New Civil Law Books

Below is a list of Civil Law books added to the library's collection in the past 6 months.

2013 E-Discovery and Information Governance National Institute.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8902.E42 E353 2013
Publisher: American Bar Association, Section of Science & Technology Law and Center for Professional Development,

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Arbitration and the constitution / Peter B. Rutledge.

Location: lax
Call #: K2400 .R88 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

Arbitration has become an increasingly important mechanism for dispute resolution, both in the domestic and international setting. Despite its importance as a form of state-sanctioned dispute resolution, it has largely remained outside the spotlight of constitutional law. This landmark work represents one of the first attempts to synthesize the fields of arbitration law and constitutional law. Drawing on the author's extensive experience as a scholar in arbitration law who has lectured and studied around the world, the book offers unique insights into how arbitration law implicates issues such as separation of powers, federalism, and individual liberties. Find out more (catalog link)

Boilerplate : the fine print, vanishing rights, and the rule of law / Margaret Jane Radin.

Location: lax
Call #: KF808 .R25 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press,

Boilerplate--the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click "I agree" online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets--pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most of us accept boilerplate provisions without realizing that should a dispute arise about a purchased good or service, the nonnegotiable boilerplate terms can deprive us of our right to jury trial and relieve providers of responsibility for harm.Boilerplateis the first comprehensive treatment of the problems posed by the increasing use of these terms, demonstrating how their use has degraded traditional notions of consent, agreement, and contract, and sacrificed core rights whose loss threatens the democratic order. Find out more (catalog link)

Business organizations : cases, problems, and case studies / D. Gordon Smith , Cynthia A. Williams.

Location: lax
Call #: KF1355 .S63 2012
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business,

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Changing legal regulation of cohabitation : from fornicators to family, 1600-2010 / Rebecca Probert.

Location: lax
Call #: KD771 .P78 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

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Civic fusion : mediating polarized public disputes / Susan Podziba.

Location: lax
Call #: KF9084 .P63 2012
Publisher:

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Civil code of Iran : basic document in Iranian law / introduced and edited by S.H. Amin ; general editor, Dr. Eftikhar.

Location: lax
Call #: IRANIII-6
Publisher: s.n.,

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Civil procedure in a nutshell / by Mary Kay Kane.

Location: lapsc
Call #: KF8841 .K36 2013
Publisher: West/Thompson Reuters

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Civil rights in the shadow of slavery : the constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / George Rutherglen.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4749 .R85 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

The 1866 Civil Rights Act is one of the most monumental pieces of legislation in American history, figuring into almost every subsequent piece of legislation dealing with civil rights for the next century. While numerous scholars have looked at it in the larger social and political context of Reconstruction and its relationship with the Fourteenth Amendment, this will be the first book that focuses on its central role in the long history of civil rights. Find out more (catalog link)

Class action playbook / Brian Anderson, Andrew Trask.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8896 .A95 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

The Class Action Playbook is a unique and strategic "how to" guide for practitioners seeking to bring or defend a class action. Every important issue is addressed, including the initial shape of the proposed action, choice of forum, case-management schedules, pre-certification discovery and motions activity, briefing and argument of the class-certification motion, class notice, preparation for trial, class settlements, and the binding effects of class-action judgments. Find out more (catalog link)

Class actions and other multi-party litigation in a nutshell / by Robert H. Klonoff.

Location: lapsc
Call #: KF8896.Z9 K586 2012
Publisher: Thomson/West,

Completely revised and up to date. Thoroughly covers the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, the 2003 amendments to Rule 23, and numerous important court decisions rendered since the last edition. Covers all of the major topics of class action law and practice, such as commencement of a class action, requirements for class certification, class action discovery, notice to class members, opt-out rights, Seventh Amendment and due process issues, class settlements, remedies, appellate review, issue and claim preclusion, and ethical and policy issues. Also contains a special focus on securities, mass tort, and employment discrimination class actions, defendant class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Explores the latest cutting-edge issues in multi-party litigation and discusses numerous ground-breaking court decisions. Find out more (catalog link)

Class actions, 2013 / chapter authors: Wilber H. Boies ... [et al.].

Location: laill-nc
Call #: KFI1730 .C55 2013
Publisher: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,

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Commencement of insolvency proceedings / edited by Dennis Faber ... [et al.].

