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This title examines all issues concerned with legal ethics. Part one looks at lawyers' ethics including professionalism and the English legal profession and professional regulation. Part two addresses specific topics in legal ethics including confidentiality, criminal defence and prosecution, counselling, negotiation and conflict of interest. ... Read more

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This new textbook on world trade law offers a unique perspective on this important subject in a number of ways. It is the first book to combine the best aspects of both the casebook and legal analysis approaches, providing both detailed explanations and analysis of the law to help understand the issues as well as case extracts to offer a flavour of the judicial reasoning of trade adjudicators. Moreover, the book is truly global in outlook, being equally useful for students of international trade law in the UK, Europe, the US, Asia and elsewhere in the world. For instance, where domestic regulatory issues come into play, the book examines a variety of country practices, to illustrate how the rules apply around the world. The book is written with students in mind and provides an ideal learning tool to appeal to students across the globe. In this regard, the authors draw on their diverse experiences and geographic backgrounds - with one primary author based in the US and the other based in Hong Kong, with additional authors based in the US and UK ... Read more

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Ideal for teaching international lawyers about the U.S.study of law, this coursebook uses a global perspective to put the basic principles of legal reasoning, writing, and research into context.

To effectively teach analysis and communication within the U.S. legal system, the authors present:

material that can be easily adapted to a one-semester or two-semester writing course, using a one chapter/one idea concept

a building-block approach to legal analysis based on the common law each chapter focuses on a key concept that builds on what had been covered in the previous chapter
tailored topical coverage that includes:

a concise introduction to the U.S. legal system, the common law as U.S. precedent, and the anatomy of a U.S. lawsuit

practical guidance for law study in the United States, including how to brief a case for class and other suggestions about the law school classroom

a special chapter on plagiarism, a particularly troublesome aspect of writing for ESL students

instruction on drafting client letters and demand letters, including effective word, phrasing, and structural choices for emphasis
an overview of statutory
interpretation theories

coverage of drafting both fact-based and law-based issue discussions
citation rules, including citing to international and online materials
chapters on the U.S. approach to drafting contracts, emphasizing international transactions

techniques for taking law school examinations

engaging examples and exercises
a glossary of terms

To prepare international lawyers for practice in the U.S. legal system, use the coursebook that employs basic coverage, solid pedagogy, and a multicultural perspective. ... Read more

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Actually explains the topics and covers everything VERY in depth
Not 5 stars because by itself is a bit overwhelming especially since only 1 semester.however, out of all of my textbooks this is the only one that actually explained everything and went in depth with policy.

good book of criminal law
This textbook is very clearly written and, contrary to a lot of others book, it is not just a series of cases, on efollowing the others. It provides a very good basis for a criminal law class.

WoW !!!!!
Great Book haven't got to that class yet but I reviewed it and it is great!!!!

A good criminal law casebook
This was my casebook for 1st year Criminal Law. It is a good casebook, and does a good job of summarizing the law in addition to a decent job of editing the cases.I would strongly recommend purchasing UnderstandingCriminal Law by Dressler in addition to this book. ... Read more

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The opinions included in this law school casebook are designed for teaching case analysis and the social and economics consequences of legal decisions. Enough of the majority, and often the dissent opinion is presented to illustrate how the case fits with precedents and allows students to evaluate the arguments on either side of the case. It emphasizes accidents and the role of fault in society’s management of their costs, and the historical basis for modern torts doctrines. It details intentional torts and a wide range of other non-accident wrongs. ... Read more

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Good so far
I am a IL and this is my torts textbook.The book is overall OK so far, just a little difficult to follow being new to Torts.May get better as class proceeds! ... Read more

