Legal studies Fall 2018 Title Catalog by Cognella, Inc

LEGAL STUDIES TITLE CATALOG

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WHO SHAPED THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? Innovators and Pioneers James Windell

This text features the work of seminal thinkers within criminal justice such as Founding Father James Madison, former director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, and famed attorney Clarence Darrow , the defense lawyer in the Scopes Monkey Trial. Students learn about key figures in law enforcement, corrections, the courts, popular culture, and criminological theory, whose personal biographies are intertwined with their criminal justice achievements. Each section of the text features a bulleted summary to support retention, a list of references for further study, and questions to facilitate discussion or serve as writing prompts.

REQUEST a Review Copy James Windell has worked for many years as a court clinical psychologist. He is an adjunct faculty member of criminal justice at Wayne State University and a lecturer at Oakland University, both in Michigan. Windell is the author of The American Criminal Justice System and Looking Back in Crime.

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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND REGULATIONS TO PROTECT PEOPLE Terence J. Centner

ÂŠ 2018 This text helps students master concepts of environmental law and public well-being by combining legal concepts with actual cases to show how conflicts are handled under current laws and regulations. The learning process focuses on reading legal cases to discern regulatory approaches for safeguarding people. Through subsequent questions about each case, students are introduced to concepts and terminology, and they learn how to analyze and resolve disputes.

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THE LAW AND IDENTITY READER Cultivating Understanding, Agency, and Advocacy Jason Leggett and Helen-Margaret Nasser

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This anthology guides readers through the development of civic understanding, beginning with individual identity. The main themes of the anthology focus on active democracy, civic agency, and civic advocacy. These are examined through legal cases, seminal writings, and readings on originalism, social class, and land reform.

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JUDICIAL POLICYMAKING Readings on Law, Politics, and Public Policy Jeb Barnes

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This text provides readers with diverse materials, including scholarly writings, newspaper articles, and political cartoons, to explore the complex and varied role of law and courts in contemporary American society. Specific topics include the core promises of and limits on law and courts, American courts compared to those abroad, the question of the American legal system serving core democratic values, and more.

ADVANCED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS Skills and Techniques for Detectives in the 21st Century Stephen D’Arcy

© 2018 This anthology shares valuable insights into the effective techniques and practical skills required for advanced criminal investigations, as well as the personal qualities and characteristics that make a good detective. It includes readings on physical evidence, interrogations, cybercrime, terrorism, drug offenses, and more. The anthology also features original contributions and investigative case studies from the United States Department of Justice.

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COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS LAW Michael Bootsma, Michael Thieme, Charles Damschen, Sophia Harvey, Craig Nierman

ÂŠ 2018 This text uses real life court cases combined with strong supporting material to educate readers about key legal principles in business law. Students are exposed to court procedures as well as alternative forms of dispute resolution. The textbook contains chapters devoted to tort law, constitutional law, criminal law, property law, employment law, bankruptcy law, environmental law, and more.

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ENTERTAINMENT LAW Fundamentals and Practice Corey Field

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This text is a comprehensive and unique guide covering every area of entertainment law including fundamental principles, detailed business models, legal foundations, contract terms, practical advice, and full legal citations for cases and statutes. It has the depth required for practicing lawyers and law students, while at the same time being readable, approachable, and a guidebook for anyone interested in how the entertainment industry works.

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MANAGING CONFLICT An Introspective Journey to Negotiating Skills Dorothy Balancio, Ph.D.

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The primary goal of this anthology is to facilitate the development of students’ negotiation skills to resolve conflict. Specific topics addressed include non-violent communication, strategies and techniques for managing conflict, understanding stress and conflict, bullying, negotiation and mediation, and mediator ethics. This collection is well suited to courses in sociology, social psychology, counseling, law, and social work.

EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN TODAY’S ENVIRONMENT A Reader Timothy Grainey

© 2018 The readings in this text provide students with theoretical approaches and practice suggestions they can use to foster successful negotiations and effective conflict resolution. Organized into four units, the text consistently emphasizes the importance of research and planning, as well the need for flexibility. This reader is well-suited to courses in persuasion, conflict resolution, negotiation, and international business.

