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The Creative Lawyer, Second Edition

by Michael F. Melcher ...

Brilliantly written, consistently practical, and filled with scores of illuminating exercises, including many new ones, The Creative Lawyer is the book that the profession has been waiting for. "Professional satisfaction," the author writes, "is a question of creating what you want, not just waiting for it to appear. You become the creative lawyer when you take stewardship of your own life and ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

Brilliantly written, consistently practical, and filled with scores of illuminating exercises, including many new ones, The Creative Lawyer is the book that the profession has been waiting for. "Professional satisfaction," the author writes, "is a question of creating what you want, not just waiting for it to appear. You become the creative lawyer when you take stewardship of your own life and
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief, 3rd edition

by Henry M. Robert III, Daniel H Honemann, Thomas J Balch, Daniel E. Seabold, Shmuel Gerber ...

A short, user-friendly guide to the essential procedures of conducting a meeting, written by the authors of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure.Originally published in 1876, Robert's Rules of Order is the definitive book on parliamentary proceedings, yet those not well versed on what has now become a rather thick ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

A short, user-friendly guide to the essential procedures of conducting a meeting, written by the authors of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure.Originally published in 1876, Robert's Rules of Order is the definitive book on parliamentary proceedings, yet those not well versed on what has now become a rather thick
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th edition

by Henry M. Robert III, Daniel H Honemann, Thomas J Balch, Daniel E. Seabold, Shmuel Gerber ...

The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure—a guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings.Robert's Rules of Order is as indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago. This book is the acknowledged "gold standard" for meeting rules.New and enhanced features of this edition include:Section-based paragraph numbering to ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure—a guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings.Robert's Rules of Order is as indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago. This book is the acknowledged "gold standard" for meeting rules.New and enhanced features of this edition include:Section-based paragraph numbering to
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Writing to Win

The Legal Writer

by Steven D. Stark ...

From a master teacher and writer, a fully revised and updated edition of the results-oriented approach to legal writing that is clear, that persuades—and that WINS.More than almost any profession, the law has a deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Yet forceful writing is one of the most potent weapons of legal advocacy. In this new edition of Writing to Win, Steven D. Stark, a ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

From a master teacher and writer, a fully revised and updated edition of the results-oriented approach to legal writing that is clear, that persuades—and that WINS.More than almost any profession, the law has a deserved reputation for opaque, jargon-clogged writing. Yet forceful writing is one of the most potent weapons of legal advocacy. In this new edition of Writing to Win, Steven D. Stark, a
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The Law Book

by DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
Learn about the most important legal milestones in history in The Law Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Law in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Law Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Learn about the most important legal milestones in history in The Law Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Law in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Law Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on
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Law For Dummies

by John Ventura ...

Get answers to your legal questions — in plain English!Find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rightsIf you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities — until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues, ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Get answers to your legal questions — in plain English!Find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rightsIf you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities — until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues,
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Law School 101: How to Succeed in Your First Year of Law School and Beyond

by R. Stephanie Good ...

Everything you need to know to excel in your first year of law school and beyond. Whether you are thinking about law school, have already applied and been accepted, or started your first year, you need to know what to expect in law school and how to succeed. Law School 101 gives an honest look at the law school experience from someone who has been there, and tells students what they should really ... Read more

$15.19 CAD

Everything you need to know to excel in your first year of law school and beyond. Whether you are thinking about law school, have already applied and been accepted, or started your first year, you need to know what to expect in law school and how to succeed. Law School 101 gives an honest look at the law school experience from someone who has been there, and tells students what they should really
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Police

Current Issues in Canadian Law Enforcement

Edited by Dennis P. Forcese ...

Not a day goes by in which the police do not figure prominently in the news. Whether it be as investigators of a rural homicide, or as the subjects of a debate on police chases, the police are ever-present. They are news.The public’s fear of crime and the "law and order" agenda prominently advanced by many politicians make Police a particularly topical collection of original essays that examine ... Read more

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Not a day goes by in which the police do not figure prominently in the news. Whether it be as investigators of a rural homicide, or as the subjects of a debate on police chases, the police are ever-present. They are news.The public’s fear of crime and the "law and order" agenda prominently advanced by many politicians make Police a particularly topical collection of original essays that examine
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ÉRIC DUPOND-MORETTI À LA BARRE

by Eric Dupond-Moretti ...

Series series NON CLASSE
Il y a les procès historiques, les affaires médiatiques, il y a les acquittements parfois et les polémiques souvent.Et puis il y a l'homme derrière la robe d'avocat.Libre. En colère. Révolté. Éric Dupond-Moretti à la barre se livre sans tabou. Dans cet ouvrage et sur le ton de la confidence, Éric Dupond-Moretti rétablit quelques vérités sur son métier d'avocat pénaliste qu'il exerce depuis 34 ans ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Il y a les procès historiques, les affaires médiatiques, il y a les acquittements parfois et les polémiques souvent.Et puis il y a l'homme derrière la robe d'avocat.Libre. En colère. Révolté. Éric Dupond-Moretti à la barre se livre sans tabou. Dans cet ouvrage et sur le ton de la confidence, Éric Dupond-Moretti rétablit quelques vérités sur son métier d'avocat pénaliste qu'il exerce depuis 34 ans
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He Had It Coming

How to Outsmart Your Husband and Win Your Divorce

by Stacy Schneider Esq. ...

