The Role of the Legal Information Officer
ISBN: 9781843340478 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a no-nonsense book, written by a leading authority. It covers the ever-changing role of the information officer and how to survive. It discusses such issues as: what does a law information officer do on a day-to-day basis and the mechanics and processes for supplying information; a practical guide to enquiries and undertaking research; and how to set up and manage an information service. Importantly, the author does not take a 'dry' approach to the subject; rather, he discusses the following contentious issues: given the amount of information available on lawyers' PCs, are information...
This is a no-nonsense book, written by a leading authority. It covers the ever-changing role of the information officer and how to survive. It discuss...
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216,21 zł |
The Literature of the Law
ISBN: 9781854317339 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Literature of the Law brings together examples of the very best in judicial pronouncements over four centuries and two continents.
Assembled into themes, such as life and death deicisions, freedom of speech and the protection of minorities, they form a fascinating summary of the law's interaction with society. The Literature of the Law also paints an intriguing and sometimes humorous picture of the lawyer's life in and out of court, illustrating with examples some of the different styles of advocacy. The text is stripped of legal references, which might get in the way of the... The Literature of the Law brings together examples of the very best in judicial pronouncements over four centuries and two continents.
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295,47 zł |
Defending the Damned: Inside a Dark Corner of the Criminal Justice System
ISBN: 9780743270946 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chicago was the nation's deadliest city in 2001, recording 666 homicides. For lawyers in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Murder Task Force, that meant a steady flow of new clients. Eight out of ten people arrested for murder in Chicago are represented by public defenders. They're assigned the most challenging and seemingly hopeless cases, yet they always fight to win. One of those lawyers is Marijane Placek, a snakeskin boot-wearing, Shakespeare-quoting nonconformist whose courtroom bravado and sharp legal skills have made her a well-known figure around the courthouse. When an...
Chicago was the nation's deadliest city in 2001, recording 666 homicides. For lawyers in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Murder Task Force, t...
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85,64 zł |
Legal Spectator & More
ISBN: 9781587330094 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A compilation of Washington, DC, attorney Jacob Stein's essays about lawyers, judges, clients, literature, and popular culture. The essays in this volume have previously appeared in Washington Lawyer, American Scholar, the Times Literary Supplement, and Wilson Quarterly. Distributed by TheCapitol.Net
A compilation of Washington, DC, attorney Jacob Stein's essays about lawyers, judges, clients, literature, and popular culture. The essays in this vol...
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81,32 zł |
Lawyers' Poker: 52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players
ISBN: 9780195369014 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Great poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly anticipate and manipulate the actions of their adversaries. In short, they boast skills that every lawyer can envy. This highly entertaining work might best be summed up as "better lawyering through poker." Steven Lubet shows exactly how the tactics of the poker table can be adapted to litigation, negotiation, and virtually every aspect of law practice. In a series of engaging and informative lessons, Lubet describes concepts like "betting for...
Great poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly ant...
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90,59 zł |
F.A. Mann: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781849465632 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Francis (F.A.) Mann was among the most brilliant of an exceptional group of German-Jewish emigres who came to Britain in the 1930s to escape persecution in Hitler's Germany. Born and educated in Germany, Mann was to become one of Britain's most distinguished international lawyers: a scholar of English, German, and international law; a practitioner admired for his skill and tenacity; and the author of countless books and articles on international and domestic law whose views were very much shaped by his personal experiences and who in turn helped to shape international law in the 20th century....
Francis (F.A.) Mann was among the most brilliant of an exceptional group of German-Jewish emigres who came to Britain in the 1930s to escape persecuti...
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305,24 zł |
Public Safety, Law, and Security
ISBN: 9780816070497 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A career in the fields of public safety, law, and security can be an exciting way to earn a living while serving the community. Offering useful tips and advice, this career guide profiles 10 careers that provide on-the-job training to help motivated high school graduates get moving on their career track.
A career in the fields of public safety, law, and security can be an exciting way to earn a living while serving the community. Offering useful tips a...
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176,45 zł |
Lawyers and Vampires: Cultural Histories of Legal Professions
ISBN: 9781841133126 / Angielski / Twarda / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book that directly addresses the cultural history of the legal profession. It seeks to understand the complex ways in which lawyers were imaginatively and institutionally constructed, and their larger cultural significance.
This is the first book that directly addresses the cultural history of the legal profession. It seeks to understand the complex ways in which lawyers ...
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661,34 zł |
Reorganization and Resistance: Legal Professions Confront a Changing World
ISBN: 9781841132464 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reorganization and Resistance analyzes the ways in which the legal professions of nine countries (England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, the US, Mexico, Australia and Korea) and one continent (South America) have confronted the internal and external political, economic and social upheavals of the past twenty years. It documents how change and resistance are inextricably tied together in an oppositional tension where the greater weight shifts gradually from one to the other, even shifts backwards at times, but in the long view runs in the direction of change. The most obvious...
Reorganization and Resistance analyzes the ways in which the legal professions of nine countries (England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, t...
