Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business Law    4. Business enterprises    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate    7. Corporation law    8. General    9. Handbooks, manuals, etc    10. Law and legislation    11. Legal Profession    12. Legal Reference / Law Profession    13. Legal assistants    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / General    16. USA   

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This book is terrible.
I thought I was purchasing an Administrative Law text book. This is not a text book. It is a book of this guy's opinion. For example, he writes that the courts are not well suited to the task of being a watchdog overagencies and says that the members of the Reagan Supreme Court believe thatit is not the proper judicial role for for judges to play an active role inpolicy making.The guy never mentions that the Consitution makes aseparation between the courts and legislature -- he just decides to bashReagan and his appointees.He also states: "...the Depts. ofEducation and energy are still alive and well today and apparently notendangered despite nearly 2 decades of attack by Republicanpresidents...even though the agency's (National Endowment for the Arts)budget is less than a pittance of the whole federal budget, the agency hasbecome the symbolic whipping boy of Speaker Newt Gingrich..."Thisopinion has nothing to do with administrative law, and is completelyunnecessary. I certainly hope anyone who has to read this book for a classwill think for themselves before taking what this guy says as law. Further,he says he's a professor at, according to US News, a fourth tier lawschool: Washburn University. However, I can't seem to find his e-mailaddress there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Administrative law    3. Administrative procedure    4. Cases    5. Civil service    6. Constitutional    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. United States    10. Constitutional & administrative law    11. Political Science / Public Policy    12. USA   

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Patents and the Federal Circuit
This is a great one volume treatise on Patent Law.As a summer associate, I used this book all summer for any patent law assignements. I preferred this book over Chisum b/c it was brief and gave a good overview.I highly recommend this book.

Best one volume treatise on patent law
This is the best one volume treatise on current patent law that's out there. I invariably look to Harmon before picking up Chisum. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Intellectual Property - Patent    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Patent laws and legislation    6. Patent practice    7. United States   

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A Gem More Valuable Than Your Engagement Ring
This is a gem of a book that helps you navigate financial discussions in a compassionate yet business-like manner.Arlene Dubin informs her readers WHY issues are important and shows them HOW to initiate discussions based upon common values and shared goals.After a couple finds they are on the same page, the dollars involved and technical know-how can be inserted into the dialogue. Must reading for any man about to get married.
. Great and Helpful Look at Misunderstood Topic
Arlene Dubin makes premarital agreements, and the reasons to have one, easy to understand for all readers.She takes a look at the objections many people have to a prenup and explains clearly why a prenup can be stabilizing to a marriage.The book is well-written and fun to read, too, mixing in real-world examples.It's always terrific when an author can take a topic seriously without being too serious.Ms. Dubin does it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Antenuptial contracts    3. Family & Relationships    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Family/Marriage    6. Marriage    7. Marriage contracts    8. Marriage counseling    9. Popular works    10. Practical Guides    11. United States    12. Family & Relationships / Marriage   

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Useful and concise
This book provides a great way to quickly acquaint oneself with the legal implications of common school situations.However, it does fail to address special education law, namely IDEA, which is critical to truly understanding school law. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Curricula    3. Educational law and legislatio    4. Educational law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Public schools    7. United States   

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The Best in the Field
This book is the best written text on International Regulation of Trade currently available.

A reasonable text
This book is a standard text for International Trade Law Unit at The Australian National University. It is quite adequate for this. However I find its Canadian bias towards America bashing a bit tedious at times and I think that it oversimplifies the economic analysis. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business & Financial    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Foreign trade regulation    7. International    8. International - Economics    9. International - General    10. Business & Economics / Economics / General    11. International economic & trade law    12. International trade   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Construction    3. Construction contracts    4. Construction industry    5. Engineering - Civil    6. Law and legislation    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. United States    11. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    12. Law / Construction   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Intellectual Property - General    3. Intellectual property    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Communications    3. Europe    4. International    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    9. Political Science    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Privacy, Right of    12. Telecommunication    13. Telecommunications    14. United States    15. Communications law    16. Constitutional & administrative law    17. Germany    18. Law / General    19. USA   

