Books and reports ...Bankruptcy The Rutter Group (Encino, CA) has published "California Practice Guide: Bankruptcy," a four-volume, loose-leaf title that is localized to the four California Bankruptcy Court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. districts. Contents includes coverage of: governing law, jurisdiction and venue; representing creditors and debtors; employment and compensation; case conversion and dismissal; bankruptcy estate; exemptions; Chapters 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15 cases; relief from automatic stay; post-petition financing; enforcement of claims and interests; lien stripping; motion practice; adversary proceedings; avoidance and turnover actions; discharge and non-dischargeability; and, closing and reopening bankruptcy cases. The set costs $495. Copyright "Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture," from MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (Cambridge, MA), examines the ongoing shift of the enforcement of copyright law in the digital world away from the regulation of copying to the regulation of the design of technology and political, economic and cultural implications. The book contends that the shift to "technical copy protection" depends on new kinds of alliances among content and technology industries, legislators, regulators and the courts and is changing the relationship between the law and technology in the process. Content examines three recent developments: the failed effort to develop copy protection for portable music players See digital music player and Portable Media Center. with the Strategic Digital Music Initiative; the encryption system used in DVDs and the film industry's legal response; and, the attempt by the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. to mandate the 'broadcast flag' copy protection system for digital television. Released in June, the book costs $30. Environment In August, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT) release "Environmental Protection of International Watercourses under International Law," a hardback book that explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian riparian adj. referring to the banks of a river or stream. (See: riparian rights) states to utilize shared freshwater resources. It examines the means and processes by which environmental considerations can act upon the operation of the principle of equitable utilization and provides analysis of the subject, including the development, scope and operation in international law of relevant rules of environmental protection. The book costs $125. Brill Academic Publishers (Boston, MA) has published "Access to Environmental Justice: A Comparative Study," a hardback book that is targeted to lawyers, policy makers, activists and scholars who are concerned with ongoing environmental issues. The book is a study on the extent to which citizens can and do exert influence over their urban environments through the legal and extra-legal vehicles available in 11 countries spanning several continents as well as different climates, levels and type of economic development, different environmental problems, and national legal and constitutional systems. Countries covered include Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, the U.S. and the U.K., among others. The book costs $162. General Aspen Publishers (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) has published "Literature and the Law," a new book that "explores the intersections of law and literature" through short stories, book chapters, poems, plays and articles along with discussion topics. It begins by examining "lawyers and lawyering" with succeeding chapters discussing such topics as the meanings of law, freedom and crime, criminal minds, trial and punishment, finding meaning, and the law of literature. Accompanying commentary and questions cover issues of professional ethics professional ethics, n the rules governing the conduct, transactions, and relationships within a profession and among its publics. professional ethics liability, n 1. , justice, the role of lawyers, the legal system, the psychology of lawyering, and philosophy, among other topics. The book costs $60. Aspen Publishers has also released "Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System," a new book that provides the basic concepts of civil litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. by focusing on a lengthy dispute over the ownership of a Monet painting. The book tells the story of the lawsuit, DeWeerth v. Baldinger and includes information on: the major events in a lawsuit; the application of the law in a civil suit; an introduction to common law and statutory law; the various courts and their interrelationships; and, the lawyer's role in both its functional and moral dimensions. It costs $32. Genetics Carolina Academic Press (Durham, NC) has published "Genetic technologies and the Law," a case-bound title that focuses on the legal implications and issues resulting from advances in genetic science and technology. Among the areas covered are: legal issues arising in research and commercialization of genetic tests and products; the challenges and risks associated with genetic information and its relation to established privacy protection; genetic testing Genetic Testing Definition A genetic test examines the genetic information contained inside a person's cells, called DNA, to determine if that person has or will develop a certain disease or could pass a disease to his or her offspring. , parenthood and advanced reproductive technology Reproductive technology is a term for all current and anticipated uses of technology in human and animal reproduction, including assisted reproductive technology, contraception and others. ; genetics, agriculture and the food supply; genetics, clinical medicine and public health; genetic discrimination; and the role of genetics in civil and criminal litigation. Each of the chapters also includes a series of problems and hypothetical scenarios. The book costs $110; $85 for students. Litigation Lawyers and Judges Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835 Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political scientist, historian, and politician, is best known for Democracy in America (1835). A believer in democracy, he was concerned about the concentration of power in the hands of a centralized government. Publishing (Tucson, AZ) has published "Toxic Mold Litigation," a new book that provides relevant background information on such topics as exposure, illness, allergic reactions and infections, types of claims filed in mold litigation and insurance agents. It includes an examination of the most important elements of mold law in states where mold litigation has been prevalent, including Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and carries advice on conducting mold litigation. Content also includes information on: expert witness evidentiary ev·i·den·tia·ry adj. Law 1. Of evidence; evidential. 2. For the presentation or determination of evidence: an evidentiary hearing. Adj. 1. standards; causation; statute of limitations A type of federal or state law that restricts the time within which legal proceedings may be brought. Statutes of limitations, which date back to early Roman Law, are a fundamental part of European and U.S. law. ; and, the Daubert test In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the seminal decision of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed. 2d 469, (U.S. Jun 28, 1993) (NO. 92-102). The case involved the admissibility of novel Scientific Evidence. . The book costs $35. Personal Injury In September, James Publishing (Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , CA) will publish "Personal Injury Trial Notebook," a loose-leaf information resource designed to "improve your advocacy and speed trial preparation." Content includes advice on how to be efficient but effective before juries and carries information on overall strategies, preparing deposition testimony, jury selection, openings, including questioning credibility and inoculating jurors against unrelated prior convictions, using jury instructions Jury instructions are the set of legal rules that jurors must follow when the jury is deciding a civil or criminal case. Jury instructions are given to the jury by the judge, who usually reads them aloud to the jury. , adverse inferences, and relating pain and suffering to injury and death. Updated annually, the title will cost $99. Practice West LegalWorks (New York) has published "Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law," a new book that advocates institutional change among law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
Research In August, the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law (Chicago, IL) published "Access to Government in the Computer Age: An Examination of State Public Records Law," a paperback that examines the impact of technology on access to public records laws. Content covers: the application of public records law to electronic data; implications of electronic documents within the context of discovery; the balance between the right of public access and the right to privacy; e-mails, their disposition as public record and the extent to which they are subject to public disclosure; public records of private entities doing business with state and local agencies; and, the relationship between attorney work, client communication and public record laws. An accompany CD contains links to public record statute for all states, reports by state governments on public records and technology, and links to websites relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc state open government laws. It costs $90. |
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