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"Ideas beam out from Astra Taylor's engaging new philoso-doc Examined Life; the viewer basks in the intelligence on-screen and, occasionally, soaks up... the rays." --J. Hoberman, The Village Voice "A playful riposte to the notion that movies are for turning one's mind off. . . . Stimulating."--Variety Examined Life boldly takes philosophy out of the dark corners of the academy and into the streets, reminding us that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, not in isolation from it. The companion to Astra Taylor's documentary film, the book features interviews with eight iconoclastic and influential philosophers, conducted while on the move through places that hold special resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer's thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue's posh boutiques. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West--perhaps America's best-known public intellectual--compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating the life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers in fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place within it. Featuring interviews with: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Judith Butler with Sunaura Taylor, Michael Hardt, Martha Nussbaum, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Cornel West, and Slavoj Zizek.

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 We all want to know how to live. But before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps or a prescription from... the doctor, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living.In Examined Lives, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers. Socrates spent his life examining himself and the assumptions of others. His most famous student, Plato, risked his reputation to tutor a tyrant. Diogenes carried a bright lamp in broad daylight and announced he was “looking for a man.” Aristotle’s alliance with Alexander the Great presaged Seneca’s complex role in the court of the Roman Emperor Nero. Augustine discovered God within himself. Montaigne and Descartes struggled to explore their deepest convictions in eras of murderous religious warfare. Rousseau aspired to a life of perfect virtue. Kant elaborated a new ideal of autonomy. Emerson successfully preached a gospel of self-reliance for the new American nation. And Nietzsche tried “to compose into one and bring together what is fragment and riddle and dreadful chance in man,” before he lapsed into catatonic madness. With a flair for paradox and rich anecdote, Examined Lives is a book that confirms the continuing relevance of philosophy today—and explores the most urgent questions about what it means to live a good life.

Including the work of top sports communication researchers, Examining Identity in Sports Media explores identity issues, including gender, ethnicity,... nationality, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability, as well as the intersections within these various identity issues. This co-edited, twelve-chapter book investigates how various identity groups are framed, treated, affected, and shaped by a ubiquitous sports media, including television, magazines, film, the Internet, and newspapers. While other books may devote a chapter or section to issues of identity in sports media, this book offers a complete examination of identity from cover to cover, allowing identity variables to be both isolated and intermingled to capture how identity is negotiated within sports media platforms. Far more than a series of case studies, this book surveys the current state of the field while providing insight on future directions for identity scholarship in sports communication. Key FeaturesDraws on both quantitative and qualitative approaches, including surveys, content analyses, and rhetorical approaches.Investigates the numerous ways print, electronic, and digital media present issues of identity in sports coverage Addresses media portrayals and/or cultural representations of one or more forms of identity (ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability/disability, etc.) as they relate to sport Includes examples and illustrations of both explicit and implicit discriminatory practices appearing in the mediaIncludes articles by a wide range of interdisciplinary contributors-both seasoned and up-and-coming scholars of sport-representing a diverse balance of intellectual ideologiesHelps students understand how identity can be addressed through quantitative or qualitative approaches, critical/cultural scholarship, and rhetorical analyses Examining Identity in Sports Media is ideal for undergraduate or graduate-level courses in Sports Communication, Sports Media, Media Criticism, Sports Sociology, Gender Communication, and Identity Politics.

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The forty-year "Tuskegee" Syphilis Study has become the American metaphor for medical racism, government malfeasance, and physician arrogance. The... subject of histories, films, rumors, and political slogans, it received an official federal apology from President Bill Clinton in a White House ceremony. Susan M. Reverby offers a comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s. The study involved hundreds of African American men, most of whom were told by the doctors from the U.S. Public Health Service that they were being treated, not just watched, for their late-stage syphilis. Reverby examines the study and its aftermath from multiple perspectives to explain what happened and why the study has such power in collective memory. She follows the study's repercussions in facts and fictions. Reverby highlights the many uncertainties that dogged the study during its four decades and explores the newly available medical records. She uncovers the different ways it was understood by the men, their families, and the health care professionals, ultimately revising the conventional wisdom on the study. Writing with rigor and clarity, Reverby illuminates the events and aftermath of the study and sheds light on the complex knot of trust, betrayal, and belief that keeps this study alive in our cultural and political lives.

Combining distinguished authorship and the proven-effective Examples & Explanations pedagogy, this concise study guide, now in its Third Edition, is... an invaluable resource for students struggling to understand the case law, statutory law, agencies, and procedures that make up Administrative Law. Updated throughout, the Third Edition of Examples & Explanations: Administrative Law features: distinguished authors known for their scholarship in the field helpful big-picture overviews of administrative agencies clear and detailed introductions to central concepts and procedures examples and explanations that focus on vivid, real-world issues and essential principles and practices thorough coverage of federal administrative law that is consistent with the content in the leading casebooks cites and references to the major cases cited in the leading casebooks coverage and excerpts from the Administrative Procedure Act a modular chapter organization that can be adapted to suit a variety of courses coverage of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, amending the Freedom of Information Act Examples & Explanations: Administrative Law, Third Edition, is a current and straightforward resource that you can recommend to your students with confidence.

