An easy to follow guide for the professional wanting to change careers or improve their existing skills by seeing what other legal assistants do.

PROFESSIONAL PARALEGAL, THE: A GUIDE TO FINDING A JOB AND CAREER SUCCESS covers more than just how to land a job, it shows how to prepare for and build a paralegal career. Taking a practical approach, it explains the dynamics of working in the legal environment, identifies the purpose and payoff to continual professional development, and offers strategies for working collaboratively with attorneys and others drawn into a case. Each chapter integrates ethics tips, checklists for success and end-of-chapter questions. Covering a full range of career issues, it offers advice on how to land your first paralegal job, develop marketable workplace habits and establish yourself in the paralegal profession.

Taking a case approach, this proven book provides an accessible overview of tort law for paralegals who work on personal injury matters. Hypothetical scenarios in every chapter demonstrate how abstract tort law pertains to real life accidents and injuries. In addition, over 75 annotated cases featuring hot button issues give readers an opportunity to apply key concepts to the types of cases they will encounter on the job. Built-in learning aids include problems, projects, a running glossary of legal terms, outlines, chapter summaries, and review questions. Now fully updated throughout, the Fifth Edition includes a new chapter on negligence, new content, and new chapter-opening features titled "The Biggest Mistakes Paralegals Make and How to Avoid Them." Each of these unique vignettes illustrates a dilemma, an ethical lapse, or another unfortunate experience that actually happened.

This Third Edition will guide readers to transform their career. Readers will be rewarded with wonderful relationships with bosses, coworkers, and peers. After the Revolution: The Radically Changing Paralegal World; Firing Up Commitment for Strategic Career Planning; Educating Paralegals; Talking the Talk; Paralegal Careers in the New Millennium; When to Say NO to Your Dream Job; Cutting-Edge Legal Careers In the Virtual Workplace; In Pursuit of Success; Shifts in Legal Temporary Staffing Trends; Careers with Legal Vendors; Learning the Secrets of Quality Service; Baby Boomers Meet Generation X; The Experienced Paralegal: Climbing the Invisible Career Ladder; Using Vendors to Upgrade Your Career; Billables: A Win-Win; Getting Up Off the Sticky Floor; You Call This Networking?; Paralegal Orientation Program for New Hires and Temps; The Paralegal Manager; Straight Talk from a Few of the Most Powerful Paralegal Administrators in the Country; Creating an Environment for Keeping Talent; Formal Evaluations; How Partners Get Paid Those Big Bucks; Toxic Bosses; Positive Career Changes; Career Questions and Answers; Reaching Out: The Joys of Writing and Teaching; Legal Secretaries Seeking Paralegal Positions; Creating A Business; Trial: The Brass Ring; A Quiet Revolution; Surfing the Net; Litigation Support: Systems, Software, Services You'll Need to Know; Just Do It.

LESSONS from the Top Paralegal Experts: The 15 Most Successful Paralegals and What You Can Learn From Them is a unique and much needed reference. The primary goal of the book is to help students and professionals learn hands-on techniques directly from paralegal leaders in the field. These top paralegal experts share the secrets that have helped them become the best of the best in their profession. The top fifteen paralegal experts helped to expand the paralegal profession and improve the efficiency of performing paralegal duties including creativity, leadership, expertise in their specialty, technical skills, knowledge, mentoring, and organization. There is a definite need to provide paralegal students with further instructions to help them become more productive and efficient.

THE LAW OF CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, 6th Edition deciphers the complex substantive and procedural laws surrounding U.S. business entities today. Focusing on corporations, sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability entities, the text explains the law and the theory behind the law while providing practical information that you can take to the office.Financial structures, securities regulations, mergers, and bankruptcy round out the legal discussions, along with special attention paid to the current Uniform Acts and Model Business Corporation Act used by most state legislatures to create state-specific laws. Special features include sample paragraphs, and practical advice that you can use on the job as a corporate paralegal.

