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Provides law students with a way of organizing and thinking about their coursework and about the cases, laws, and regulations they confront every day.

• a concise, accessible text designed to aid all law students regardless of subject matter
• based on the premise that despite the law's complexity, there are three primary questions that recur in different guises throughout legal practice: -Is there a law?- Has it been violated?- What will be done about it?
• brings order to the chaotic stream of legal issues that law students confront in the cases and materials they study
• introduces the dynamics of legal argument
• gets students to recognize the basic questions posed in a legal dispute as well as the predictable reasons lawyers give for reaching one resolution or another
• contains a helpful glossary of legal terms and extensive Index, as well as a list of suggested readings

Introduction

1. The Only Three Questions in Law
2. Is There a Law?
3. Has the Law Been Violated?
4. What Will Be Done About a Violation of Law?
5. From Questions to Answers
   Glossary
   Suggested Readings
   Index