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This third edition contains a new section on the major threats to biodiversity, including several chapters detailing the impact of climate change and the emerging legal and administrative issues that are arising in response to this development. The book further defines biodiversity, and outlines factors in choosing from different policy approaches for its protection.

Offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of how American courts use research and testimony from the social sciences in reaching their decisions. It incorporates Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision on scientific evidence. In addition, new Daubert-based cases are integrated throughout the text.

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Tort law remains a dynamic field, subject to constant refinement and rethinking. The Ninth Edition reflects these evolving developments in recent case law and legislative activity, as well as commentary ranging from the almost-completed Third Restatement of Torts: Liability for Physical & Emotional Harm to emerging tort issues arising from the I...

Includes a rich mix of materials and is adaptable to a survey course, a policy-oriented seminar, or a more specialized JD or LLM tax class. Every major topic is accompanied by a skilfully developed problem set and lively notes, questions, policy discussion, and bibliographic references.

This classic casebook has been thoroughly updated for 2020 - retaining what has made it a favuorite for decades while also remaining current and user-friendly. It contains lightly-edited cases with extensive explanatory notes, thereby teaching students how to read cases while learning doctrine.

Corporate governance is regulated by many of the same laws covered in the basic Business Associations course, but increasingly is also regulated by laws - such as SOX and Dodd-Frank - that get short shrift in the typical Business Associations casebook and course. In contrast, those laws are the core focus of the text.

Five years after publication of the third edition, and reflecting the dynamic nature of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, this fourth edition incorporates the latest legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments, describes recent scientific advances, and excerpts or references new scholarly contributions to this broad field.

Delivers an up-to-date overview of US Family Law that weaves together black-letter rules, policy, narrative, history, transnational sources, and theory, into an accessible and teachable whole. The book is written with an eye toward helping teachers prepare their students to appreciate and engage Family Law's dynamic present, and to begin imagining how to actively shape its future.

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Explores in depth in a single volume both the technical and policy issues associated with taxation of partnerships, C corporations, and S corporations. It is specifically designed for a course focusing on comparison of partnerships, C corporations, and S corporations, while presenting selected in-depth coverage of advanced issues.

Contains detailed text and explanatory materials. This seventh edition covers recent regulations, rulings, cases and other new developments, including the many changes made to the Internal Revenue Code by the several tax acts that Congress passed since the previous edition.

This supplement brings the main casebook up to date with recent changes in the law.

Offers a clear and concise introduction to the economics and regulation of securities markets, with a single-minded focus on disclosure and the economics of disclosure. The book is concise, easy to read, and student friendly.

White Supremacy pervades American history. Moreover, notwithstanding landmark civil rights gains and egalitarian aspirations, America remains segregated and unequal. This book examines the role of law in reinforcing and ameliorating racial injustice. Although surveying key historical precedents, its primary focus is the present.