Featuring an insider's look at the profession of paralegalism, this book is a thoughtful, hands-on, real-life guide to creating and succeeding at a legal career. It includes tools that will help the reader assess their skills, their employer, and their chances for success in a particular legal setting, enabling them to become true professionals with top-notch skills and a resume to match. What does it mean to be a paralegal. Time to get the job. Your first day, week, and month on the job. Organizing your work life. Performance evaluations. Secrets of success. How to effect change. Continuing education. Law office politics. Your five year plan and other career builders. Paralegal makes partner. Beyond the law office. Computers. Family, health and happiness. For paralegals just starting out, paralegals in the middle of their careers who need a boost, and senior paralegals ready to move into a new position.

The author of this guide on paralegal career success brings to it a unique perspective as a former supervising attorney who now is a paralegal educator. This publication gives paralegals and those studying the profession an inside look at what law offices look for in their paralegal staff. Readers not only learn from the attorney/author, they also get first-hand advice from paralegals through the Paralegal Perspective feature. Readers will learn the answers to such questions as How do I know if the job is right for me? How important is salary? Once on the job, how do I make a positive impression? How can I produce high-quality work? and How can I advance professionally? A sample paralegal resume and cover letter with comments about their development round out this highly useful resource.

Author Andrea Wagner, brings her 20 years of experience as an expert in paralegal placement field to this newly updated career manual. Whether you are a student contemplating beginning your career as a paralegal, changing careers, or looking to move ahead in your current job, this text will provide you with the tools needed to get in the door with the best possible resume, give a great job interview, and secure the job offer! Convenient checklists for use with each job prospect and insider's information about the marketplace will allow you to use this career guide again and again.

Now newly updated and expanded, the Second Edition of this popular book provides a concise, realistic, hands-on guide to the fascinating and rewarding practice of criminal law. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE FOR THE PARALEGAL offers a highly practical introduction to the field, exploring essential legal principles and their applications through a series of real-world cases, including prosecution, defense, and appellate processes. Drawing on his extensive experience as a criminal defense attorney, an assistant district attorney, and a college instructor, the author brings the world of prosecutors, defense attorneys, and paralegals to life with a uniquely engaging, reader-friendly style ideal for today's learners. The book also addresses relevant Supreme Court decisions and their ramifications and offers insights from actual paralegals and examples from real cases. This trusted text is an ideal resource to prepare you for success in the dynamic, high-demand field of criminal law.

Every day more and more people are turning to independent paralegals for help with routine legal paperwork. This long-proven definitive reference provides crucial legal and business advice for all those considering a career in this growing field. Interviews with prominent independent paralegals bring the text to life.

Introduction to Paralegalism: Perspectives, Problems, and Skills, 6E, provides students with a comprehensive in-depth introduction to the field. As the market leader, this text boasts a wealth of information on updated legislation and the impacting use of paralegals. New to this edition is the inclusion of pertinent web site information related to chapter content, assignments that require students to do additional research on the web, updated exhibits that illustrate key concepts, and extensive information on paralegal career development and job opportunities. Also new to this edition is the coverage of changes in paralegal regulation, statistics and updates to case law. Packed with real life insights and information on trends in the profession, the text contains the following features: Chapter Outlines, Assignments, Examples, Checklists, Chapter Summaries, Key Terms, and "On the Net" - an end of chapter feature that provides students with innumerable web site addresses to conduct additional research on the internet. This text is an invaluable resource for any student seeking a practical approach to the study of the paralegal profession.

FAMILY LAW: THE ESSENTIALS, Third Edition, provides a concise, accurate introduction to key legal concepts and practical paralegal skills, along with excerpts from real-world cases, forms and checklists you can apply on the job, and tips and techniques for professional success. The Third Edition includes new and updated material on current trends and topics in this dynamic field, including legal ethics, technology, domestic violence, fertility and reproductive science, stem cell research, adoption, domestic partnerships, same-sex marriage, and changing definitions of family. Supported by a full range of available learning supplements, this trusted guide is an ideal resource for formal courses or self-study, and a reliable reference for practicing paralegals.

A text offering the paralegal complete understanding of the litigation process from the time the client walks into the office through trial and post-judgment, including settlements and alternative forms of dispute resolution.

