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Boyum & Mather’s classic Empirical Theories About Courts is Digitally Remastered:™ A foundational work in the field of trial courts
The classic and groundbreaking study of trial courts and other dispute processes — and foundational ways to think about researching them — is now available in a modern digital edition. It is edited by Professors Keith O. Boyum and Lynn Mather, and contains chapters from the leading theorists about courts and their research. Much cited and relevant today in how it frames the analysis of courts, this book’s new republication features an additional Introduction and Afterword by the editors, with updates, and anew Foreword by Christina L. Boyd. As Boyd writes, “For nearly all civil and criminal cases the traditional model of court as a judge-dominated, formal adversary process of…
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Harvard Law Review, #1 for 2015-2016: The Supreme Court, 2014 Term, Has Case Summaries; Essays by Strauss, Gluck, Goldsmith and Yoshino
The November issue is the special annual review of the U.S. Supreme Court’s previous Term. Each year, the issue is introduced by noteworthy and extensive contributions from recognized scholars. In this issue, for the 2014 Term, articles include: * Foreword: “Does the Constitution Mean What It Says?,” by David A. Strauss * Comment: “Imperfect Statutes, Imperfect Courts: Understanding Congress’s Plan in the Era of Unorthodox Lawmaking,” by Abbe R. Gluck * Comment: “Zivotofsky II as Precedent in the Executive Branch,” by Jack Goldsmith * Comment: “A New Birth of Freedom?: Obergefell v. Hodges,” by Kenji Yoshino In addition, the first issue of each new volume provides an extensive summary of…
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Yale Law Journal, Nov. 2015: data privacy & extraterritoriality; political entrenchment using law; Posner on marriage equality; & financing class actions
The contents of November 2015 (Vol. 125, No. 2) are: Articles: “The Un-Territoriality of Data,” by Jennifer Daskal; and “Political Entrenchment and Public Law,” by Daryl Levinson & Benjamin I. Sachs Review Essay: “18 Years On: A Re-Review,” by Richard A. Posner (reviewing William Eskridge’s book on marriage equality) Note: “Financing the Class: Strengthening the Class Action Through Third-Party Investment,” by Tyler W. Hill Comment: “Law Enforcement and Data Privacy: A Forward-Looking Approach,” by Reema Shah Quality ebook formatting includes fully linked footnotes and an active Table of Contents (including linked Contents for individual Articles and Notes), proper Bluebook formatting, and active URLs in footnotes. This is the second issue…
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Lisa McElroy’s fun novel Called On “may be this generation’s One L”
“Lisa McElroy perfectly captures the pressures, challenges, and triumphs of both teaching and studying the law. Filled with big, memorable personalities, Called On is an utterly charming depiction of the 1L experience.” — Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Ex “McElroy nails law school—from first-day jitters to gunners and back-benchers—in a funny, perceptive, and poignant (but never predictable) first novel. Grab a Diet Coke and a handful of M&Ms and settle in; once you start reading, you won’t want to stop.” — Amy Howe, co-founder & editor, SCOTUSblog “In Called On, Lisa McElroy deftly chronicles the stories of law professor Connie Shun and first year law student…
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Paul Pruitt’s powerful collection of young lawyers’ essays on Alabama legal history
NEW FIELD, NEW CORN is an anthology of research papers that explore a range of topics from the rich legal history of the state of Alabama and its influential legal and judicial figures. Contemporary photography and mapwork are featured as well. “Alabama legal history can be surprising. Usually, this history is identified with dominant one-party politics, slavery, racial segregation, and limited social welfare. Paul Pruitt’s collection of young lawyers’ research reveals a new field. It extends out from legal subjects, embracing new perceptions of law in society across Alabama history. The collection rests on broad research. Lawyers working in diverse fields have produced Alabama legal history that sets a new…
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Yale Law Journal, No. 1 of 2015-16: Immigration policy, discrimination and immutability, nudges, and IRL
The contents of the October 2015 issue (Volume 125, Number 1) are: Article: Against Immutability, by Jessica A. Clarke Article: The President and Immigration Law Redux, by Adam B. Cox & Cristina M. Rodriguez Essay: Which Way To Nudge? Uncovering Preferences in the Behavioral Age, by Jacob Goldin Note: Saving 60(b)(5): The Future of Institutional Reform Litigation, by Mark Kelley Comment: Interbranch Removal and the Court of Federal Claims: “Agencies in Drag,” by James Anglin Flynn Quality ebook formatting includes fully linked footnotes and an active Table of Contents (including linked Contents for all individual Articles, Notes, and Essays), proper Bluebook formatting, and active URLs in footnotes. This issue is…
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Lawrence Friedman’s novel Dead in the Park has Frank May tracking down his link to a corpse
Frank May is a private practice lawyer in San Mateo, California, and he doesn’t want to get involved with an unidentified dead body in the park. So why is he involved with an unidentified dead body in the park? The man was found in a neighboring California town with no identification; all the police found was a scrap of paper in the corpse’s pocket with Cynthia Greenhouse’s address and phone number. This would be none of Frank’s business … if only Cynthia wasn’t one of his clients. Here’s where the questions start: Who is this dead man? Why does he have Cynthia’s address? And why on earth does Cynthia have…
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Jonathan Liljeblad explores endangered species and international law, and how CITES is enforced locally
Debates over U.S. government policy frequently follow a philosophy of devolution in authority from federal government to local government. This concept opens the possibility of greater local involvement in national policy implementation—and provides international treaties an opportunity to advance global policy by incorporating the efforts of local actors into their implementation framework. Much of international policy involves enforcement through international-to-national linkages forming an “implementation chain,” but devolution offers the potential to extend the implementation chain by providing national-to-local linkages. This 2014 book explores the nature of such linkages, taking as a case study the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) via its domestic analog, the Endangered Species…
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A Personal Journal, Now Memoir, of Fighting Breast Cancer and of Faith
Tracy McCain is in for the battle of her life. A diagnosis of breast cancer; a treatment of surgery and chemo. Confronting challenge after challenge — to her health and to her faith — Tracy generously shared her journey with relatives and friends by posting regular entries to a website. Candid, revealing, and introspective, and even humorous at times, the posts became a personal record of this window into her courageous fight. Bridged by new explanatory notes and context, the journal posts became this book about the journey. “I remember the day Tracy called and told me she had cancer. I was so shocked — of all people to get…
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Buddy Ward’s novel Brave West Wind takes Steamer Causey from the Bahamas to Danger
Storms destroy things and leave their marks forever. Captain Steamer Causey–a charter boat captain on one of the finest boats in all the Bahamas–thought he had his life all arranged and had put his past far behind him. He did not look for, and did not see, the signs of the storms building all about him. The storms that would tear him from his complacency, hurl him back into his past, threaten to tear apart everything and everyone he loved, and possibly even end his very existence. Hardcover edition: available at such booksellers as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, BooksAMillion.com, YBP Library Services, and Ingram catalog. Paperback edition: available at such booksellers as Amazon.com, our QP…
