Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 2: BE to COL
This new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides: Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee Increased coverage of women and minorities Definitions of legal terms
Encyclopedia of American Law, 3rd Edition, Volume 1: A to BAThis new edition, which replaces West's Encyclopedia of American Law, provides: Current information on 5,000 legal topics in 14 volumes cover important issues More than 60 brand-new entries and 2,000 revised articles
Biographies of interesting and influential people who have played a part in creating or shaping U.S. law, along with a portrait, a timeline and a quote from the biographee Increased coverage of women and minorities Definitions of legal terms
Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors
This third edition of the best-selling handbook offers faculty at all levels an essential toolbox of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises, all of which can be implemented immediately. This thoroughly revised edition includes the newest portrait of the Millennial student; current research from cognitive psychology; a focus on outcomes maps; the latest legal options on copyright issues; and how to best use new technology including wikis, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and clickers.
Lawyers' Language: The Distinctiveness of Legal Language
An interesting examination of law as language use or discourse, this study looks at the transformation of ordinary language into a special discourse for the purposes of the legal system. It is widely accepted that legal discourse is obscure, and often the public resent the fact that access to the law of the land is obstructed by the opaqueness of legal language.