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Editorial Review

Court cases are never as quick and tidy as television dramas would have us believe. In fact, most civil disputes are settled long before a judge has a chance to pound a gavel. That's why pretrial fact-finding procedures such as depositions play an increasingly important role in legal quarrels. In fact, it's not uncommon for a deposition to be the only testimony given. All of this explains why Nolo's Read more

Reviews (4)

This Book is Not About Depositions
I just went through 13 hours of deposition time and let me clue you, this woman is only giving you the basic bs and I am going to write my deposition book, because the judicial system is at best corrupt and some of the attorneys are absolutely criminals and will lie andcheat - depositions are complexed and a detailed books from a deponent's point of view and with legal ease needs to be done.
Complete Text and Handy Introductory Guide
As a monitor of the information desk at the Harold Washington Library, Chicago's main library, I regularly make referrals to people looking for all kinds of information. Whenever I'm asked about books on depositions, the first one that comes to mind is "The Deposition Handbook: A Guide To Help You Give A Winning Deposition," by Virginia A. Lathan.
outline for fast pace reader
As typical from Nolo press writers, this is a very effective book well structured and with useful materials. Read more

Subjects:  1. Courts    2. Depositions    3. Discovery (Law)    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Popular works    8. Reference    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Civil rights    2. Essays    3. Fear    4. History & Theory - General    5. Law    6. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Precautionary principle    9. Reference    10. Risk perception    11. Social aspects    12. Political Science / History & Theory    13. Political science & theory    14. Social & political philosophy   

Subjects:  1. Educational    2. Law    3. Reference    4. Foundations of law   

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An excellent scholarly work
In reading this review, keep in mind that I am a lay person in the truest sense of the word, and so I brought no prior understanding to the subject of "cultural ownership" in reading this book.With that caveat, my review:
long overdue, but something awry
How much we need a book that looks with unjaundiced eyes on the issue of cultural ownership and cultural appropriation.This is that book, but with a caveat:there is something slightly out of balance here, with the overbalance being in the form of abias toward an intellectual definition of ownership. Brown is a scholar, and a worthy one.As such, his virtue is a healthy skepticism toward all points of view, rather than an unreflective sympathy toward each.In a sense, he is a debunker, not a sequential believer, and this places him in a distinct relationship to his material that seems to this reader to militate against a sympathy toward that which cannot be explicated or analyzed by rational means.I know I am getting murky here.But the simple fact is that you cannot do justice to non-analytical traditions and points of view by the application of analysis.This is perhaps better explained by demonstration in a wonderfully subtle treatise by Kent Nerburn called Neither Wolf nor Dog.Here, in the guise of a novel or some sort of fictionalized non-fiction, a man who has lived with native people takes on the subject from a different angle.He, too, comes up a bit short by using a device that is perhaps too clever by half.But he gets me closer to an understanding by embodying conflicting points of view and expressing them with the conviction of different systems of belief.I suggest that the reader consider both these books as distinct halfs to a very difficult whole.Though the distance between them is great, it is in the space in the center that some true understanding of the problem of cultural appropriation and ownership will be found. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cultural property    2. General    3. Indigenous peoples    4. Intellectual property    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal status, laws, etc    8. Property    9. Protection    10. Cultural studies    11. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    12. Law / Property   

Reviews (3)

don't bother
This book was so basic as to be worthless to me. I bought the 'two' book package that is often advertised. A Valuable Resource
Careers in Criminology covers a wide spectrum of law enforcement careers.Each section lists the type of job, its specialties and hazards, the skills and education requirements needed, and the salary.In the back is a list of websites and organizations you can contact. Into the Depths of Public Defense
The author spent many years working in criminology, he shares his knowledge of an extensive variety of jobs from security officer or sheriff to those with a scientific background or a bent for the legal field.There are many obscure areas requiring a full range of skills, interests, and personalities.The book adresses salaries, education, types of work, career ladders and informs the reader in the vast cross section of Careers in Criminal Justice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career/Job    3. Careers - General    4. Careers - Job Hunting    5. Careers / Job Opportunities    6. Criminal Law - General    7. Criminal justice, Administrati    8. Criminal justice, Administration of    9. Criminology    10. United States    11. Vocational guidance    12. Advice on careers & achieving success    13. Business & Economics / Careers    14. Crime & criminology   

Reviews (5)

Yep, it's outdated
It's really not very useful.I recommend Max Forge's book on manufacturing fake identification (also available here on Amazon).

information too old!
this book was written in 1983, and understandably very outdated.a newly revised edition is badly needed as we enter the new millenium! :-)

the best all time book
thers no other bok bette ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forgeries    2. General    3. Identification cards    4. Law    5. Personal & Practical Guides    6. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    7. Reference    8. United States    9. Political Science / Civil Rights   

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Government - Legislative Branch    3. Law    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Reference    6. Referendum    7. States    8. United States    9. Political Science    10. State, Provincial & Local Government    11. Democracy    12. Direct democracy    13. Politics and government   

