Category Archives: One-L & Legal Profession

Law as Institutional Normative Order (The Edinburgh Center for Law and Society)

MacCormick’s “Institutions of Law” is the culmination of a lifetime’s work in legal theory by one of the world’s most respected legal theorists. Featuring an impressive collection of contributions from well-known legal theorists from around the world, all of whom … Continue reading

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In Confidence: When to Protect Secrecy and When to Require Disclosure

The variety and pervasiveness of confidentiality issues today is breathtaking. Not a day passes without a media report on a breach of confidentiality, a claim of attorney-client privilege, a journalist jailed for refusing to reveal a source, a medical or … Continue reading

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Cause Lawyers and Social Movements (Stanford Law Books)

Cause Lawyers and Social Movements seeks to reorient scholarship on cause lawyers, inviting scholars to think about cause lawyering from the perspective of those political activists with whom cause lawyers work and whom they seek to serve. It demonstrates that … Continue reading

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The Economics of Contracts: A Primer, 2nd Edition

The theory of contracts grew out of the failure of the general equilibrium model to account for the strategic interactions among agents that arise from informational asymmetries. This popular text, revised and updated throughout for the second edition, serves as … Continue reading

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Firm Leadership: Managing Partners from Michael Best, Jackson Lewis, Fish & Neave and More on the Art & Science of Managing a Law Firm (Inside the Minds)

Inside the Minds: Firm Leadership is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials behind successful law firm management. This title features Managing Partners, Presiding Partners, Chairmen, and CEOs from some of the nation’s top law firms, who have … Continue reading

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The Innovative Lawyer: Managing Partners From Bryan Cave, Coudert Brothers, Jenner & Block & More on Creating Your Identity as a Lawyer (Inside the Minds)

Inside the Minds: The Innovative Lawyer is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials behind the practice of law and management of a law firm. This title features Chairman, Presidents and Managing Partners from some of the nations … Continue reading

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Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia (2 Volumes)

From their drafting of the Declaration of Independence to their current prominent role in U.S. politics, America’s lawyers have always been preeminent in our national life. Although novelists and screenwriters remain fascinated with the roles that lawyers play in courtroom … Continue reading

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Statistics for Lawyers

“Statistics for Lawyers” is designed to introduce law students, law teachers, practitioneers, and judges to the basic ideas of mathematical probability and statistics as they have been applied in the law. The book consists of sections of exposition followed by … Continue reading

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Latin for Lawyers (Latin Edition)

If you’re just starting law school, you’ll soon find out that lawyers like to use old latin phrases. If you don’t have a guide to the confusing terminology, you’ll quickly get lost in terms like “replevin,” “seisin,” “habeus corpus,” and … Continue reading

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Oran’s Dictionary of the Law, 3E

Oran’s Dictionary of the Law is the clearest and easiest to use dictionary on the market. The only major law dictionary created for paralegals and law-related professionals, this comprehensive version has nearly 6,000 main headings and 12,000 definitions. It can … Continue reading

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