MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 110513s2011 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011020193
020 $a9781611630527 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aKF213$b.A52 2011
082 00 $a349.73$223
100 1 $aAldisert, Ruggero J.
245 12 $aA judge's advice :$b50 years on the bench /$cRuggero J. Aldisert.
260 $aDurham, N.C. :$bCarolina Academic Press,$cc2011.
300 $axiv, 264 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-262).
505 0 $aThe house of the law -- The role of the courts in contemporary society -- Precedent : what it is and what it isn't; when do we kiss it and when do we kill it? -- Elements of legal thinking -- Logic for law students : how to think like a lawyer -- Formal and informal fallacies -- State courts and federalism -- Life in the raw in appellate courts -- "The seniors" suggest a solution -- Brief writing -- Opinion writers and law review writers : a community and continuity of approach -- Reading and evaluating an appellate opinion -- Philosophy, jurisprudence and jurisprudential temperament of federal judges -- Making the decision -- Justifying the decision.
650 0 $aLaw$zUnited States.