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Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, which is part of a two-volume set, is a problem-oriented guide to the principle doctrines of ... constitutional law that are covered in the typical course. This straightforward text walks the student through issues pertaining to the structure of our constitutional system, including judicial review, justiciability, national power, supremacy, the separation of powers and federalism, as well as some of the structural limitations that the Constitution imposes on state powers. Designed to encourage students to think about the larger issues of constitutional law with both depth and perception, this straightforward and informal text: Utilizes the unique, time-tested E&E pedagogy that combines textual material with well-written and comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions to test students' comprehension of the materials and provide practice in applying legal principles to fact patterns. The questions (in which there are often a variety of issues presented in one fact situation) are similar to those on a law school or bar examination. Is organized to parallel the major casebooks and will complement any constitutional law casebook Explains legal concepts and principles in digestible sections, followed by examples and analyses that illustrate how to apply these concepts and principles in hypothetical situations. Is part of a two-volume set that includes a corresponding treatment of Individual Rights. Together, these two volumes compose a strong and sophisticated foundation in the doctrines and methods of constitutional law and constitutional argument. With thoroughly updated text and examples and explanations, the Fifth Edition also incorporates important Supreme Court cases decided during the three terms since the publication of the previous edition, including: Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, on adequate and independent state ground of decision District of Columbia v. Heller, on original understanding Horn v. Flores; Massachusetts v. EPA; and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No.1on standing Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. and Lance v. Coffman, on citizen and taxpayer standing FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. on mootness Van de Kamp v. Goldstein; Pearson v. Callahan; and Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding, on government officials' immunity from damages Ashcroft v. Iqbal, on Biven's claims Medellin v. Texas, on self-executing treaties and presidential power Boumediene v. Bush, on separation of powers United Haulers Ass'n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority; MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dep't of Revenue; and Dep't of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis, on dormant commerce clause Altria Group, Inc. v. Good; Chamber of Commerce of U.S. v. Brown; Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transp. Ass'n; Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.; and Wyeth v. Levine, on federal preemption Watters v. WachoviaBank, N.A., on the Tenth Amendment The authors of this outstanding E&E have close to 60 years of combined experience teaching Constitutional Law. Put that experience to work for your students by requiring or recommending Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law: National Power, Fifth Edition.

Using proven Examples & Explanations pedagogy, this comprehensive study guide provides students with a short account of the law, followed by a... variety of concrete examples and explanations that help reinforce and give substance to the key rules and concepts in copyright law. Its flexible organization lets students move freely between topics that range from classic copyright cases, such as rights of authorship, to areas of contemporary interest, including Internet use, open source licensing and online music rights. The Third Edition presents a wide range of new case law, examples and explanations, including online copyright infringement, boundaries of fair use, the legality of hacking the iPhone and the moral rights of artists. Hallmark features: Proven Examples and Explanations pedagogy reinforces key rules and concepts. Comprehensive coverage of aspects of copyright law, together with international and theoretical underpinnings of the law. Builds student understanding step by step and allows students to work with fact settings--key to understanding and applying copyright law. Up to date Supreme Court cases and legislation. Covers developing judicial interpretation in such areas as originality, the idea/expression distinction, fair use, ownership, and scope of exclusive rights. Addresses areas of contemporary interest, such as music, open source licensing, and Internet issues. Short sections covering related state law doctrines and federal preemption. Flexible organization allows students to study chapters in any order. The Third Edition has been updated to include: The Supreme Court's view of the constitutional limits on the scope of copyright legislation. Cases on the extent of moral rights of artists. Multiple new cases covering: The boundaries of fair use. Licensing issues. Work made for hire in the startup company context. Rights of buyers of copyrighted products and services. Limits on digital rights management systems. ISP liability for customer copyright infringement. Limits on damages for downloading. Enforcement of online copyright infringement--a new business model. Legality of jailbreaking the iPhone.

Examples & Explanations: Corporate Taxation offers a remarkably clear treatment of a complex area of tax law. Demystifying Subchapter C, Cheryl D.... Block methodically explains all of the tax issues that arise from the formation of the corporation to liquidation. Students learn by applying the concepts in multiple problem sets and comparing their answers to Block's thorough analysis. Making complicated tax laws understandable, this straightforward introduction to the principles of corporate taxation offers: a logical cradle-to-grave organization modified by considering corporate liquidations prior to the more complex materials on tax-free reorganizations numerous diagrams that illustrate the complexities and relational aspects of corporate transactions practical skill development that will enable students to identify the details that really matter in the larger context examples and explanations that test students' understanding and provide an opportunity to apply what they have learned in each chapter a modular chapter structure that easily adapts to different teaching approaches Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition features: updated text, examples, and explanations that reflect new legislation, regulations, and rulings since publication of the Third Edition examples in Chapters 2, 3 and 11 selected coverage of Subchapter S integrated into Chapter 2 expanded coverage of capital structure planning coverage of OID, original issue discount coverage of section 362(e), regarding loss limitation rules Students who use Examples & Explanations: Corporate Taxation agree: the combination of the author's singular clarity and the Examples & Explanations problem format gets five stars.