Designed for today’s student, eDiscovery for the Legal Professional introduces the basics of electronic discovery. In the current, fast-paced legal environment, legal professionals need to understand how technology influences the practice of law, how to communicate this information to their clients, and the most cost-effective discovery tools available. This text offers comprehensive and timely coverage, including historical development of the eDiscovery field, substantive legal precedent and case studies, procedural changes based on recent revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, practical application of eDiscovery tools and resources, discussion of changing technology definitions, usage and trends, and ethical considerations for the legal professional when managing electronic discovery and data.Professors and students will benefit from: Accessible text that explains technical eDiscovery concepts in layman terms. Up-to-date discussion of current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure covering eDiscovery. Effective pedagogy with Examples and Exercises in every chapter, excerpts from cases and the Federal Rules, helpful lists and summaries, and Key Points that highlight essential concepts and practical applications. Key topics covered include: Impact of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) on discovery, Data Management, Case Management, Spoliation, and Ethical Considerations such as competence, confidentiality, and informed consent. A comprehensive glossary that helps students with new and unfamiliar vocabulary

Paralegal Internships is a practical "how-to" guide for pursuing a paralegal internship in a law office, government agency, corporate legal department, courthouse or other law-related setting.

This manual is a comprehensive study tool for the Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) Examination administered by the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. The manual thoroughly covers each section of the exam with extensive outlines, examples, facts, and charts for review. Sample tests are included at the end of each chapter. Tips for studying and successful completion of the exam are also provided. The new edition has been completely updated to reflect the latest changes in the law and the CLA Examination.

“How to Argue and Win Every Time is more than just a book about argument; it's the outline on how to live.” ―Larry king“Gerry Spence is one of America's last true originals--a man who thinks as brilliantly as he lives, who writes as compellingly as he talks, and who practices law as faithfully as most people practice religion.” ―Dan RatherThe Runaway National Bestseller with over 800,000 copies sold that teaches you how to compose, prepare, and deliver the winning argument every time!The Laws of Arguing According to Gerry Spence1. Everyone is capable of making the winning argument.2. Winning is getting what we want, which also means helping "others" get what they want.3. Learn that words are a weapon, and can be used hostilely in combat.4. Know that there is always a "biological advantage" of delivering the TRUTH.5. Assault is not argument.6. Use fear as an ally in pubic speaking or in argument. Learn to convert its energy.7. Let emotions show and don't discourage passion.8. Don't be blinded by brilliance.9. Learn to speak with the body. The body sometimes speaks more powerfully than words.10. Know that the enemy is not the person with whom we are engaged in a failing argument, but the vision within ourselves.

Designed as a self-study tool, NALA's CL/CP Study Guide and Mock Examination, third edition will help sharpen test-taking skills. This study guide offers details and tips for taking the CLA Exam, as well as a series of self-tests for each exam category. The end of the book contains a CLA mock exam with an answer key.

With expanded coverage in this new edition, The Elements of Legal Style features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style--what it is and how to attain it.Inspired by Strunk and White's The Elements of Style, this book clearly (often wittily) explains the full range of what legal writers need to know: mechanics, word choice, structure, and rhetoric, as well as all the special conventions that legal writers should follow in using headings, defined terms, quotations, and many other devices. Garner also provides abundant examples from the best legal writers of yesterday and today, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Clarence Darrow, Frank Easterbrook, and Antonin Scalia.If you want to make your writing clearer, more precise, more persuasive, and above all more stylish, The Elements of Legal Style offers the surest--and the most enjoyable--means to that end.

Morrison and DeCiani use a real-life theme to prepare students to handle the everyday ethical situations facing legal assistants. Several learning features expand upon this theme. Focus On features offer interviews with practicing paralegals. Paralegals in the Spotlight summarize real-life ethical situations taken from legal assistant magazines and journals. Tips for the Paralegal include a list of ways to avoid or deal with ethical problems, while Interplay boxes illustrate inter-relationships of ethical rules. Exercises and cases edited in the language of the court add to the applied nature of the text. ALSO AVAILABLE INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructors Manual (with Test Bank), ISBN: 0-314-05460-X

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Provides definitions of legal terms and phrases used in various branches of law, in a new edition that includes a more extensive dating of terms, over 7,500 new entries, and increased bibliographic coverage.

