Experiencing Trusts and Estates - 3rd Edition - Deborah S. Gordon

Experiencing Trusts and Estates 3rd Edition Deborah S. Gordon

ISBN 9798892099325

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Trusts and Estates, Third Edition offers a unique combination of rigorous doctrinal analysis, learner-centered instruction, and practical skills development while exploring the broader social and political implications of inheritance law. The text introduces students to the foundational principles of wealth transfer, estate planning, and planning for incapacity and death, then examines key inheritance law concepts from both forward-looking perspectives (planning and drafting) and backward-looking perspectives (litigation and dispute resolution).

Distinctive among trusts and estates casebooks, the Third Edition incorporates Indian Trust cases in its discussion of fiduciary duties and places classic undue influence cases, including Moses and Kaufmann, within the broader context of social norms, cultural expectations, and implicit biases. This approach encourages students to consider not only legal doctrine but also the real-world consequences of inheritance decisions and estate planning practices.

The Third Edition continues the book’s commitment to active learning with chapter-opening learning outcomes designed to support ABA requirements and help students focus on essential concepts. It features an expanded glossary, updated and diverse formative assessments with new sample answers and rubrics, highlight boxes emphasizing practice notes, connection notes, and language notes, and end-of-chapter assessments that reinforce connections among topics.

Students engage with a wide range of practical exercises, including role-playing activities, drafting client letters and testamentary documents, writing policy papers, legislation, and judicial opinions, and preparing community and client presentations. Traditional hypotheticals, fact patterns, and discussion questions further develop analytical skills. The edition also includes a comprehensive assessment bank with multiple-choice questions, short essays, longer essays, drafting exercises, and integrated problems designed to help students prepare for the NextGen bar exam.

Experiencing Trusts and Estates 3rd Edition Deborah S. Gordon
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