A Student's Guide to the Study of Law

By Gerard V. Bradley

Book Overview

If you really want to understand the law, you can't just learn laws.

Unfortunately, most law schools ignore--or teach badly--what matters most. Enter this clear, concise guide. The noted law professor and constitutional scholar Gerard V. Bradley helps you understand not what the law is but where law comes from, what it is for, and how to morally judge it.

A Student's Guide to the Study of Law introduces you to the major concepts, cases, and thinkers that have shaped American legal scholarship and history. It also helps you understand what, at bottom, is at stake in many of our national debates.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882926978
• ISBN13: 9781882926978
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Grade 12 to Postsecondary

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