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Basic Administrative Law for Paralegals

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I found this book to be one of the most poorly written and organized textbooks ever. Much of the information is repeated over and over again. For example, a key idea in Chapter 2 would be repeated almost verbatim in a later chapter. Also, the author/editor like to include charts and the many websites of the various admistrative agencies. The problem is that they don't just give you the website, they give you an entire picture of the website which would be placed in the middle of certain paragraphs within a section AND the website pictures could take up several pages. Next, the subheadings in the chapters were not well organized nor was the actual text well written. Key ideas did not flow well to the next key idea. Instead, they were scattered randomly throughout the chapter. All in all, I did not learn anything new from this book that I couldn't just find on my own by googling.

As a paralegal instructor and department chair in the paralegal department of National College, I have used and reviewed many textbooks. This is the worst one I have seen. The organization is terrible. There is no logical order from one topic the next, just random ponderings about a variety of administrative agencies without an explanation of how those thoughts fit into the outline/topic addressed on a page. A series of advanced materials at the end of each chapter appears to have no relevance to the chapter. Typos are frequent (although not nearly as many as in the previous edition). Additionally the topics discussed are not covered completely--many administrative safeguards and procedures are neglected. So when using this text in class, I have to tell the students what to add to the charts and lists. Also the charts are very poorly designed and nearly impossible to follow.

This book was the wrong edition. I needed edition 4, but this is edition 3. No where on the item discription does it say what edition it is and it has the same ISBN number as the fourth edition. But, for the price it's not a big deal and I did end up using it.

This is an excellent introduction to administrative law for paralegal students and active paralegals.

The book provides the readers with actual excerpts from cases with additional notes to assist the readers with the issues presented in the cases. The paralegal practice examples illustrates real-life scenarios paralegals must contend with. At the end of each chapter, the Advances Studies allows for readers to apply their newly acquired skills for practice. The quick exams, cross-word puzzles, and other fill-in-the-blank exercises make the material equally enjoyable.

I would highly recommend this book to all, it's easy as one-two-three!

The book was actually new condition, not used at all. Great price. Received earlier than anticipated.

So sorry to say so, but this text is not very good. Perhaps the most deficient thing about it is the grammar. There are no end of errors that indicate that the author did not have a grasp of our language at all. The problem is that it makes one suspicious of the entire book. I have used it for my online teaching and am looking hard for a better book. There aren't very many.