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College Student's Guide to the Law
by C.L. Lindsay
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (2005-08-25)
ISBN: 1589790898
EAN: 9781589790896
Dewy Decimal #: 344.73079
Paperback: 360 pages
Edition: 1st Taylor Trade Pub. Ed
SKU: 081808072
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...excellent condition
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
It seems as though college students are getting into trouble left and right and they don't have the money to pay for a lawyer to help them out. College Student's Guide to the Law is the new guide that will help college students get out and stay out of trouble, for a much lower price than hiring a lawyer. In this complete and easy-to-read manual on the legal system, Lindsay provides college students with information on classroom laws, on-campus laws (not in the classroom), and off-campus laws (underage drinking, protesting, landlords). The College Student's Guide to the Law ranks with the shower caddy, the extra-long twin sheet set, and the mini fridge as an absolutely indispensable item for every college freshman and upper classman.
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Customer Reviews
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Basic advice
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-06-17
Useful for college students, although, as one reviewer noted, sometimes smarmy in tone. The main exhortation--and it's not bad--is to say, when confronted with an authority, "I'm sorry, I have to talk with a lawyer." This book helps explain why that's good advice, and the legal reasoning behind procedures. It's an old maxim of the law that "to stand on your own rights harms no one," and though lots of people don't want you to believe it, this book reinforces the point. Part of the subtitle, by the way, is misleading: it's almost impossible to get a grade changed if the professor is adamant.
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Useful and Accurate
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-08-22
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a thorough and useful book. In a day when our freedoms are being eroded steadily, it's nice to see a book that puts students' legal rights back into their hands.
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Finally, legal advice that is clear AND funny
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-20
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a comprehensive guide to every aspect of the law a college student will encounter. Without question most students and administrators will buy it for its chapter on Parties and the Police (a gem) and Sex; but don't miss out on the chapters on landlord/tenant relations, privacy, plagiarism and research, and intellectual property. Obviously, not even Lindsay can make the guidelines for conducting experiments on Human Subjects into light reading; but even this is refreshingly clear ---- and the rest of the book is (always) downright useful and (frequently) screamingly funny.
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Great stocking stuffer
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-11
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Informative and well-written, this is the perfect gift for all college students. The author has collected, in an accessible format, practical real world information, from freedom of speech and privacy rights in electronic communications to things students must look out for in an apartment lease. Parents of college students should present this book as a gag gift while holding out faint hope that it might actually spark some curiosity.
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Great Read
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-09
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
I laughed out lout while reading this book. It was really funny, and also very informative. My son is still a few years away from college, but I will definitely give this to my nieces and nephews who are attending college this fall.
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