Bibliography

Pre-Law Advice at the College of Charleston

VIII. Bibliography

It is beyond the scope of this presentation to provide a detailed list of readings. There is an excellent bibliographic list in each year's Pre-Law Handbook. The list there includes works about "law school and legal education," "the legal profession," "legal and judicial biography," "jurisprudence," and "legal issues." What follows is a sample from that bibliography and other sources, and sources that are cited in the other links on this web page.

Abel, R. American Lawyers. Oxford University Press. 1989.
Abraham, H.J. The Judicial Process. 6th Edition. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Auerbach, J.S. Unequal Justice--Lawyers and Social Change in Modern America. Oxford University
          Press, 1976.
Association of American Law Schools. The Pre-Law Handbook. [Note: a new edition of this book
          appears yearly.]
Brandeis, L.D. "The Living Law." 10 Illinois L. Rev. 461 (1916).
Cardozo, B.N. The Nature of the Judicial Process. Yale University Press, 1921. [Note: this book is a
          paperback, still in press.]
Carlin, J.E. Lawyers' Ethics. Russell Sage Foundation, 1966.
Corsi, J.R. Judicial Politics: An Introduction. Prentice-Hall, 1984.
Flood, J. The Legal Profession in the United States. 3rd Edition. American Bar Foundation, 1985.
Frank, J. Law and the Modern Mind. Coward-McCann and Geoghagan, Inc., 1949.
Gopen, G.D. "Rhyme and Reason: Why the Study of Poetry is the Best Preparation for the Study of
          Law." 46 College English 333 (April, 1984).
Hagan, J., and F. Kay. Gender in Practice. Oxford University Press. 1995.
Holmes, O.W., Jr. The Common Law. Little, Brown and Company, 1881. [Note: this is a paperback and
          still in press.]
Kairys, D., ed. The Politics of Law. Pantheon Books, 3rd Edition. 1998.
Kennedy, D. "Form and Substance in Private Law Adjudication." 89 Harvard law Review 1689 (1976).
_____. "Legal Formality." 2 Journal of Legal Studies 351 (1973).
_____. "Legal Education As Training for Hierarchy." In D. Kairys, ed., The Politics of Law. Pantheon
          Books, 1982, pp. 40-61.
_____. "The Structure of Blackstone's Commentaries." 28 Buffalo Law Review 205 (1979).
Littlejohn, B.J. "Ensuring Lawyer Competency: The South Carolina Approach." 64 Judicature 109
          (1980).
Mann, D.S. "The Values of English in Politics." College English Association Annual Meeting, April, 1982,
          Houston, Tx.
Moll, R.W. The Lure of the Law. Penguin Books, 1990.
Pound, R. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law. Yale University Press, 1954.
Rosenthal, D.E. Lawyer and Client. Russell Sage Foundation, 1974.
Strunk, W., Jr., and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. 3rd Edition. MacMillan Company, 1983.
Swygert, M.I., and R. Batey, eds. Maximizing The Law School Experience. Stetson University College of
          Law, 1982.
Trillin, C. "Reporter At Large: Harvard Law School." 1984 New Yorker 53 (March 26, 1984).
Turow, S. One L: An Inside account of Life in the First Year at Harvard Law School. Penguin Books,
          1978.
Tushnet, M. "Legal Scholarship: Its Causes and Cure." 90 Yale Law Journal 1205 (1981).
Vanderbilt, A.T. Introduction to the Study of Law. Cann Law Books, 1979.
Wice, P. Judges and Lawyers. Harper Collins, 1991.
Zemans, F.K., and V. Rosenblum. "Preparation for the Practice ofLaw--The Views of the Practicing Bar."
          1980 American Bar Foundation Research Journal 1.
_____. The Making of a Public Profession. American Bar foundation, 1981.

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