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Karl N. Llewellyn's classic introduction to legal education, The Bramble Bush, has prepared generations of students for the study of law. Based on Professor Llewellyn's lectures at Columbia University Law School, The Bramble Bush introduces students to what the law is, how to read cases, how to prepare for class, and how justice in the real world relates to the law. Now with a new introduction and notes by Law Professor Steve Sheppard, Professor Llewellyn's celebrated work remains the best guide for those starting law school or considering a career in the law.
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For over seventy years, there has been one book that law students have read to prepare for what they were about to encounter. That book is The Bramble Bush. After all these years and many imitators, The Bramble Bush remains one of the most popular introductions to the law and its study.Llewellyn introduces students to what the law is, how to read cases, how to prepare for class, and how justice in the real world relates to the law. Although laws change every year, disputes between people haven't altered all that much since Llewellyn first penned The Bramble Bush, and the process of moving from private dispute to legal conflict still follows the patterns he described.Moreover, the steps of a legal dispute, from arguments to verdict, to opinion, to review, to appeal, to opinion have changed little in their significance or their substance. Cases are still the best tools for exploring the interaction of the law with individual questions, and the essence of what law students must learn to do has persisted. If anything, many of the points Llewellyn argued in these lectures were on the dawning horizon then but are in their mid-day fullness now.
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