A provocative book about the need for the legal profession to connect with the heart. Must reading for lawyers, law students, paralegals, their clients and anyone interested in a more humane approach to the legal process. Reading this book will result in healthier legal relationships.

Provides a thorough and updated treatment of all major areas of legal ethics, with an emphasis on how the rules affect paralegals. Covers the regulations of attorneys; a history of the paralegal career and its regulations; the unauthorized practice of law; confidentiality; conflicts of interest; the marketing of legal services; fees and client funds; competence; special issues in advocacy; and professionalism. Takes into account new ethics advisory opinions and court cases affecting the regulation of paralegals, as well as recent revisions to the ethics rules. Appendices provide the text of relevant ethical codes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Walston-Dunham has written a clear, paralegal-specific introduction to legal research. She takes a step-by-step approach, thoroughly familiarizing students with each type of source before asking them to solve more complex research problems. Sample pages and examples are effectively used to illustrate research principles. You will find self-tests to help students evaluate their understanding of the material at the end of each chapter. ALSO AVAILABLE Study Guide, ISBN: 0-314-04952-5 INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructors Manual with Test Bank ISBN: 0-314-04932-0

Excellent for anyone searching for information in a real or virtual law library (including paralegals, law students, legal assistants and journalists), Legal Research outlines a systematic method to find answers and get results. In plain, readable English, Attorneys Elias and Levinkind explain, with plenty of examples and instructions, how to: • read and understand statues, regulations and cases • evaluate cases for their value as precedent • use all the basic tools of legal research • practice what you've learned with "hands-on, feet-in" library exercises, as well as hypothetical research problems and solutions This easy-to-use and understand book, now in its 14th edition, has been adopted as a text in many law schools and paralegal programs.

A valuable resource for journalists and researchers offers practical advice on how to use publicly available sources to uncover personal data and background information on subjects ranging from business associates to prospective spouses. Original.

A Master Guide to the world online public records. Quickly find complete profiles of over 3,000 government agencies and private companies that provide Internet access to public records.

The details you need to know! How to access public records directly from 20,000+ government agencies including, county courts, county recording offices, state agencies, licensing boards, and federal courts. Includes a county locator.

Whatever information you want, Find It Fast will tell you, step by step, how to track it down, whether it's consumer advice, information for your job or project, facts for starting a new business, or answers to questions on obscure topics. Newly revised, the bestselling book gives expert advice on how to locate the best information sources, how to find and utilize the proffesionals behind those sources, and how to combine these techniques to complete an information search on any subject.Fully revised and updated, this 5th edition includes hundreds of new web addresses-the "Best of the Best" for researchers- and reveals how to evaluate internet sources for reliability. You'll also find expert advice on:How to use search engines for fast facts and precise searchesHow to avoid "Information Overload," the bane of today's researcherHow to tap into the huge storehouse of data available online from the U.S. government and from business sourcesWhen and why it's still critical to use your libraryAnd much more

BURTON'S IS GUILTY...OF BEING THE BEST LEGAL THESAURUS ON THE MARKET!8,000 legal terms, synonyms, definitions, and parts of speech - now fully updated and revised"Prepared by lawyers, comprehensive, up-to-date, easy to use."-American Bar Association JournalAfter twenty-five years as the standard-bearer of legal terminology, Burton's Legal Thesaurus continues to be an essential reference tool. In law, precision and accuracy is vital. This fourth edition contains more entries than ever before, including cutting-edge terms unique to today's legal profession. This new edition is an indispensable reference source for: Partners, Associates, Attorneys and judges, who will appreciate the timeliness of the 1,000-plus new entries Law school students seeking to use a more specific word or recall a word forgotten Journalists and scholars looking for the right word to fit the thoughtPRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS"A tool to strengthen the lawyer's vocabulary and improve the precision of legal writing."-Maryland Bar Journal"Given the popularity of plain language laws, the Legal Thesaurus could be just the book to own."-United States Law Week"The legal profession should find this volume valuable in using the exact word to convey the meaning intended."-New York State Bar Journal"It is through the use of such a tool as the Legal Thesaurus that one may find the precise term to fit the nuances of a particular situation."-William O. Douglas Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-1975

This up-to-date and authoritative dictionary has over 10,000 definitions of over 5,000 terms with phonetic pronunciations. Includes key words, phrases, major U.S. Supreme Court Cases, legal rules, and Acts of Congress and ethics by NALA and NFPA.

