My Law School Book Collection
1. Torts, 3rd Ed. by Edward J. Kionka
2. Law 101; Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System by Jay M. Feinman
3. A People's History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons
4. How to Succeed in Law School by Professor Gary A. Munneke, J.D.
5. Law School Confidential by Robert H. Miller
6. One L by Scott Turow
7. Law School 101 by R. Stephanie Good
8. Legal Writing in Plain English by Bryan A. Garner
9. The Words We Live By; Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution by Linda R. Monk
10. An Introduction to Legal Reasoning by Edward H. Levi
11. The Nature of the Judicial Process (The Storrs Lectures Series) by Benjamin Cardozo
12. From Here to Economy: A Short Cut to Economic Literacy by Todd G. Buchholz
13. Planet Law School: What You Need to Know (Before You Go), But Didn't Know to Ask... and No One Else Will Tell You, Second Edition by Atticus Falcon
My goal in reading these books, for the most part, was to give myself a comprehensive overview of the legal process. This, I feel, is more important than learning the black letter law. That will be my focus during the semester, and hopefully the goal of the professors at my law school. Yes, black letter law is the poured concrete foundation of our legal society, but such a foundation is worthless without the bedrock of common law upon which it rests.
Why the economy book, you might ask? From what I gather, it is extremely helpful to have a working knowledge of economics in the law school classroom. Just like almost everything else, the law is about money- protecting it, dividing it, etc. The entire basis for torts in civil law, for example, is the belief that wrongs can be completely compensated through money.
Whether any of this will help me, of course, remains to be seen.
2. Law 101; Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System by Jay M. Feinman
3. A People's History of the Supreme Court by Peter Irons
4. How to Succeed in Law School by Professor Gary A. Munneke, J.D.
5. Law School Confidential by Robert H. Miller
6. One L by Scott Turow
7. Law School 101 by R. Stephanie Good
8. Legal Writing in Plain English by Bryan A. Garner
9. The Words We Live By; Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution by Linda R. Monk
10. An Introduction to Legal Reasoning by Edward H. Levi
11. The Nature of the Judicial Process (The Storrs Lectures Series) by Benjamin Cardozo
12. From Here to Economy: A Short Cut to Economic Literacy by Todd G. Buchholz
13. Planet Law School: What You Need to Know (Before You Go), But Didn't Know to Ask... and No One Else Will Tell You, Second Edition by Atticus Falcon
My goal in reading these books, for the most part, was to give myself a comprehensive overview of the legal process. This, I feel, is more important than learning the black letter law. That will be my focus during the semester, and hopefully the goal of the professors at my law school. Yes, black letter law is the poured concrete foundation of our legal society, but such a foundation is worthless without the bedrock of common law upon which it rests.
Why the economy book, you might ask? From what I gather, it is extremely helpful to have a working knowledge of economics in the law school classroom. Just like almost everything else, the law is about money- protecting it, dividing it, etc. The entire basis for torts in civil law, for example, is the belief that wrongs can be completely compensated through money.
Whether any of this will help me, of course, remains to be seen.
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