Product Description
This volume will be of interest and value to students of logic, ethics, and political philosophy, as well as to members of the legal profession and to everyone concerned with problems of government and jurisprudence. By citing a large number of cases, the author makes his presentation of the processes of judicial interpretation particularly lucid.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 12 reviews)

Worthless babbling by Sal Buttafuoco (Florida)

1 Stars
November 02, 2009
The author is baked. I read it pre-law and post-law, and found it wanting. Perhaps one of the most worthless books on legal reasoning I've ever read. In fact, "legal reasoning" is a misnomer with respect to this book. I'm surprised other reviewers have lauded it so. I recommend anything by karl llewellyn or Joseph Story. This book reminds me of those weird books written by the Critical Legal Studies circle. Its content belies its title.

interesting, but not necessary by A. Moyer (Alexandria, VA)

4 Stars
August 28, 2009
If you have some spare time, this book goes through cases of product liability common law to demonstrate how judges create policy through thier judgments. It's very interesting and will grant you a broader understanding of common law, but you don't have to read this before entering law school.

Great reading! by John Briner (Vancouver, BC Canada)

5 Stars
May 02, 2009
You'll love this book - it makes you feel like you are back in law school again!

Not Quite an Introduction by Erich Merkel

3 Stars
June 15, 2007
While Levi clarifies much that's uncertain about legal interpretation, I don't recommend this book for those with no previous studies in law. If you must read it -- and there ARE rewards from doing so -- be sure to have a law dictionary at hand. Besides using legal terms that aren't explained, Levi's prose is so dense as to be almost unreadable, but worse, it lacks anything resembling clarity. He often barges straight in to lengthy analyses of concepts without explaining the basic terms he uses or even why they're relevant; these must be induced from the text while reading. Since Levi is usually demonstrating through examples how concepts change over time, however, it's difficult to pin down what the concept means at any one point, before Levi has already jumped ahead to the next point without explaining either. It's also highly recommended that you look up the cases Levi cites, since his quotations from judges rarely contain enough critical information to piece together the actual concept involved. Finding the original and just reading the parts that he replaced with ellipses add an infinite degree of clarity.

Helpful by Anton (South US)

4 Stars
June 20, 2006
I found this book to be helpful but somewhat basic. I is outlined nicely and is easy to follow. Good future reference. Recommend to students.

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