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A judge's advice : 50 years on the bench
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A judge's advice : 50 years on the bench / Ruggero J. Aldisert.
ISBN
9781611630527 (alk. paper)
1611630525 (alk. paper)
Published
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The house of the law
The role of the courts in contemporary society
Precedent : what it is and what it isn't, when do we kiss it and when do we kill it?
Elements of legal thinking
Logic for law students : how to think like a lawyer
Formal and informal fallacies
State courts and federalism
Life in the raw in appellate courts
"The seniors" suggest a solution
Brief writing
Opinion writers and law review writers: a community and continuity of approach
Reading and evaluating an appellate opinion
Philosophy, jurisprudence and jurisprudential temperament of federal judges
Making the decision
Justifying the decision.
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