Proven efficient within the classroom, The Study of Law: A Critical Thinking Approach, 5th Edition (PDF), brings an actual-world perspective to understanding primary authorized ideas and the mechanics of the American authorized system. The authors’ acclaimed essential pondering strategy actively engages college students in authorized studying, evaluation, and demanding pondering. The textbook completely introduces core subjects and ideas, together with sources and classifications of legislation, the construction of the courtroom system, civil litigation and its options, analyzing and deciphering the legislation, and substantive legislation.
New to the Fifth Edition:
- Streamlined with the scholar in thoughts. For instance, an enhanced clarification of easy methods to temporary a case in Chapter 1 (Introduction to the Study of Law), and a clearer dialogue of govt orders and memoranda in Chapter 2 (Functions and Sources of Law).
- Chapter 5 on Civil Litigation and Its Alternatives is edited to deal with the important thing subjects.
- Updated all through, together with:
- Chapter 6 (Constitutional Law): Packingham v. North Carolina concerning First Amendment rights as they relate to the web; Masterpiece Cake store Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, addressing the balancing act between giving states the precise to legislate for most of the people good and the person proper to precise spiritual beliefs; American Legion v. American Humanist Association with examples of how the Supreme Court applies the Lemon check; and an enhanced dialogue of the web and the U.S. Constitution.
- Chapter 7 (Torts): Contemporary torts associated to the #MeToo motion, cyber bullying, and cyber torts.
- Chapter 9 (Property and Estate Law): Matal v. Tam and expanded dialogue of circumstances associated to the Lanham Act.
- Chapter 10 (Laws Affecting Business): New protection of public profit companies and the Family Medical Leave Act.
- Chapter 11 (Family Law): expanded dialogue of Obergefell v. Hodges; Terrell v. Torres; and new dialogue of DNA testing and its impacts on household legislation.
- Chapter 12 (Criminal Law): Commonwealth v. Carter
- Chapter 13 (Criminal Procedure): Mitchell v. Wisconsin concerning blood testing and not using a warrant; Carpenter v. U.S. concerning use of cell-web site places and not using a search warrant
- New co-writer, Marisa Campbell, brings her intensive educating expertise to the ebook.
Professors and college students will profit from:
- Edited circumstances in each chapter educate college students easy methods to learn and analyze the legislation.
- Strong pedagogy reinforces properly-written textual content offered in an accessible and properly-organized format.
- A thorough introduction to substantive legislation, with chapters on torts, contracts, enterprise legislation, household legislation, property and property legislation, legal legislation and process, {and professional} accountability and ethics.
- Critical pondering strategy introduces college students to the examine of legislation, encouraging them to work together with the supplies by means of hypothetical situations and workouts, dialogue questions, reasonable examples, and authorized reasoning workouts.
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