Legal Terminology, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (January 7, 2018) © 2019

  • Kent Kauffman
  • Gordon W. Brown
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More than 1,500 legal terms in context, with extensive practiceLively and easy to read, Legal Terminology introduces students to more than 1,500 legal terms, contextualised within the legal field. Styled like a workbook, the text promotes active learning through a concise, engaging presentation of narratives, definitions, study aids, and application activities. The 7th edition has been revised to improve accuracy and currency. It includes a new chapter on the Uniform Commercial Code, new material on e-Contracts and cyber law, and new features demonstrating the practical application of legal terms.

  • PART I: TERMS USED IN PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
  • 1. Court Systems and Jurisdiction
  • 2. Criminal Trial Procedure
  • 3. Civil Trial Procedure
  • 4. Defensive Pleadings in Civil Trials
  • 5. Methods of Discovery
  • 6. Pretrial Hearing and Jury Trial
  • 7. Steps in a Trial
  • 8. Legal Ethics
  • PART II: TERMS USED IN CONSTITUTIONAL AND CRIMINAL LAW
  • 9. Constitutional Law
  • 10. Crimes, Accomplices, and Defenses
  • 11. Crimes Against Property
  • 12. Crimes Against the Person and Human Habitation
  • 13. Homicide
  • 14. Crimes Against Morality and Drug Abuse
  • PART III: TERMS USED IN TORTS LAW
  • 15. Torts and Tortfeasors
  • 16. Intentional Torts
  • 17. Negligence and Product Liability
  • PART IV: TERMS USED IN LAW OF CONTRACTS
  • 18. Formation of Contracts
  • 19. Contract Requirements
  • 20. Third Parties and Discharge of Contracts
  • 21. The Uniform Commercial Code and Sales of Goods Contracts
  • PART V: TERMS USED IN THE LAW OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AND AGENCY
  • 22. Personal Property vs. Real Property
  • 23. Intellectual Property
  • 24. Law of Agency
  • PART VI: TERMS USED IN THE LAW OF WILLS AND ESTATES
  • 25. Wills, Testaments, and Advance Directives
  • 26. Revocation, Lapses, and Ademption
  • 27. Principal Clauses in a Will
  • 28. Disinheritance and Intestacy
  • 29. Personal Representative of the Estate
  • 30. Settling an Estate
  • 31. Trusts
  • PART VII: TERMS USED IN LAW OF REAL PROPERTY
  • 32. Estates in Real Property
  • 33. Multiple Ownership of Real Property
  • 34. Acquiring Title to Real Property
  • 35. Deeds
  • 36. Mortgages
  • 37. Landlord and Tenant

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