The second edition of Advanced Torts focuses primarily on tort theories that are not covered in significant detail in the standard first-semester Torts course, such as legal malpractice, defamation, invasion of privacy, interference with contractual relations, misrepresentation and related theories, bad faith claims, aiding and abetting liability, and misuse of the legal process.
This book focuses on lawyering skills in negotiating and mediating, including the lawyer's counseling function and ethical responsibilities in connection with these dispute resolution processes.
In Aging in Prison: The Integration of Research and Practice, author Martha Hurley takes an in-depth look at the complex issues associated with housing long-term and elderly prisoners.
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.
American Constitutional Law and History is structured based on the belief that law students are best served by reading and assessing in detail the majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions written by Supreme Court justices.
In more than twenty chapters and interludes, American Labor Struggles and Law Histories narrates the collective actions of workers and how those actions intersected with and were impacted by law, courts, and the police, from a slave revolt in 1712 in New York City and the first casualties in the American Revolution to contemporary actions such as supply chain pressures on Walmart.
This book presents an annotated legislative history of the Federal Arbitration Act, a statute that has transformed America’s civil justice system and blocked access to the courts for millions of Americans.
This book has been updated to cover essential developments in American law since the third edition was published. It reflects these developments, while presenting the fundamental rules, court cases, concepts, and trends of key subjects in American law in a narrative that is tailored to the reader who may not have an American legal background.