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Rohwer and Skrocki's Contracts in a Nutshell is a succinct summary of the fundamentals of contracts. Contains expert coverage on forming contracts, restitution, statute of frauds, contract interpretation, and modification. Also discusses remedies, performance, and third-party beneficiaries.

Rules of civil procedure govern everything that happens outside of criminal proceedings. This Nutshell provides a road map to navigating civil procedure rules and helps build a foundation for understanding the overall picture. Topics discussed include how to choose the proper court, pretrial and trial preparation, judgments, appeals, and specialized multi-party/multi-claim proceedings.

This product provides a short and readable source for individuals interested in constitutional law, First Amendment law, and communications law.

An excellent reference tool, this book explores a range of sentencing-related topics, including the principal purposes of criminal sentences, restorative justice, guilty pleas and plea bargaining, rights during sentencing proceedings, sentencing factors, different ways to structure sentencing systems, community-based sentencing options, the death penalty, Eighth Amendment constraints on sentences in noncapital cases, parole release, probation and parole revocation, and enmeshed penalties (often called the "e;collateral consequences"e; of a conviction). The latter half of the book contains a helpful and illuminating overview of the constitutional rights of prisoners, the mechanics of litigating incarcerated persons' 1983 suits, and the remedies available to them.

Knowing about the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) means to know about the law relating to international import/export contracts applicable to more than ? of world trade. This book provides a valuable guide to the understanding of both the fundamentals of that law and how it is interpreted in various countries, thus making it a helpful tool not only for students but also for practitioners.

Concise yet comprehensive text that provides an overview of marijuana law. It discusses important issues pertaining to public policy, legal history, constitutional law, criminal law, and jurisprudence, as well as practical legal issues that concern both marijuana-related businesses and individuals, in areas such as banking, employment, tax, bankruptcy, and child custody. The text provides in-depth coverage of federal laws governing marijuana, along with an overview of international, state, and local laws relating to marijuana regulation. It also provides an overview of arguments for and against medical and/or recreational legalization, as well as an analysis of how marijuana compares to other potentially harmful substances, both legal and illegal.

Addresses the component parts of the energy fuel cycle, as well as the market and government policies that oversee it. This Nutshell describes in detail the US's traditional energy policy and also discusses the current challenges that confront it.

Reviews the law, practice, regulation and dispute settlement of foreign investment. After introducing entry and operational control patterns found primarily in the developing world, notably expropriation, this Nutshell focuses on investing in China, Europe and North America as ""case studies"".

Adopting an interdisciplinary framework, this book succinctly, yet accurately, traverses the full gamut of issues challenging the world today. This new edition deals more fully than the third edition with climate change, energy, and sustainable development. It also examines a host of new challenges, such as drafting a new Kyoto Protocol, the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan. It then clearly analyzes the legal responses, whether in the form of treaties, customary law, or soft law instruments.

Provides a broad overview of Social Security law and practice. This volume covers the two main titles of the Social Security Act: Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), with a special focus on the disability provisions of both programs.

Presents a very timely overview of legal topics relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and the law. Topics covered include regulation of sexuality, gender identity and expression, parenthood, marriage, nondiscrimination statutes and ordinances, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and religious freedom.

Presents a concise summary of alternatives to the court adjudication of disputes. On-point discussion facilitates an understanding of the wide variety of options available that can better suit a client's needs, such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and various mixed mode hybrids.

Provides a compelling and informative assessment of the critical role of law in American society to protect the community's health, a theme punctuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This edition addresses issues within a modern framework supporting the role of law toward improved health outcomes in routine and emergency applications.

Learning legal citation is one of the difficult (and sometimes admittedly annoying) tasks that students new to the law face. This book is designed to ease that task. The book discusses and illustrates the particular rules of The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Manual for citing cases, statutes, and all other major legal sources.

Provides a clear, concise and comprehensive discussion of the fundamentals of insurance law. It covers various lines of insurance such as Auto, Commercial General Liability, Health, Life, and Property. It also covers topics including bad faith, claims handling, duty to defend and settle, insurable interest, loss valuation, regulation of insurers, subrogation, surety bonds, and waiver.

The newest (restyled) version of the Federal Rules of Evidence, reproduced in the Appendix, are the anchor of this single-volume Nutshell, with some state variations noted where important. The text summarizes significant U.

Reviews the common law principles that underpin modern land use regulations, including covenants and restrictions that work with government regulation to limit the use of private property. This Nutshell clearly explains the legal aspects of land planning and regulation, project review processes, and innovative and flexible regulatory devices.

Lays out the constitutional and statutory sources of federal judicial authority, its limits, and how the Supreme Court directs its exercise. There is consideration of constitutional and statutory federal-question jurisdiction, diversity jurisdiction, sovereign immunity and the Eleventh Amendment, and congressional control of federal jurisdiction.

Offers a compact yet comprehensive and up-to-date overview of US copyright law in an uncluttered and readable format. Coverage ranges from the fundamental concepts of originality, authorship, and infringement to the highly technical rules governing digital phonorecord deliveries and digital public performance rights in sound recordings.

Charts the dynamic field of lawyer professional liability. With reference to recent cases and statutory developments, the book covers prominent causes of action, the role of experts in malpractice litigation, theories of liability to nonclients, affirmative defenses, damages, and fee forfeiture.

This Nutshell on arbitration addresses freedom of contract, federal preemption, and universal arbitrability. It conveys a thorough sense of the relevant case law and applicable rules. It describes the unique features of the various forms of arbitration and covers the current debate about arbitration.

Authoritative coverage provides detailed explanation of the provisions, definitions, and concepts of the UPC and the UTC. UPC topics covered include, e.g., probate jurisdiction of the courts; intestate succession involving wills and donative transfers; and probate of wills and administration. UTC topics include, e.

Virtually every principal case in the leading casebooks is cited or discussed making this book an excellent aid for students in any water law course. This revised edition deals with changes in evolving areas like groundwater-surface water conflicts, public recreational uses, instream flow protection, takings claims, and water access and equity.

Surveys the historical, technological, and cultural impacts of the Internet, applying multiple academic perspectives to the path of both US and foreign cyberlaw. Subsequent chapters review the latest case law and statutory developments from the United States, European Union, China, and other countries governing the Internet.

Provides a basic introduction to international and foreign legal research for the non-specialist. The book offers guidance through the unfamiliar pathways of research using international and non-US legal materials and demystifies the world of treaties and international case law.

Art Law in a Nutshell (5th ed.) presents an overview of the legal issues concerning art. It covers the definition of art, and the theft and movement of art in wartime and peacetime. It examines the business of art for artists, museums, and collectors, including art as an investment, auctions, authentication, insurance, tax issues for artists and collectors, working artist issues, and aid to the arts. It also explains the intellectual property issues of copyright, trademark, moral rights and economic rights, right of publicity, and First Amendment freedom of expression rights.