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Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:24 pm
by thisislife49
I am looking at a couple E & E books that are an edition behind the latests edition. Does that matter so much or is a lot of the material similar?

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:42 pm
by UndecidedMN
Depends on the subject. Contracts / Torts / Property no. Con Law, Securities Laws, yes. Evidence, Criminal law, probably not.

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:49 pm
by zugzwanger
Agree with the above post about Ks, Torts, and Property. I don't think the Con Law one is useful and I would not buy the Criminal Law one either (just buy Dressler for that class unless it is taught kind of weird, that book is gold for Crim despite not having practice questions)

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:59 pm
by thisislife49
zugzwanger wrote:Agree with the above post about Ks, Torts, and Property. I don't think the Con Law one is useful and I would not buy the Criminal Law one either (just buy Dressler for that class unless it is taught kind of weird, that book is gold for Crim despite not having practice questions)

Great, thanks. Any thoughts on the civil procedure book?

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:05 pm
by sesto elemento
thisislife49 wrote:
zugzwanger wrote:Agree with the above post about Ks, Torts, and Property. I don't think the Con Law one is useful and I would not buy the Criminal Law one either (just buy Dressler for that class unless it is taught kind of weird, that book is gold for Crim despite not having practice questions)

Great, thanks. Any thoughts on the civil procedure book?
The CivPro book should be up to date.

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:17 pm
by jarofsoup
Anything related to securities law that is pre-Dodd-Frank/JOBS Act is useless.

I would try to go for new editions in the non-1L classes.

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:24 pm
by forty-two
I agree that civ pro should be up to date, and I'd also get the newest edition for evidence. I got an older one when I took it, and it left out a lot of important information that was in the most recent one. Basically, I'd get the new one for any subject that goes over a lot of con law.

Re: Do the editions matter with the E & E books?

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:56 pm
by JamMasterJ
sesto elemento wrote:
thisislife49 wrote:
zugzwanger wrote:Agree with the above post about Ks, Torts, and Property. I don't think the Con Law one is useful and I would not buy the Criminal Law one either (just buy Dressler for that class unless it is taught kind of weird, that book is gold for Crim despite not having practice questions)

Great, thanks. Any thoughts on the civil procedure book?
The CivPro book should be up to date.
It's also the best one this side of corporate tax fwiw