This really is a fantastic book. Professor Meador, having spent half a century as a teacher at one of the worlds finest law schools and as a consultant and advisor to legal scholars and judges from state courts to the Supreme Court, manages to speak to everyone who hasnt had the opportunity to attend law school. Reading this book wont make you a lawyer, but you will understand exactly what happens in our court systems - a must for new law students, foreign lawyers and anyone interested in how their nations legal systems work. It was an invaluable help in my first year of law school, and worth every dime.