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Now in its Sixth Edition, <b>Labor Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems</b> offers students a modern, analytically rigorous, and practical approach to the issues and challenges of labor law and labor policy. Written by well-known scholars in the field, this casebook continues to provide a thorough and careful approach to the field of labor law in an accessible and streamlined format that students and professors alike will appreciate. <p class=copymedium> <b>This text continues to impress with its outstanding pedagogy and comprehensive nature:</b><li class=copymedium>written by a highly regarded author team, experienced in labor law scholarship, practice, and teaching<li class=copymedium>offers a comprehensive and challenging view of the field of labor law, highlighting issues of reform, economic and labor theory, and the respective roles of the NLRB, arbitrators, and federal and state courts<li class=copymedium>places special emphasis on accessibility, manifested in clear, streamlined case editing (which preserves authorities used by the courts); lucid explanatory textual material; and clear and pointed narratives, notes, and questions throughout<li class=copymedium>integrates current labor law scholarship in its exposition of NLRB and court decisions andidentification of cutting-edge policy issues The Sixth Edition also covers many significant developments since the publication of the previous edition, including:<li class=copymedium>a new chapter, ¿Obtaining Bargaining Authority Outside of the NLRB Election Process,¿with extensive coverage of the legal issues arising out the labor movement¿s increasing reliance on card-check and neutrality agreements bypassing the Labor Board¿s processes<li class=copymedium>treatment of the most recent NLRB and court decisions and pending cases,including:<p class=copymedium> -Oakwood Healthcare, Inc. (the nurses¿s supervisory authority cases)<p class=copymedium> -H.S. Care LLC (the Board¿s new teaching on units containing contingent workers)<p class=copymedium> -IBM Corp.(the Board¿s revisiting of the issue of Weingarten rights for non-union workers)<p class=copymedium> -Dana-Metaldyne (the Board¿s recognition bar in the context of card-check agreements)<p class=copymedium> -¿partial lockout¿ decisions in the Board and the Courts of Appeals<p class=copymedium> -Dana II (exploring the extent to which unions and employers can establish principles for bargaining before unions obtain a card majority)<p class=copymedium> -Preemption challenges to ¿neutrality¿ ordinances<p class=copymedium> -Clarett v. NFL (the last gasp to antitrust challenges to sports league rules?)<p class=copymedium><li class=copymedium>new rules issued by the Dept. of Labor expanding the financial reporting obligations of unions<li class=copymedium>Problems Guide for professors containing problems for each chapter to test student understanding, accompanied by suggested answers/approaches<li class=copymedium>PowerPoint presentations for each chapter</ul> ... Read more

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With stimulating questions, comprehensive notes, and teachable and well edited cases as its hallmarks, this is the authoritative law school casebook for the study of copyright law. The book presents up to the minute materials ncluding key decisions of the Supreme Court dealing both with new technologies and with the more "traditional" issues in the field. The increasingly important issue of secondary liability is represented by the Court s 2005 decision in MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., as well as by other cases dealing with internet service providers. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and particularly its provisions on technological protection measures, are also covered, through well-selected cases and textual treatment. There is also discussion of the cutting-edge issues arising from the delivery of music recordings and motion pictures on the internet, both legally and illegally, and the implications for the statute s complex compulsory-license provisions. A fully revised and updated chapter on Fair Use traces the application of that doctrine in both the digital and the more traditional contexts. The Supreme Court decision in Eldred v. Ashcroft on the extension of the copyright term, and its progeny in the lower courts, are also addressed. Expanded attention is also given to other emerging constitutional issues, particularly Congress s power to enact copyright-like legislation under the Commerce Clause. Other topics include the increasingly demanding judicial attitude toward copyright formalities, protection for government-authored and incorporated works, preemption of state law and international issues. There will also be more photographs illustrating current cases dealing with originality and infringement. The casebook will continue its position as the outstanding book in the field comprehensive and thorough, and stimulating and enjoyable for both teacher and students ... Read more

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Comprehensive, Authoritative Casebook on Copyright
The 7th edition is an excellent text-reference on copyright. Footnotes and end-of-chapter questions add significant value to the treatment. Photos are poorly reproduced in this volume, but adequate to convey the intended arguments.

Supplementary materials to this volume could be useful, but not evaluated here.

