Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P29 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 268 LEGAL FICTION school s admission policy did not violate the equal protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment because there was a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body. FURTHER READINGS Alexander Stacy et a1. 1999. Legal Education for the 21st Century. Edited by Donald B. King. Littleton Colo. F. B. Rothman. Cooper Byron D. 2002. The Integration of Theory Doctrine and Practice in Legal Education. Erasing Lines Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors 1 October 50-64. Drachman Virginia G. 1998. Sisters in Law Women Lawyers in Modern American History. Cambridge Mass. Harvard Univ. Press. Gee E. Gordon and Donald W. Jackson. 1977. Bridging the Gap Legal Education and Lawyer Competency. Brigham Young University Law Review 1977. Katz Barry E. 2002. A Degree of Specialization. Student Lawyer 31 December 22-26. Narrow Use of Affirmative Action Preserved in College Admissions. June 25 2003. Law Center. Available online at 2003 LAW 06 23 accessed october 3 2009 . Rose Jonathan. 1994. The MacCrate Report s Restatement of Legal Education The Need for Reflection and Horse Sense. Journal of Legal Education 44 December . Schwartz Bernard. 1974. The American Heritage History of the Law in America. New York American Heritage. White James Boyd. 1999. From Expectation to Experience Essays on Law and Legal Education. Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press. CROSS REFERENCES Affirmative Action Case Method Law School Admission Test Legal Specialization LEGAL FICTION An assumption that something occurred or someone or something exists which in fact is not the case but that is made in the law to enable a court to equitably resolve a matter before it. In order to do justice the law will permit or create a legal fiction. For example if a person undertakes a renunciation of a legacy which is a gift by will the person will be deemed to have predeceased the testator one who .
