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Street Law: A Course in Practical Law, (6th ed.,Student Edition)

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This books gives a great overview of law related education. Students are introduced to legal issues in the context of real life. It contains practical information for dealing with various legal problems. Students learn how to write to a member of Congress. This book has a section that allows students to consider and decide the outcome of legal situations. They learn variations in local law and prodedures that focus attention on where the student lives. Over all I would suggest this book as a great training tool for the law related class study.

As a high school student who studied with this textbook, I learned terms and concepts that I could immediately apply to current events. The news on TV and in newspapers about cases were suddenly understandable to me and I felt connected with justice and reason. I recommend "Street Law: A Course in Practical Law" to anyone who wants a detailed and informative, yet comprehensive guide to the law, from torts and criminal law, to business and family law.

As a high school student who studied with this textbook, I learned terms and concepts that I could immediately apply to current events. The news on TV and in newspapers about cases were suddenly understandable to me and I felt connected with justice and reason. I recommend "Street Law: A Course in Practical Law" to anyone who wants a detailed and informative, yet comprehensive guide to the law, from torts and criminal law, to business and family law.

We use this valuable book in our high school law class. The book is readable, compact and sensible. It also includes many brief case studies on law and ethics, with many challenging follow-up questions that often inspire in-class debates between students (something that always spices up a class). The book divides nicely between human rights, the Bill of Rights, law enforcement, pre-trial and trial procedures, etc. There is also solid coverage of many parts on civil law, including lawsuits, family law, consumerism, etc. Perhaps most importantly, many students like the book - at least more or less, given that it's a textbook. I do wish they'd add a section on early/ancient foundations of law, including Hammurabi, the Bible, Ancient Greece, English common law, etc. Still, this is a practical, readable look at law in the USA.

Thank you so much for this. I teach this class, and we were running short on books. What a great help you were.

This book is adequate as a textbook, but it's not a great resource for what's really going on out in the world. I felt it was very academic--which can be a good thing, but I think high school students will want something a little more practical. "Street" Law should be something more connected to the streets....I just didn't think this book did the job.