Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

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Summary: Gives a general overview, not for beginner, not for pro.
Review: I work for a law firm and am planning on going to a law school. I got into the immigration field by pure accident but I had a great deal of research done through working on actual cases. This book gives a very good general overview of the immigration law and procedure, but it does not list the details of "HOW?" only some of "WHY?".

If you are a beginner, if will be hard for you to start reading althought it will be a better than reading INA or 8 CFR. If you have a intermidiate immigration back ground, why do you even bother looking at books like this? just dive into INA & 8 CFR.
Also, go check out AILA and Lexis Nexis Web-sites.

Rating:
Summary: The book provides a good academic discussion
Review: This book makes no pretensions to be the ultimate compendium for the practitioners in the immigration field. As the author points out in the preface, this book is meant to give you a brief overview of the subject. And that it did! It provides succint and stimulating discussions in many pertinent topics. Most importantly, the flow of the discussions is not bogged down by chaotic juxtaposition of law and facts that is usually usually associated with works written by the practitioners. In short, this book presents you with the picture of the forest rather than the individual shots of trees. I highly recommend it.

Rating:
Summary: The book provides a good academic discussion
Review: This book makes no pretensions to be the ultimate compendium for the practitioners in the immigration field. As the author points out in the preface, this book is meant to give you a brief overview of the subject. And that it did! It provides succint and stimulating discussions in many pertinent topics. Most importantly, the flow of the discussions is not bogged down by chaotic juxtaposition of law and facts that is usually usually associated with works written by the practitioners. In short, this book presents you with the picture of the forest rather than the individual shots of trees. I highly recommend it.