Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Academic legal writing

Academic legal writing

Designed to help law students write and publish articles, this text provides detailed instructions for every aspect of the law school writing, research, and publication process. Topics covered include law review articles and student notes, seminar term papers, how to shift from research to writing, cite-checking others work, publishing, and publicizing written works. With supporting documents available on the book helps law students and everyone else involved in academic legal writing: professors save time and effort .


Eugene Volokh

The jury

The  jury

The American system of trial by jury is unique. No other nation relies so heavily on ordinary citizens to make its most important decisions about law, business practice, and personal liberty - even death.

Stephen J. Adler



Government by judiciry

Government by judiciary


The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes.....Raoul Berger


Raoul Berger


The Nature of the Judicial Process

                The Nature of the 
       Judicial Process

The Nature of the Judicial Process was written by Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and New York Court of Appeals Chief Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo in 1921. It was compiled from The Storrs Lectures delivered at Yale Law School.

Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo



Taking Rights Seriously

Taking Rights Seriously


Taking Rights Seriously is a 1977 book on philosophy of law by Ronald Dworkin. In this landmark book, Dworkin argues against the dominant philosophy of Anglo-American legal positivism.

Ronald Dworkin

A Theory of Justice

                             A Theory of Justice

A Theory of Justice is a work of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised in both 1975 and 1999.

Rawls believes that parties would find his favoured principles of justice to be especially attractive, winning out over varied alternatives
First: each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others.
Second: a) they are to be of the greatest benefit to the least-advantaged members of society, consistent with the just savings principle. (the difference principle)
(b) offices and positions must be open to everyone under conditions of fair equality of opportunity.

 Rawls







Simple Justice

Simple Justice

Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality, written by Richard Kluger and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1976, was a finalist for the 1977 National Book Award in the History category
The book has been called "a classic of legal history.On January 18, 1993, a documentary based on the book was broadcast as an episode of the American Experience Series.

Richard Kluger

The best defense

          The Best Defense

The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt

Writer Name- 

ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ

ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ

The Concept of Law

                         The Concept of Law

The Concept of Law is the most famous work of the legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart. It was first published in 1961 and develops Hart's theory of legal positivism within the framework of analytic philosophy

"one of the most influential works in modern legal philosophy". "founding text of analytical legal philosophy". "the most successful work of analytical jurisprudence ever to appear in the common law world".
H.L.A. Hart


Tuesday, 2 August 2016

One L

One L

One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School is an autobiographical narrative by Scott Turow.
The book has become a perennial best-seller, read by many students as they prepare for their first year in law school. According to a 2007 story in The Wall Street JournalOne L continues to sell 30,000 copies per year,[1] many to first-year law students and law school applicants.

Scott Turow

Saturday, 30 July 2016

A Civil Action

                                                           A Civil Action


Jan, a tenacious lawyer, is approached by a group of families. When investigating the seemingly non-profiting case, he finds it to be a major environmental issue that has a lot of potential

A Civil Action (1998)


    Jonathan Harr