Wide page margins provide for easy note taking.
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<p>This versatile casebook, written by authors who are at the forefront of torts scholarship, presents contemporary tort law in a clear and systematic framework. Now in its second edition, <b>Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress</b> , has been refined based on classroom feedback to make it even more user-friendly and informative to students and professors alike.</p><p><b>Among the distinctive characteristics of this unique casebook:</b></p><ul><li><b>Tort law is presented as a coherent whole.</b> Students leave the course with a clear sense of what tort law is and what it does, and how it differs from other bodies of law, such as contracts or criminal law.</li><li><b>Painstaking case selection</b> ensures that students will be exposed to memorable opinions that effectively convey the substance of tort doctrine while also enabling the professor to explore <b>from any given intellectual or political perspective</b> underlying issues of policy, process, and theory.</li><li><b>Current and classic cases</b> expose students to a diverse array of case law, including decisions from jurisdictions around the country and from trial courts as well as state and federal appellate courts.</li><li><b>Modular design</b> of chapters permits the professor to proceed from any of several different starting points, including intentional torts, negligence, or a big-picture overview of the field.</li><li><b>Ample explanatory text is provided</b>, particularly in chapters that are likely to be covered early in the course.</li><li><b>Additional materials</b>—three appendices and two “modules”— are provided to permit professors who teach 5- or 6-hour courses to cover issues of history, policy, and theory.</li><li>Substantial expository text offers <b>unparalleled guidance in clarifying key torts concepts</b> such as duty, breach, proximate cause, and intent.</li><li><b>The Teacher’s Manual sets the standard</b> for giving professors everything they need to succeed in the classroom.</li></ul><p><b>The meticulous revision of this casebook includes:</b></p><ul><li><b>Revised Chapter 2</b>, <i>The Duty Element</i>, makes the material <b>more accessible</b> to students and enables teachers to <b>proceed more quickly</b> through the duty component of negligence, should they wish to spend more time on other negligence topics or other torts. New cases are more <b>straightforward and more modern</b> than those they have replaced..</li><li><b>Revised Chapter 5</b>, <i>Proximate Cause and Palsgraf</i>, presents with <b>even greater clarity</b> than the first edition, the topics within negligence law that are most prone to generate student confusion.</li><li><b>Revised Chapter 9</b>, <i>Battery, Assault, and False Imprisonment</i>, <b>contains a new initial sequence of cases and notes</b> carefully designed to support courses that begin with intentional torts.</li><li>New <b>website</b> that includes ”retired” cases from the First Edition, practice questions, and other materials of interest.</li></ul><p><b>Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress, Second Edition</b>, offers a contemporary approach to teaching torts without sacrificing attention to the conceptual underpinnings necessary to an in-depth understanding of tort law’s operation in the modern legal system.</p><p>An author website to support classroom instruction using this title is available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.aspenlawschool.com/goldberg2">http://www.aspenlawschool.com/goldberg2</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> ... Read more

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This casebook provides detailed information on insurance law. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases. ... Read more

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Excellent Text
Full of case excerpts which get to the point.Rarely is there a case that is included in its entirety (thank goodness).Editors are great, as the subject of insurance law is broken down into managable categories.The text is straight forward and well organized.There are policy examples included which were very helpful. ... Read more

