Introduction To Legal Method And Process Cases And Materials

Includes new developments, gives emphasis to questions of professional responsibility, and a chapter on the criminal justice system. Also contains sections on materials and methods of the study of law, the anatomy of a legal dispute, analysis and synthesis of judicial decisions, and interpretation of statutes.

This innovative casebook on legal method and process introduces students to the synthesis of judicial opinions, analysis of statutory issues, and the role of the lawyer, the courts, and the legislature in conflict resolution. The book challenges students with diverse topics in civil procedure, torts, and criminal law. Its Anatomy of a Legal Dispute shows students how a case progresses through the court system and how a seemingly straightforward car accident case may raise complex jurisdiction and judgment collection issues, and issues relating to ancillary proceedings and litigation strategy. The Sixth Edition offers updated advice for students beginning their legal studies and plug-and-play exercises to help faculty bring classroom discussion of precedent into today's context.

This casebook provides detailed information on legal methods. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series; , it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.

"This casebook supports an introductory course in legal reasoning. It is designed to initiate students in the legal methods of case law analysis and statutory interpretation. In a course of this kind, students should acquire or refine the techniques of close reading, analogizing, distinguishing, positing related fact patterns, and criticizing judicial and legislative exposition and logic. This book seeks to acquaint students with their new rhetorical and logical surroundings before, or together with, the students' first encounters with the substance of contracts, torts, or other first-year courses."--Publisher's website.