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Economic aspects    3. General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Law / General    7. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    8. USA   

Subjects:  1. Design protection (International law)    2. Intellectual Property - General    3. Intellectual property (International law)    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Reference    7. Trademarks (International law)    8. Intellectual property, copyright & patents   

Subjects:  1. Handbooks, manuals, etc    2. Law    3. Law Office Administration    4. Law Office Education    5. Legal Profession    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal assistants    8. Reference    9. United States    10. Business & Economics / General    11. Organizational theory & behaviour   

Reviews (9)

Waste of Time & Money
The Kaplan LSAT 2004 focuses primarily on general LSAT strategies which will raise most student's scores by 1-2 points only, and thats assuming you are completely unfamiliar with the test. For those serious students who are generally familiar with the LSAT and willing to work hard to improve their score Kaplan and the Princeton Review are a complete waste of time and money. In some cases, such as Kaplan's method of solving Reading Comprehension questions, they are even counterproductive and can slow you down. Most students will emerge after studying the Kaplan book feeling confused and still unprepared, as I did. I strongly recommend the PowerScore books. I purchased the PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible and I am now able to work almost any logic game the LSAT can throw at me with confidence. I have also just ordered the newly released PowerScore LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible. Both of these books are expensive, they will run you about $90-$100 total but from my experience they are definitly worth it.

Not worth it...
This book is only good for those who really have no idea what the LSAT is.There are only a few pages on each section... and they are not all that helpful, they just tell you what kind of questions to expect... not HOW to do well on them.There are some "steps" to approaching each type of question, but I think those will end up slowing you down rather than helping you.I took an (actual) practice test totally blind before I read the book... and took another practice test out of the book... and scored only one point higher.I am relieved to hear that others believe the questions from the Kaplan book are bizarre, because I did okay on the logic game section on the actual practice LSAT (which I took without any preparation) and then, after reading the Kaplan book, totally BOMBED the logic games section in the Kaplan's practice test. Those questions WERE bizarre! Waste of Money
This book is a waste of money. Nothing in it is useful except maybe the introduction to the question types. I suggest that you get the Powerscore Logic Games Bible, Logic Reasoning Bible (Mid August 2004 I believe), and the next 10 actual LSATs, or 10 more actual official Lsats. Read the bibles and take practice tests over and over again. Good Luck. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. LSAT (Law School Admission Test)    2. Law    3. Legal Education    4. Study & Teaching    5. Study Guides    6. Study Aids / General   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career And Vocational Guidance    3. Career/Job    4. Careers - General    5. Careers - Other Specific Fields    6. Careers / Job Opportunities    7. Legal Profession    8. Practice Of Law    9. Reference    10. Business & Economics / General   

Subjects:  1. Air & Space    2. International    3. International Relations - General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    7. International Law    8. International humanitarian law    9. Law / Air & Space   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Arbitration, Industrial    3. Dispute resolution (Law)    4. Industrial arbitration    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Mediation and conciliation, In    8. Mediation and conciliation, Industrial    9. Reference    10. United States   

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Goodbye 'free speech zones'!
Gould's comprehensive work explains how speech restrictions were introduced and thrive in the 'free' college campus. Supposedly implemented to protect students, these 'free speech zones' were really about following the lead of other schools who implemented them first.
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Subjects:  1. Constitutional - First Amendment    2. Criminal Law    3. Criminal Law - General    4. Discrimination & Racism    5. Freedom of speech    6. General    7. Hate speech    8. History    9. Law    10. Law and legislation    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. Race discrimination    13. Reference    14. United States    15. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. 1st Amendment    2. Cases    3. Constitution    4. Constitutional    5. Freedom of association    6. Freedom of religion    7. Freedom of speech    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Reference    11. United States    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Encyclopaedias & Reference Works   

Reviews (2)

Factual, acurate and in layman terms
I am experiencing some Deed problems in California and to try and get detailed information from the clerks office is impossible. This book has all the info you need. I highly recommend it!

An unbelievable bargain
If you need to change a deed on your house or other real property -- changed your name, separated, married, adding a survivor to inherit -- don't pay a lawyer or title company hundreds of dollars to do it. Buy this book. Read the instructions carefully, fill out the forms and then go to the county recorder's office and file it yourself. Even if you have to pay for parking. Read more

Subjects:  1. California    2. Deeds    3. Land titles    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Popular works    7. Property    8. Property Law    9. Real Estate    10. Real Estate - General    11. Reference    12. Registration and transfer   

Subjects:  1. Computer-aided transcription    2. Court Records    3. Law    4. Law reporting    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Reference    7. Stenotypy    8. United States    9. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Industrial property    3. Intellectual Property - Patent    4. Law    5. Patent practice    6. Patent suits    7. Patents    8. Patents Law    9. Small Business - Legal Guides    10. United States    11. Business strategy    12. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    13. Law / Intellectual Property    14. Research & development management