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The Common Place of Law

Author : Patricia Ewick
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022621270X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Common Place of Law written by Patricia Ewick and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some people not hesitate to call the police to quiet a barking dog in the middle of the night, while others accept the pain and losses associated with defective products, unsuccesful surgery, and discrimination? Patricia Ewick and Susan Silbey collected accounts of the law from more than four hundred people of diverse backgrounds in order to explore the different ways that people use and experience it. Their fascinating and original study identifies three common narratives of law that are captured in the stories people tell. One narrative is based on an idea of the law as magisterial and remote. Another views the law as a game with rules that can be manipulated to one's advantage. A third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power that is actively resisted. Drawing on these extensive case studies, Ewick and Silbey present individual experiences interwoven with an analysis that charts a coherent and compelling theory of legality. A groundbreaking study of law and narrative, The Common Place of Law depicts the institution as it is lived: strange and familiar, imperfect and ordinary, and at the center of daily life.

Legal Ethics Stories

Author : Deborah L. Rhode
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587789359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Legal Ethics Stories written by Deborah L. Rhode and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of ten significant ethics rulings reveal the rich background surrounding salient cases on issues of race, gender, class, taxation, bankruptcy, defense representation, confidentiality, practicing with law partners, and greed. The story behind each case provides a look into its immediate impact as well as its continuing importance in shaping the law. This book serves as a reminder that ultimately law is about human beings, not ?doctrines? or even ?cases,? because the human lives it addresses are real and vivid. The stories typify issues that most lawyers confront in one form or other at some time in their careers. In a striking way, the stories bring a human dimension to the pressures lawyers face, the ethical decisions they confront, the institutions they work in, and the daily choices they make.

Law Stories

Author : Gary Bellow
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472085190
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Law Stories written by Gary Bellow and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1998-05-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounts of law problems and the way they were handled, written by the responsible lawyers

Lawtalk

Author : James E. Clapp
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030017246X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Lawtalk written by James E. Clapp and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: boilerplate, jailbait, pound of flesh, rainmaker, the third degree. This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars. Lively and unexpected, Lawtalk will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another.

Legal Fictions

Author : Jay Wishengrad
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780879515409
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Legal Fictions written by Jay Wishengrad and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for literary lawyers as well as the general reader, Legal Fictions is a comprehensive and entertaining literary look at a perennially fascinating and controversial subject - lawyers and the law.

Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories

Author : Melissa Murray
Publisher : Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 9781683289920
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Rights and Justice Stories written by Melissa Murray and published by Foundation Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the movement and litigation stories behind important reproductive rights and justice cases. The twelve chapters span topics including contraception, abortion, pregnancy, and assisted reproductive technologies, telling the stories of these cases using a wide-lens perspective that illuminates the complex ways law is debated and forged--in social movements, in representative government, and in courts. Some of the chapters shed new light on cases that are very much part of the constitutional law canon--Griswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs. Others introduce the reader to new cases from state and lower federal courts that illuminate paths not taken in the law. Reading the cases together highlights the lived horizon in which individuals have encountered and struggled with questions of reproductive rights and justice at different eras in our nation's history--and so reveals the many faces of law and legal change. The volume is being published at a critical and perhaps pivotal moment for this area of law. The changing composition of the Supreme Court, increased executive and legislative action, and shifting political interests have all pushed issues of reproductive rights and justice to the forefront of contemporary discourse. The volume is suited to a wide range of law school courses, including constitutional law, family law, employment law, and reproductive rights and justice; it could also be assigned in undergraduate or graduate courses on history, gender studies, and reproductive rights and justice.

Law's Stories

Author : Peter Brooks
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300074901
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Law's Stories written by Peter Brooks and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The law is full of stories, ranging from the competing narratives presented at trials to the Olympian historical narratives set forth in Supreme Court opinions. How those stories are told and listened to makes a crucial difference to those whose lives are reworked in legal storytelling. The public at large has increasingly been drawn to law as an area where vivid human stories are played out with distinctively high stakes. And scholars in several fields have recently come to recognize that law's stories need to be studied critically. This notable volume--inspired by a symposium held at Yale Law School--brings together an exceptional group of well-known figures in law and literary studies to take a probing look at how and why stories are told in the law and how they are constructed and made effective. Why is it that some stories--confessions, victim impact statements--can be excluded from decisionmakers' hearing? How do judges claim the authority by which they impose certain stories on reality? Law's Stories opens new perspectives on the law, as narrative exchange, performance, explanation. It provides a compelling encounter of law and literature, seen as two wary but necessary interlocutors. Contributors J. M. Balkin Peter Brooks Harlon L. Dalton Alan M. Dershowitz Daniel A. Farber Robert A. Ferguson Paul Gewirtz John Hollander Anthony Kronman Pierre N. Leval Sanford Levinson Catharine MacKinnon Janet Malcolm Martha Minow David N. Rosen Elaine Scarry Louis Michael Seidman Suzanna Sherry Reva B. Siegel Robert Weisberg

Legal Stories

Author : Gregory Steirer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472076825
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Legal Stories written by Gregory Steirer and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How copyright law and the practice of narrative-based property development influenced each other before 1978

American Legal News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Legal News written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also contains: Directory of reliable lawyers.