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The <b>Seventh Edition</b>, <b>Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions, continues to</b> be the best choice for courses in secured transactions law. In a problems-based format, this brief, clear text presents a practical, straightforward approach to the topic, making it popular among students and instructors alike.<p class="copymedium"><b>This edition retains the great features that earned it widespread recognition in its previous editions:</b></p><ul><li class="copymedium">thorough and up-to-date coverage on black letter law</li><li class="copymedium"><b>flexible content and organization</b>, making it adaptable to many teaching styles</li><li class="copymedium"><b>a popular problems-approach</b> which tackles the material in a straightforward and practical manner</li><li class="copymedium">the <b>distinguished author Douglas J. Whaley</b>, who draws on his experience in teaching, writing, and practice</li><li class="copymedium">a <b>clear and lucid</b> writing style and a <b>manageable length</b>, offering a concise, efficient, and effective format</li><li class="copymedium"><b>inclusion of the most important cases</b>, which illustrate the reactions of the courts to the issues</li><li class="copymedium">a carefully constructed <b>Teacher's Manual</b> includes answers to all problems in the text</li></ul><b>The Seventh Edition incorporates many significant developments since the publication of the previous edition, including:</b><ul><li class="copymedium"><b>new Bankruptcy Code provisions</b></li><li><b>new cases</b> that have arisen since the previous edition: - <i>Border State Bank of Greenbush v. Bagley Livestock Exchange, Inc.</i> (discussing the meaning of rights in the collateral) - <i>Metzger v. Americredit Financial Services, Inc.</i> (certificate of title for motor vehicles priority) - <i>R & J of Tennessee, Inc. v. Blankenship-Melton Real Estate, Inc.</i>, and <i>Coxall v. Clover Commercial Corp.</i> (repossession and resale issues)</li><li><b>updated problems</b>, including a <b>new problem</b> at end of Chapter 2 exploring additional § 9-109 exclusions from Article 9 coverage</li></ul><p><br />Please visit the new companion website to learn more about this book.</p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.aspenlawschool.com/whaley_securedtransactions7" target="_blank">http://www.aspenlawschool.com/whaley_securedtransactions7</a></p><p></p> ... Read more

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Economy here's your problem
Full of laws that should be scrapped, did you here that corporations are people to now.This should be obsolete shortly. ... Read more

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With the forces of globalization as a backdrop, this pathbreaking casebook develops labor and employment law in the context of the national laws of nine countries important to the global economy -- U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.K., Germany, France, China, Japan and India.National materials are contextualized by coverage of international labor standards promulgated by the International Labor Organization, as well as the principles that emerge from two regional trade arrangements -- the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Union-- and TNC's self-regulatory efforts.Instructor resources include an extensive teachers' manual, powerpoint slides, and a website providing updates in this broad and fast-moving subject. ... Read more

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The Seventh Edition continues the organizational structure of previous editions, using problems as the vehicle for analyzing the legal and conceptual issues in corporate law. The early chapters introduce the student to issues of risk, the role of the corporation in society and the role of the corporate lawyer. Subsequent chapters cover the formation, financing and organization of the corporation. They also introduce students to basic accounting and valuation concepts. The second half of the book is devoted primarily to fiduciary duties and the relationship between state corporate law and the federal securities laws. This edition has extensively reorganized the material in the last edition dealing with executive compensation and shareholder initiatives including voting, the nomination of directors, the use of bylaws as a corporate governance device. The new chapters are designed to take account of new developments in Delaware and SEC law and the interrelationship between them in these areas. ... Read more

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This text, the only criminal law casebook authored by two progressive female law professors of color, provides the reader with both critical race and critical feminist theory perspectives on criminal law. The book focuses on the cultural context of substantive criminal law, integrating issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation where relevant ... Read more

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Mr./law student
For me this was an assigned book. It is concise and detailed with just enough cases and other articles to make the reader understand the complexities of criminal law and the ever evolving approach to it. The cases are clear and edited enough to remove the always present surplusage while leaving enough of the court's reasoning. I would recommend this book.

Good casebook, but not for reactionaries
The reviews here that attack Lee and Harris for being "radical," "leftist," and "feminist" ignore the fact that this casebook includes the same seminal cases as any other decent criminal law book, with the bonus of including several cases and discussions not to be found in most.

Every law class has a group of people who hem and haw and roll their eyes every time the word "race," "class," or "gender" is mentioned.They say things like "if they want to teach that, let them teach a class on it, we need to know what the law really IS."This completely ignores the fact that these authors are trying to recontextualize criminal law to enable students to understand it for what it really is.Instead of showing it as a pristine gem of various threads of common law, they show it to be a conflicted, flawed, at times brilliant, at times horrific, but always ever-evolving area of law.

