• Books,  Harvard Law Review

    Harvard Law Review‘s April 2018 Issue Includes Developments in the Law on Big Data, Big Problems

    The April 2018 issue, Number 6, is the annual Developments in the Law special issue. The topic of this extensive contribution is “More Data, More Problems,” including specific focus on the role of technology companies in government surveillance; standing, surveillance, and tech companies; the Video Privacy Protection Act as a model intellectual privacy statute; and the dilemma of the “electronic will.” In addition, the issue features these contents: • Article, “Apparent Fault,” by Aziz Z. Huq & Genevieve Lakier • Article, “The New Governors: The People, Rules, and Processes Governing Online Speech,” by Kate Klonick • Book Review, “Reconstructing the Administrative State in an Era of Economic and Democratic Crisis,”…

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    The Louisiana Civil Law Notary in Law and Practice: Decoding the Louisiana Exam

    The Louisiana Notary Exam averages less than a 20% pass rate. The Notary Exam has an official Study Guide you use during the exam. But the Study Guide has no index, no big picture, no study strategies, no exam-day tips, not enough cross-references . . . and few of the forms notaries use that they test your understanding of. It’s got the law and notary rules, but it’s missing essentials for any such textbook. This book has all that—and much more that anyone contemplating the Notary Exam should read. It even includes crucial information about notary practice that every newbie notary ought to know. Basically it’s the rest of the…

  • Books,  Tulane PILF Series

    Hot Topics in the Legal Profession – 2017 analyzes changes and challenges in the 2010s

    Current important events in the legal profession and legal ethics, with useful research and analysis of the rules and the profession’s current challenges, are analyzed by Tulane law students who participated spring 2017 in an Advanced Legal Profession Seminar. The contents of the volume include: FOREWORD: Ethics and the Legal Profession in a Decade of Continuing Change and Challenge, by Steven Alan Childress PART I.  APPLICATION OF RULES TO NEW SETTINGS AND IN NEW WAYS 1  •  Duty of Loyalty or Limited Liability: How Close is Too Close for Lawyer Disqualification?, by Joshua Sanchez-Secor 2  •  Prosecutorial Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions: A Plague Upon Our Criminal Justice System?, by Jessica…

  • Books,  Harvard Law Review

    Harvard Law Review‘s March 2018 issue on international law and on judges’ statutory interpretation

    The contents for the March 2018 issue (Number 5) include: • Article, “Presidential Control over International Law,” by Curtis A. Bradley & Jack L. Goldsmith • Article, “Statutory Interpretation on the Bench: A Survey of Forty-Two Judges on the Federal Courts of Appeals,” by Abbe R. Gluck & Richard A. Posner • Book Review, “Justice Beyond Dispute,” by Mary Anne Franks • Note, “American Courts and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees: A Need for Harmony in the Face of a Refugee Crisis” • Note, “Eliminating the FEC: The Best Hope for Campaign Finance Regulation?” • Note, “Of Ballot Boxes and Bank Accounts: Rationalizing the Jurisprudence of Political Participation and…

  • Books,  Harvard Law Review

    HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s Feb. ’18 issue asks, “Are we running out of trademarks?”

    The contents for the February 2018 issue (Number 4) include: • Article, “Are We Running out of Trademarks? An Empirical Study of Trademark Depletion and Congestion,” by Barton Beebe & Jeanne C. Fromer • Article, “Agency Fees and the First Amendment,” by Benjamin I. Sachs • Book Review, “Unsettling History,” by Jennifer M. Chacón • Note, “Bail Reform and Risk Assessment: The Cautionary Tale of Federal Sentencing” In addition, the issue includes several commentaries on Recent Cases, analyzing such subjects as: political rights and nonapportionment in Puerto Rico; asserting conspiracy-of-silence claim when prevented from witnessing a search; constitutionality of routine shackling in pretrial proceedings; sovereign immunity as applied to Ethiopia…

  • Books,  History and Heroes

    The Story of the River Front at New Orleans captures development in the city circa 1955

    The classic story of the development of the New Orleans waterfront, circa 1955, is now available in a convenient eBook format, including linked contents and index, and featuring all of the many illustrations and photographs found in the original print edition. Raymond J. Martinez was a prolific storyteller and historiographer of all things New Orleans, and in this work he accounts for many developments and people that continue to make a difference today in the lives of millions. New digital reproduction from Quid Pro Books. A long-time chronicler of New Orleans’ unique history, legends, and people, Raymond J. Martinez authored more than ten books that are still read today —…

  • Books,  Fiction

    Lawrence Friedman’s Frank May Mystery has will-seekers coming out of the woodwork

    Frank May’s law practice is mostly estate planning. Nothing is further from his mind than murder … but mysterious deaths somehow seem to pursue him. This time, it’s the body of a woman, murdered and hidden on the grounds of the home in Los Altos Hills, California, owned by a new, young client, Freddy Lucas. Freddy was adopted by a couple who disappeared in the Amazon jungle; he was raised by his immensely rich great-aunt, Clara Fisk, who left him most of her money — but who also left a sizable gift to Freddy’s mother, if she turned out to be alive. Many women come out of the woodwork to…

  • Books,  Harvard Law Review

    HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s Jan. ’18 Issue: The End Game of Admin Law is the Judicial Contempt Power

    The contents for this January 2018 issue (Number 3) include: • Article, “The Endgame of Administrative Law: Governmental Disobedience and the Judicial Contempt Power,” byNicholas R. Parrillo • Book Review, “Rethinking Autocracy at Work,” by Cynthia Estlund • Note, “Congressional Intent to Preclude Equitable Relief — Ex Parte Young After Armstrong” • Note, “Sixth Amendment Challenge to Courthouse Dress Codes” • Note, “The Virtues of Heterogeneity, in Court Decisions and the Constitution” In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases and other legal actions, including such subjects as: standing in class actions for credit reporting; right of access of press re Guantanamo Bay detainees; parolees and disability rights…

  • Books,  Harvard Law Review,  QP Blog

    HARVARD LAW REVIEW, Dec. ’17, on national injunctions, power of Governors, and norms of precedent

    The contents for this issue (December 2017, Number 2) include: • Article, “Multiple Chancellors: Reforming the National Injunction,” by Samuel L. Bray • Article, “Gubernatorial Administration,” by Miriam Seifter • Book Review, “Crafting Precedent,” by Paul J. Watford, Richard C. Chen & Marco Basile • Note, “Proving Breach of Former-Client Confidentiality” • Note, “The Harvard Plan That Failed Asian Americans” In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases, including such subjects as the Establishment Clause and prayer led by County Commissioners; due process for student disciplinary hearings on sexual misconduct in universities under Title IX; armed career criminals and intent for burglary; genocide victims and suit against their…

  • Books,  Harvard Law Review

    HARVARD LAW REVIEW‘s Nov. ’17 Issue: Supreme Court Review and Essays on the Constitution

    The November issue is the special annual review of the U.S. Supreme Court’s previous Term. Each year, the Supreme Court issue is introduced by noteworthy and extensive contributions from recognized scholars. In this issue, for the 2016 Term, articles include: • Foreword: “1930s Redux: The Administrative State Under Siege,” by Gillian E. Metzger • Essay: “Unprecedented? Judicial Confirmation Battles and the Search for a Usable Past,” by Josh Chafetz • Comment: “Churches, Playgrounds, Government Dollars—and Schools?,” by Douglas Laycock • Comment: “Equality, Sovereignty, and the Family in Morales-Santana,” by Kristin A. Collins In addition, the first issue of each new volume provides an extensive summary of the important cases of…