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fundamental rights
This is a well-done book, but one that will be a bit hard for those not at least somewhat familiar with constitutional law to follow.Gerstmann argues that marriage is a "fundamental right" under the constitution, and as such it is illegitimate to refuse to extend this right to same-sex couples.In making this argument he draws interesting analogies to the court's free speach jurisprudence.He tries to show how the more common "gender discrimination" argument doesn't work.I think this part is not 100% convincing, but it is a sophisticated approach.His discussion of the various "slippery slope" objections to gay marriage are also quite good.To my mind the biggest draw-back of this book is that it often makes quite teloscopic reference to other books (including Gerstmann's earlier book) in the place of detailed arguments.This book is not very long as it is, and it probably would have been better servered to give these arguments in more detail rather than just refering to other work as often as it does.This is especially the case for readers who do not have at least some constitutional law background.

Why same-sex marriage is Constitutional
Want to read a really good book setting out the case for the Constitutionality of same-sex marriage? This is it.
A legal book for everyone
This fascinating book is cogent, well argued and a straight-forward read. It is clearly targeted at lawyers, but is very accessible by the lay audience.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Constitutional law    3. General    4. Law and legislation    5. Political Science    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Same-sex marriage    9. United States    10. North America    11. Political Science / General    12. Political ideologies    13. Private, property, family law    14. Public international law    15. Sociology, Social Studies    16. USA   

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A great IP text book
I got the first edition of this book because it was the required text for a course I took in UC Berkeley a number of years ago.I have been practicing IP law for about 10 years and I still use it as a quick reference (I also obtained the 2nd Edition).In my opinion this is a very well done book and an useful tool for someone who wants to have the overall picture of a complex issue.

Primer, No Less
A waste of paper is rather harsh. Yes, this book is not for the paralegal, but I found that it was a great primer for those that may be interested in some of the operation of law -- exactly who I am. I have no real desire to be a paralegal or more, nor do I want to study law in school, but this book is great in that I am presented with basic information in readable form, with no background in law. I give this four stars because it seems to advertise highly technical information, when it really isn't.

200+ pages of useless copyright info.
A useless text for the real world.Patent paralegals are in demand and this book does not help prepare them.Copyright prosecution for paralegals is limited to finding the proper form that the client can fill-in themselves. Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Intellectual Property    7. Intellectual Property - General    8. Legal Profession    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Legal assistants    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / General    13. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    14. USA   

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The benefits of King's insider information
King's new book on the Section 106 process is a slim but lively and provocative compilation based on his various workshops and training sessions on the evaluation of historic places for listing on the NatinalRegister.King's vast years of experience and easy-flowing writing stylemake this a useful and enjoyable book for those who want to learn about thespecifics of the 106 process.Contains details on subtle nuances andmeanings of historic property evaluation and use of the process.This bookis a must have for students of cultural resources, consultingarchaeologists and others in the historic preservation fields. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Archaeology    3. Cultural property    4. General    5. Government - State & Provincial    6. Historic preservation    7. Law and legislation    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Protection    10. Public Affairs & Administration    11. Social Science    12. Sociology    13. United States    14. USA    15. Urban & municipal planning   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Financial    3. Business enterprises    4. Business law    5. Corporate    6. Corporate Governance    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. United States   

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A tour de force in historical jurisprudence...
'Slavery, Law and Politics' is an abridged version of Don Fehrenbacher's 1978 magnum opus 'The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics.'While it is a technically challenging book for the average reader of historical jurisprudence, its an indispensible resource for understanding the dynamics of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case given the historical milieu just before the Civil War.Fehrenbacher pulls no punches, ripping into the Taney court which issued one of the most shameful decisions in the Court's history.Of interest is the 'scorecard' Fehrenbacher keeps of the different aspects of the decision, clarifying the historical ambiguities of what the court really decided.In all, a complex, gratifying read. The original, fully annotated version of the book, unfortunately, is out of print.. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1809-1858    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    4. History - General History    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal status of slaves in free states    7. Medical    8. Scott, Dred,    9. Slavery    10. Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic    11. United States    12. United States - Civil War    13. History, American | African American    14. Political science & theory    15. Slavery & emancipation    16. Social Science / African-American Studies    17. Social history   

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the worst casebook in all lawschool
I never encountered a less useful book during all my three long years at law school. Do youself a favor and buy a companion guide- nutshell or something.

