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Casenote Legal Briefs: Remedies, Keyed To Laycock, Fourth Edition

After your casebook, a Casenote Legal Brief is your most important reference source for the entire semester. The series is trusted for its expert summary of the principal cases in your casebook. Its proven reliability makes Casenote Legal Briefs the most popular case brief series available. With more than 100 titles keyed to the current editions of major casebooks, you know you can find the help you need. The brief for each case saves you time and helps you retain important issues. Each brief has a succinct statement of the rule of law/black letter law, description of the facts, and important points of the holding and decision. Quicknotes are short definitions of the legal terms used at the end of each brief. Use the Glossary in the end of your text to define common Latin legal terms. Such an overview, combined with case analysis, helps broaden your understanding and supports you in classroom discussion. Each title is keyed to the current edition of a specific casebook; it s your trusted guide to the text throughout the semester.The brief for each principal case in the casebook saves you time and helps you retain important issues. Each brief has a succinct statement of the rule of law/black letter law, description of the facts, important points of the holding and decision, and concurrences and dissents included in the casebook excerpt. This overview is combined with a short analysis: all to help you broaden your understanding and support you in classroom discussion. Quicknotes at end of each brief give you short definitions of the legal terms used. A handy Glossary of common Latin words and phrases is included in every Casenote. Detailed instruction on how to brief a case is provided for you. A free Quick Course Outline accompanies all Casenote Legal Briefs in these course areas: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts.

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Print Length: 144 pages

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Publisher: Aspen Publishers; 4 edition (December 8, 2010)

Publication Date: December 8, 2010

Sold by:  Digital Services LLC

Language: English

ASIN: B00DQZCMRU

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Maybe they will fix some of the major issues in another print/edition, but the one I got was poorly written. In one particular case they mix up the parties--calling one the Defendant who was in reality the Plaintiff, and calling the Plaintiff the Defendant. Just reading makes it confusing. Some of the rules are poorly restated as well. Additionally, I think this books should implement some of the notes the Laylock places in the textbook as they are extremely valuable--maybe more so than the cases in some areas. However, I do not hold that against the compilers of this book as that is not its intended purpose, but I have seen it in other Casenotes books, and it would be very effective in this one.Overall, I think it probably largely helps, but do not use it as a full-bore supplement without giving it a skeptical eye. If it were less expensive, I probably would toss another couple of stars on, but at the end of the day, I just simply do not use it. A new student in paralegal school would identify serious flaws in this, let alone a lowly law student.

This was an awesome study tool, since I had no clue what the professor decided the ultimate rules of the cases were in class. This Casenotes product provides the facts, issue, holding, rule, and any additional analysis that the Casenotes editors deemed necessary, including important terminology. I wish I had purchased this at the beginning of the semester to prepare for class, but this book made it very easy to drop each rule from the Casenotes brief into my outline at the end of the semester.I felt like one or two of the "rules" were not keyed to remedies, which seemed odd. Obviously, the cases discussed in the casebook could touch multiple issues, but the rules we take away in a remedies class should be remedies-focused.

These briefs are very helpful and they make studying easier. My only complaint is that instead of spending time defining the actual "issue," they reformulate the court's ruling into a question and state that as the issue.For example, instead of saying..."Issue: How should the court measure recovery for property damage?Holding: Recovery for property damage is the lesser of the replacement cost or the diminution of the property's market value."The book says..."Issue: Is recovery for property damage the lesser of the replacement cost or the diminution of the property's market value?Holding: Yes. Recovery for property damage the lesser of the replacement cost or the dimunition of the property's market value..."This is annoying and just lazy on the author's part. Otherwise, I am happy with the general quality of this book.

A Gilbert's Law summary and a solid Case Brief Book will give you the most important information that you need from your casebooks.To get the best use of the case brief book, use the case brief and research the case on the Internet or Lexis if you're good with that (I am still not good with Lexis!).The most important cases will be found on Wikipedia and other places on the Internet - you will need these for additional background information that a case brief book will not have in them.

For my Remedies class (which was "rule" heavy), this was all I needed. Casenotes legal briefs are excellent: they contain the pertinent facts, the rule, and the holding. Additionally, I love the summary of the rules at the beginning of each chapter.

Nothing fancy--lays out the case facts and distills the rules well. The editor's comments at the end of each case provide nice information as well. I believe this will be helpful in preparing an outline for the exam.

Provides quick access to case briefs, which clarify and gives a different point of view, to understanding legal concepts covered in law-school and case books.

Got this on time and it's useful. I'm probably going to Cali the class now. Look out world. Look for me on the web as a remedies master

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