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Essential Law for Social Workers

By: Robert Madden

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Paperback | 1 October 2003 | Edition Number 1

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Whether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigration, or welfare systems, social workers confront legal issues every day. This book explores legal concepts, legal reasoning, and legal processes -- illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice -- in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge. It introduces readers to scholarship about the law and to conceptual knowledge that can be applied to any interaction with the legal system. Social workers are thereby enabled to "think like a lawyer" and increase their effectiveness. The volume features a discussion of recent reform movements, including Alternative Dispute Resolution, and an appendix of sources for legal information and research on the law.

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"Essential Law for Social Workers" is a unique way of approaching law for social workers. By looking at the law through the lens of lawyers and the principles under which they work, Madden provides a conceptual framework for social workers to use the legal system as a tool for advocacy and social change. The book is practical, easy to read, and provides useful case examples to make the law understandable for social workers and applicable to social work values.

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Non-Fiction Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Social Work Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Social Law Social Security & Welfare Law Jurisprudence & General Issues Law as it Applies to Other Professions Sociology & Anthropology Family & Health

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Why Social Workers Study the Law: Knowledge for Practice	p. 1
Participation in the Legal System	p. 1
The Nature of the Law	p. 2
Learning About the Law	p. 11
Inductive Reasoning: From Practice Problems to Legal Principles	p. 15
Exploring Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy	p. 17
Naturalism	p. 18
Legal Positivism	p. 21
Schools of Legal Thought	p. 22
Recent Legal Reform Movements	p. 33
The Development of the Law	p. 39
Judicial, Legislative, and Administrative Processes	p. 39
Comparing Criminal and Civil Law Procedures	p. 48
The Structure of the Court System	p. 50
Rules and Cases: Common Law Development	p. 54
The Practice of Law	p. 58
The Advocacy System and the Roles of Legal Professionals	p. 58
Introduction to Legal Reasoning	p. 68
Legal Knowledge for Social Workers	p. 71
The Litigation Process: Dissecting a Court Case	p. 77
The Stages of a Lawsuit or Criminal Trial	p. 78
Protection of Individuals and the Preservation of Social Order	p. 96
Constitutional Protections and American Values	p. 96
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure	p. 104
Influencing Legal Policy	p. 107
How Courts Make Legal Decisions About People's Lives	p. 108
Balancing Legal Rights and Social Needs	p. 108
The Process and Orientation of Family and Juvenile Courts	p. 110
The Process and Orientation of Probate Court	p. 118
Judicial Responses to Social Problems	p. 121
Torts: How the Law Provides Compensation for Injury and Deters Unsafe Practices	p. 124
Elements of Negligence and Malpractice Actions	p. 125
Intentional Torts	p. 129
Benefits to Social Work Practice	p. 130
Contracts and Other Legal Issues in the Management of Social Work Practice	p. 131
Basic Principles of Contract Law	p. 131
Contracts with Clients: Informed Consent	p. 135
Contracts with Managed-Care Organizations	p. 135
Legal Issues in Agency Management	p. 137
Legal Issues in the Business of a Private Practice	p. 142
Legal Research	p. 151
Statutory Law	p. 151
Case Law	p. 152
Electronic Legal Research	p. 154
References	p. 157
Cases and Laws Cited	p. 167
Index	p. 169
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