Students and professors will welcome this new edition of the only text for legal writing and research that covers all three key components of the first-year course -- research, writing, and analysis. These distinctive features earned THE LEGAL WRITING HANDBOOK itscomprehensive coverage of analysis, writing, and research teaches a state of the art approach to legal research, with an emphasis on electronic research uses a process approach to lead students from pre-writing to drafting, editing, and the final draft begins with the basics of the legal system, introducing students to how to read and analyze statutes and cases, then takes students through the process of writing an objective memorandum and trial and appellate briefs offers resources to help students become more effective writers, including extensive guidance on effective legal style, grammar, and mechanics demonstrates concepts through the use of examples provides grammar and rhetorical/cultural information designed specifically for law students for whom English is a second language broad coverage makes the book easy to adapt for two-, three-, or four-semester programs provides numerous exercises in an accompanying Practice Book to help students master research and writing skills the comprehensive Teacher¿s Manual and Teaching Materials website includes teaching guidance, handouts, and sample lessons and diagnostic test (also available online) for pinpointing writing problems Through painstaking editing, the Fourth Edition incorporates new material without increasing the length of thea reorganized and updated presentation of research reflects the changes in practice. Exhibits are now included on CD with the book, for easy reference. a new section on legal reading the section on writing memos includes new examples and an additional chapter on writing more sophisticated memos the increased use of Practice Pointers and Questions reflects the latest research on active learning, while the emphasis on teaching underlying structures applies research on transfer of learning new, short sections raise issues relating to professionalism and the role of lawyers the chapter on effective paragraphs and the sections on Legal Writing for English-as-a-Second-Language Students and on bias-free and gender-neutral language are all thoroughly updated new material offers advice on how to avoid procrastination and other writing obstacles An author website to support classroom instruction using this title is available at

This comprehensive text provides a concise and clear-cut discussion of the most important accounting and financial documents that a legal professional might encounter. Unlike any other text on the market, it details each element that goes into creating financial documents in a manner that is easily comprehensible. The text is designed to be an adjunct to courses in areas such as litigation, family law, trust and estates, and office management. Key words: case based, basic, clients finances

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This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling manual provides the perfect introduction to the basics of accounting and business finance. It takes the reader through accounting and financial techniques, concepts and terms in an easy-to-follow, approachable style. Up to date with the latest changes in taxation law, it introduces concepts in a way intended to aid non-financial students as well as managers from organizations of all sizes. The book is organized into three main Annual accounts, Management accounting and Financial management. Throughout the book there are suggestions for further reading and questions to test the reader's understanding of each chapter. "Accounting for Non-Accountants" is already widely used as an introductory text for business and management students on a variety of courses, and it remains essential reading for anyone wishing to truly understand accounting principles and practice.

Basic Accounting Fresh From the Lemonade StandThe world of accounting can be intimidating. But, more often than not, there's no way to avoid it--even non-financial jobs venture into financial jargon and concepts. For those trying to get more done at the office, organize the dollars and cents in a small business or just in need of a refresher, there's no reason to turn to the average number-crunching class again.The Accounting Game presents financial information in a format so simple and so unlike a common accounting textbook, you may forget you're learning key skills that will help you get ahead!This book uses the world of a kid's lemonade stand to teach the basics of financial language and records. You'll run your own lemonade stand and make it grow by creating signs to advertise it, borrowing money from Mom, buying lemons and sugar and selling to the whole neighborhood. As you run your stand, you'll begin to understand and apply financial terms and concepts like assets, liabilities, earnings, inventory and notes payable, plus:--Know the difference between accrual vs. cash accounting methods--Create and understand an income statement and balance sheet--Track inventory using LIFO and FIFO--Create cash statements and understand cash flow and liquidity--Apply your new knowledge to real-life situationsThe revolutionary approach of The Accounting Game takes the typically mundane subjects of accounting and business finance and makes them something you can easily learn, understand, remember and use!The Accounting Game is produced by Educational Discoveries, the training industry's leader in accelerative learning technology. More than 70,000 people have graduated from The Accounting Game, the world's most successful one-day financial seminar.