Would the people complaining about Lee & Harris mind if a casebook included an article by Posner about how crime is basically due to constraints on the market?Probably not -- and yet such a position would actually be far more radical than what's in here.

The fallacy of attacks such as those in some of the reviews here is that they claim that all they're saying is that they want to know what the law really IS, etc. since they're supposed to be learning something practical.The truth is that if you want to be a successful attorney, you need to know everything that may influence your case, your judge, your client, the system, etc.It's ridiculous to think that law somehow exists in a bubble.If you go up to a judge and start spouting falsely-clear legal principles with no real understanding of the historical, social, and theoretical context in which they exist/which they have constructed, then you will not make a good impression and your client will suffer as a result.

I don't know if this is a perfect casebook.But I do encourage professors to give it a chance before dismissing it in the way that some reviewers here have.

Pure Propaganda
This text is best avoided by anyone who isn't a radical leftist (and I do mean radical!). Every single case and piece of supplementary material in the text is presented from an anti-white racist or radical feminist viewpoint. For example, every single case discussed in the "Constitutional Limitations" section of the text involves blacks who were ostensibly discriminated against. Every single one. Are Lee and Harris trying to give the impression that the only issue/issues involving Constitutional limitations on criminal law involve white mistreatment of blacks? It sure seems that way.

There is no attempt to hide the text's political bias, either. Supplementary materials include numerous attempts to spin the disproportionate amount of crime committed by non-whites by blaming the problem on a "racist" justice system. Most of the time, this text reads more like a liberal apologetic for non-white crime than a textbook/casebook about criminal law.

Do you hate people of European descent? Blame them for all of your failings?Want to learn about how the Anglo-Saxon men who created our legal system (and indeed our entire country) are responsible for all of the problems of black Americans? Then you'll positively love this text.

Feminist Critique in the guise of a Criminal Law Casebook
I wish our teacher used the LaFave or Dressler casebooks who compile cases relevant to the study of criminal law in general. If we had, we would have been able to cover all the crimes in due time. Instead we are stuck with this biased casebook while we waste our time discussing feminist critique of crimes (especially rape). This casebook is inundated with Feminist articles. Frankly, I don't want to waste my time studying this topic. If the feminists really want to change the law, then run for Congress and change the law! Until then do not waste our time studying what the law should be instead of what the law actually is. ... Read more

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This popular casebook, through the selection of classic and modern cases, provides an excellent tool for teaching students the common law foundations of the criminal law and modern statutory reform, including the Model Penal Code. Along the way, the casebook considers modern controversies (e.g., "shaming" punishment, rape law, self-defense by battered women, euthanasia, the role of culture in determining culpability), and creatively uses literature (e.g., examining insanity through Edgar Allen Poe's The-Tell Tale Heart) and even "brain teasers" to confront (as the Preface states) "the Big Questions . . . that philosophers, theologians, scientists, and poets, as well as lawyers, have grappled with for centuries ... Read more

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Excellent value and condition, fast delivery
This was my first time purchasing a used college text book.I could not be more pleased with the condition of the book and the price paid.I will be checking for more used text books in the future.I would buy from this seller again.

Bad
I was assigned this book this past spring and found it to be terrible.As the last comment stated, I find the Understanding Criminal law written by Dresler to be much better for learning the material.The casebook even cites to the Understanding series at times.That seems kind of backward to me.This text has lots of excerpts of cases (even shorter than casebooks normally do it), and not very helpful explanation. but anyways, not the best text out there.

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The book was in great shape. There is a lot of highlighting and notes in the margin, which is a little distracting. Other than that everything looks great!

I got a B+ because I bought a great book of briefs...
The casebook is only ok, so get a good book of briefs.Read the brief first, THEN read the case in the casebook.For briefs I used ISBN 0976871602, which had a well written brief for every case assigned in class, and it was REALLY helpful.