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FAMILY LAW FOR NONLAWYERS Kerry Weil Tripp

This text uses current events, sometimes with tabloid-style fact patterns or celebrity participants, to illustrate the complexities of and rapid changes in the field of family law. Short summaries of the law and related cases bring legal principles to life. Contentious issues such as same-sex marriage and assisted reproduction share the stage with custody and child support, parental rights, and more.

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SUPERVISION A Professional’s Perspective David Tipton

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Developed for those in health care, law, education, architecture, and engineering, this text serves as a guide to supervision and management for those who have assumed leadership positions they did not anticipate. The text provides mental models, frameworks, theories, ideas, and skills that help professionals-turned-managers develop proficiency in supervising others.

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THE TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENT GUIDE A Supplement to Business Organizations: A Transactional Perspective Donald Scotten

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This text familiarizes students with the basic forms and documents used in the life cycle of a business and illustrates how the law is applied in practice. Organized into three primary sections covering corporations, general partnerships, and hybrid entities, the text includes complete examples of partnership agreements, articles of organization, certificates of merger and dissolution, proxy statements, and more – 34 documents in total.

CONSUMER LITIGATION AND INSURANCE DEFENSE Willy E. Rice

This novel casebook for law students reveals the significant relationship between consumer law and insurance defense by presenting comprehensive analyses of state and federal consumerlaw and insurance-defense decisions. In doing so, it helps students understand why many consumers who file defective-trade-andproducts lawsuits may prevail in their case but never collect damages.

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FREE SPEECH Supreme Court Opinions from the Beginning to the Roberts Court William Bennett Turner

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This text is a collection of Supreme Court opinions on free speech. These opinions help students learn how justices think, reason, express themselves, wrestle with contentious issues, and reach decisions. The book features precedent-setting cases including Schenck v. United States, the Pentagon Papers case, and Citizens United.

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THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM A Concise Guide to Cops, Courts, Corrections, and Victims James Windell

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This book addresses several specific aspect of criminal justice such as the law enforcement response to crime, the prosecution and the defense, sentencing, corrections, and alternatives, the experience of victims, and the future of criminal justice. It discusses the problems and challenges faced by the system and dispels some of the myths about criminal justice that students bring to class with them.

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LEGAL PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY AND LAW Cases and Materials Willy E. Rice

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This text familiarizes readers with American Bar Association amended Model Rule 1.1 and added comment 8 in order to explain the risks of misusing technology in legal practice. The book teaches readers how to avoid mistakes and the concomitant risk of suspension or disbarment. Readers learn the critical importance of staying current with the law and its practice regarding all legalpractice technologies.

RACISM AND THE LAW Paul Von Blum

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This text and casebook provides students an introduction to the complex relationships between race and law, legal institutions, and legal personnel. The book deals with the major historical legal developments that have caused and reinforced discrimination against African Americans, Asians, and Latinos, and addresses the efforts of civil rights lawyers and organizations working for racial justice and equality in America.

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SALES Problems and Materials Larry Bates

This text provides students a basic understanding of sales of goods transactions and how Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code applies to such transactions. Built around a series of scenarios, the book connects real case studies and the author’s original material to the text of Article 2 and helps students learn to see the UCC as the primary source of commercial law.

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THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS The Role of Ethics in Public Service Dr. José de Arimatéia da Cruz and Dr. Becky Kohler da Cruz

This anthology combines general theories, functions, and practices of government with specific examples of issues confronting government today. The readings prompt students to think critically about the challenges public servants face in their work. The text moves beyond familiar titles and roles to help students recognize elected officials and members of the judiciary as public servants who are regularly required to engage with hotly contested issues.

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WHEN THE BODY SPEAKS

AN INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC BIOLOGY

Written with the non-science major in mind, this text focuses on the biological and chemical areas of forensic science. Students learn about organ systems and the autopsy process, body fluids, blood spatter analysis, dermatoglyphics, DNA analysis, and toxicology. The text is well suited for pre-law, psychology, and criminology courses.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CASES, READINGS, AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

This text offers insight into the most compelling issues surrounding the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Through the use of selected United States Supreme Court cases and scholarly literature in the field, students will be guided step by step through the development of the law. Each section offers notes and questions designed to encourage critical thinking about individual issues.

WHERE LAW AND PSYCHOLOGY INTERSECT ISSUES IN LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY

This anthology discusses major topics at the intersection of psychology and the American justice system. The readings address issues encountered by police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and lay people. Readers will learn about interrogation and confession, criminal profiling, jury selection, eyewitness testimony, expert witnesses, sentencing, and corrections.

