Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Author: Gordon Brown; Scott Myers
Edition: 004
Product Type: Book w/Multimedia (CD, DVD or Electronic)
ISBN 13: 9781428321762
ISBN 10: 1428321764
Copyright: 2009

Price: $272.95

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Description:

Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates, fourth edition, has proven to be a highly successful reference for users, marrying dense content with a reader friendly style that utilizes extensive examples. The use of celebrity wills and estates as illustrations provides access for readers into complicated legal topics. Legal vocabulary is defined immediately for students. This new edition has more case studies so that users become more familiar with the legal process and have real examples of how legal concepts are applied by courts. The narrative material is national in scope, with charts and graphs that focus on state-by-state information. It balances narrative material and visual presentations to accommodate a variety of reader learning styles. Readers have extensive and varied practice materials at the end of each chapter so that the book material can be re-enforced and expanded. The material in this revision has also been updated to include the current state of the law.

Features:

"Day at the office" features provide real-world examples to students
Graphs, charts and, and forms are extensive and provide a great visual learning experience
Extensive end of chapter materials reinforce and expand materials in each chapter
The use of celebrity wills and estates provides an appealing access to students confronted with difficult and complex concepts
Case studies provide students with the opportunity to see the law in action
CD-ROM with additional exercises is included with text
Expanded case studies provide students and faculty with more opportunities to see the material being used by the courts
Graphs, charts and material have been updated so that students and faculty are current
Writing style is more accessible to students

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