topics addressed in an introductory course: Part I, Paralegals and the American Legal System; Part II, Finding and Analyzing the Law and Part III, Legal Ethics and Substantive Law. A critical thinking approach is used to introduce students to the study of law, encouraging students to interact with the materials through hypotheticals, examples, and well-designed questions.Key Features of the New Edition:Comprehensive coverage of key legal conceptsHypotheticals, questions, and exercises that engage students in critical thinking A logical three-part organizationStudent-friendly skill development for basic statutory and case analysisEthics Alerts, marginal definitions, Internet references, and legal reasoning exercisesAppendices on writing style , legal research, citation, the U.S. Constitution, and additional Net NotesNew edition includes many new Discussion Questions and Legal Reasoning ExercisesChapter Objectives and short hypotheticals to start each chapter added to this editionNew coverage includes: the Boston Marathon bombing case, the Affordable Care Act, and trademark issues involving the Washington Redskins , e-filing and e-discovery, discussion of same-sex marriage and custody disputes over pre-embryos, and crimes of unauthorized access of computer data and warrantless searches of cell phones

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