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Theres a formula for effectively explaining caselaw Photo of Bryan Garner by Winn Fuqua Photography Legal writers are constantly called on to explain things: how an invention works, how a statute’s wording affects its application, why certain people’s actions do or don’t amount to a conspiracy, why a state statute violates the federal constitution and so on. Among the most difficult and predictably recurrent types of explanation is why a legal precedent bears on a point to be decided. Alt...

Being an objective estimate of somebodys ability to learn academically is untrue. if you have a tutor, if you have smart parents who are going to read the paper, your numbers will go up. >> its not just s.a.t.s. >> its a fundamental question. >> practice matters. >> a kid who grows up in a lousy neighbor may be much smarter than the kid who has tutors. >> but it hasnt been developed. >> the s.a.t. is not an iq test. >> its supposed to be about learning ability. >> we have a problem here. peter t...