Wishful thinking from Insurance Company Defense
Particularly when compared to the classic Prosser & Keaton, it is pretty clear that this text is geared toward tort "reform."There are long excerpts from law review articles written by the authors (how modest.) Conservative points of view are offered without "alternatives."The history of torts in the common law is rather distorted, particularly regarding strict liability which these authors present like it is a surprising new invention. The Products Restatement is overemphasized.And too many cases that come out aberrantly for the defense are included. If nothing else deters you from registering for the class that uses this book, consider how you would feel about a book called "Tax Law and Alternatives"or "Contract Law and Alternatives."This is law school folks.The alternatives are Med School and B-School.As long as you're in law school please try to find out what the law is.What somebody thinks it should be is all well and good, but it is not helpful to present "alternatives" as thought they are the current state of tort law.

1st Year Tort Law
You will most likely not buy this book for fun but because your 1st yearlaw professor tells you to.Most parts of the book are very dry and ittakes a long time to read it properly.The cases are good, standard Tortcases.The most helpfulexplanations can be found in the Notes andQuestions.While the book is dry bordering on boring, the Notes andQuestions at the end of each chapter will give you a much betterunderstanding of the information.Franklin and Rabin deal with physicalinjuries, non-physical harm, causation, trespass and liability.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Civil Procedure    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Reference    6. Torts    7. United States   

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Must Have Info
As the industry becomes more lawsuit happy, this book contains information any Administrator should know. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Long-term care facilities    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Nursing Home Care    9. Nursing Homes    10. United States    11. Medicine: General Issues   

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Decent Book
This is a decent book.I am a 3L law student thinking of doing collections.This book is an excellent choice for the average person with no legal education.As a law student though I always expect more though but it does set out the basics in an unbiased manner with the law printed in the appendix.Definitely worth the price.
Collection Agency Harassment: - ok
so -so review, Mostly common sense. But a few good tips on mounting a counter attack although it doesn't let you know the practicalities of enforcing the FDCPA, namely that federal and state agencies typically don't respond to your complaints except with a form letter and no action.

Empowering!

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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Financial    3. Collection agencies    4. Collection laws    5. Harassment    6. Law    7. Law / Bankruptcy    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Popular works    11. Practical Guides    12. United States    13. Bankruptcy    14. Debt    15. Debtor and creditor    16. Law / General   

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A sensible guide for everyone
The "Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate?" Workbook is a warm, wonderful, practical and down-to-earth guidebook for every family. It really impressed me with its sensible and gentle honesty. My brother andsister and I got through the deaths of our parents without any tug-of-warsover family keepsakes. And still I wish we would have had this book. Itwould have helped us get the full measure of joy and memories out of thethings our parents left behind. Everybody will need this book sooner orlater. I'd recommend getting it sooner. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Excellent survey of energy issues
The book provides a very nice survey of the various energy resources, as well as the economic and environmental issues they raise.It is designed for graduate-level or undergraduate courses.Its strengthes are in its discussion of property and environmental issues, and its discussions of economic regulation.This is the only textbook that discusses deregulation of the electric power industry, and the chapter on stranded costs provides an interesting and balanced discussion of the bailout that we in California are all too familiar with.

Great resource
This book gives a great overview of U.S. energy law and administration with respect to all types of energy sources. It's not just for lawyers, economists, or environmentalists.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Energy industries    4. Environmental    5. Environmental law    6. Law    7. Law and economics    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. United States    11. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Constitutional    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Constitutional & administrative law