This highly successful casebook integrates modern scholarship and historical background to provide students with a thorough understanding of tort law.... Written by leading scholar Richard Epstein, Cases and Materials on Torts takes an explicitly economics-based point of view and examines the processes of legal methods and reasoning, and the impact of legal rules on social institutions. The Tenth Edition welcomes new co-author Catherine Sharkey , an expert on punitive damages and federal preemption of state tort law. Hypothetical problems have been added to assist students in their understanding of core issues. New developments, such as privacy and defamation in the Internet Age, and the relevance of race and gender in calculating damages, are given thorough coverage. Hallmark features: Written by a leading scholar in the field, Economics-based point of view makes a good foil for counterpoint and fuels class discussion. Traditional approach integrates cases with modern scholarship on moral theory, law and economics, and salient policy questions. Begins with Intentional Torts and other physical and mental harms, and progresses logically through to nonphysical interests. Thoughtful presentation examines the processes of legal method, legal reasoning, and the impact of legal rules on social institutions. Exposes students to different intellectual approaches that have been employed to interpret tort law over the years. Historical background provides contextual framework of tort law and its development up to the present. Thoroughly updated, the revised Tenth Edition includes: New co-author, Catherine Sharkey, an expert on punitive damages and federal preemption of state tort law. Empirical approach to many issues harmonizes the topics with cutting edge scholarship. Hypothetical problems, inspired by the facts of actual cases, to help students develop a deeper understanding of the core issues. New issues are explored, such as privacy and defamation in the age of the Internet, and the relevance of race and gender to damages calculations.

Offering a highly accessible account of trademark and unfair competition law, this text contains the key cases that define the scope and limits of... trademark law, set against a comprehensive historical background. The theme of the book is that trademark law should enhance consumer welfare. The book provides: Extensive notes and questions following the major cases and also at the end of each chapter The most up-to-date material on every aspect of trademark law, including a chapter covering trademarks on the Internet Detailed treatment of both the theory and the reality of trademark law and practice

This, the first casebook in the United States devoted exclusively to trade secret law, is challenging yet user-friendly to students in order to... facilitate their reading and understanding of the material. This casebook is designed to be used by law students (and business students) with no prior background in intellectual property law. The authors have made conscious and thoughtful decisions about the way in which the information throughout the casebook is presented and organized. The general organization of the casebook follows a logical analytical approach to understanding trade secret law, with the chapters progressing from proving the essential elements of a trade secret claim to defensive tactics and remedies, managing trade secrets, and criminal actions. It also addresses employment, management, and international issues.

The book begins by reviewing the law often associated with threats posed by foreign enemies such as espionage, terrorism and treason. National security... cases that arise in the domestic context, such as disclosure of intelligence information, export of sensitive technology and domestic.terrorism, are then examined. A following section reviews sometimes controversial government actions utilized to gather information and detain individuals such as pen registers, National Security Letters, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Title III interceptions, extradition and rendition as well as the screening of intelligence information through the Classified Information Procedures Act. In an important Chapter on the government s power to act in a crisis, Professor Sievert proceeds from the important civil war case of Ex Pate Milligan outlining martial law to a review of the last decade s critical cases on habeas corpus, military commissions and military assistance. In the final section the casebook examines the War Power with historical cases on Executive versus Congressional authority, efforts to stop the Vietnam and Iraq wars and attacks on Yugolslavia and Libya, a Gulf War Chronology and summary of the effects of the War Powers Act and a review of the Authorizations for Use of Military Force 2001, 2002 as well as the government s recent legal justifications for drone attacks.

This new edition is structured as before. It begins by covering the long-established systems of private water rights (the appropriation doctrine and the... riparian doctrine for surface waters and the various doctrines for groundwaters). Then it covers public rights, water quality regulation, and other environmental regulation primarily from the perspective of how these affect private water rights. The book addresses water distribution organizations, interstate allocation, and federal-state relations. There are some new principal cases in certain chapters. The notes in all the chapters have been extensively rewritten for brevity and have been updated. More international coverage has been added to the book.

A client comes to a lawyer with a difficult legal problem, involving a complex set of facts. The lawyer then researches the legal issues, finding a... cluster of cases and statutes - almost all from the jurisdiction in which the problem arises. In order to advise the client (and, if necessary, to litigate the case), the lawyer must analyze, distinguish, reconcile, and interrelate the authorities in the cluster, seeing them as a group indicating the direction of that state's law, as well as seeing them separately. This book is an attempt to recreate that experience for the law student, and to help the student learn how to handle it.

Focusing on procedural issues that arise in the prosecution stage of a criminal case and updated wtih new cases, thr Fourth Edition of this "Criminal... Procedure II" casebook uses the same problem-based format as Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Police. This casebook attempts to recreate for law students the experience that lawyers have when analyzing the procedural issues involved in the investigatory phase of a criminal case. This approach not only enhances learning but also makes learning enjoyable since students get to play lawyer.At the outset of each chapter, a complex problem is presented in the form of a memo to a law clerk working in a variety of settings (reporting to a public defender, prosecutor, judge or private criminal defense attorney). Many of the problems have been modified to reflect recent cases. The problem is followed by the research tools--relevant cases and statutes--necessary to solve the problem. Notes follow many cases, suggesting to students how the cases might be used to analyze the problem. They also contain summaries of cases which may give students a broader perspective on how courts are handling the issues raised by the main cases.

