III. Connecting Computational Reasoning Models and Legal Texts: 11. Conceptual legal information retrieval for cognitive computing; 12. Cognitive computing legal apps.
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Edinburgh University Press Avizandum Statutes on Scots Family Law
Book SynopsisAvizandum Statutes on Scots Family Law: A Practitioner's Handbook provides the family law practitioner with a handy portable compendium of all the relevant primary and secondary legislation.
£100.00
LexisNexis UK InHouse Lawyers Handbook
Book SynopsisButterworths In House Lawyers'' Handbook is the first and only text to bring together all the practical guidance, precedents, expert commentary and key source material for the in-house law department.In-house lawyers in all types of institutions will benefit from the insights Ian Jones' commentary provides. The book covers all the key planks of the internal legal advisors' role, from managing a legal team to handling the procurement process.In today''s world, in-house counsel in businesses and the public sector are expected to have a thorough understanding of the aims and activities of their institution, and relate that understanding to the advice they give their employer. Aside from this requirement, the in-house lawyer needs a high level understanding of a range of legal issues in multiple jurisdictions and to know how to access that information quickly. This book assists that by providing key precedents and accessible information on a range of the most common issues in core jurisdic
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Pearson Education Legal English
Book SynopsisWilliam R. McKay is a qualified solicitor and Senior Lecturer on the Legal Practice Course at London Metropolitan University. He teaches Business Law and Practice, Intellectual Property, Employment Law, and Mediation. He has also taught civil litigation, civil advocacy, opinion writing, drafting, and employment law on the Bar Vocational Course. Helen E. Charlton (LL B and MA TEFL) has taught English as a foreign language for several leading language schools. She teaches Business English to clients from major corporations and has worked in Japan. Grant Barsoumis a Senior Lecturer in Academic English and Academic Skills at London Metropolitan University. In addition to his extensive experience in teaching English in the UK, Egypt and France, he has worked for over ten years as a translator and interpreter for the legal profession. For the last ten years he has been teaching at universities with parTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface to the second edition Chapter 1: Academic writing Chapter 2: Reading law at university Chapter 3: Writing letters, e-mails and internal documents Chapter 4: Drafting legal documents for business Chapter 5: Drafting for court Chapter 6: Oral presentation skills Chapter 7: Interviewing and advising Chapter 8: Negotiation Chapter 9: Advocacy Appendix: Legal study and research guide Glossary Suggested answers to exercises
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Nolo Nolos Deposition Handbook
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Barcharts, Inc Legal Writing QuickStudy Laminated Reference
Book SynopsisBest practices for legal writing in the workplace and for students of law. BarCharts, Inc was founded on our law guides created by the owner, designed to understand the significance of details within the larger scheme of the law, as a daily refresher, and to review before the Bar Exam. Twenty five years later we keep those guides up to date for students of law and criminal justice, paralegals and practicing lawyers to have the most handy legal reference to the most important points of the law possible in 6 laminated pages. 6-page laminated guide includes: Essentials of a Legal Memorandum Creating the Heading Explaining the Facts Drafting the Question Presented Drafting the Brief Answer Section Drafting the Discussion Section Drafting the Conclusion Section More Complex Organization Plans Best Practices for Editing & Revising Types of Legal Logic Plain English Translation Table Suggested uses: Students -- keep your legal writing in check with a quick review plus constant refreshers bef
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University of Toronto Press Essays in the History of Canadian Law Volume VII
Book SynopsisLaw firms are important economic institutions in this country: they collect hundreds of millions of dollars annually in fees, they order the affairs of businesses and of many government agencies, and their members include some of the most influential Canadians. Some firms have a history stretching back nearly two hundred years, and many are over a century old. Yet the history of law firms in Canada has remained largely unknown. This collection of essays, Volume VII in the Osgoode Society's series of Essays in the History of Canadian Law, is the first focused study of a variety of law firms and how they have evolved over a century and a half, from the golden age of the sole practitioner in the pre-industrial era to the recent rise of the mega-firm. The volume as a whole is an exploration of the impact of economic and social change on law-firm culture and organization. The introduction by Carol Wilton provides a chronological overview of Canadian law-firm evolution and emphasizes
£36.00
Xlibris Corporation Criminal Procedure Law
£16.71
Wolters Kluwer Principles of Appellate Advocacy Aspen Coursebook
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Wolters Kluwer Clear and Effective Legal Writing
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£131.10
