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Gilbert Law Summaries: Community Property

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Note: the 18th ed. of this outline was just published in 2003 with some case update. Call the Amazon rep. and ask for the new edition.
I was handling a case involving some community property issues and I thought I would brush up on the subject using this outline, since I have no time reading voluminous treatises and the West's Nutshell hasn't come up with a new update since the late 80s.
This outline does a very good job in outlining California community property regime and in the province of statutory interpretation. Kudos to Prof. W. Reppy and/or the "ghostwriters." However, the treatment of the subject, I am afraid, may leave some law students bewildered. The author(s) explain(s) the topics with the assumption that the reader has some knowledge in the laws of insurance, pension, wills and trusts, family, etc., so that if you don't know the basics in these subjects you may actually miss what the author(s) are saying. I know my eyes went @@ when I was reading the section on ERISA.
Also, some of you who will be tested on the non-cali CP regime need to know that this outline is heavily california-oriented and does not contain too much information on the non-cali CP regimes. The outline only mentioned in passing several statutes and polcies in Louisiana and Arizona.
A good outline, no less!

Pretty good summary. There are great questions, sample exam questions, tips, test advice, and of course exceptional black letter law summaries. I like the Emanuel Crunch Time series better, but this is a pretty good summary guide.

I got my book on time and was in great condition. Very pleased with this seller.