A judge's advice
Subtitle: 50 years on the bench
By: Ruggero J. Aldisert
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611630527
Subjects: Law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The house of the law; title: The role of the courts in contemporary society; title: Precedent : what it is and what it isn't, when do we kiss it and when do we kill it?; title: Elements of legal thinking; title: Logic for law students : how to think like a lawyer; title: Formal and informal fallacies; title: State courts and federalism; title: Life in the raw in appellate courts; title: "The seniors" suggest a solution; title: Brief writing; title: Opinion writers and law review writers: a community and continuity of approach; title: Reading and evaluating an appellate opinion; title: Philosophy, jurisprudence and jurisprudential temperament of federal judges; title: Making the decision; title: Justifying the decision.