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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 347.735 EAN: 9780735565579 ISBN: 0735565570 Label: Aspen Publishers Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: April 13, 2007 Publisher: Aspen Publishers Studio: Aspen Publishers Editorial Review: Product Description: This easy-to-read and appealing introduction to the American legal system tells the story of a real lawsuit (DeWeerth v. Baldinger) from the time the client first identifies a problem through trial and appeals. Following the course of the dispute over the ownership of a valuable painting, "Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System" presents the basic concepts of civil lawsuits and of the American system of common law. The organization is straightforward and the easy, conversational writing style is ideal for anyone interested in learning how the American legal system works. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Introduction to the Legal SystemGreat for students in college who are taking a law class and for anyone interested in going to law school. A must read for those starting law school! Rating:  - Dry, TyposThe case that forms the basis of this text, DeWeerth v. Baldinger, is interesting, but the rest of it drags. I was significantly bored, for example, during the somewhat repititious discussion of common law in chapter 7, though perhaps this is just the nature of the material. Making things worse, however, are the grammatical errors and typos. My conservative estimate is at least 30 errors, more than I have ever encountered in a published text. Some of them appear to be caused by a lazy copy editor ... Read More |