One of the leading titles in the E&E series, Corporations: Examples & Explanations has been a favorite of students and professors for 15 years.... Using proven examples and explanation pedagogy, this study guide is renowned for its comprehensive coverage of corporate law, clarity of presentation and compelling questions and examples that get to the heart of every issue. Its down-to-earth writing style, augmented with stimulating graphics that help students diagram complex events and regulations, Corporations is accessible to all students even those with no prior business background. The Seventh Edition brings this exemplary study guide up to date with the sweeping regulatory and judicial effects of the recent financial crisis, including thorough treatment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act's provisions on corporate governance and securities disclosure. New cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, Delaware and other jurisdictions, as well as new SEC rules, provide stimulating material for the examples, explanations and questions posed in the text. Hallmark features of Corporations: Examples and Explanations: Follows the proven examples & explanations pedagogy. One of the best-selling ancillaries in corporate law for over fifteen years--popular with both students and professors. Comprehensive coverage of all the topics that are typically covered in a corporations or business organizations class, including materials on partnerships and limited liability companies. Presents statutes and cases in context, illustrating the interplay of law and business, and highlight the differences between the Model Business Corporations Act and the Delaware corporate statute. Excellent examples and questions are analytically comprehensive, teasing out issues hidden in fact patterns. Logically organized according to the principal legal themes in corporate law. Compelling graphics throughout the book reinforce textual material and facilitate learning. Clear, lucid writing style, geared to students with no business background and crafted to help them grasp the intricacies of corporate law. Thoroughly updated with a wealth of timely new material, the Seventh Edition offers: Comprehensive treatment of the Dodd-Frank corporate governance provisions and the Dodd-Frank securities disclosure provisions. Recent Delaware cases, including: Versata Enterprises v. Selectica Inc. Lyondell Chemical Co. v. Ryan. Gantler v. Stephens. Air Products and Chemicals Inc. v. Airgas Inc. In Re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation. In re John Q. Hammons Hotels Inc. Shareholder Litigation. Sanders v. Ohmite Holding, LLC.

Highly respected ADR authors Michael Moffitt and Andrea K. Schneider bring their considerable experience and expertise to the proven-effective Examples... & Explanations Series pedagogy. Mirroring how many ADR courses are taught, Dispute Resolution combines introductions to theory with practical exercises in decision analysis, problem solving, and various forms of conflict resolution. The timely Second Edition sees an expanded treatment of the ethics, confidentiality, and participation requirements in mediation. Coverage of arbitration has been thoroughly updated. Many examples have been refreshed and revised. An ideal study guide for Mediation, Arbitration, or the survey ADR course, Dispute Resolution features: clear, readable, up-to-date introductions to legal theory and doctrine , such as The Law of Fraud The Uniform Mediation Act The Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators The Federal Arbitration Act The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act a logical organization that traces the coverage of most survey courses on Dispute Resolution liberal use of visual aids, such as diagrams, charts, and conceptual illustrations cites and references to principle cases used in most of the leading casebooks New in the Second Edition expanded coverage of mediation that includes developments in ethics, confidentiality, and participation requirements updated treatment of arbitration that includes new U.S. Supreme Court opinions, state and federal legislative changes, and common contractual modifications

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Using the proven technique of the Examples & Explanations series, this comprehensive guide combines textual material with well-written examples,... explanations, and questions to test student comprehension of the materials and provide them with practice in applying information to fact patterns. Thorough in its coverage, Examples & Explanations: Federal Income Tax, Fifth Edition, makes use of case, statutory, and regulatory analysis to provide students with a complete understanding of Federal Income Tax Law. Special attributes of this highly regarded paperback include: Compatibility with numerous casebooks: students can use this guide to supplement any tax casebook Clarity: clear and straightforward writing and logical organization style help to demystify a difficult and intimidating subject Lucid introductions that prepare students for the concepts that follow Numerous policy questions are interspersed throughout text Sample final examinations: The Exam Appendix includes eight actual law school exams with suggested answers With updated examples and explanations and added visual aids, the Fifth Edition offers: New material on IRC amendments made by recent statutes, including the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. New material on recent income tax cases, including Murphy, Lattera, and O'Donnabhain Expanded coverage of various topics, including the alternative minimum tax, cancellation of indebtedness income, and the tax consequences of gambling and on-line games New material on policy topics, including the federal budget outlook Give your students the extra explanations they need: Examples & Explanations: Federal Income Tax, Fifth Edition, provides an excellent supplement for any casebook and will help students understand and apply difficult concepts.