About the Book
Introduction to Law for Paralegals: A Critical Thinking Approach
Fourth Edition Katherine A. Currier 2008. 864 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7355-6719-1. Free access to Loislaw online legal research database.
Thomas E. Eimermann
Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank, and PowerPoint slides.
(Ancillary materials also included on CD-ROM.)
Other Currier and Eimermann Websites
Introduction to Paralegal Studies: www.aspenlawschool.com/books/currier_introparalegalstudies
The Study of Law: www.aspenlawschool.com/currier_studyoflaw
About the Book
Revision of successful introduction to law text for paralegal students.
Features:
- Comprehensive, intelligent overview of all the key concepts covered in a typical introduction to law course.
- Critical thinking approach used to introduce students to the study of law, encouraging students to interact with the materials through hypotheticals, examples, and well-designed questions.
- Divided into three parts, reflecting the topics addressed in an introductory course. Part I, Paralegals and the American Legal System, introduces students to the role of the paralegal, sources and classification of law, the structure of the court system, and an overview of litigation. Part II, Finding and Analyzing the Law, offers an overview of the basics of legal analysis, research and writing. Part III, Legal Ethics and Substantive Law, covers substantive law.
- Teaches students the basic skills necessary to understand statutes and court cases.
- Strong pedagogy includes ethics alerts, marginal definitions, Internet references, and legal reasoning exercises throughout the book. Material presented in an accessible and well-organized format.
- Substantive law chapters use edited cases to teach students how to read and analyze the law.
- Appendices on good writing, citation, excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, Ethical Codes, and additional Net Notes.
New to the Fourth Edition:
- Chapter 6 on Litigation is reorganized, making this material even easier to teach. The chapter now begins with a discussion of ADR and integrates the use of case studies.
- New, high-interest cases included in substantive law chapters. New cases include Phillip Morris v. Williams in the Torts chapter, Kelo in the section on eminent domain in the Property chapter, and expanded discussion of habeas corpus to cover recent controversies over attempts to limit its use in death penalty and national security cases.
- New information on ethics surrounding contingency fees.
- Updated internet references throughout the book.
- New legal reasoning exercises included.
