Tort law, the law of how the costs of accidents and other harms should be allocated, is part of America’s larger story of social conflict and progress. The Burdens of All is the first book to fully recount tort law’s place in that story.
A companion book from Professors Rothstein and McGinley, Disability Law Statutory Appendix: Federal Statutes and Regulations, includes reference material relevant to interpreting federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
During the Enlightenment, a now little-known Italian marquis, while in his mid-twenties as a member of a small Milanese salon, the Academy of Fists, wrote a book that was destined to change the world.
This book, in addition to analyzing and including excerpts of court decisions, highlights the efforts of legislatures, executives, the states, and the general public to participate in an ongoing political dialogue about the meaning of the Constitution.
This book can be used as part of a legal writing curriculum, as a weeklong or weekend course on professional development, or by career advisors (both in law school and undergraduate school) when working with students.
Evidence-based policing promises better outcomes for effective policing but requires meaningful partnerships between research and practice. This book is unique in its emphasis on examples of such models.
Readers should come away from this book with a clear understanding of New Jersey’s criminal justice system as these thirteen chapters provide a comprehensive, holistic picture.
The book gathers a large body of evidence for two related truths: using plain language can save businesses and government agencies a ton of money, and plain language serves and satisfies readers in every possible way.