Reader's Digest Legal Problem Solver: A Quick-and-Easy Action Guide to the Law

DeWitt Wallace & Lila Acheson Wallace (Founders); Fiona Gilsenan (Editor); Inge N. Dobelis (Project Editor)

ISBN 10: 0895775506 / ISBN 13: 9780895775504

Published by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY & Montreal/Montréal, QC, Canada, 1997

About this Item

640 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear with a few minor cuts and tears around edges, and in some places.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reader's Digest Legal Problem Solver: A Quick-and-Easy Action Guide to the Law
• Publisher: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY & Montreal/Montréal, QC, Canada
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895775506
• ISBN 13: 9780895775504
• Binding: Decorative Hardcover
• Illustrator: Larissa Lawrynenko (Art Editor); Geoffrey Gross (Cover Photo)
• Edition: 6th Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference Books
  • Literary Studies, Literary Theory & Lit. Criticsm
  • Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Studies

About this title

Synopsis

Nearly seven hundred alphabetized and cross-referenced entries, complemented by true-to-life case histories, address common legal issues, such as buying a home, insurance, wills, auto accidents, and more. 25,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.

Reviews

Reader's Digest publications are popular and useful; this one is no exception. Most people become involved in legal situations at various points in their lives and need help in identifying which problems require a lawyer's services, comprehending the terminology involved, and communicating with professionals. This volume is not intended to serve as a substitute for a lawyer, but to create a better-informed client who knows when to hire a lawyer and how to select, utilize, and evaluate legal counsel.

Nearly 700 alphabetically arranged entries cover the legal issues that an average American is likely to encounter, both at home and at work. Included are home buying, estate planning, accidents (at work, in the home, in public places, on government property, and on public transportation), consumer rights, divorce, child custody, and home schooling, to name a few. One can learn how to spot counterfeit money, remove one's name from unwanted mailing lists, and discover how each state defines the rights of adoptees to obtain information about their birth parents.

Definitions utilize lay terms and are bolstered by easily understood examples. In addition, there are checklists, sample legal forms, and sidebars that clearly indicate steps to take with or without a lawyer in order to dispose of a legal problem. Cross-references and a comprehensive index lead readers to relevant information. While the information appears reliable, the credentials of the listed consultants and contributors are not provided.

Individuals and public libraries will find Legal Problem Solver a good place to begin research on a legal issue but will certainly want to supplement it with other sources, such as one or more law dictionaries and the numerous topic-specific law books for laypersons that are available.