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This book introduces readers to the origins of copyright law, the extent of trademark rights, and what is patentable. It covers such topics as rights granted under copyright, principles of fair use, the first sale doctrine, issues of ownership, copyright registration, and securing Internet domains. It is written for legal assistants and paralegals working in the intellectual property field. It includes step-by-step information to use and register the various forms required in intellectual property law, including trademark and copyright application as well as supporting documentation such as assignments and declarations. This comprehensive reference is a valuable resource for professionals specializing in the area of intellectual property.

Students know they can count on expert study guide author Joseph W. Glannon to clarify even the most complicated topics. Unquestionable effectiveness earned his civil procedure guides their bestselling status. Extensively revised and updated for its Fifth Edition, "Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations" continues to introduce the principles of civil procedure and illustrate how they apply in typical cases.

Maerowitz, a city attorney and Mauet, a law professor, prepare present and future paralegals to investigate and plan litigation, prepare pretrial litigation, and work through settlement, trial, and the post-trial period. They describe fact gathering, case evaluation and strategy, standards for parties and jurisdictions, pleadings, law and motions, provisional remedies, evidence and discovery. They also describe the appeal process, reinforcement of judgments, and alternate dispute resolution. They include a litigation file and a CD-ROM workbook. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Law school teaches the student about the law, but not about how to practice law. Other texts for paralegals may teach paralegals about the law, but they do not teach them how to perform the duties that they will be required to perform as professionals in the field, or give the m the experience of producing work product as they would in a law office. This one does. It follows the California litigation process chronologically from the prelitgation issues and ethics, through pleadings, discovery, trial preparation, trial, appeals and writs. The text provides a fictitious case for students to use as a context to produce challenging work product at each stage of the case, and a sample deposition transcript. The Study Guide provides two more cases, and another deposition transcript. In addition to the chapter material, each chapter of the text poses discussion questions to highlight the concepts of the chapter, and online projects which require use of the internet as a resource, just as a paralegal would do in the litigation law office. They also provide exemplars of the workproduct and forms related to the chapter topic.

The Litigation Paralegal: A Systems Approach, 4th Edition, is presented in a clear and logical outline format that helps students learn the classifications and interrelationships of concepts and principles. It provides necessary background on the litigation paralegal, ethics, the office environment, and the courts. Utilizing this information, students work through a case, from intake interviews through appeal. As students develop competencies, they collect a system folder of documents that will serve as a litigation practice manual when they move on to work as paralegals. The text provides flexibility for instructors who wish to tailor the material to fit goals and time constraints. Also, appendixes on the system folder, the law of torts and contracts, and reading medical records, provide instructors with flexibility to meet the needs of students at different stages of the academic progress.

This revised and expanded desk reference includes step-by-step instructions for all aspects of a paralegal’s job, including ethics, court systems and procedures, legal research tools, and electronic trial preparation procedures. Reprint.

Tort Law for Legal Assistants, Third Edition strikes an excellent balance between academic coverage of tort law principles and practical coverage of skills requisite for the personal injury legal assistant. And, in response to the increasing use of technology in the legal field, special emphasis is placed on using the Internet to search for information related to tort law. The authors have used an informal writing style, and they have made every effort to keep readers engaged through a host of techniques. For example, each chapter is introduced using a simple, often lighthearted, hypothetical. Each chapter contains Practice Pointers that introduce students to such practical skills as drafting pleadings, preparing medical authorization requests, documenting damages, writing FOIA letters, and assembling trial exhibits. Review questions and practice exams allow students to test their mastery of chapter materials. An instructor's manual with test bank complements this practical teaching text.