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406,98 zł |
Paralegals: Progress and Prospects of a Satellite Occupation
ISBN: 9780313249457 / Angielski / Twarda / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The authors present the first objective and carefully documented study of this new occupation and explore its development, operations, and future prospects, as well as its significance for both the legal services delivery system and the consuming public. Drawing on extensive field research involving both paralegals and lawyers, the authors compare the different settings in which paralegals are employed and the characteristics of their training and organizations, how they function on the job, and what controls are maintained by the lawyers for whom they work. The authors discuss... The authors present the first objective and carefully documented study of this new occupation and explore its development, operations, and future p... |
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576,07 zł |
Unequal Access: Women Lawyers in a Changing America
ISBN: 9780897890526 / Angielski / Twarda / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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456,12 zł |
Lawyers, Money, and Success: The Consequences of Dollar Obsession
ISBN: 9781567201345 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retired Justice Macklin Fleming argues that in its quest for money, the legal profession has lost sight of its true tasks and responsibilities, with the result that the profession is rife with client dissatisfaction, public distrust, and individual lawyer discontent. Money is now the measure of success, he says, and honesty has been diluted, while fiduciary responsibility has eroded. Fleming elaborates his case with unusual rigor. In the quest for the brass ring of financial success, corner-cutting, absence of candor, and distortions of fact have become increasingly tolerated, to the... Retired Justice Macklin Fleming argues that in its quest for money, the legal profession has lost sight of its true tasks and responsibilities, wit... |
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The New Lawyer's Handbook: 101 Things They Don't Teach You in Law School
ISBN: 9781572487093 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 101 Success Strategies They Didn't Teach You in Law School" - get expert advice on becoming a better lawyer." Law school prepares you to think like a lawyer, write like a lawyer, and research like a lawyer--but once you're in the door of a law firm, there's a whole new set of skills you need. The New Lawyer's Handbook guides you through the 101 essential things you need to know in order to excel. From how to handle your clients and how to work with people in your office, to why it pays to learn to play golf and maintain some semblance of a family life even as you make your billables,... 101 Success Strategies They Didn't Teach You in Law School" - get expert advice on becoming a better lawyer." Law school prepares you to think l... |
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102,77 zł |
Negotiating Justice: Progressive Lawyering, Low-Income Clients, and the Quest for Social Change
ISBN: 9780814740545 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While many young people become lawyers for the big bucks, others are motivated by the pursuit of social justice, seeking to help people for whom legal services are financially, socially, or politically inaccessible. These progressive lawyers often bring a considerable degree of idealism to their work, and many leave the field due to insurmountable red tape and spiraling disillusionment. But what about those who stay? And what do their clients think? Negotiating Justice explores how progressive lawyers and their clients negotiate the dissonance between personal idealism and the... While many young people become lawyers for the big bucks, others are motivated by the pursuit of social justice, seeking to help people for whom le... |
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406,98 zł |
Fuel the Spark: 5 Guiding Values for Success in Law & Life
ISBN: 9781600375996 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "In an age of competing demands on attorneys' time, where one is never truly unreachable from the office, Kevin Houchin has written a short but insightful guide to becoming the lawyer that you want to be, instead of merely being the lawyer that circumstances have molded you into. Houchin blends his principles with practical tips on how to regain control over your professional life, from the importance of "showing up" and making yourself known, to the need to know thyself and determine what is it that YOU want yourself to be. It is a short read, but it may be helpful in becoming the reflective...
"In an age of competing demands on attorneys' time, where one is never truly unreachable from the office, Kevin Houchin has written a short but insigh...
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94,04 zł |
The Legal Profession in the European Union
ISBN: 9789041125774 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The demand for new and increased legal services brought about by the process of European integration, closer relations among Member States, and changes in the way services are delivered under the influence of new technologies have called for adjustments in legislation and regulations and given rise to a significant alteration in the role of lawyers and the legal profession in general. Lingering 'old' rules - which tend to safeguard the interests of the profession rather than those of individuals, whether users or consumers - are clearly on the reform docket.
The demand for new and increased legal services brought about by the process of European integration, closer relations among Member States, and change...
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839,97 zł |
Legal Spectator & More
ISBN: 9781587331794 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A compilation of Washington, DC, attorney Jacob Stein's essays about lawyers, judges, clients, literature, and popular culture. The essays in this volume have previously appeared in Washington Lawyer, American Scholar, the Times Literary Supplement, and Wilson Quarterly. From the Author:
One of these days a tired lawyer, in retreat from the quickly running statute of limitations, and hiding out in a bookstore as I have done, will discover this book. And it may just happen that one or two of the remarks that follow will remind the tired counselor that the ungrateful client, the... A compilation of Washington, DC, attorney Jacob Stein's essays about lawyers, judges, clients, literature, and popular culture. The essays in this vol...
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124,51 zł |
The Official Guide to Legal Specialties: An Insider's Guide to Every Major Practice Area
ISBN: 9780159003916 / Angielski / Miękka / 489 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this product, you'll get an inside look at what it's like to practice law in 30 major specialty areas, including appellate practice, entertainment, immigration, international, tax, and telecommunications.
With this product, you'll get an inside look at what it's like to practice law in 30 major specialty areas, including appellate practice, entertainmen...
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165,74 zł |
Lawyers in Modern China
ISBN: 9781604976489 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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503,75 zł |
The Vanishing American Lawyer
ISBN: 9780199737734 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 4,000 lawyers lost their positions at major American law firms in 2008 and 2009. In The Vanishing American Lawyer, Professor Thomas Morgan discusses the legal profession and the need for both law students and lawyers to adapt to the needs and expectations of clients in the future. The world needs people who understand institutions that create laws and how to access those institutions' works, but lawyers are no longer part of a profession that is uniquely qualified to advise on a broad range of distinctly legal questions. Clients will need advisors who are more specialized than...
Over 4,000 lawyers lost their positions at major American law firms in 2008 and 2009. In The Vanishing American Lawyer, Professor Thomas Morg...
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464,15 zł |