For Legal Secretarial, Paralegal, Legal Assistant, Business Science, Criminal Justice, and Court Reporting programs; also appropriate undergraduate college-level courses in Business Law, Legal Transcription, Law Office Procedures, Introduction to Paralegal, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Legal Systems, Government and the Law, Legal Environment of Business, Computers and the Law, and Legal Word Processing. Legal Terminology, 5e places emphasis on developing an understanding of legal terminology through the study of law itself and on using legal terminology in many different ways rather than relying solely on rote memory. This edition continues to serve as a text/workbook and includes numerous student activities that assist instructors in teaching students to work with legal terminology; attention-getting motivational devices (including cartoons, graphics from the Library of Congress, and the "Word Wise," "Web Wise," and "Constitutional Wise" features) help to provide clear, concise explanations of the law.
The Table of Contents has been revised to include a new chapter, Court Systems and Jurisdiction" and each chapter now begins with an outline to give you a quick picture of what students can expect to learn in the chapter.
PART ONE: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Chapter 1 Court Systems and Jurisdiction Chapter 2 Criminal Trial Procedure Chapter 3 Civil Trial Procedure Chapter 4 Defensive Pleadings Chapter 5 Methods of Discover Chapter 6 Pretrial Hearing and Jury Trial Chapter 7 Steps in a Trial PART TWO: TERMS USED IN CRIMINAL LAW Chapter 8 Crimes, Accomplices, and Defenses Chapter 9 Crimes Against Property Chapter 10 Crimes Against the Person and Human Habitation Chapter 11 Homicide Chapter 12 Crimes Against Morality and Drug Abuse PART THREE: TERMS USED IN LAW OF TORTS Chapter 13 Torts and Tortfeasors Chapter 14 Intentional Torts Chapter 15 Negligence and Product Liability PART FOUR: TERMS USED IN LAW OF CONTRACTS Chapter 16 Formation of Contracts Chapter 17 Contract Requirements Chapter 18 Third Parties and Discharge of Contracts PART FIVE: TERMS USED IN LAW OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND AGENCY Chapter 19 Personal Property and Bailments Chapter 20 Itellectual Property Chapter 21 Law of Agency PART SIX: TERMS USED IN LAW OF WILLS AND ESTATES Chapter 22 Wills, Testaments and Advance Directives Chapter 23 Revocation, Lapses, and Ademption Chapter 24 Principle Clauses in a Will Chapter 25 Disineritance and Intestacy Chapter 26 Personal Representative of the Estate Chapter 27 Settling an Estate Chapter 28 Trusts PART SEVEN: TERMS USED IN LAW OF REAL PROPERTY Chapter 29 Estates in Real Property Chapter 30 Multiple Ownership of Real Property Chapter 31 Acquiring Title to Real Property Chapter 32 Deeds Chapter 33 Mortgages Chapter 34 Recording System Chapter 35 Airspace and Water Rights Chapter 36 Easements, Restrictions, and Zoning Regulations Chapter 37 Landlord and Tenant PART EIGHT: TERMS USED IN FAMILY LAW Chapter 38 Marriage, Divorce and Dissolotion of Marriage Chapter 39 Divorce Procedure PART NINE: TERMS USED IN LAW OF NEGOTIATION INSTRUMENTS Chapter 40 Negotiable Instruments PART TEN: TERMS USED IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKRUPTCY Chapter 41 Busines Organization Chapter 42 The Law of Bankruptcy