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How Would You Rule? : Legal Puzzles, Brainteasers, and Dilemmas from the Law's Strangest Cases / Daniel W. Park.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 Available online
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2016- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Park, Daniel W., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Cases--Popular works.
- Law--United States--Cases--Popular works.
- Judgments--United States--Case studies--Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How Would You Rule is a lighthearted introduction to fundamental concepts of law through strange but true legal cases. Each chapter tells the story of a different case and presents the main arguments of the opposing parties. The twist? Before the ruling of the court is revealed, readers are challenged to put themselves in the shoes-or the robes-of the judges and decide for themselves how they would rule in these cases. After coming up with their own solutions, readers can learn how the actual judges resolved the disputes. The goal is to get readers to think for themselves about what's right and what's wrong, sharpening their own instincts for the reasons and analyses that win arguments.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. A Duty to Die
- 2. Bringing a Gun to a Fistfight
- 3. Don't Lie to Me
- 4. Show Me Yours
- 5. Dead Dogs Don't Bark
- 6. When Is Fruit a Vegetable?
- 7. Private Parts
- 8. Is a Burrito a Sandwich?
- 9. Haunted Contracts
- 10. That Jet Won't Fly
- 11. What Have You Done for Me Lately?
- 12. The Dancer Who Didn't Dance
- 13. A Peerless Peer
- 14. And the Band Played On
- 15. Don't Do Me Like That
- 16. The Five-Year-Old Defendant
- 17. Don't Forget to Duck
- 18. The Worth of a Chance
- 19. Pray at Your Own Risk
- 20. Coin-Flip Wrongdoers
- 21. Growing Your Own
- 22. Your Body, My Body
- 23. Imagine No (Copyright) Possessions
- 24. My Barbie World
- 25. A Time for Dying
- 26. The Voice of God
- 27. Judging Jenna
- 28. Three Generations
- 29. A Good Walk Spoiled
- 30. That's My Mother You're Talking About!
- 31. Funeral Crashers
- 32. Bench Memo
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780520964709
- 0520964705
- OCLC:
- 948669679
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