Introduction to law /
Hames, Joanne Banker
Introduction to law / Joanne Banker Hames, Yvonne Ekern. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006. - xxiii, 640 p. : ill., forms ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
The legal community and professional responsibility -- The American legal system -- Laws: their sources -- Finding the law: legal -- Using the law: analysis and legal writing -- Laws : civil vs. criminal -- Personal injury practice: tort law and workers' compensation -- Family law -- Wills, trusts, and probate -- Business practice: contract law and property law -- Business practice: the law of business organizations and bankruptcy -- Civil procedure before -- Alternative dispute -- Criminal practice: criminal law and juvenile law -- Criminal procedure before trial -- Rules of evidence -- The trial -- Constitutional law -- Law and technology: a paralegal perspective.
0131183818 (pbk.)
2005-005017
Legal assistants--United States.
Law--United States.
KF320.L4 / .H35 2006
349.73
Introduction to law / Joanne Banker Hames, Yvonne Ekern. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006. - xxiii, 640 p. : ill., forms ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
The legal community and professional responsibility -- The American legal system -- Laws: their sources -- Finding the law: legal -- Using the law: analysis and legal writing -- Laws : civil vs. criminal -- Personal injury practice: tort law and workers' compensation -- Family law -- Wills, trusts, and probate -- Business practice: contract law and property law -- Business practice: the law of business organizations and bankruptcy -- Civil procedure before -- Alternative dispute -- Criminal practice: criminal law and juvenile law -- Criminal procedure before trial -- Rules of evidence -- The trial -- Constitutional law -- Law and technology: a paralegal perspective.
0131183818 (pbk.)
2005-005017
Legal assistants--United States.
Law--United States.
KF320.L4 / .H35 2006
349.73