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This text explores legal concepts, legal reasoning and legal processes - illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice - in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Why Social Workers Study the Law: Knowledge for Practice 2. Exploring Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy 3. The Development of the Law 4. The Practice of Law 5. The Litigation Process: Dissecting a Court Casel 6. Protection of Individuals and the Preservation of Social Order 7. How Courts Make Legal Decisions About People's Lives 8. Torts: How the Law Provides Compensation for Injury and Deters Unsafe Practicesl Work Practice 9. Contracts and Other Legal Issues in the Management of Social Work Practicea Private Practice Appendix: Legal Research Statutory Law Case Law Electronic Legal Research References Cases and Laws Cited Index

Essential Law for Social Workers

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 1 October 2003
      ISBN-13 9780231123204
      978-0231123204
      ISBN-10 0231123205
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      Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines Social work

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text explores legal concepts, legal reasoning and legal processes - illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice - in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Why Social Workers Study the Law: Knowledge for Practice 2. Exploring Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy 3. The Development of the Law 4. The Practice of Law 5. The Litigation Process: Dissecting a Court Casel 6. Protection of Individuals and the Preservation of Social Order 7. How Courts Make Legal Decisions About People's Lives 8. Torts: How the Law Provides Compensation for Injury and Deters Unsafe Practicesl Work Practice 9. Contracts and Other Legal Issues in the Management of Social Work Practicea Private Practice Appendix: Legal Research Statutory Law Case Law Electronic Legal Research References Cases and Laws Cited Index

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