It's all about getting even. We all know that women earn less than men, and unfortunately this also applies to the spoils of divorce. Veteran trial attorney and former divorce lawyer Stacy Schneider, Esq., knows what it takes to get women their fair share, and now, using examples from her own practice and her own divorce, she is making the strategies that worked for her available to you!In a ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

It's all about getting even. We all know that women earn less than men, and unfortunately this also applies to the spoils of divorce. Veteran trial attorney and former divorce lawyer Stacy Schneider, Esq., knows what it takes to get women their fair share, and now, using examples from her own practice and her own divorce, she is making the strategies that worked for her available to you!In a
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The Legal Analyst

A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

by Ward Farnsworth ...

"This book is a very accessible introduction to the major ideas of modern legal thinking and a useful survey of current thinking in the field." —Daniel Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law, University of California, BerkeleyThere are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more ... Read more

$27.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"This book is a very accessible introduction to the major ideas of modern legal thinking and a useful survey of current thinking in the field." —Daniel Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law, University of California, BerkeleyThere are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more
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Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony

by IMS ExpertServices ...

Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony is the first in a series and presents strategies on how to conduct your expert witness business with an eye toward the rules on admissibility of expert testimony throughout the litigation process. This expert witness resource has broad application for all experts – regardless of discipline. It sheds light on how to avoid admissibility challenges and ... Read more

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Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony is the first in a series and presents strategies on how to conduct your expert witness business with an eye toward the rules on admissibility of expert testimony throughout the litigation process. This expert witness resource has broad application for all experts – regardless of discipline. It sheds light on how to avoid admissibility challenges and
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The Trial

Four Thousand Years of Courtroom Drama

by Sadakat Kadri ...

For as long as accuser and accused have faced each other in public, criminal trials have been establishing far more than who did what to whom–and in this fascinating book, Sadakat Kadri surveys four thousand years of courtroom drama.A brilliantly engaging writer, Kadri journeys from the silence of ancient Egypt’s Hall of the Dead to the clamor of twenty-first-century Hollywood to show how emotion ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

For as long as accuser and accused have faced each other in public, criminal trials have been establishing far more than who did what to whom–and in this fascinating book, Sadakat Kadri surveys four thousand years of courtroom drama.A brilliantly engaging writer, Kadri journeys from the silence of ancient Egypt’s Hall of the Dead to the clamor of twenty-first-century Hollywood to show how emotion
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Goode and McKendrick on Commercial Law

6th Edition

by Roy Goode, Ewan McKendrick ...

The sixth edition of the authoritative and acclaimed commercial law text'A great book ... will be equally useful to legal practitioners, students and business people' Financial TimesThis sixth edition of Goode on Commercial Law, now retitled Goode and McKendrick on Commercial Law, remains the first port of call for the modern day practitioner with its theoretical and practical coverage of ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

The sixth edition of the authoritative and acclaimed commercial law text'A great book ... will be equally useful to legal practitioners, students and business people' Financial TimesThis sixth edition of Goode on Commercial Law, now retitled Goode and McKendrick on Commercial Law, remains the first port of call for the modern day practitioner with its theoretical and practical coverage of
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Personal Bankruptcy Answer Book: Practical Answers to More than 175 Questions on Bankruptcy

by Wendell Schollander,Wes Schollander ...

Take the guesswork out of bankruptcy. The Personal Bankruptcy Answer Book answers the most common questions people facing personal bankruptcy have. Whether you are considering a Chapter 7, 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy, or have already declared bankruptcy, this book will make the entire process less intimidating and scary. Some of the questions it answers includes: Can a creditor put you in jail if you ... Read more

$13.59 CAD

Take the guesswork out of bankruptcy. The Personal Bankruptcy Answer Book answers the most common questions people facing personal bankruptcy have. Whether you are considering a Chapter 7, 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy, or have already declared bankruptcy, this book will make the entire process less intimidating and scary. Some of the questions it answers includes: Can a creditor put you in jail if you
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Legal Writing in Plain English, Third Edition

A Text with Exercises

by Bryan A. Garner ...

Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
The leading guide to clear writing—and clear thinking—in the legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated.Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem ... Read more

$23.89 CAD

The leading guide to clear writing—and clear thinking—in the legal profession for more than two decades, now newly updated.Admirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. Since 2001, Bryan A. Garner’s Legal Writing in Plain English has helped address this problem
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Legal Writing in Plain English

A Text with Exercises

by Bryan A. Garner ...

Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
"This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems." — Harvard Law ReviewClear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner's Legal Writing ... Read more

$23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"This easy-to-follow guide is useful both as a general course of instruction and as a targeted aid in solving particular legal writing problems." — Harvard Law ReviewClear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful—all too often, legal writing embodies none of these qualities. Its reputation for obscurity and needless legalese is widespread. For more than twenty years, Bryan A. Garner's Legal Writing
... Read more
The Ecological Constitution

Reframing Environmental Law

by Lynda Collins ...

Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
The Ecological Constitution integrates the insights of environmental constitutionalism and ecological law in a concise, engaging and accessible manner.This book sets out the necessary components of any constitution that could be considered "ecological" in nature. In particular, it argues that an ecological constitution is one that codifies the following key principles, at a minimum: the principle ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

The Ecological Constitution integrates the insights of environmental constitutionalism and ecological law in a concise, engaging and accessible manner.This book sets out the necessary components of any constitution that could be considered "ecological" in nature. In particular, it argues that an ecological constitution is one that codifies the following key principles, at a minimum: the principle
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The Expert Witness Handbook

by Dan Poynter ...

Tips and Techniques for the Litigation Consultant: Advice • Explanations • Guidelines • Checklists • Examples • Resources ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tips and Techniques for the Litigation Consultant: Advice • Explanations • Guidelines • Checklists • Examples • Resources
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First-Time Landlord: Renting Out a Single-Family Home

by Janet Portman,Marcia Stewart,Michael Molinski ...

Whether or not you call yourself a ìlandlordî, when you rent out a house youíll want to do it right! The ìLandlording 101î course for new rental property owners who are first-time landlords by way of an inheritance, divorce, investment, purchase for a family member, or a move to a new house. 90% of small properties are owned by individual landlords, and millions in this group are balancing their ... Read more

$21.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Whether or not you call yourself a ìlandlordî, when you rent out a house youíll want to do it right! The ìLandlording 101î course for new rental property owners who are first-time landlords by way of an inheritance, divorce, investment, purchase for a family member, or a move to a new house. 90% of small properties are owned by individual landlords, and millions in this group are balancing their
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Everybody's Guide to the Law

All The Legal Information You Need in One Comprehensive Volume

by Melvin M. Belli, Allen Wilkinson ...

"[A] comprehensive and well-organized directory to areas of law that affect the average person's everyday life."— BooklistWhat are your rights if the car you bought is useless? If your ex-boss refuses to let you take along your Rolodex? Who gets custody of the children after a divorce? Do you worry about laws governing your use of the Internet? What rights are accorded to the elderly, disabled, ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"[A] comprehensive and well-organized directory to areas of law that affect the average person's everyday life."— BooklistWhat are your rights if the car you bought is useless? If your ex-boss refuses to let you take along your Rolodex? Who gets custody of the children after a divorce? Do you worry about laws governing your use of the Internet? What rights are accorded to the elderly, disabled,
... Read more
L'évaluation des biens immobiliers

Comment estimer la valeur d'un bien immobilier en Belgique

by Pierre Jammar ...

Un guide qui présente des méthodes fiables pour déterminer avec justesse la valeur d'un bien immobilier.La recherche de la valeur d'un immeuble est aussi ancienne que la propriété privée.Ce n'est pas pour autant que les méthodes d'estimation utilisées par les professionnels sont immuables.L'évolution de la construction, ainsi que notre mode de vie, font qu'un expert doit être avant tout un bon ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Un guide qui présente des méthodes fiables pour déterminer avec justesse la valeur d'un bien immobilier.La recherche de la valeur d'un immeuble est aussi ancienne que la propriété privée.Ce n'est pas pour autant que les méthodes d'estimation utilisées par les professionnels sont immuables.L'évolution de la construction, ainsi que notre mode de vie, font qu'un expert doit être avant tout un bon
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Paralegal Career For Dummies

by Lisa Zimmer Hatch, Scott A. Hatch ...

The verdict is in: this is the must-have resource for aspiring paralegals everywhere!Looking for a new, lucrative, and rewarding career in the legal field? Have you considered becoming a paralegal?In Paralegal Career For Dummies, you'll find everything you need to know about how to begin an exciting new chapter in your professional journey. This hands-on guide walks you choosing what type of law ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

The verdict is in: this is the must-have resource for aspiring paralegals everywhere!Looking for a new, lucrative, and rewarding career in the legal field? Have you considered becoming a paralegal?In Paralegal Career For Dummies, you'll find everything you need to know about how to begin an exciting new chapter in your professional journey. This hands-on guide walks you choosing what type of law
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The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Cross-Examination

by Samuel A. Stern ...

Written by an experienced trial lawyer, this book will help you understand the art of cross-examination. Not only will it prepare you for the courtroom, but it will also help you become a successful lawyer.One of the most well-known courtroom situations, the cross-examination is the formal interrogation of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony ... Read more

$25.91 CAD

Written by an experienced trial lawyer, this book will help you understand the art of cross-examination. Not only will it prepare you for the courtroom, but it will also help you become a successful lawyer.One of the most well-known courtroom situations, the cross-examination is the formal interrogation of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony
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