Introduction to Law

The new edition of a textbook for undergraduate introductory law courses in the United States. Chapters cover legal ethics and professional responsibility, an outline of the legal system, researching laws, legal analysis and writing, civil and criminal laws, tort law and workers' compensation, family law, wills and probate, contract and property law, the law of business organizations and bankruptcy, juvenile law, pre-trial civil and criminal procedures, alternative dispute resolution, rules of evidence, trial procedures, and law and technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Joanne Banker Hames is an attorney who has been actively involved in paralegal education since 1977 and is now a full-time instructor and the coordinator for the ABA-approved paralegal program at DeAnza Community College located in the heart of Silicon Valley. She earned her J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School and has been an active member of the California Bar since 1972. Prior to her involvement in paralegal education, she practiced law in a firm specializing in personal injury litigation. She is also the co-author of Civil Litigation and Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing: An Integrated Approach.

Yvonne Ekern is the chairperson of an ABA-approved Paralegal Program and Division Chair of the Applied Arts and Sciences Division of West Valley Community College. Prior to completing law school, she taught high school English and Math in California and Missouri. She graduated from the University of Idaho School of Law in 1985. While working in criminal and family law offices, she taught part-time in several Silicon Valley paralegal programs and is now the full-time chairperson of the West Valley College Paralegal Program, located in Saratoga, California. She is also an instructor in that program. She is the co-author of Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing: An Integrated Approach. She has over twenty years of teaching experience.