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Buying older casebook: Conlaw, Brest 5th vs. 6th Ed
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 1:23 pm
by hellojd
Any thoughts on this, and are there huge differences between the two? For some reason I can't find cheap, used 6th editions, and people are willing to give me the 5th ed for basically free.
Important caveat: I'm a 3L and don't care much about anything, but conlaw seems somewhat interesting and I don't want to do a lot of extra work in finding cases, etc.
Re: Buying older casebook: Conlaw, Brest 5th vs. 6th Ed
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:03 pm
by patfeeney
hellojd wrote:Any thoughts on this, and are there huge differences between the two? For some reason I can't find cheap, used 6th editions, and people are willing to give me the 5th ed for basically free.
Important caveat: I'm a 3L and don't care much about anything, but conlaw seems somewhat interesting and I don't want to do a lot of extra work in finding cases, etc.
With that particular textbook, just note that almost all of the cases are edited down. If there's a case in the 6th edition that's not in the 5th, you'll have to either scan it or print off a Westlaw copy and guess what parts you don't have to read.
Re: Buying older casebook: Conlaw, Brest 5th vs. 6th Ed
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:10 pm
by hellojd
Got it, thank you! Bought the new ed