This three-hole punched, alternative loose-leaf version of the hardbound book is printed on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper with wider margins and the same... pagination – offered at a substantially lower price than the hardbound book. Focusing on procedural issues that arise in the prosecution stage of a criminal case and updated wtih new cases, thr Fourth Edition of this "Criminal Procedure II" casebook uses the same problem-based format as Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Police. This casebook attempts to recreate for law students the experience that lawyers have when analyzing the procedural issues involved in the investigatory phase of a criminal case. This approach not only enhances learning but also makes learning enjoyable since students get to play lawyer.At the outset of each chapter, a complex problem is presented in the form of a memo to a law clerk working in a variety of settings (reporting to a public defender, prosecutor, judge or private criminal defense attorney). Many of the problems have been modified to reflect recent cases. The problem is followed by the research tools--relevant cases and statutes--necessary to solve the problem. Notes follow many cases, suggesting to students how the cases might be used to analyze the problem. They also contain summaries of cases which may give students a broader perspective on how courts are handling the issues raised by the main cases.

This text employs the problem method together with case dissection to develop students' interest and increase their store of knowledge. Students... exercise analytical thinking and master basic contracts by a combination of problem and case method. Ideally used in conjunction with the hornbook (Calamari & Perillo on Contracts), this methodology: allows the students to explore a rich array of practical applications of the cases. UCC Articles 1 and 2 are included as Appendices. A large number of new cases in this edition were decided in the 21st century and involve current issues.

Cases and Text on Property, Fifth Edition, preserves the character of its esteemed predecessors with:</ul> <li... class=copymedium>introductory chapters that unveil the important historical perspective that infuses the book as the authors put contemporary property law in historical context. <li class=copymedium>classic cases and absorbing text that match the high standard of quality established by the late Casner and Leach. <li class=copymedium>problems that are seamlessly integrated with cases and notes. <li class=copymedium>a broad scope of coverage that ranges from interests protected as property, to title transfers, landlord and tenant law, housing discrimination, and land-use regulation.</ul> When you examine this masterful revision, you'll notice many important changes:</ul> <li class=copymedium>new author team - Professors French, Korngold, and VanderVelde are eminently qualified to guide this exceptional casebook into the 21st century. <li class=copymedium>complete updating - Revised coverage includes new forms of property rights, such as computer-related intellectual property, and property issues that arise out of the latest developments in biotechnology. <li class=copymedium>new cases and problems appear throughout the book. <li class=copymedium>improved organization - discrete chapters on water, oil, gas, and air rights from previous editions are now folded into chapters that encompass those topics; and material on deeds, mortgages, and title insurance can now be found in the chapter on closings</ul>

Hospitality Management provides case-vignettes that present lifelike scenarios requiring managerial decisions, or actions. The vignettes are organized... into eleven sections that reflect challenges hospitality managers are facing while developing people skills. This product can complement any hospitality management curriculum and will reinforce the concepts that students read in their textbooks, and are taught in class.

Now in its 4th Edition, this book shows C# developers how to use Visual Studio and ADO.NET to develop database applications the way the best... professionals do. You'll learn how to:quickly create Windows and web applications by dragging-and-dropping data controls in Visual Studio 2010code your own presentation, business, and database classes with ADO.NET 4 to build 3-layer applications...the route the professionals take for flexibility and controldisplay and manipulate data in web applications by using ASP.NET data controls designed specifically for that purpose, like GridView and DetailsViewwork with XML-specific features of ADO.NET to read, write, and manipulate XML data in your applicationsuse Visual Studio's Report Designer and ReportViewer control to create and display reports in both Windows and web applicationsuse LINQ to SQL instead of standard SQL so you can query databases using C# constructscreate Entity Data Models so you can use LINQ to Entities to work with business objects, like invoices, while the Entity Framework handles the database detailsPractice exercises at the end of every chapter and complete database applications throughout help you master every skill along the way. And Murach's distinctive "paired-pages" format...where each skill is presented with examples and advice in a single 2-page spread...is great for both targeted learning and reference.

Online Instructor Manual (login required)Creative Brief Form (Figure 8.1) (pdf file)Students of advertising and marketing management learn many concepts... and theories in their foundational courses, but real-world experiences are invaluable to understanding the decision-making process. Cases in Advertising and Marketing Management offers students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in previous courses to realistic situations from the business world. The authors, a professor of advertising and an advertising agency executive, draw on their practical experiences with everyday challenges—ranging from budgets, electronic marketing, IMC, and account strategy to agency politics, overdue client payments, and ethical dilemmas. Each of the forty cases focuses on a contemporary problem or issue for students to identify and analyze, followed by discussion questions to help them work through the case toward a reasonable solution. The final chapters review important themes from the cases and look at several types of advertising and marketing positions often found in agencies or companies.Appropriate for upper-level or capstone courses in advertising and marketing management, this provocative, highly readable text provides students with insight into the situations they will face in their future careers and helps them develop valuable skills for solving problems and making sound decisions.