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The Anatomy of a Lawsuit (Contemporary legal education series)
Peter N. Simon
$25.60

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Can't wait to actually get a taste of the law? Heard that civil procedure is the make or break first semester course? This book has LexisNexis printed on the cover and tells the tale of your typical civil suit (which is and always will be a car crash) in detail and is a well inflated case excerpt starting at the preceding facts of an action and finishing at the supreme court's final verdict with plenty of pleadings and motions in between. Think you can skip over those questions at the end of each section? Do so at your own peril; my professors loved to raise the questions found in case books' note sections in class. Answering these questions will help you make the painful transition from ingesting the law to applying the law, try writing the briefest answer possible in the margin. 120 pages of the tedium you'll face your first semester.

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Win Your Lawsuit: A Judge's Guide to Representing Yourself in California Superior Court
Roderic Duncan
$22.40

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Represent yourself in California Superior Court for a case worth up to $25,000!

Some cases are too big for small claims court and too small to interest a lawyer. But Win Your Lawsuit takes you step by step through the entire process of a limited jurisdiction case in California Superior Court.

Take on common types of civil court cases worth up to $25,000, including:

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The No Lawsuit Guide to Real Estate Transactions
Barbara Nichols
$12.20

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THINK IT CAN'T HAPPEN TO YOU?

Steer clear of a lawsuit in every type of real estate transaction

Real estate professionals, buyers, sellers, builders, and property inspectors are all vulnerable to a lawsuit with every transaction.

Whether you're a real estate professional or a property owner, this is the ultimate must-have resource for understanding and managing all the important liability issues inherent in real estate transactions. Simple enough for novice buyers, sellers, and real estate agents but in-depth enough for real estate pros, this one-of-a-kind guide is a great source of information.

As an active real estate broker who has served as a consultant and expert witness in hundreds of real estate-related lawsuits, Barbara Nichols provides expert advice. She shows homeowners and investors how to minimize their risks and helps agents and brokers spot problems that can lead to lawsuits.

With Nichols' thorough coverage, you'll learn everything you need to know about your potential liability in a transaction and understand your obligations as a real estate professional or property owner. Her advice can be utilized not only in the United States but also in Canada and elsewhere.

As real estate continues to increase in value, the legal stakes for real estate professionals, builders, property inspectors, buyers, and sellers are higher than ever. The best way to protect yourself is to understand real estate laws and transaction pitfalls and prevent disputes from ever reaching court. The No-Lawsuit Guide to Real Estate Transactions answers your real estate liability questions and shows you how to cut your risks, protect your property investment, and prevent costly lawsuits before they happen.

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Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights: The Battle over Litigation in American Society (California Series in Law, Politics, and Society, 2)
Thomas F. Burke
$18.20

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Lawsuits over coffee burns, playground injuries, even bad teaching: litigation "horror stories" create the impression that Americans are greedy, quarrelsome, and sue-happy. The truth, as this book makes clear, is quite different. What Thomas Burke describes in Lawyers, Lawsuits, and Legal Rights is a nation not of litigious citizens, but of litigious policies--laws that promote the use of litigation in resolving disputes and implementing public policies. This book is a cogent account of how such policies have come to shape public life and everyday practices in the United States.
As litigious policies have proliferated, so have struggles to limit litigation--and these struggles offer insight into the nation's court-centered public policy style. Burke focuses on three cases: the effort to block the Americans with Disabilities Act; an attempt to reduce accident litigation by creating a no-fault auto insurance system in California; and the enactment of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Act. These cases suggest that litigious policies are deeply rooted in the American constitutional tradition. Burke shows how the diffuse, divided structure of American government, together with the anti-statist ethos of American political culture, creates incentives for political actors to use the courts to address their concerns. The first clear and comprehensive account of the national politics of litigation, his work provides a new way to understand and address the "litigiousness" of American society.

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The Animals' Lawsuit Against Humanity: An Illustrated 10th Century Iraqi Ecological Fable
Rabbi Kalonymus
$8.92

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Holding Bishops Accountable: How Lawsuits Helped the Catholic Church Confront Clergy Sexual Abuse
Timothy D. Lytton
$23.95

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The sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy is arguably the most acute crisis Catholicism has faced since the Reformation. The prevalence of clergy sexual abuse and its shocking cover-up by church officials have obscured the largely untold story of the tort system’s remarkable success in bringing the scandal to light, focusing attention on the need for institutional reform, and spurring church leaders and public officials into action.