A Good Quarrel

Author : Jerry Goldman
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472022008
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book A Good Quarrel written by Jerry Goldman and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While reading what top legal reporters say about some of the most important U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in recent history, go to this website to listen to audio and hear for yourself the very style and delivery of the oral arguments that have shaped the history of our nation's highest law. See Preface for full instructions. Contributors Charles Bierbauer, CNN Lyle Denniston, scotusblog.com Fred Graham, Court TV Brent Kendall, Los Angeles Daily Journal Steve Lash, Houston Chronicle Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com Tony Mauro, American Lawyer Media Tim O'Brien, ABC News David Savage, Los Angeles Times Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Nina Totenberg, NPR Timothy R. Johnson teaches in the Department of Political Science and the Law School at the University of Minnesota. Jerry Goldman teaches political science at Northwestern University and directs the OYEZ Project, a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court, at www.oyez.org. Cover sketch by Dana Verkouteren "Supreme Court oral arguments are good government in action. A Good Quarrel brilliantly showcases this important aspect of the Court's work." ---Paul Clement, Partner, King & Spalding, and former United States Solicitor General "Few legal experiences are as exhilarating as a Supreme Court oral argument---a unique art form that this superb collection brings vividly to life." ---Kathleen Sullivan, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver and Hedges, and former Dean, Stanford Law School "[A Good Quarrel] shines a brilliant spotlight on the pivotal moment of advocacy when the Supreme Court confronts the nation's most profound legal questions." ---Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Akin Gump, and Lecturer, Supreme Court Litigation, Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School "A brilliant way to understand America's most important mysterious institution." ---Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School

Legal Briefs

Author : William Bernhardt
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385491389
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book Legal Briefs written by William Bernhardt and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of crime and court stories. One story is on a relationship between an experienced lawyer and one just starting his career, in another the prosecutor falls for the defendant.

Legal Evidence and Proof

Author : Henry Prakken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131710630X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Legal Evidence and Proof written by Henry Prakken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of recent scandals concerning evidence and proof in the administration of criminal justice - ranging from innocent people on death row in the United States to misuse of statistics leading to wrongful convictions in The Netherlands and elsewhere - inquiries into the logic of evidence and proof have taken on a new urgency both in an academic and practical sense. This study presents a broad perspective on logic by focusing on inference not just in isolation but as embedded in contexts of procedure and investigation. With special attention being paid to recent developments in Artificial Intelligence and the Law, specifically related to evidentiary reasoning, this book provides clarification of problems of logic and argumentation in relation to evidence and proof. As the vast majority of legal conflicts relate to contested facts, rather than contested law, this volume concerning facts as prime determinants of legal decisions presents an important contribution to the field for both scholars and practitioners.

The Chicago Legal News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago Legal News written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legal Ethics

Author : Deborah L. Rhode
Publisher : West Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legal Ethics written by Deborah L. Rhode and published by West Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lawtalk

Author : James Edward Clapp
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300178174
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Lawtalk written by James Edward Clapp and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law-related words and phrases abound in our everyday language, often without our being aware of their origins or their particular legal significance: "boilerplate," "jailbait," "pound of flesh," "rainmaker," "the third degree." This insightful and entertaining book reveals the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions that come from sources as diverse as Shakespeare, vaudeville, and Dr. Seuss. Separate entries for each expression follow no prescribed formula but instead focus on the most interesting, enlightening, and surprising aspects of the words and their evolution. Popular myths and misunderstandings are explored and exploded, and the entries are augmented with historical images and humorous sidebars.Lively and unexpected, "Lawtalk" will draw a diverse array of readers with its abundance of linguistic, legal, historical, and cultural information. Those readers should be forewarned: upon finishing one entry, there is an irresistible temptation to turn to another, and yet another . . .

How Would You Rule?

Author : Daniel W. Park
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520290577
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book How Would You Rule? written by Daniel W. Park and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Would You Rule is a lighthearted introduction to fundamental concepts of law through strange but true legal cases. Each chapter tells the story of a different case and presents the main arguments of the opposing parties. The twist? Before the ruling of the court is revealed, readers are challenged to put themselves in the shoesÑor the robesÑof the judges and decide for themselves how they would rule in these cases.ÊAfter coming up with their own solutions, readers can learn how the actual judges resolved the disputes. The goal is to get readers to think for themselves about whatÕs right and what's wrong, sharpening their own instincts for the reasons and analyses that win arguments.

The Case and Exceptions: Stories of Counsel and Clients

Author : Frederick Trevor Hill
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Case and Exceptions: Stories of Counsel and Clients written by Frederick Trevor Hill and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Trevor Hill was an American lawyer, historian, and writer. He served as a member of the law firm of Wood & Hill. This book presents the mix of Hill's literary and legal talent and tells of the most interesting cases of his practice.