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HIGHLIGHTS

AMERICAN LAW AND THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM
IN A NUTSHELL

Lloyd Bonfield
2006 394pp
9780314150165 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00
Nutshell Series
This book, suitable as a primer for international LLMs – or as an introductory survey for
American students of both procedural and substantive law – is a comprehensive, though
concise, survey of the American legal system – its structure and its methodology.
West Academic Publishing

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH IN A NUTSHELL

Second Edition
Marci B. Hoffman & Robert C. Berring

Apr 2017 277pp
9781634605212 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00
Nutshell Series
Provides a basic introduction to international and foreign legal research for the non-specialist.
This book offers guidance through the unfamiliar pathways of research using international
and non-US legal materials and demystifies the world of treaties and international case law.
West Academic Publishing

LAW SCHOOL SUCCESS IN A NUTSHELL

Third Edition
Ann Burkhart & Robert Stein

Jul 2017 277pp
9781683281856 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00
Nutshell Series
This handy resource answers questions students have as they begin their studies. It also
explains and gives examples of the best methods for studying and for taking exams and
provides questions and model answers from actual law school exams. The Nutshell also
provides information about the types of legal practice that are available to students when
they graduate.
West Academic Publishing
West Academic

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HIGHLIGHTS

LEGAL WRITING AND LEGAL SKILLS FOR
FOREIGN LL.M. STUDENTS

Karen Lundquist
Apr 2017 411pp
9781683287667 Paperback £82.50 / €95.00
American Casebook Series
Presents interactive classroom materials that simulate the practice of law in the United
States and improve the language and legal skills that students need to succeed in their LL.M.
programmes and in their professional careers.
West Academic Publishing

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LEGAL WRITING AND LEGAL SKILLS FOR FOREIGN
LL.M. STUDENTS, ESL WORKBOOK

Karen Lundquist
Apr 2017 311pp
9781683287629 Paperback £27.50 / €32.00
American Casebook Series
Every case that the students read for the client matters has a worksheet, which includes key
vocabulary and legal terminology already defined to assist the students in reading and save
them time, as well as pre-reading and comprehension questions to help students understand
the case and the analysis made, and think about how the case applies to the client matter.
West Academic Publishing
West Academic

HIGHLIGHT

THE REDBOOK

A Manual on Legal Style, Third Edition
Bryan A. Garner

2013 656pp
9780314289018 Spiral bound £54.95 / €63.00
American Casebook Series
Since the first edition was published in 2002, The Redbook has established itself as the most
authoritative, comprehensive, and easily usable manual of legal style. It covers everything that
mere citation manuals don’t and can’t: punctuation, capitalisation, grammar, prose style, and
clarity in general.
West Academic Publishing
West Academic

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Broadview Press ACING PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
LEGAL REASONING
Third Edition
Martin P. Golding Leslie Abramson
Mar 2001 10pp
9781551114224 Paperback £19.95 / €24.00 Jun 2017 277pp
9781683284093 Paperback £41.95 / €48.00
In a blend of text and readings, Martin P. Golding explores Acing Series
legal reasoning from a variety of angles - including that of
judicial psychology. The primary focus, however, is on the Provides a dual benefit to law students who, to become
“logic”of judicial decision making. How do judges justify licensed lawyers, have to pass both a law school exam in
their decisions? What sort of arguments do they use? In what a Legal Ethics course as well as the Multistate Professional
ways do they rely on legal precedent? Golding includes a Responsibility Examination (MPRE). To prepare for the law
wide variety of cases, as well as a bibliographic essay. school examination, there are pages of text, numerous
outlines, bullet points, sample essay questions and answers,
West Academic and mini-checklists.
West Academic Publishing
1L OF A RIDE
THE ALL-
A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to INCLUSIVE GUIDE
Success in the First Year of Law School, TO JUDICIAL
Third Edition CLERKING
Andrew McClurg
Abigail Perdue
Jun 2017 277pp Apr 2017 462pp
9781634607896 Paperback £38.50 / €45.00 9781634608220 Paperback
Career Guides £41.95 / €48.00
Career Guides
Provides a candid, comprehensive roadmap to both
academic and emotional success in law school’s crucial A comprehensive new resource
first year. Told in an accessible first-person voice, covered that is ideal for current and
topics in the revised and updated third edition include prospective law clerks as well
pre-planning, top student fears, first-year curriculum, the as law professors who teach judicial drafting courses or
Socratic and case methods of teaching, effective class direct judicial externship programmes. This guide explores
participation, top habits of successful students, essential the purpose and function of a judicial clerk, the nature and
study techniques, legal research and writing, exam structure of the judiciary, how to apply for and obtain a
strategies, maintaining well-being, and much more. clerkship, and more importantly, how to perform well during
West Academic Publishing and after the clerkship.
West Academic Publishing
1L OF A RIDE
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH IN
A Well-Traveled Professor’s Roadmap to A NUTSHELL
Success in the First Year of Law School,
Video, Third Edition + Video Course Second Edition
Andrew McClurg Marci B. Hoffman & Robert C. Berring