This approachable textbook by Jeffrey A. Helewitz is a basic introduction to real estate law that lays out the foundations of the law in a readable, helpful format. A thorough yet manageable introduction with examples that clarify the paralegal’s role, Basic Real Estate and Property Law for Paralegals covers estates in land and future interests; titles; land use; conveyancing; closing procedures; condos, co-ops, and commercial property; and landlord-tenant law.In the Sixth Edition, new cases bring fresh perspectives on the following topics: Professors and students will benefit from:

Americans resorted to arms in 1775 not to establish new liberties but to defend old ones, explains constitutional historian Leonard W. Levy in this fascinating history of the origins of the Bill of Rights. Unencumbered by a rigid class system, an arbitrary government, or a single established church squelching dissent, colonial Americans understood freedom in a far more comprehensive and liberal way than the English, Levy shows. He offers here a panoramic view of the liberties secured by the first ten amendments to the Constitution―a penetrating analysis of the background of the Bill of Rights the meanings of each provision of the amendments.In colonial America, political theory, law, and religion all taught that government was limited. Yet the framing and ratification of the Bill of Rights―in effect a bill of restraints upon the national government―was by no means assured. Levy illuminates the behind-the-scenes maneuverings, public rhetoric, and political motivations that led to each provision. The omission of a bill of rights in the original constitution presented the most serious obstacle to its adoption, despite Federalist claims that a bill of rights was unnecessary. Opponents of the Constitution claimed that inclusion of only some liberties―such as the right to habeas corpus and freedom from ex post facto laws―meant that all other liberties would be lost. But, Levy demonstrates, the people of the United States, aided by a persistent James Madison and by traditions of freedom, had the good sense to support both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The Federalist Papers are among the most important Founding Documents in the birth of the United States of America. The whole original debate over the Constitution is laid out here in detail for all to see. But most Americans have never read them. Why? Because they were written in the florid and complex language of 18th century politics. Now the Federalist Papers have been translated into modern American English. If you can read a newspaper, you can now read the Federalist Papers. See how the Founding Fathers foresaw the problems of impeachment, of corruption in government, of representation and all the other headline-grabbing issues we read about today! This new edition is indexed for today's political issues, a feature found no where else! The Clinton Impeachment? Regulatory excess? Bumbling bureaucracy? Gun control? Just see the index and find out what the Federalist Papers say about it! A publishing event of major importance!

The complete texts of the documents that tell the story of the clashes and compromises that gave birth to the Unites States of America.Should the members of the government be elected by direct vote of the people?Should the government be headed by a single executive, and how powerful should that executive be? Should immigrants be allowed into the United States?How should judges be appointed?What human rights should be safe from government infringement?In 1787, these important questions and others were raised by such statesmen as Patrick Henry and John DeWitt as the states debated the merits of the proposed Constitution. Along with The Federalist Papers, this invaluable book documents the political context in which the Constitution was born.This volume includes the complete texts of the Anti-Federalist Papers and Constitutional Convention debates, commentaries, and an Index of Ideas. It also lists cross-references to its companion volume, The Federalist Papers, available in a Signet Classic edition.Edited and with an Introduction by Ralph Ketchum

Three illustrious early American statesmen defend the political principles and ideologies set forth in the Constitution of the United States, in a new edition of the classic, which is accompanied by a selected bibliography, historical glossary, new introduction, and other resource material. Reprint.

Is the Constitution a myth? If that question strikes you as blasphemous, you confirm the thesis of this brightly written book, which offers a lively new perspective on an old but timely subject. Eric Black suggests that the Constitution is not at all what we like to think it is—a fixed body of written law that changes incrementally through amendments and court interpretations. Nor is it a road map to equality and justice for all. What is the Constitution, then?Black suggests that it is the holy writ of a national civil religion, in which Americans expect to find the answers to their most troubling questions. It is a mirror that reflects our history, a medium through which each generation turns its values, attitudes, and prejudices into law. Most of all, it is a myth that gains its power from our belief in it.Based on a series of articles written in 1987, this book presents a hypothesis that no historian or legal scholar would have developed. Bringing the irreverence and inquisitiveness of a journalist to the subject, Black has rethought the story of the framing, the addition of the Bill of Rights, and the relationship between our Constitution and our history. The result is a fresh and clear-eyed explanation of how the Constitution has worked and why it still works today.Eric Black has been with the Star Tribune of Minneapolis–St. Paul for ten years as a state reporter, feature writer, and project reporter.