Authors: Constantinos E. Scaros
ISBN-13: 9780735568389, ISBN-10: 0735568383
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: September 2007
Edition: 3rd Edition
Concise and readable, the student-friendly text; Learning About the Law, Third Edition is designed to give students an understandable introduction to the legal system. Proven strengths include:
Chapter 1. The American Legal System
Chapter 2. Legal Research: Finding the Law
Chapter 3. Briefing a Case
Chapter 4. Legal Writing: Basic Organization
Chapter 5. Introduction to Law
Chapter 6. Contracts
Chapter 7. Torts
Chapter 8. Criminal Law
Chapter 9. Ethics
Chapter 10. Careers
Afterword: Is the Law for You?
Appendix A: Being a Paralegal
Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States
Appendix C. The Emancipation Proclamation
Appendix D. Ethics Codes