{"product_id":"whose-monet-an-introduction-to-the-american-legal-system","title":"Whose Monet?: An Introduction to the American Legal System","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary paperback provides a highly accessible and appealing orientation to the American legal system and presents basic concepts of civil litigation to first-year law students. Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System focuses on a lengthy dispute over the ownership of a painting as a vehicle for introducing students to the basic law school tasks of reading analytically  understanding legal materials  and working with the common law. The author and his colleagues have used these materials successfully in their classrooms for many years  ensuring their teachability and effectiveness: Whose Monet? can be used as primary course material in orientation courses or seminars  as well as collateral reading for in-semester Legal Process or Civil Procedure courses The organization is logical and straightforward and the accessible writing style-lucid  descriptive  and conversational-is ideal for incoming students The major events in a lawsuit are considered  and the text sheds light on how the law is applied in a civil dispute  introducing common law and statutory law and the various courts and their interrelationship (trial\/appellate  state\/federal) The author draws on judicial opinions  litigation papers  transcripts  and selections from commentators and various jurisprudential sources  thereby exposing the first-year student to as broad a spectrum of materials as possible Telling the story of a real lawsuit (DeWeerth v. Baldinger)-from client intake through trial and various appeals-draws students into the legal process by means of an engaging narrative and makes for a truly enjoying teaching experience for professors The lawyers role is examined in both its functional and moral dimensions: What do lawyers do? What does society legitimately expect lawyers to do? This book is suitable for both classroom and stand-alone assigned reading Professor Humbach  with over 30 years of experience teaching and writing articles and instruction programs for first-year property students  includes a separate Teachers Manual. Drawing upon his own classroom experience with these materials  he: suggests \"learning objectives\" for each chapter offers different teaching approaches provides answers to questions in the book suggests sample syllabi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955133444149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0735565570","price":66.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780735565579.jpg?v=1770299270","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/whose-monet-an-introduction-to-the-american-legal-system","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}