Wills and Trusts in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

by Robert L. Mennell, Sherri L. Burr

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This third edition provides a comprehensive review of the law affecting intestate succession, wills, and trusts. This book introduces wills terminology to the lay audience and updates the law of trusts with references to the Uniform Trust Code and the Restatement of Trusts. This book uses problems arising from celebrity peccadilloes and deaths, such as those of Anna Nichole Smith and James Brown, to illustrate legal issues. Moreover, this book can be adopted to supplement a traditional wills and trust class or as the sole text for a seminar.

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Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2 out of 5 stars

Not very useful for exam review, 2005-05-01
As acknowledged in the preface, "this book alone will not present an integrated coverage of the subject." It just focuses on a few areas and delves into them in great detail, without really providing any sort of overview or anything to help you complete the whole picture. Not the book to go to if you are expexting a comprehensive overview of wills and trusts. I was very disappointed with this nutshell, because isn't that what a nutshell is supposed to be? I would recommend trying to see if another line, such as Examples and Explanations, has a book on the area.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Recommended for both law students and paralegal students., 2003-11-07
I liked this book when I was in law school. It "cut to the chase" and made the concepts of wills and trusts understandable. Although wills and trusts are separate courses in law school, I found the book has value for both courses by making difficult concepts understandable. Now that I am an instructor teaching wills and trusts for paralegals at a local college, I find the book valuable. I must admit that I made the mistake of lending it to a student. She won't give it back! She likes it better than the textbook we are using. That in and of itself is a strong statement of endorsement for this "Nutshell" title.

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