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Textbook for Property

I just purchased Dukeminier's Property hornbook from one seller through Amazon.com. This book is new edition, so, it cost me 90 dollars. (New book is 114 dollars.) Well, I prefer having used book, because I'd like to rely on other person's underlines. ^_^

Do I need to buy a study aid for Property? Well, it will depend on the professor's style.

Another book for legal writing

This is another book from Mr. Garner. My professor recommended this book for legal writing. It's lengthier and more complicated than the book I mentioned below. I just bought this book from Amazon.com.

A book for legal writing

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As an international student, I have difficulty in writing in English. Especially, it's a big burden to write a legal memorandum. Before I moved to Houston, one of my friends - U.S. lawyers - recommended a well-known book, "The Element of Style" by Strunk and White. But, the delemma I had was that that book was not for law students.

In Legal Analysis and Research class, my professor, Smith, recommended a book titled "The Redbook" by Mr. Garner, an editor of Black's Law Dictionary. While I searched that book in Amazon.com, I found his another book, "The Element of Legal Style, 2nd." In the introductionary section of this book, Mr. Garner stated this book would be another version of "The Element of Style" for LAW students and lawyers.

Yes! This is it. This is what I've been looking for.

A Brief history of the Bill of Rights

1791, the first ten amendments to the Constitution - religious liberty, free speech, personal privacy, private property, procedural fairness against the power of the democratic majority.

After Civil War (1861 ~ 1865), a second Bill of Rights (the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments) - outlawing slavery, guaranteeing equal protection of the laws, assuring the right to vote to members of racial minorities.

1919, the Nineteenth Amemdment - women's right to vote

1970, the Twenty-fifth Amendment - right to vote for youths 18 and over


cf. For constitutional law, this site, Justice Learning, is so good!