• The Legal Analyst

  • A Toolkit for Thinking About the Law
  • By: Ward Farnsworth
  • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
  • Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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By: Ward Farnsworth
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There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst, Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place all of the most powerful of those tools for thinking about law.

From classic ideas in game theory such as the "Prisoner's Dilemma" and the "Stag Hunt" to psychological principles such as hindsight bias and framing effects, from ideas in jurisprudence such as the slippery slope to more than two dozen other such principles, Farnsworth's guide leads listeners through the fascinating world of legal thought. Each chapter introduces a single tool and shows how it can be used to solve different types of problems. The explanations are written in clear, lively language and illustrated with a wide range of examples.

The Legal Analyst is an indispensable user's manual for law students, experienced practitioners seeking a one-stop guide to legal principles, or anyone else with an interest in the law.

©2007 The University of Chicago (P)2021 Tantor

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Very interesting book.

This book helped me think about my own pro se litigation in a new light.

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Behind the rules: ties it all together

I became a member of the CA Bar some 40 years ago, and have taught law at college level almost as long. This book is chock full of insights that make terrific sense out of law(s). It starts briefly at a dreary crawl, but quickly ramps up. For the serious legal thinker-practitioner, there is no better source than this, to deepen and expand on reasoning, arguments, or teaching. So many perplexing rules and outcomes suddenly make clear good sense. Those interested in other interfaces of law such as law and economics, or law and politics, are rewarded too.

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A Great Book on the Specifics of Democrat Corruption

I recommend the book Emotional Rape Syndrome before reading this book.

If you are a democrat and have always thought conservatives are weird, this is the book for you. Specifically the chapters on the prisoners dilemma and those who are willing to pay for their rights. The services that wealthy liberals want poor people to have are meant to alleviate their stress from being a recipient of your poorness. You bother them, they request taxes to get rid of bother. The tax is enough to ease rich liberal guilt and they could care less that the services they are paying for are a violation of your rights and keeping you poor.

You sign a contract when you are poor and you aren’t aware of it. The contract stipulates you receive money for food and a little bit of cash (and perhaps housing if you tote the party line) in exchange for no rights. You go to the government doctor who won’t diagnose your symptoms until you end up in a SNF where you OD by a nurse or are starved to death. You have no rights to your house, your dog, your grandma, or your child. You have no expectation of privacy and you will accept the reputation that is handed out to you depending on what is best for them. You and your family will be victims of major crimes, while they throw the book at you for minor crimes. You will be socially cattled with drug addicts and convicts because your contract says your poorness dictates that. If you attempt to “pull yourself up by the bootstraps”, you will be punished for having self esteem.

Other than the heavy liberal bias, the book explained otherwise sophisticated concepts well.

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