Jun 2017 277pp Apr 2017 277pp
9781683289968 Paperback + online course access 9781634605212 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00
£82.50 / €95.00 Nutshell Series
Career Guides
For full details of this title, see page 1.
This version comes with an access code to a first-of-its- West Academic Publishing
kind online video course designed to reinforce the reading.
These thirteen videos address subjects covered in the
book, often from fresh angles, and some new topics.
West Academic Publishing

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JUDICIAL PROCESS THE LEGAL RESEARCH SURVIVAL
MANUAL WITH VIDEO MODULES
Cases and Materials
Wayne McCormack & Louisa Heiny Second Edition
Robert C. Berring & Michael Levy
Apr 2017 492pp
9781634608121 Paperback £98.95 / €115.00 Apr 2017 277pp
9781683284659 Paperback + access to video modules
Explores both the practical and theoretical aspects of £54.95 / €63.00
clerking. Coverage includes practical skills and concepts Video Series
interns must master, including knowledge of court structures
and procedure, the role of the clerk in chambers, memo This text and the accompanying videos provide a basic
and opinion writing, ethical considerations, statutory introduction to the mysteries of legal research, giving the
interpretation, common law reasoning, and constitutional new legal researcher the tools necessary for success. It is
interpretation. designed to be an approachable resource to launch them
Foundation Press into the first year of law school or as a legal research refresher
for those starting their first jobs or internships. The videos
THE LAW AND ETHICS OF LAWYERING can be watched in conjunction with the book or separately.
West Academic Publishing
Sixth Edition
Geoffrey Hazard, Jr. et al LEGAL WRITING
AND ANALYSIS
Jun 2017 277pp IN A NUTSHELL
9781628100358 Hardback £250.00 / €285.00
University Casebook Series Fifth Edition
Lynn Bahrych, Jeanne Merino
Provides an overview of the wide range of legal and ethical & Beth McLellan
issues facing lawyers in practice. As with prior editions, this
sixth edition integrates discussion of the ABA’s Model Rules, May 2017 430pp
the ALI’s Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, as 9781634602815 Paperback
well as case law, statutory law, and regulatory law governing £46.50 / €54.00
lawyers. Nutshell Series
Foundation Press
Provides a ten-step guide to
LAW SCHOOL SUCCESS IN A NUTSHELL clear, precise, and effective
legal writing and analysis for both law students and
Third Edition experienced lawyers. This book gives the keys to writing legal
Ann Burkhart & Robert Stein memoranda and briefs, organising analysis, crafting clear
and concise sentences, using legal language accurately, using
Jul 2017 277pp grammar and punctuation properly, and writing persuasively
9781683281856 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00 using classical rhetorical techniques.
Nutshell Series West Academic Publishing

For full details of this title, see page 1. LEGAL WRITING AND LEGAL SKILLS
West Academic Publishing FOR FOREIGN LL.M. STUDENTS

LAWYERING Karen Lundquist
Apr 2017 411pp
Practice and Planning, Fourth Edition 9781683287667 Paperback £82.50 / €95.00
Roger Haydock & Peter Knapp American Casebook Series

Jul 2017 277pp For full details of this title, see page 2.
9781683284031 Paperback £160.00 / €185.00 West Academic Publishing
Coursebook

This exceptional book explains fundamental lawyering
skills, theories, values, relationships, and ethics for students
in lawyering skills and clinical courses, first year legal
representation classes, internships and externships, and
practicum and related courses.
West Academic Publishing

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LEGISLATION AND REGULATION SCHOLARLY WRITING FOR LAW
IN A NUTSHELL STUDENTS

Steven Huefner Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes and Law
Review Competition Papers, Fifth Edition
Apr 2017 601pp Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk

9781628102109 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00 Apr 2017 277pp
Nutshell Series
9781683282075 Paperback £67.50 / €77.00
Because well-equipped attorneys need a comprehensive
grounding in legislative and regulatory processes and the Teaches law students how to write scholarly papers for
relationships among all three branches of government, seminars, law reviews, and law-review competitions and
many law schools now teach some version of a course in how to have their work recognised. This book helps novices
Legislation and Regulation in the first year. This Nutshell and more experienced scholars alike to write papers with a
addresses all the major topics of these courses, including how minimum of anxiety and a maximum of creativity.
courts and agencies should interpret ambiguous statutes. West Academic Publishing
West Academic Publishing
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN CIVIL AND
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY CRIMINAL CASES

A Contemporary Approach, Third Edition Seventh Edition
Russell G. Pearce et al Andre A. Moenssens, Betty Layne DesPortes &
Steven D. Benjamin
Apr 2017 277pp
May 2017 277pp
9781634600163 Hardback £255.00 / €290.00
Interactive Casebook Series 9781634607148 Hardback £240.00 / €275.00
University Casebook Series
Offers a comprehensive, challenging, and engaging
treatment of the law and ethics of lawyers’work, including A single source and definitive reference for law students,
professionalism, in a modern and accessible format. Each scholars, practicing attorneys, and judges, the new edition
chapter features learning outcomes, and most chapters of this seminal work covers the critical topics in the law
include audio-links to mini-lectures by the authors to explain and the scientific disciplines most frequently encountered
difficult concepts. in the courtroom. It explains established capabilities and
West Academic Publishing existing limitations of forensic science methodologies, as
well as controversial and emerging issues in both the forensic
science community and the legal system.
Foundation Press

SUCCESSFUL LEGAL ANALYSIS AND
WRITING

The Fundamentals, Fourth Edition
Christopher Soper et al

May 2017 277pp

9781634606219 Paperback £85.95 / €99.00

A practical legal analysis and writing handbook. Designed for
first-year students, it is also a valuable refresher text for more
advanced students, and for practitioners. This easy-to-read
book features fundamental advice on how to communicate
written and oral legal analysis from a problem-solving
perspective.

West Academic Publishing

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SUM AND SUBSTANCE AUDIO ON BESTSELLERS
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
West Academic
Second Edition
John S. Dzienkowski AMERICAN LAW AND THE AMERICAN
LEGAL SYSTEM IN A NUTSHELL
Feb 2017
Lloyd Bonfield
9781683285373 Audio CD £90.50 / €105.00 2006 394pp
Sum and Substance Audio 9780314150165 Paperback £48.50 / €56.00
Nutshell Series
This audio lecture allows you to assimilate the essentials of
the professional responsibility course at your convenience - For full details of this title, see page 1.
listen while working, commuting, exercising or just relaxing. West Academic Publishing
The information and ideas you struggled with previously
are now brought to life simply and succinctly. The audio also GLOBAL ISSUES IN LEGAL ETHICS
provides exam tips to maximise your performance.
West Academic Publishing Second Edition
James E. Moliterno &
A TRANSACTIONAL MATTER Paul D. Paton

A Guide to Business Lawyering 2014 204pp
Brian K. Krumm, 9780314285669 Paperback £42.95 / €50.00
George W. Kuney & Global Issues
Donna C. Looper
Designed to facilitate the introduction of international,
Apr 2017 176pp transnational, and comparative law issues into a course
on professional responsibility. As a supplement, this book
9780314289087 Paperback £22.50 / €26.00 can be assigned or recommended as optional reading in an
otherwise US law-only course. The book can also be the main
Gives users a summary of a basic transaction from initial text for a summer-abroad or other compressed course in
choice of entity for a new venture through the harvest of comparative lawyer ethics course.
that venture through a sale of substantially all its assets to West Academic Publishing
an acquirer. This book allows students to get a feel for how
transactional lawyering actually works - examining client THE REDBOOK
objectives, legal options, client counselling, due diligence,
documentation, and implementation. A Manual on Legal Style, Third Edition
West Academic Publishing Bryan A. Garner

U.S. LEGAL WRITING FOR 2013 656pp
INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS AND 9780314289018 Spiral bound £54.95 / €63.00
LAW STUDENTS American Casebook Series

Ann M. Piccard For full details of this title, see page 2.
Apr 2017 211pp West Academic Publishing

9781634594721 Paperback £43.95 / €51.00

Faculty who adopt this book will not need to create
hypothetical assignments. Students read real cases and the
real court documents filed in those cases. Students thus learn
how lawyers and judges actually write and think, adding a
dimension to their education that other books simply do
not offer.
West Academic Publishing

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