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Sharpening the Legal Mind

How to Think Like a Lawyer

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Sharpening the Legal Mind

By: William Powers
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The way lawyers think about the law can seem deeply mysterious. They see nuance and meaning in statutes and implications in judicial opinions that are opaque to the rest of us. Accessible and thought-provoking, Sharpening the Legal Mind explains how lawyers analyze the cases and controversies that come before the courts.

Written by William Powers Jr., the former president of the University of Texas at Austin, this book is an authoritative introduction to the academic study of law and legal reasoning, including insights into the philosophy of law and the intellectual history of legal thought. Powers discusses the methods lawyers use to interpret the law, the relation between law and morals, and the role of courts in shaping the law. In eight chapters, he follows the historical debate on these issues and others through different generations and movements in American legal thought—formalism, realism, and positivism—to critical legal studies and postmodern theory. The perfect listen for anyone looking for a primer on legal reasoning, Sharpening the Legal Mind demystifies the debates and approaches to thinking like a lawyer that profoundly influence the rule of law in our lives.

The book is published by University of Texas Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

©2023 Kim Heilbrun (P)2024 Redwood Audiobook
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"Shows Powers at his best, helping law students and interested citizens better understand what legal reasoning is, and why it is what it is..." (Mitchell Berman, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)

"A lovely and lively introduction to legal reasoning, accessible even to the novice." (Brian Leiter, University of Chicago Law School)

"Offers a primer on legal reasoning and demystifies often-convoluted topics." (Alcalde)

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