Subjects:  1. 1st Amendment    2. Cases    3. Constitution    4. Constitutional    5. Freedom of association    6. Freedom of religion    7. Freedom of speech    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Reference    11. United States    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Encyclopaedias & Reference Works   

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really helpful
I took Intro to Business Associations and this book was very helpful.It is short enough that reading the whole thing is not a task, yet long enough to be helpful.It provided many clear examples and was easy to understand. A. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Business enterprises    3. Commercial law    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. United States   

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Thorough and fundamental.
This book covers the fundamentals of legal writing so thoroughly and carefully that it could well substitute for many first-year legal-writing texts. Its approach may strike experienced writers as too traditional or too basic. Still, for the novice it will provide a solid grounding in legal-writing style, legal analysis, legal memos, letter writing, and persuasive writing. Many practicing lawyers would do well to heed the teachings in this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal Writing    5. Writing & editing guides   

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Not very useful for exam review
As acknowledged in the preface, "this book alone will not present an integrated coverage of the subject."It just focuses on a few areas and delves into them in great detail, without really providing any sort of overview or anything to help you complete the whole picture.Not the book to go to if you are expexting a comprehensive overview of wills and trusts.I was very disappointed with this nutshell, because isn't that what a nutshell is supposed to be?I would recommend trying to see if another line, such as Examples and Explanations, has a book on the area.

Recommended for both law students and paralegal students.
I liked this book when I was in law school.It "cut to the chase" and made the concepts of wills and trusts understandable. Although wills and trusts are separate courses in law school, I found the book has value for both courses by making difficult concepts understandable.Now that I am an instructor teaching wills and trusts for paralegals at a local college, I find the book valuable.I must admit that I made the mistake of lending it to a student.She won't give it back! She likes it better than the textbook we are using. That in and of itself is a strong statement of endorsement for this "Nutshell" title. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Estate Planning    2. Estates & Trusts    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Reference    5. Trusts and trustees    6. United States    7. Wills    8. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

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The best book on evidence
My professor suggested this book and deemed it the "Bible onEvidence".I bought it and it is.A great book that will clear upmany of your questions.If you don't understand what your law professor issaying, this book will make it clearer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Evidence    3. Evidence (Law)    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States   

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Very good
The book is very good to understand the evolution of the legal system of the PRC; it is a well-written historical explanation and is also quite objective.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. China    3. International    4. Justice, Administration of    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. International Law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law   

Subjects:  1. Estate Planning    2. Estates & Trusts    3. Gifts    4. Inheritance and transfer tax    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Reference    8. Taxation    9. United States    10. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Labor & Employment    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Pension trusts    7. Taxation    8. United States    9. Employment & labour law   

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A Blessing
This book is a must-have for any nontax student who has to take a tax class. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Economics - General    2. Finance, Public    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Local taxation    7. States    8. Taxation    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Double taxation    3. Foreign income    4. Income tax    5. International    6. International business enterprises    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Taxation    10. Taxation - General    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil procedure    2. Civil procedure (International    3. Civil procedure (International law)    4. Conflict of laws    5. Law    6. Litigation    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Employee rights    3. Labor laws and legislation    4. Law    5. United States   

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A Lifesaver- but a bit out of date
This book was a lifesaver when it came to preparing for final exams. A very nice summary that hits all the major topics in Mental Health law. My only complaint is that it hasn't been updated since 97.So although most of the information is still accurate, it doesn't cover any of the more-recent developments in the law. Either way, if your struggling in a course, it's a great tool to have- just be aware that it was published in 1997, but I've looked and this was the best option I could find. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Insanity    2. Jurisprudence    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Mental Health    6. Mental Health And Hygiene    7. Mental health laws    8. Reference    9. Social Law    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil Rights    2. Law    3. United States   

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Concise, well-written, authoritative
"Nutshells" are not just for slackers who blew off the semester and need to cram at the last minute.I've been consistently impressed with the quality of West's Nutshell series.They're excellent study aids for summary, clarification, and getting the key points and big picture.This one is written by two prominent scholars in the field, the senior of whom (Harry Krause at Illinois) is also the lead editor on one of the major casebooks (Krause, Elrod, Garrison, Oldham, Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions).Thus this little book is epecially valuable if your class is using that casebook.
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Subjects:  1. Domestic relations    2. Family Law - General    3. Law    4. United States    5. Family law   

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Succinct Textbook
This textbook gives succinct summaries of important case law and well edited case text. It avoids the common pitfall of textboks in that it gives only what is necessary and does not leave the student with unanswerable questions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal procedure    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Legal History    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Women's Studies - General    4. Ancient Rome    5. BCE to c 500 CE    6. Classical Studies | Ancient History | Roman    7. Family law    8. History / Ancient / Rome    9. Literary studies: classical, early & medieval    10. Roman law    11. Social history    12. Ancient - Rome    13. Domestic relations (Roman law)    14. History    15. History: World   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law   

Subjects:  1. European Union countries    2. International    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Reference