Law and Justice: Cases and Readings on the American Legal System

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Summary: Theory, theory, theory
Review: This book explains the theory behind justice and contemporary law through an exploration of historic cases and academic essays. If one is looking for a glimpse into what goes through a judge's mind while an opinion is being written, or a map to substantive and procedural justice, this is the book to read. It is organized as a case text for a law student and at times can get overwhelmingly dense, but is very comprehensive.

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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: This book is very poorly written and seemingly not edited at all. I tried keeping up with the mistakes and quickly realized that there were too many to count. Also, the organization is terrible. The book does provide some interesting insights, but not nearly [the money] worth. Don't buy this book for... unless you have the misfortune to be enrolled in Nance's Justice class at the Chicago-Kent school of law. If that's the case, don't even buy the book at all. Grades are a [junk] shoot and you will quickly discover that reading the assignments is more of a waste of time than the class is a waste of money.