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Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System by Jay M. Feinman Edition: Hardcover Heavily academic in dry, concise, and reasonable format, August 13, 2006 For what it worth, the book is intended for classroom study. It is dry, dense, and concise with heavy emphasis on the history of law and its role in society. The author has relied on few anecdotes to demonstrate how the law is applicable to dispute resolution. Those linger along many chapters and require the reader to follow closely each anecdote in order to discern the applicability of the law. The book is of little help as an immediate reference in practical presentation in litigation since it targets students of law in their introduction to development of modern legal system. It is however a great read since it is devoid of distracting details, forms, legal procedures, or local court rules. Its emphasis on concepts of law renders it useful in probing the minds of the legal profession. Its simple table of contents and index also facilitate its utility. In addition to its dense paragraphs and meager white pacing, it has a unique feature of addressing each subchapter with an inquiry title. That feature overcomes the boredom of reading lengthy text by virtue of starting with inquiry and attempting to reveal its intrigue through a logical sequence of paragraphs. The author shows no disparate need to cram his book with unnecessary tables of irrelevant information or references and relied heavily on his shrewd understanding of the law and history to present the reader with a transparent synopsis on the study of law. By |
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