Whose Monet?: An Introduction to the American Legal System (Academic Success)

I came across this book purely by chance and found it as engaging as any book that I have read, fiction or non-fiction, in recent memory. I know that it was written with first year law students in mind. I don’t think I would have been able to appreciate the wonderful nuances in the law (so flawlessly and fascinatingly captured in this book) if it had been assigned reading back then, particularly when so many other courses were competing for slices of my brain. However, I can imagine an entire college course based on this one book (not merely assigned reading) as something I would have highly enjoyed and found extremely valuable.From my perspective now, I recommend this book to attorneys and non-attorney executives who, while perhaps not specializing in civil litigation, frequently encounter it. As general counsel to a record label/motion picture producer/Broadway show financier, I have worked closely with outside counsel from the moment the threat of litigation appeared on the horizon through to the final appeal. Although I’ve been doing this quite awhile, I managed to learn (or re-think) something on every page of this book. For anyone who loves The Law, “Whose Monet” is a goldmine!

Great for conceptualizing the basics process of a civil case. It was a requirement for 1L that was simultaneously enjoyable and informational.

System requires a review to read the rest of the book. Really really don't care for this feature of online purchases

Well written book, useful to 1st year students, the book is interesting but it repeats itself quite a bit and it nothing like a law school book. It's very easy nothing like a law school textbook

Great book for 1Ls!

One of the dullest books I've ever read

The first sentence of chapter 1 alone got me hooked!