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.Beyond the Grave revised edition: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money To Your Children (and Others)
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by: Gerald M. Condon

June 19, 2001
This book probably presents every scenario you can think of if you want to protect your estate. Reading this book will provide you with intelligent questions while you discuss your estate planning with your attorney.

The book is not only informative, but also entertaining and easy to read. No legaleez to wade through. I highly recommend it.
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.Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th Edition
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from: West Group

1984
P&K is a classic as far as hornbooks go, and very useful as a study aid for a 1L torts class in my opinion. Though significantly longer and written in more cryptic language than a typical study aid (like "Emmanuel's" or "Explanations & Examples") P&K contains far more information. There is a reason why even the casebooks cite P&K when trying to illustrate difficult to comprehend points. As many have pointed out it still in the 5th edition and hasn't been updated since 1984, and as a result has fallen a little bit behind the times (esp. on products liability) but overall it is still very relevant. I haven't taken the time to read Dobbs' newer treatise on torts so I'll withhold judgment over which is better. It is kind of pricey and long ... Read More:
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.The Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series)
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by: Joseph W. Glannon

2000-01
I'm finding my torts class difficult at times, so I'm glad to have this book for my text. It has a lot of examples to illustrate each concept, which is helping me grasp all the ideas pretty well. Also, the book is not nearly as expensive as a lot of textbooks, so I feel I'm getting my money's worth out of it.
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.The Complete Book of Trusts, 3rd Edition
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by: Martin M. Shenkman

April 12, 2002
Worth the investment if you are trying to protect your family's estate - we have a copy and it's now dog earred and well read.
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.Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles
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by: Curtis M. Brown, Donald A. Wilson, Walter G. Robillard

May 23, 2003
Ordering directly from amazon saved money, and the book was in brand new and great condition.
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.DEATH OF CONTRACT: SECOND EDITION
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by: GRANT GILMORE

October 01, 1995
Reading Death of Contract is like a fresh glass of water after a hot day at work. It refreshes the mind, and makes you think that there can be some coherence to Tennyson's `lawless science of the laws'.

The beauty of Gilmore's concise and short tome (I devoured it in three hours) is that it makes you begin to see contract law for what it really is: a construct designed by academics and over clever jurists, who have hyped up dead cases to the max in order to create their vision of `contract law'.

It would be easier at this stage to descend into legalese, naming cases, and tediously analyzing the way Gilmore crushes the sacred cows that these landmarks in contract law have become. Poor lawyers all know the precedents Gilmore takes on: ... Read More:
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.Uniform Commercial Code (Hornbook Series)
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by: James J. White, Robert S. Summers

2000-01
If you are taking a UCC course, buy this book. You will not find a more lucid analysis of the Code.
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.Torts Personal Injury Litigation (West Legal Studies)
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by: William P. Statsky

September 12, 2000
I have found this book to be very useful and will continue to use it as a good reference book in the future. It is very detailed however and not the most user-friendly for the novice Legal Assistant. Written by an Attorney, it is very technical. In addition, I find the Appendix is a little vague at times.
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.How to License Your Million Dollar Idea: Everything You Need To Know To Turn a Simple Idea into a Million Dollar Payday, 2nd Edition
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by: Harvey Reese

June 28, 2002
Much of book contains common sense topics that most readers would know on their own. Other books have been much more helpful in the licensing arena than I found with this one. Writer has a great deal of references to his web site to steer readers for licensing help. However he does not mention he charges a hefty fee to conduct such reviews. Book did not contain much guidance in area of options for selling your idea as other books on that topic have offered.
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.A Concise Restatement of Torts
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from: Amer Law Inst

2001-10
Takes the most important parts of the restatement and condenses them into a very organized and readable 265 pages (not including the appendices). Lists the important rules along with relevant comments and illustrations directly from the restatement, while removing a lot of the less important "fluff". You get great bang for the buck and get it in relatively few pages (for a law reference); lots of info while being fairly inexpensive. Very useful study aid and reference for a 1L torts class, highly recommended!
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