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After college, Rick Lax moved back into his parents' house. The closest thing he had to a job was eating his parents' food, sitting on his parents' couch, and watching The Price is Right. An amateur magician, he spent the rest of his time practicing card tricks and rope tricks. Though he could tie four different slipknots, the necktie posed some difficulties.
Rick's father, a successful Michigan attorney, told Rick it was time to move out and enter...
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Recurrir al derecho comparado ya no es solo una cuestión de necesidad impulsada por los procesos de globalización e internacionalización del derecho, sino también un asunto de buena educación jurídica. El jurista bien educado comprende que, para conocer su propio derecho, debe conocer otros sistemas jurídicos. Este libro estudia esta rama del derecho, que constituye una herramienta imprescindible que profesores, jueces, abogados y estudiantes...
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Each year, over 40,000 new students enter America's law schools. Each new crop experiences startlingly high rates of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and dissatisfaction. Kathryne M. Young was one of those disgruntled law students. After finishing law school (and a PhD), she set out to learn more about the law school experience and how to improve it for future students. Young conducted one of the most ambitious studies of law students ever undertaken,...
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Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure is the second in a unique series of comprehensive studies of tribal law in the United States. This book examines the complex subject of tribal criminal law and procedure from a tribal perspective_utilizing tribal statutory law, tribal case law, and the cultural values of Native peoples. Garrow and Deer discuss in depth the histories, structures and practices of tribal justice systems, comparisons of traditional tribal...
5) The Complete Law School Companion: How to Excel at America's Most Demanding Post-Graduate Curriculum
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Offers complete, accessible information on every topic of concern to law students ranging from the LSAT, the Bar Exam, Law Review, computerized research and videotape study aids to obtaining that important clerkship or job. Includes recent data on demographics of law school applicants, current salaries for a variety of legal careers, nontraditional courses, legal clinics, detailed discussions regarding the latest law trends such as deregulation and...
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El libro trata en forma sistemática y didáctica los dos modos de adquirir el dominio entre vivos. Plantea también los problemas de interpretación formulados desde la dictación del Código Civil, y propone soluciones originales con el propósito de zanjar dudas y controversias. Así, entrega una visión general de los conceptos en cuestión, junto con las controversias que se han generado y soluciones originales a partir de una interpretación...
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Just how tough are the country's most prestigious law schools? Most alumni would answer with stories of humiliating "Socratic dialogue failures" in the classroom and all-night, caffeine-fueled cram sessions.
Until now, the traditional concept of the law-school experience was the one presented in Scott Turow's One-L, published in 1977, a dark description of his first year at Harvard Law School. Twenty-four years later things have definitely changed....
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American law schools are in deep crisis. Enrollment is down, student loan debt is up, and the profession's supply of high-paying jobs is shrinking. Meanwhile, thousands of graduates remain underemployed while the legal needs of low-income communities go substantially unmet. Many blame overregulation and seek a "free" market to solve the problem, but this has already been tested. Seizing on a deregulatory policy shift at the American Bar Association,...
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El problema abordado en la investigación que dio como resultado este libro está referido a los derechos fundamentales de los estudiantes. Para abordarlo se propuso analizar sistemáticamente la jurisprudencia constitucional en Colombia referida a los derechos de los estudiantes frente a los manuales o reglas de convivencia de las instituciones escolares. De cierta forma, se quiere pensar que el presente libro constituye una modesta defensa de la...
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Walking with Pedro through his multifarious, protean life as single, as married, and as widower, Atty. Rotor-Hilado explains to the reader the various possible kinds of heirs he might have and the various options he may choose to dispose of his estate. He may, of course, choose to leave this world without a will. To whom, then, will his properties go? Or he may decide to make a will. How much, then, can he give away? Through this marvelous and informative...
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"De hecho, este breve escrito tiene el propósito de examinar y exponer las
principales nociones de la Teoría del Conocimiento en la contemporaneidad, tal
como las comprende su autor. Naturalmente, estas nociones se obtendrán con el
apoyo en el pensamiento y en los escritos de diversos autores y escuelas, que
serán debidamente citados cuando corresponda. Lo que no se busca es realizar
una exposición pretendidamente histórico-descriptiva de cada...
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En Derecho civil se entiende por actos y contratos irregulares aquellos cuya esencia exige un objeto infungible, pero que su autor o partes expresamente y sin propósito de simulación, hacen recaer sobre fungibles. En este interesante libro, el destacado jurista Alejandro Guzmán Brito, ofrece un análisis profundo y actualizado sobre la teoría general de la irregularidad y un examen en detalle de este tipo de operaciones.
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Instruments juridiques au service du développement économique, les sociétés commerciales font naturellement l'objet d'une initiation pour le juriste débutant, en seconde ou troisième année de licence. Mais la densité et la complexité des règles qui en fondent l'organisation rebutent souvent au seuil de l'étude dont le domaine paraît ainsi réservé aux spécialistes.
Une approche adaptée de ces règles permet de lever l'obstacle qui...
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Do you want to go to law school? Better read this book first. With the crush of the economic downturn and tight job market, law school might be the right choice for you...or not. After having a first profession, author Erin Albert decided to attend law school, and graduated in May, 2012. After publishing several books, Dr. Albert wanted to publish a book about what law school is "really like." Here are the Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Read This Book:...
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La exigencia de argumentación o fundamentación, como parte de la arquitectura del pensar contemporáneo, conlleva la tarea de afrontar en escenarios específicos la acción de la razón práctica, que pese al contexto posmoderno de racionalidad sosegada o de racionalidad precaria, enfrenta consideraciones y apuestas por racionalidades que se aproximen al sentido o a los sentidos que emergen de las construcciones simbólicas y complejas en el derecho,...
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Avec plus de 6.000 définitions en droit civil, droit pénal, droit commercial, droit du travail, procédure civile, procédure pénale, droit constitutionnel, droit administratif, procédure administrative, droit international…, le Dictionnaire juridique est un outil absolument indispensable pour l'étudiant(e) de droit ou d'AES et le professionnel du droit. Les termes importants comprennent, en plus de la définition principale, une explication...
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À jour de l'ordonnance n° 2016-131 portant réforme du droit des contrats, du régime général et de la preuve des obligations, cette deuxième édition du Petit lexique juridique compte plus de 1 000 mots et expressions, soigneusement sélectionnés parmi les plus importants de la science juridique.
Elle est complétée, en fin d'ouvrage, par quelques adages latins incontournables.
Le Petit lexique limite les définitions à l'essentiel afin...
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This book provides a critical overview of the criminal justice system and career opportunities within the system. The authors are scholar-practitioners who pour decades of experience into each topic. Topics covered include Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, Corrections, Law, and Research.
Resources and information shared with the book can give applicants the edge when seeking employment opportunities or knowledge to people looking for a guide...
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Legal Education in the Western World provides an encompassing history of legal education from Ancient Rome to present day Europe and the Americas. Legal education is considered the locus of the formation of professional culture, and in this book Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo contributes to our understanding of its formation by paying attention to how legal knowledge is conceived, the way it is created and transmitted, and the social status of masters, professors,...
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La ciencia del derecho tiene como finalidad fundamental que la sociedad sea justa, con esa justicia real y concreta que consiste en que se respete y se dé a cada hombre su derecho, aquello que es suyo. Tarea importante y de incalculable trascendencia social, aunque a veces cueste grandes esfuerzos conseguirlo.
Este libro es una introducción al derecho, orientado en gran medida a personas que, o bien están en los comienzos de sus estudios de derecho...
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