Wolters Kluwer Legal Writing and Analysis Aspen Coursebook
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£103.42
Aspen Publishers Basic Legal Research Tools and Strategies Aspen
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£101.06
New York University Press The Plea of Innocence
Book SynopsisProposes groundbreaking, fundamental reform for the adversarial legal system to keep innocent people from going to prison We rely on the adversarial legal system to hold offenders accountable, ensure everyone is playing by the same rules, and keep our streets safe. Unfortunately, a grave condition lingers under the surface: at all times the imprisonment of possibly tens of thousands of innocent people. The Plea of Innocence offers a fundamental reform of the adversarial system: plausibly innocent people may now plead innocent and require the government to search for exonerating facts; in return, they will be required to waive their right to remain silent, speak to government agents, and participate in a search for truth. While almost all the participants within the system hope that only guilty people will be convicted, the unfortunate reality is that innocent people are convicted and imprisoned at an alarming rate. With the privatization of defense institutions, accused innocent peopleTrade Review"Featuring compelling analysis and exceptional scholarship, The Plea of Innocence illustrates how the justice system can be revised to protect innocent people from conviction. Few books could be more important or timely." -- Brian Levin, California State University, San Bernardino"Worthy of full consideration by legal scholars and anyone with an interest in justice for those who are innocent." -- Ros Burnett, University of Oxford"A timely and important contribution. As calls for reforming the justice system increasingly enter into the public sphere, Bakken offers a compelling path forward, one that is both possible and revolutionary." -- Marvin Zalman, Wayne State University"Remarkable and convincing. The book is well-written, thoroughly researched and enjoyable to read. It is a rethinking of the criminal law that everyone involved in the criminal justice system should read and contemplate." -- John Hill * The Lawyer's Daily *
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New York University Press Lawyer Nation
Book SynopsisExplores the critical role that American lawyers have played since the nation's founding and what the future holds for the professionThe American legal profession faces significant challenges: the changing nature of work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; calls for greater racial and gender justice; threats to democracy; the inaccessibility of legal services for the majority of Americans; the risk of obsolescence owing to the emergence of new technologies; and the disaffection many lawyers feel toward their work. Ambitious in its scope yet straightforward in its approach, Lawyer Nation seeks to address these crises by offering a path forward for the legal profession. Ray Brescia provides concrete ideas for transforming law into a field whose services are accessible, egalitarian, and viable in the long term. Further, he addresses how the profession can improve so that the health of its practitioners is not compromised in the process. If the legal profession does not respond to its cr
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New York University Press Essential Legal English in Context
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lawyers and the Rule of Law
Book SynopsisThis book examines lawyers' contributions to creating and maintaining the rule of law, one of the pillars of a liberal democracy. It moves from the European Enlightenment to the modern day, exploring the role of judges, government lawyers, and private practitioners in creating, defining, and being defined by, the demands of modern society. The book is divided into 4 parts representing the big themes. The first part considers lawyers' contribution to the growth of constitutionalism, the second, the formulation of roles and identities, and the third the formation of values. The fourth part focuses on the challenges faced by lawyers and the rule of law in the past 50 years, the neoliberal period, and how they challenge both conceptions of lawyers and the rule of law. Each part is illustrated by defining events, from the execution of Charles I, through the Nuremberg Trials, to the insurrection by supporters of Donald Trump in January 2021. Although the focus is on England and Wales, parallel developments in other jurisdictions, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA, are considered. This allows analysis of lawyers' historical and contemporary engagement with the rule of law in jurisdictional systems based on the Common Law. Each chapter is thematic, but the passage through the book is broadly chronological.Trade ReviewLawyers and the Rule of Law is worth reading … the book has a respect for its subject – almost a reverence – which in this age of ‘polycrises’ is good to see. It engages and stimulates; it is not anodyne; it challenges us. -- John Flood * Journal of Law and Society *Table of Contents1. Lawyers and the Rule of Law PART 1 GOVERNMENT 2. Revolution 3. Constitution 4. Execution 5. Institution PART 2 PRACTICE 6. Identity 7. Individuality 8. Legality 9. Morality PART 3 PROFESSION 10. Organisation 11. Regulation 12. Representation 13. Incrimination PART 4 FUTURES 14. Professionalism 15. Corporatocracy 16. Globalisation 17. Democracy 18. Epilogue
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