Casebook method

Hi kiddo! Today we're going to learn about something called the casebook method. This is a way that grown-ups in law school learn about laws and how they work.

Let's say you want to learn about a certain law. You might start by looking at a casebook. A casebook is like a big book full of stories about different situations where the law was used. Each story is called a "case".

In these cases, there are usually a bunch of people involved. There is someone who needed help because they were treated unfairly, called the "plaintiff". And there is someone who is being accused of doing something wrong, called the "defendant".

As you read through each case, you'll learn about what happened, what the law says, and what the judge decided. The judge is a very important person in these cases. They are the ones who make the final decision about what the law means and how it should be applied.

By reading lots of cases in a casebook, you can start to understand how the law works and how it applies to different situations. It's sort of like a grown-up version of learning from stories.

So that's what the casebook method is all about! It's just a fancy way for grown-ups to learn about the law by reading lots of real-life stories and situations.