Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning

A comprehensive guide to the fundamental tenets that dictate the operation of legal systems generally: precedent, authorities, analogies. At the heart of this book, Schaur endeavours to answer the question: Is thinking like a Lawyer actually unique ? In doing so he explores key jurisprudential debates (see chapter 7 on Legal realism) and examines the tensions that are found in key legal theory, that of statutory interpretation and the idea of the common law. Admittedly the book’s emphasis is mainly on the US legal system, buts it’s dedication to the common law system means it is equally applicable to the UK’s system too.

Essencial para quem quer aprender e escrever sobre precedentes

Really enjoyed this book. I found it to be a very accessible introduction to legal thought and to some of the more nuanced debates that have pervaded the subject for many years. Schauer was very thorough in his exposition of the subject as well as incredibly attentive to the lay reader, as I consider myself to be. For each topic that he approaches, he gives elucidating examples along with an astute analysis which considers multiple paradigms within their historical context. After reading this book, I feel that I have begun to develop a taste for legal reasoning and have laid a rudimentary foundation from which to acquire a deeper understanding of many of the topics that were discussed throughout the book. The reason that I was initially intrigued by this book is that I am planning to attend law school in the fall and I felt that a good primer on the subject was an appropriate starting point. Although I believe this book will not nor does it profess to directly improve your performance in law school, I feel that my reading was not in vain. From reading this book, I feel that I have developed a beginners knowledge in some of the major topics within legal thought as well as a respect for the history of many fundamental legal theories as they pertain to legal reasoning. In addition, this book has also sparked my interest in the subject as a whole and from here I will begin to read more specific treatments of the subject. If you enjoy learning about the law, philosophy and some history, then this book may be for you. If you are about to enter law school and are seeking a how to book for legal reasoning as it pertains to doing well in law school, then you should look at "Getting to Maybe."

One of the best 1L intro books.

Enseignement. Excellent petit livre, facile d'accès mais profond.

Amazing torch light which helps in dark legal system were these existing much more darker pillars on which stands the real structure of legal system