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The Language of Law School ...
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The Language of Law School Learning to “Think Like a Lawyer” Elizabeth Mertz 1 2007 ...
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.. For my daughters, Jenny and Becca ...
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Preface T his is a study whose genesis dates back to the day I first took my seat in a Con- tracts classroom as a first-year law ...
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I n a fashion that ought to please followers of Carol Gilligan, I began composing the acknowledgments to this volume long before ...
x Acknowledgments contract law discussions; any errors that remain despite their efforts are of course my sole responsibility. S ...
Acknowledgments xi and above all for their exercise of maturity, reason, and care in managing the ups and downs of institutional ...
xii Acknowledgments To the inspiring groups of students in my Law and Language, Law and An- thropology, Legal Process, and Legal ...
Acknowledgments xiii Dean, Connie, Terry, Mary Jo, and the rest of the Skokie extended family who have been part of the “village ...
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Contents Notes on Transcription xvii I INTRODUCTION Entering the World of U.S. Law 3 Law, Language, and the Law School Classroo ...
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I .. INTRODUCTION Law, considered as a science, consists of certain principles or doctrines. To have such a mastery of these as ...
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