Stories of the tort system as an engine of social justice are rare. Holding Bishops Accountable tells one such story by revealing how pleadings, discovery documents, and depositions fueled media coverage of the scandal. Timothy Lytton shows how the litigation strategy of plaintiffs’ lawyers gave rise to a widespread belief that the real problem was not the actions of individual priests but rather the church’s massive institutional failure. The book documents how church and government policymakers responded to the problem of clergy sexual abuse only under the pressure of private lawsuits.

As Lytton deftly demonstrates, the lessons of clergy sexual abuse litigation give us reason to reconsider the case for tort reform and to look more closely at how tort litigation can enhance the performance of public and private policymaking institutions.

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The Lawsuit Survival Guide: A Client's Companion to Litigation
Joseph L. Matthews
$25.52

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Bridge the gap between yourself and the legal system with The Lawsuit Survival Guide. Find concise explanations of legal proceedings and clear answers to your questions, such as:

* "How do I find the right lawyer?" * "How do attorney fees work?" * "What is my lawyer doing, and why?" * "What does all this legalese mean?" * "What's taking so long?" * "Can I cut costs by helping my lawyer?" * "Can I get out of this lawsuit?"

The Lawsuit Survival Guide takes you through the entire litigation process from start to finish, explaining every step along the way in language that makes sense. It will save you and your lawyer time, money and aggravation -- and give you the information you need to make smart lawsuit decisions.

This one-of-a-kind book is perfect for clients, lawyers, business people, law students, paralegals, writers and anyone else with an interest in civil court cases.

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Civil Litigation in Connecticut: Anatomy of a Lawsuit (Prentice Hall Paralegal Series)
Peterson
$114.56

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For courses in Civil Litigation in Connecticut or The Judicial System. * Designed to be used in conjunction with the Connecticut Practice Book and the Connecticut General Statutes, this exceptionally practical, how-to guide to civil litigation in Connecticut provides a unique overall picture of the litigation process and specific, detailed instructions on how to meet the various requirements mandated by the practice book rules and general statutes. It demystifies the whole procedure -- explaining the rules, how they interact with one another, and how to apply them -- focusing on the questions to ask, the specific steps to take, and how to ask and perform them correctly. * A unique Litigation Checklist Summary spells out each stage of the litigation process from beginning to end, provides a detailed checklist of specific steps to be taken, and explains how the Practice Book Rules and the Connecticut General Statues apply. Each stage of the litigation process is then explained throughout the text by referencing applicable Connecticut Practice Book Sections, Connecticut General Statutes and terminology, and examples of completed court forms and realistic pleadings. The three on-going examples of typical pleadings gives students the opportunity to witness the progression of each case from the beginning through to its conclusion.

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Harm Less Lawsuits?: What's Wrong with Consumer Class Actions (Aei Liability Studies)
Michael S. Greve
$7.29

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This monograph describes the origins of consumer class actions and analyzes their theoretical and practical problems.

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PROTECT YOURSELF FROM BUSINESS LAWSUITS: An Employee's Guide to Avoiding Workplace Liability
Thomas A Schweich
$0.99

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Virtually everyone agrees that the process of corporate litigation has spun out of control. Thomas Schweich, an attorney who focuses on the negotiation, mediation, and arbitration of commercial disputes, believes that all of us should therefore be working to lessen our companies' susceptibility to lawsuits--while simultaneously shoring up our own professional reputations--by avoiding the "eight big mistakes" and constructing the "four shields" that he says can ultimately make or break any firm. In Protect Yourself From Business Lawsuits (...and Lawyers Like Me), Schweich begins with his theories on the legal system's problems and their direct and indirect ramifications for business owners as well as employees. He then presents his detailed suggestions for lawsuit protection, starting with a list of the primary blunders to bypass, such as Bad Writing (not knowing when, and when not, to write information down), Speculating (discussing something that you're not qualified to discuss), Bad Research (doing business with the wrong people), and Getting Personal (letting emotions get in the way of common sense). He concludes with explicit details on a quartet of defensive tactics related to document protection, corporate definition, alternative dispute resolution, and the wise choice of business partners. --Howard Rothman