Author: Steven Shavell
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: casebook, university, law, analysis, economic
Number of Pages: 121
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1587788152
ISBN-13: 9781587788154

"Economic Analysis of Law" is a spin-off title from the legal casebook "Analytical Methods for Lawyers." This book offers an overview of economic analysis, and how it applies to various areas of the law, including property law, torts, contracts, civil litigation and more.

Authors:Kirk J. Stark, Steven A. Bank,
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: code, regulations, tax, income, sections, federal, selected
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 2008-06-25
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 1599415283
ISBN-13: 9781599415284

This best-selling statutory supplement provides selected federal income tax statutes, including edited sections and significant amendments, additions, and revisions. Designed to offer maximum flexibility and ease-of-use in dealing with individual federal income tax, this resource examines fundamental procedures and administration involved in the Code, and regulations governing federal income tax. Explains basic and complex tax provisions in a clear and succinct manner, discussing such issues as liability, taxable income, contributions, special limitations, penalties, definitions, judicial proc

Author: Marvin a Chirelstei
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: concepts, insights, series, taxation, income, federal
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2009-05-15
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 1599414031
ISBN-13: 9781599414034

Highly acclaimed as both a supplemental text and a law student self-help aid, Federal Income Taxation focuses on the conceptual aspects of federal income tax to improve student understanding of this complex subject. Designed to help students quickly pull together the entire subject area for end-of-semester review, the textbook provides a sense of perspective about where a topic fits within the federal income tax scheme. While the present income tax is the main object of interest in this book, Federal Income Taxation also includes an explanation of the often-discussed consumption tax concept an

Author: Douglas G. Baird
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: insights, concepts, fourth, bankruptcy, elements
Number of Pages: 299
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 1599410621
ISBN-13: 9781599410623

This casebook is an authoritative introduction to bankruptcy. Case studies, case notes, and examples illustrate points under consideration. Thought-provoking questions generate classroom discussion and hone students’ legal reasoning. Students reap the benefit of the author’s expert opinions, insight, and experience. Representative topics include the individual debtor, corporate reorganizations, and claims, property of the state, and the "Strong-Arm Powers."

Author: James Salzman; Barton H. Thompson; Jr.
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: insights, series, concepts, policy, law, environmental
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 2006-12-11
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1599410885
ISBN-13: 9781599410883

The first part of the book provides an engaging discussion of the major themes and issues that cross cut environmental law. Starting with the first chapter s brief history of environmentalism in America, the second chapter goes on to explore the importance and implications of basic themes that occur in virtually all environmental conflicts, including scientific uncertainty, market failures, problems of scale, public choice theory, etc. It then presents three dominant perspectives in the field that drive policy development environmental rights, utilitarianism, and environmental justice. Chapter

Author: John S. Applegate; Jan G. Laito
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: hazardous, waste, management, cercla, law, rcra, environmental
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 2005-12-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1587787180
ISBN-13: 9781587787188

Like other publications in this area, this book surveys, organizes, and explains the most important provisions of RCRA and CERCLA while providing relevant background. This publication goes beyond other publications by emphasizing the scientific, policy, and legal issues that make hazardous waste management a difficult and complex problem for Congress, EPA, and practicing lawyers. As with other areas of environmental law, the role of law is to pursue a number of distinct policies in the context of a technically challenging problem. This book explains the nature of the underlying problem that th

Author: J. Mark Ramseyer
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: stories, law, corporate
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 2009-04-06
List price: $36.00
ISBN-10: 159941421X
ISBN-13: 9781599414218

Taking eleven pivotal cases that have shaped the evolution of corporate law, internationally renowned scholars explore the people behind the disputes, and the forces that led the judges to decide the cases the way they did. From Meinhard v. Salmon to Paramount v. QVC, they unravel the logic (and, often, apparent illogic) of the opinions. Simultaneously amusing and clarifying, the resulting chapters make sense of cases that have puzzled students and scholars for decades.