Law school in a Flash Forum

[isaiah6v8]

Found several copies of different classes at our Half Price Bookstore, is it s worthwhile buy? Maybe only for certain classes? No good at all? The copyright date is 1994.

[Jarndyce]

Not trying to be a downer, but I would not waste my money on supplements that are nearly 20 years old. There is a reason that they are in a discount bookstore. I can think of a few things off the top of my head that would not be in the books back then- examples include a slight shift back toward states rights with the dormant commerce clause (can't remember the case...) and a complete 100% shift in pleading standards thanks to Bell Atlantic v. Twombley (2006) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2008). I also think Asahi, which dramatically impacted personal jurisdiction evaluations, was decided post-1994.

And those are a very few basic examples off the top of my head. I would be hesitant to get a book that was even one edition old- a 1994 book would be completely out of the question.

[isaiah6v8]

Not trying to be a downer, but I would not waste my money on supplements that are nearly 20 years old. There is a reason that they are in a discount bookstore. I can think of a few things off the top of my head that would not be in the books back then- examples include a slight shift back toward states rights with the dormant commerce clause (can't remember the case...) and a complete 100% shift in pleading standards thanks to Bell Atlantic v. Twombley (2006) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2008). I also think Asahi, which dramatically impacted personal jurisdiction evaluations, was decided post-1994.

And those are a very few basic examples off the top of my head. I would be hesitant to get a book that was even one edition old- a 1994 book would be completely out of the question.

cool, good to know! Thanks.