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Tracing the development of contract law in the English and American common law traditions, Contracts features authoritative discussions and notes and focuses on significant cases. The casebook also provides opportunities for teachers to put before students the ethical responsibilities of attorneys and the consequences of neglecting such responsibilities. Highlights of the seventh edition include: Revised selections with more Restatement and a special section providing leading cases Modest updating with new cases to refresh the book in response to adopters' expressed preferences More sophisticated but still accessible textual material on the economics of contract law. Revised introduction to provide for smoother transition into materials on damages.

Cases, Problems, and Materials on Contracts, Fifth Edition, is distinguished by its excellent organization and straightforward approach. This case-and problem-oriented casebook provides unparalleled flexibility: Its length makes it suitable for use in courses of varying course hours, and its adaptable organization accommodates different teaching requirements, styles, and approaches.Students and professors alike appreciate all the aspects of this book that make it such an excellent means for studying Contracts:thorough coverage of basic themes of contract law contained in a manageable lengthaccessible, well-organized, straightforward text beginning with clear introductions to each section and conceptproblem-oriented approach using short, well-conceived hypotheticals with answers provided in the Teacher s Manualpopular and flexible organization that starts with offer and acceptance and moves to consideration; however, the authors have designed the book so that the course can easily be taught starting with consideration or remediestight case editing that allows students to more easily grasp the pertinent conceptsEnhancements to the Fifth Edition include:in-depth discussion of adhesion contracts versus negotiated contractsall Article 1 citations have been updated to the newest version of Article 1extensive revision of notes concerning the battle of the forms issue in Chapter 1, Intent to Contract: Offer and AcceptanceChapter 2, Consideration, and Chapter 7, Conditions and Promises: Performance and Breach, have been condensed, and more problems on the express condition have been added to Chapter 7problems have been added and refreshed throughout the textproblems, notes, and the selection and order of cases have been revised in Chapter 5, The Parole Evidence Rule and Interpretation of the Contractrevised and updated Teacher s Manual The flexible, problem-oriented organization of Cases, Problems, and Materials on Contracts, Fifth Edition, as well as its careful selection and editing of cases, make this casebook a highly effective teaching tool.

<p> Well-known Torts expert Richard A. Epstein skillfully and effectively integrates modern scholarship and historical background in this highly successful casebook. <b>Cases and Materials on Torts</b>, now in its Ninth Edition, is an excellent introduction to the first-year Torts course that has been classroom-tested – and proven – by generations of law students. </p> <p> <b>Characteristics that have helped to make Cases and Materials on Torts a leader in the field include:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>Outstanding authorship</b>: Richard A. Epstein is a well-known and highly respected expert in the field, and his presentation of the material with a definite economics-based point of view engages students and fuels class discussion </li> <li> <b>Traditional approach</b>: Cases are integrated with modern scholarship on moral theory, law and economics, and salient policy questions </li> <li> <b>Thoughtful presentation</b>: Professor Epstein examines the processes of legal method, legal reasoning, and the impact of legal rules on social institutions and exposes students to different intellectual approaches that have been employed to interpret tort law over the years </li> <li> <b>Historical background</b>: Discussion of the historical backdrop provides students with an accurate sense of Tort Law and its development up to the present </li> <li> <b>comprehensive Teacher’s Manual</b>: Professor Epstein shares proven teaching tips </li> </ul> <b>Continuing the past tradition of this widely used casebook, the Ninth Edition has been updated with: </b> <ul> <li> updated coverage of the <b>growth in the doctrines of federal preemption into Tort Law</b>, including whether compliance with a federal regulation blocks a state tort action </li> <li> coverage of the role of <b>cyberspace in tort law</b>, especially on the property torts, such as conversion </li> <li> <b>New cases and updated notes throughout</b> </li> </ul> Well written and insightful, this venerable casebook provides a firm introduction to torts for first-year students, giving them a sense of the historical underpinnings of tort law as well as exposure to different intellectual approaches to interpreting it. <p> An author website to support classroom instruction using this title is available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.aspenlawschool.com/epstein9"> http://www.aspenlawschool.com/epstein9</a> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

The 11th edition of this intellectually challenging casebook provides a complete overview of evidence, including key U.S. Supreme Court and other court opinions, updated information on scientific evidence, new questions and hypotheticals, and common courtroom objections.

Traditionally organized along doctrinal lines with the exception of Chapter 5, which treats duty and proximate causation as related concepts. Streamlined chapters on intentional torts, standard of care in negligence, and causation. (A teacher can start with either intentional torts or negligence.) This enables a teacher to finish these basic materials in time to cover some of the more complex subjects that are the source of much current litigation, such as comparative responsibility schemes, multiparty litigation, products liability, communications torts, and business torts.

The Third Edition has been thoroughly updated to include all significant legislative and judicial developments through the end of 2006, as well as pending Supreme Court cases. In addition, existing materials have been streamlined and restructured, and new topics introduced. In this way, the authors have enhanced both the depth and breadth of coverage, and facilitated short forays into optional topics, while giving professors tremendous flexibility in choosing the areas they wish to emphasize. The resulting materials are easily adaptable to survey courses encompassing anywhere from 3 to 6 credit hours, In addition, by selecting among the topics presented within each broad subject area, a professor may change the emphasis or scope of the survey course from one year to the next without ever having to change textbooks.

This exceptionally cohesive casebook earned its best-selling status by introducing and adhering to a rigorous conceptual structure for the study of all aspects of employment discrimination. Its hallmark is its integration of the statutes and developing precedents with a wide array of theoretical perspectives. Drawing on the expertise of its highly regarded authors, Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination, Seventh Edition, offers: an effective combination of cases, notes, and problemsa balance of lower and Supreme Court cases, as well as statutory materiala conceptual framework that becomes a tool for understanding how discrimination is defined and how it is proven in the course of litigationbroad coverage that includes race, sex, age, gender, religion, and disabilityan annual statutory supplement by the authors-a useful reference source, available for purchasea regularly updated website featuring new materials as they emergeexpanded and revised Teacher s ManualThe Seventh Edition offers:new structure for proving individual disparate treatment cases in the wake of Desert Palacean integrated treatment of the emerging cognitive bias literature and its impact on the laanalysis of Ledbetter s impact on time limitationsrecognition of revived interest in class actions as a result of Dukes v. Wal-Martnotes edited for greater student accessibility and emphasizing cutting edge issuesNow updated and revised to be shorter, streamlined, and more student-friendly, the Seventh Edition continues to be the best choice for teaching Employment Discrimination Law.

This problem set is designed to accompany the McDaniel, Repetti and Caron's Federal Wealth Transfer Taxation, 6th law school casebook, although the problems can be used with any other casebook. The problems help students master the important material in each chapter, help focus classroom discussion, and provide a helpful roadmap of the course to students. This book contains over 280 problems that explore estate and gift tax issues. A detailed teacher's manual for this title will also be available.