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Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study |  | Author: K. N. Llewellyn
Publisher: Oceana Publications, Inc.
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0379000733
Dewey Decimal Number: 349
EAN: 9780379000733
ASIN: 0379000733
Publication Date: June 1, 1981
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Prospective and enrolled law students have been assigned to read a text that tells them what they are about to encounter. That text is Bramble Bush. This classic answers questions that all students have when starting law school, and virtually takes them inside the classroom and exams like no other text. It gives factual examples, detailed information, and practical explanations. Bramble Bush text is required reading in numerous law schools and it is recommended by Law School Deans as the best introduction to the study of law for both potential and enrolled law students. Professor Llewellyn chronicled the factors involved in choosing and pursuing a legal career as an outgrowth of his introductory lectures at Columbia University School of Law.
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 Not Recommended May 30, 2008
Crystal Kinder (Chicago, IL)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The book was boring. I don't know why it is recommended for law students. There are much better books law students could be reading.
 The fun is in seeing what's dated October 26, 2005
J. Gunter (Washington, DC)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Professor Llewellyn's distinguished collection of lectures is best used nowadays, in my opinion, as a baseline to see what has changed in the legal profession and what has not. Llewellyn's discussion of the case system is a terrific look at the judge's toolbox, but law students today cannot rely on a deep understanding of the case system to become good lawyers -- the proliferation of other forms of law, particularly statutory and administrative law, is too great. On the other hand, Llewellyn's extreme statement of the legal realist position -- still only one competing theory of law when he gave his lectures -- is now the undisputed champion of the legal discipline, and it's fascinating to travel back to a time when the author felt the need to be an apologist for it. The chapters that stand up best, in my opinion, are the ones discussing the dilemma of siding with the powerful after graduation; this is a topic that only becomes more timely as expenses rise and the pressure to join Big Law grows for new law graduates. I would especially recommend this book for casual students of legal history or jurisprudence.
 More Than a Law School Classic October 24, 2004
Steven Finell (Dobbs Ferry, NY)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Llewellyn wrote "Bramble Bush" as an introduction for law students, which is how I first read it in 1967. Nevertheless, practicing lawyers would profit from re-reading this wonderful book every several years, especially before working on an important appeal or on a case that may not be decided solely by the application of settled law. Its chapters on "This Case System" are a masterful exposition on how to understand, apply, and distinguish legal precedents. Another essential work on the development of caselaw is Cardozo's "The Nature of the Judicial Process." For a thoughtful introduction to the role of the lawyer in actual practice, I recommend, both to studends and practitioners, the advisedly titled "What Every Lawyer Knows" by Walter T. Fisher.
Standing the test of time..... January 19, 2003
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I actually felt myself getting smarter while reading this book. Outside of just covering "technicalities" of studying law, he also offers a fascinating perspective on the study and practice of law in relation to the lawyer's life (money/finc. security as primary motive for entering legal profession.) Also interesting are his views on making/missing law review and the effect this has on 2Ls. Overall, an excellent read, time well spent, and very deserving of the word "classic."
very awkward writing August 17, 2002
D. Friedman (New York, NY United States)
19 out of 23 found this review helpful
Professor Llewellyn's writing style is not easy. It's not an antiquated style, but rather the style of an obviously erudite man whose mind is very active and whose thoughts are not always felicitously expressed. If you've ever sat in a class with a professor you thought brilliant but a little "nutty," this book will remind you of that professor. Many of his phrases are either obscure or seemingly illogical. My advice is that if you insist on doing a close textual reading of a book, do not read this book. If, however, you are interested in picking up general themes about the study of law and its development from a distinguished--and somewhat obscure--legal mind, then this is the book for you. It is not, emphatically, an easy book to read. To put it simply: either Llewellyn had a poor editor or his editor never heard of Strunk & White's Elements of Style.
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