Buy it for your kids for Christmas
A real page turner.
A terrific romp for the entire family.

It could use a little more character development, but otherwise... I laughed... I cried... I studied... a lot. ... Read more

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This title, a companion volume to The Law Making Process, is the definitive collection of cases and materials on the workings of the English legal system. Written by the foremost scholar in the field, it surveys how the law functions from the trial process (from pre-trial proceedings to the funding of trials), the role of the jury, and the legal profession. This edition takes account of all recent major legislative and judicial changes and updates the material on the established areas of the law. The book takes a 'law in context' approach, setting out those factors beyond the legal environment which impact on and inform the changes within it. The collection is required reading for all students seeking a thorough knowledge and in-depth understanding of how the English legal system operates. ... Read more

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Combining excellence in scholarship and ease of use, this best-selling casebook engages readers in and encourages critical thinking about tort law with its compelling stories, crisply edited classic tort cases, and discussion of legislation and new public policy. Unbiased in its approach and organized in manageable sections of information, the casebook expands law students understanding of tort law doctrine and rationale with helpful notes, memorable cases and statutes, and discussion of topics such as the increasing influence of legislatures on the common law of torts. This immensely popular casebook combines the best of the new tort cases while preserving the classics. It captures new trends and controversies in the law of torts, but the cases and notes are presented to allow the Professor to inject his or her perspectives and ideas without fighting the materials. Case selection for principal and note cases favors exemplifying cutting-edge doctrine and policy, while favoring memorable factual scenarios. Case selection of principal cases is based on well-written opinions, geographic as well as viewpoint diversity, and a mix of mainstream opinion with the occasional outlier or minority opinion, all designed to emphasize fundamental principles and contemporary policy debates. Through questions in the notes, students are prodded to think of themselves as lawyers actively engaged in practicing and making the law, not just as students passively engaged in studying it. Both theory and practicality permeate the book. The way cases are edited and the topics covered (including proof issues, joint and several liability, damages, and wrongful death and survival) make it particularly suitable for emphasizing procedural issues, litigation and counseling strategy, and legal reasoning. It focuses principally on the development of the common law, but also includes statutory changes, including tort reform legislation, as appropriate. Comparative law enlightens the applicable law and policy at critical junctures such as defamation, privacy, and causation. ... Read more

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Finally -- a true survey of Sports Law! This exciting new text covers all the issues, all the parties, all the law, and all the practical skills needed to develop a solid understanding of this burgeoning area. <b>Sports Law</b> is a user-friendly, practice-oriented text that will make your course as lively as the field it covers.<p class=copymedium>The author skillfully blends topics and materials to offer an integrated approach to the subject:<li class=copymedium>the text incorporates the breadth of issues relating to Sports Law -- such as contracts, torts, agents, eligibility, women and sports, antitrust, labor law, international law, discipline, the NCAA, intellectual property, and criminal law <li class=copymedium>without belaboring the less practical topics<li class=copymedium>explanatory materials introduce each of the major cases, such as Philadelphia Ball Club v. Lajoie, Zinn v. Parrish, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, NCAA v. Tarkanian, and Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc.<li class=copymedium>sample documents -- including NCAA regulations, collective bargaining agreements, waivers, contracts, and statutes -- are presented as part of the text so students can view them in context<li class=copymedium>Questions and Discussion sections tie together the material and help motivate students to analyze it</ul><p class=copymedium>Instructors can turn to <b>Sports Law: Cases, Documents, and Materials</b> with confidence because:<li class=copymedium>the book is equally useful in both law school and graduate-level courses<li class=copymedium>a comprehensive Teacher's Manual includes suggestions for lectures, sample questions, projects, draft lectures, and sample exams<li class=copymedium>Professor Champion is an exceptionally gifted and popular teacher who also has written two highly successful books on Sports Law and more than 500 articles on the topic, guest-hosted a popular radio program on related issues, served as an agent, and ws a general manager of a minor league professional basketball team</ul> ... Read more