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The language of law school : learning to "think like a lawyer" / Elizabeth Mertz.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xvii, 308 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195183108
  • 019518310X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.071/173
LOC classification:
  • KF 279 M575l 2007
Summary: Anyone who has attended law school knows that it invokes an important intellectual transformation, frequently referred to as "learning to think like a lawyer". This process, which forces students to think and talk in radically new and toward different ways about conflicts, is directed by professors in the course of their lectures and examinations, and conducted via spoken and written language. Beth Mertz's book delves into that language to reveal the complexities of how this process takes place.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF 279 M575l 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174520

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-300) and index.

Anyone who has attended law school knows that it invokes an important intellectual transformation, frequently referred to as "learning to think like a lawyer". This process, which forces students to think and talk in radically new and toward different ways about conflicts, is directed by professors in the course of their lectures and examinations, and conducted via spoken and written language. Beth Mertz's book delves into that language to reveal the complexities of how this process takes place.

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