Tort Law for Legal Assistants, Third Edition strikes an excellent balance between academic coverage of tort law principles and practical coverage of skills requisite for the personal injury legal assistant. And, in response to the increasing use of technology in the legal field, special emphasis is placed on using the Internet to search for information related to tort law. The authors have used an informal writing style, and they have made every effort to keep readers engaged through a host of techniques. For example, each chapter is introduced using a simple, often lighthearted, hypothetical. Each chapter contains Practice Pointers that introduce students to such practical skills as drafting pleadings, preparing medical authorization requests, documenting damages, writing FOIA letters, and assembling trial exhibits. Review questions and practice exams allow students to test their mastery of chapter materials. An instructor's manual with test bank complements this practical teaching text.
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"The major strengths of the book are: organization; visual presentation; emphasis on real world application. With regard to organization, the material is presented logically and in accordance with how I think students will be able to start to understand what tort law is all about. It starts out slow and builds on important concepts as the book progresses. With regard to visual presentation, the book does a great job of presenting the material in an easily accessible format. Important concepts are clearly delineated throughout the chapters in a logical fashion. With regard to real world application, it's important for students to grasp how the concepts are applied in the real world. This text does a great job in providing realistic examples throughout the text material in addition to the generous case opinions."
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Dr. Linda L. Edwards is an attorney and author, having written or co-written seven textbooks in the legal assistant field. She was an instructor in the Justice and Legal Studies Department at Phoenix College for 24 years until her retirement in January 2001. During her tenure as program director, she was responsible for creating dozens of new classes in both legal assisting and criminal justice.
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This review is from: Tort Law for Legal Assistants (West Legal Studies) (Hardcover)
Tort Law for Legal Assistants is a must for any civil litigation paralegal. I selected it based upon its table of contents, and it delivers. It is a clear, concise overview of tort law that provides reasoning, theories, relationships, elements, effects, limitations, applications, and much more. I wish I had known about this book during my paralegal training classes. At least I have it now as a review tool and reference guide for assignments as a paralegal.
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A must for Torts and even Civil Procedure,
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I had this book for my class on Torts and it is a very good book for learning about Torts and even Civil Procedure. The book has a detailed Table of Contents and each chapter has a page describing what it will cover. The chapters have cases to help with the topic it is "teaching" and the different kinds of torts, intentional, negligenc, and strict liabilty. The torts are defined extremely well and Civil Procedure, from the demand letter to post trial motions, are described in detail. I took Torts before I took Civil Litigation and I already know at least half of the course. This book is excellent for learning about Torts and basic Civil Procedure.
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other torts, gold spur, tenants from criminal attack, four torts, underlying criminal charges, nonliability rule, wrongful institution, professional negligence suits, cow district, other material problems, invitee status, superseding cause, independent rides, infant plaintiff, public figure status, medical payment coverage, existing contractual relations, impaired earning capacity, innocence requirement, adoption intermediaries, excess judgment, public invitee, strict liability claim, presumed damages, special verdict form Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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other torts, gold spur, tenants from criminal attack, four torts, underlying criminal charges, nonliability rule, wrongful institution, professional negligence suits, cow district, other material problems, invitee status, superseding cause, independent rides, infant plaintiff, public figure status, medical payment coverage, existing contractual relations, impaired earning capacity, innocence requirement, adoption intermediaries, excess judgment, public invitee, strict liability claim, presumed damages, special verdict form Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
All Rights Reserved, Cengage Learning, State Farm, United States, Farm Bureau, Supreme Court, Happy Valley Bank, Cliff Hanger, Robyn Douglass, Judge Horton, General Motors, Mary Carter, New York, Court of Appeals, Breach of Duty, First Amendment, Devil's Cup, Vanessa Atler, Learned Hand, Appellate Division, State Fair, Matching Group, Terry Hunt, Federal Tort Claims Act, Tort Case Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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