9. Contracts and Other Legal Issues in the Management of Social Work Practice

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xi
5. 1. Why Social Workers Study the Law: Knowledge for Practice 1
6. 2. Exploring Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy 17
7. 3. The Development of the Law 39
8. 4. The Practice of Law 58
9. 5. The Litigation Process: Dissecting a Court Case 77
10. 6. Protection of Individuals and the Preservation of Social Order 96
11. 7. How Courts Make Legal Decisions About People’s Lives 108
12. 8. Torts: How the Law Provides Compensation for Injury and Deters Unsafe Practices 124
13. 9. Contracts and Other Legal Issues in the Management of Social Work Practice 131
14. Appendix: Legal Research 151
15. REFERENCES 157
16. CASES AND LAWS CITED 167
17. INDEX 169