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This succinct paperback on tort reform lays bare one of the most important recent movements in the civil justice field. It begins with a brief overview of central themes and issues and then presents a series of original essays and comments by preeminent scholars, lawyers, and leaders in Tort Reform.

Unlike most constitutional law books, this text does not assume that the students have any particular knowledge of American history, government, or law. It begins with a rich introductory chapter to provide students with a necessary foundation for the rest of the material. Thereafter, it supplements the familiar cases with historical context.

Focuses on three themes: legal, administrative, and policy issues associated with regulating children rather than adults; procedural and substantive implications of a justice system that emphasizes treatment rather than punishment; and tensions between discretion and rules that occur when states treat children rather than punish adults.

The fourth edition of this casebook reflects the rapidly changing legal landscape of mass tort litigation. This new edition also reflects the wisdom gained from teaching the text over many years and incorporates changes that hopefully render the subject of mass tort litigation more comprehensible to students.

A perennial student and faculty favorite, written by the authors of the leading Torts treatise. As with the previous eight editions, this volume contains the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of Tort law available, including dozens of new cases that were decided since the publication of the previous edition.

The tenth edition continues the basic approach of its predecessors: using problems as a vehicle for discussing cases and textual material to develop an understanding of the law of business enterprises and the policy issues that influence its evolution.

Provides considerable flexibility for an instructor teaching employment discrimination law, employment law, or a combination of both topics. This casebook includes an in-depth treatment of Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA, as well as chapters on sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, affirmative action and retaliation.

A complete, unchanged reprint of chapters one to six of Saltzburg & Capra, American Criminal Procedure (tenth edition, 2013). The new edition of the hardcover text contains detailed commentary, highlighted treatment of selected lower court cases, and full consideration of Supreme Court cases.

A complete, unchanged reprint of chapters six to thirteen of Saltzburg & Capra, American Criminal Procedure (tenth edition, 2013). The new edition of the hardcover text contains detailed commentary, highlighted treatment of selected lower court cases, and full consideration of Supreme Court cases.

This law school casebook examines how the vast increase in international movements of people, capital, goods, ideas and information affect politics in and beyond nation-states, the rule of law and separation of powers, and fundamental rights.

Contains detailed and authoritative commentary, extensive discussion of practical problems, highlighted treatment of selected recent lower-court cases, full consideration of Supreme Court cases, and questions that challenge the conceptions and analytical powers of law students. The authors have made a concerted attempt to make the book as lean and as user-friendly as possible.

Expert authors present an up-to-date overview of health law as it affects the professionals, institutions, and entities that deliver and finance health care in the United States. Considers the law's response to quality and error through institutional and professional regulation, and malpractice litigation against professionals, hospitals, and managed care organizations. Surveys tax, corporate, and organizational issues. Explores the government's efforts to control costs and expand access through Medicare and Medicaid. Examines government attempts to police anticompetitive activities, fraud, and abuse. And considers the legal and ethical issues involving death, human reproduction, medical treatment decision making, and medical research. The Affordable Care Act, HIPAA, HITECH, and other new statutory and regulatory changes of the past few years are thoroughly incorporated in all aspects of the legal discussion.

This acclaimed casebook has been completely revised to include the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage in the field. The new edition includes hundreds of recent cases that illustrate important contemporary contexts.

The 2022 Supplement to Kerr's Computer Crime Law, Fifth Edition. It contains all of the federal computer crime statutes, including both the substantive crimes and the procedural rules, and includes the procedural amendments introduced by the CLOUD Act of 2018.

Presents a clean new approach to teaching criminal law to first year students. A consistent emphasis on the elements of crime centres the book on what matters most, and compelling exercises are rooted in the discretion of prosecutors and judges.

The 7th Edition continues earlier editions' conceptualization of the role, purposes and substance of Local Government Law.

The Second Edition builds on the strengths of the first with complete updating of all cases, text, Notes, and Sidebars, taking into account the latest developments and commentary.

Students today expect learning to be both efficient and interesting. They use online materials and study aids to supplement class-assigned materials and to ""hack"" the law. This textbook cuts out the middle person by integrating challenging principal cases that are aggressively edited into an engaging overview of the black letter law.

Offers a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the vital field of legislation and regulation. This volume addresses efforts by President Trump to curtail the powers of the administrative state, and new Supreme Court decisions reviewing challenges to these efforts under the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Covers the theory and practice of domestic and transnational federal white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions. The book includes coverage of the most commonly charged crimes, including perjury, false statements, false claims, obstruction of justice, securities fraud, public corruption, insider trading, conspiracy, and money laundering.