This book is by F G Kempin, Jr.
When I was in law school, I found that the history behind many legal principles and procedures that we use today was quite interesting. I was not able to take an actual course in legal history, however. Years later, I happened across this book and decided to give it a try.
The book is OK, but I found it a bit sparse on many topics (even for a nutshell), and the writing was not always very clear. Frankly, my mind would wander while reading, since the book was just not written in a very interesting manner for the most part. Given the history involved, it should be possible to make it more interesting than this I would imagine.
If you are looking for a brief introduction to the subject, I would try to find something else if you can. This one is OK, but hopefully there is something out there a bit better.
When I was in law school, I found that the history behind many legal principles and procedures that we use today was quite interesting. I was not able to take an actual course in legal history, however. Years later, I happened across this book and decided to give it a try.
The book is OK, but I found it a bit sparse on many topics (even for a nutshell), and the writing was not always very clear. Frankly, my mind would wander while reading, since the book was just not written in a very interesting manner for the most part. Given the history involved, it should be possible to make it more interesting than this I would imagine.
If you are looking for a brief introduction to the subject, I would try to find something else if you can. This one is OK, but hopefully there is something out there a bit better.
