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And, I bet, TA, you have a personal copy of Black's Law same as I.

Of course -- it's still a standard desk reference to me (and one of the first books I bought way back when)!

ack! I added Black Rose by Costain and it's already on the list. Can someone please delete it..#100

Pat wrote: "ack! I added Black Rose by Costain and it's already on the list. Can someone please delete it..#100"

It seems to have been combined with the edition already on the list (there is a "combine duplicates" feature).

Themis-Athena wrote: "Of course -- it's still a standard desk reference to me (and one of the first books I bought way back when)!"

Mine was a gift. The other book I always have is my trusty Bluebook - Blue Book: A Uniform System Of Citation. Even as a secretary/paralegal, I used these two books more than many of the attorneys for whom I worked. And, I use the hard/real books more often (and quicker) than the Internet. ; )

Oh yes -- I'd have died several deaths without my Blue Book (another standard desk reference I still use). The U.S. system of citation is different from the one we use here, and mistakes are taken much more seriously, so I couldn't possibly have done without it! (It still does look funny to me seeing German case references cited the American way, though.)

To find specific case law I tend to use the internet (Lexis/Westlaw and their German equivalents), but to look up legal concepts, or systematic explanations of a given statute/section, I don't think any German lawyer -- at least of my generation -- would want to go without our standard hard copy reference books, the annotated editions that exist of all major codes. So by and large it's a mixture of both worlds!

Wish I had read more law when I was helping my ex get out of law school. I did read a few cases but not nearly enough. He then traded me in for a younger model. (much younger) After he finished dragging me in the mire I wanted to avoid all lawyers at all costs!!