This anthology explores how law shapes and is shaped by societies. The selections stem from a view of law as an integral part of the wider socio-political economy and one of its central institutions. Through reading Law in Society students come to recognize that as a society changes, so too do its laws and legal system.

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APPROACH TO GOOD REASONING

This text teaches critical thinking skills that students can then apply to potential solutions to societal problems. Students will explore deductive, inductive, and syllogistic reasoning as well as enthymemes and fallacies. Each of the nine chapters features high-interest and challenging activities that allow for immediate application of the target skills.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AN INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC BIOLOGY

Filled with examples and stories from legal history, this text successfully brings professional rules to life while making them both accessible and comprehensible. The text provides comprehensive information on every aspect of practicing the law with professionalism and the highest of ethical standards.

BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS LAW AND CONTEXT

Comprised of statutes, legal decisions, scholarly essays, and the primary source material of the legal profession, this text replaces stale textbook explanations with real-world, scholarly work. The book allows the texts to speak for themselves and challenges students to parse meaning, interpret content, and contextualize their learning.

BASEBALL AND THE LAW CASES AND COMMENTS

Filled with real-world examples and cases, as well as expert commentary, this text examines baseball -specific regulations and laws. Each chapter focuses on a distinctive legal aspect of the sport. The book underscores the importance of baseball’s history, from segregation and the Negro league to its current global popularity.

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AMERICA’S OTHER CLAN

This work details the practice of slavery in the American colonies and the various state and federal cases that led to a hardening of views about its viability. HighCourt cases, post Civil War, are examined to illustrate the erosion of Civil Rights Acts and Amendments.

This anthology teaches students the financial, legal, and economic principles of real estate, and addresses real estate’s inherently social/institutional nature. Covering all aspects of real estate, from its role in family relationships to the involvement of major financial institutions, the book is ideal for upper division finance courses in commercial or residential real estate.

This text combines both accounting and taxation within one book specific to commercial real estate. The accounting sections of the book give students a better understanding of the accounting process that ultimately produces the financial statements critical in buying and selling real estate.

SECURED TRANSACTIONS PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS

This book is built around a series of problems that connect the cases and the original material back to the actual text of Article 9. The original material clarifies and contextualizes the legal issues, providing background and support as readers approach the cases. The problems emphasize the importance of reading statutes carefully and holistically.

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CONTRACT LAW

PRACTICE, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT

This book teaches common-law principles regarding the formation, interpretation and enforcement of contracts and stand-alone promises. More specifically, the casebook discusses theories of recovery, and explains the practicable application of those theories in legal complaints and answers. It also covers Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Based on both research and theoretical analysis, this anthology addresses the types and extent of crimes, the role of criminal and constitutional law, law enforcement, corrections, probation, and parole. The material addresses community policing, due process, victimology, and the scale of imprisonment in the United States.

FROM THE CRIME TO THE COURTS

From the Crime to the Courts provides a comprehensive overview of the field. The anthology begins with a discussion of the study of crime and how crime can most clearly be defined. This is followed by an exploration into the nature of criminology. Subsequent sections of the text focus on policing and law enforcement, courts and the judicial process, and corrections.

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CASE LAW, CONCEPTS, & AMERICAN SOCIETY

This text uses legal cases and documents to provide guidance as readers examine issues of law and their impact on society. The reverse is also explored, so that readers become aware of how society in turn influences the law. Rather than discussing law and legal concepts as they are interpreted by the author, the book excerpts both old and new case law, court transcripts, and other material.

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This book is designed to give an inside understanding of the range of factors that come into play in entertainment industry transactions. The book examines major areas of entertainment industry endeavor such as books, film, music, television, and theater, while also looking at some of their other aspects, such as copyright, right of publicity, and negotiation.

This text focuses on fundamental principles of law, adding information on practical and theoretical perspectives and policy to the subject. Each chapter focuses on a scenario that highlights the practical and policy issues covered in the chapter. The inclusion of high-profile cases and issues makes the book interesting and appealing to both students and professors.

The chapters in this text cover everything that students should learn in legal writing from spotting issues, to finding and interpreting the law, to writing either an objective or persuasive document for their client or the court. The text also provides useful examples and exercises for the reader to test his or her understanding of the topic.

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