Tort Law for Legal Assistants - Hardcover

J. Stanley Edwards

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1428318496 ISBN 13: 9781428318496

Publisher: Delmar, 1980

Synopsis

Tort Law, fourth edition, balances academic principles of tort law and practical coverage of skills necessary for the paralegal. The book offers fundamental tort law concepts, and real world, practical skills in an engaging, easy to read approach. Each chapter contains valuable "Practice Pointers" that introduce students to such skills as drafting pleadings, preparing medical authorization requests, documenting damages, writing FOIA letters, and assembling trial exhibits. Placing an emphasis on skill building, the student is provided numerous opportunities to apply the concepts learned in the "Putting It Into Practice" section in each chapter. Using the Internet as a key student resource, Tort Law, fourth edition, now includes relevant legal Web sites, in the "Net News" and "Local Links" sections, to acquaint students with sample documents, provide links to federal or state agencies and to showcase stimulating articles to keep students up to date on exciting developments in tort law.

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Review:

"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."

About this edition

• Publisher: Delmar
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 1428318496
• ISBN 13: 9781428318496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 720