This book helps explain core legal concepts and provides a fresh perspective on teaching such courses as Property, Contracts, Torts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Remedies, Environmental Law and Wills & Trusts.
This book, the first of its kind, explores in depth the California Legislature's powers and authority, as well as the state legislative process, by reviewing the relevant state constitutional and statutory provisions and key appellate court decisions that interpret and explain many of these provisions.
The book is designed for law schools and legal educators to prepare their students to exercise leadership in law firms and legal organizations, as well as other roles they will play in society.
This book introduces students to the essential skills and bodies of knowledge required for competent representation of clients, including highly practical issues such as courtroom etiquette, the psychology of jury trials, ethical considerations, and trial tactics within a legal and procedural framework.
The contributions to this book focus largely on the current developments in administrative law in various legal systems such as the U.S. Japan, Australia, Chile and Canada.
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 is designed to introduce students to the basics of accounting and may be used as a supplement for Business Associations, Corporations, Securities, Partnership, Taxation, Corporate Finance, Not-for-Profit Corporations, or other business-related courses.
This book introduces students to trial preparation, motion practice, jury selection, the trial process, preparation of the jury charge, jury argument, jury deliberations, verdict, instructed verdicts, judgments, and post-trial motions. The text also devotes a chapter to the special problems of non-jury trials.
This innovative book includes cases, problems, note materials and questions, as well as excerpts from law review articles and other secondary sources that explain the fit among the contemporary sources of Commercial Contracting Law.