Location: lax
Call #: K1375 .C658 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

This first volume in theOxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series addresses the types, conditions, participants and effects of insolvency proceedings. It deals with the commencement of insolvency proceedings over business debtors and with their effects on the various players, assets and liabilities concerned. The uniform treatment of topics allows detailed comparisons to be made which helps practitioners seek foreign counsel on specific features of a foreign legal system and for academics the book provides a wealth of previously inaccessible material. All major legal families (including various mixed legal systems) are covered to reflect the needs of the international insolvency community and intergovernmental organizations. This is the only book that offers a thorough comparative analysis of existing domestic insolvency laws in the main economically developed and emerging countries and meets the need for detailed analysis on largely inaccessible materials in English. Find out more (catalog link)

Common law in colonial America / William E. Nelson.

Location: lax
Call #: KF361 .N45 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Nelson's The Common Law in Colonial America begins a sweeping multi-volume revision of the way we understand our nation's legal foundations. With exhaustive research and the perspective of a master historian and legal scholar, he demonstrates how the earliest years of settlement shaped thefuture of American law and bequeathed to us a system that accommodates diversity within a common commitment to the basic concepts of the rule of law. Find out more (catalog link)

Compensation for personal injury in New Zealand. Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry.

Location: lacom
Call #: KUQ1440 .N48 1967
Publisher: R. E. Owen, Govt. Printer,

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Concise restatement of torts / compiled by Ellen M. Bublick.

Location: lax
Call #: KF1249.A4 A24 2010
Publisher: American Law Institute Publishers,

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Confidentiality, transparency, and the U.S. civil justice system / edited by Joseph W. Doherty, Robert T. Reville, Laura Zakaras.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8700 .C658 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

American law was founded on the principle of an open court, where the general public could observe judicial proceedings and report to others on the outcomes. In recent decades, however, civil disputes have been increasingly resolved out of court, with the outcomes of the disputes kept secret. While it is widely acknowledged that confidential handling of disputes has advantages, these trends reduce the transparency of the entire civil justice system. This collection of articles considers whether reversing this trend should be a public policy objective. With special attention to modern mass litigation, leading legal scholars provide empirical, nonpartisan, and multidisciplinary analyses, case studies, and novel prescriptions for reform of various aspects of the system. Find out more (catalog link)

Construction dispute litigation, 2013 / general editors, Mark C. Friedlander, Stanley P. Sklar, Lorence H. Slutzky ; chapter authors, Douglas R. Allen ... [et al.].

Location: laill-nc
Call #: KFI1475 .C667 2013
Publisher: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,

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Corrective justice / Ernest J. Weinrib.

Location: lax
Call #: K600 .W45 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Private law governs our most pervasive relationships: the wrongs we do one another, the contracts we make and break, and the property we own. This book analyses the deepest questions about the law's foundations, showing how a distinctive notion of justice, 'corrective justice', describes the special morality intrinsic to private law. Find out more (catalog link)

Crossroads of intellectual property : intersection of intellectual property and other fields of law / Ana Ramalho and Christina Angelopoulos, editors.

Location: lax
Call #: K1401 .C765 2012
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers,

The leading line of this book is the interplay between intellectual property and other fields of law. This volume deals specifically with civil law, criminal law and competition law. The challenge presented to the contributors was to analyze the relation of intellectual property with any of these three fields, from a perspective individually chosen by the author. Find out more (catalog link)

First Amendment institutions / Paul Horwitz.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4770 .H67 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press,

Addressing a host of hot-button issues, from the barring of Christian student groups and military recruiters from law schools and universities to churches’ immunity from civil rights legislation in hiring and firing ministers, Paul Horwitz proposes a radical reformation of First Amendment law. Arguing that rigidly doctrinal approaches can’t account for messy, real-world situations, he suggests that the courts loosen their reins and let those institutions with a stake in First Amendment freedoms do more of the work of enforcing them. Find out more (catalog link)

From the closet to the altar : courts, backlash, and the struggle for same-sex marriage / Michael Klarman.

Location: lax
Call #: KF539 .K58 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Human rights in Sweden / by Hans Danelius.

Location: lacom
Call #: KKV2460 .D36 1970
Publisher: Swedish Institute,

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Immigration law sourcebook : a compendium of immigration-related laws and policy documents.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4819.85 .I4674 2013
Publisher:

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International co-operation in civil and criminal matters / David McClean.

Location: lax
Call #: K2115 .M39 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Language of human rights in West Germany / Lora Wildenthal.

Location: lax
Call #: JC599.G3 W56 2013
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

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Law as a tool for empowering women within marital relations : a case study of paternity lawsuits in Egypt / Hind Ahmed Zaki.

Location: lacom
Call #: KRM1749 .A94 2012
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press,

How do women use courts within the context of paternity lawsuits? This study analyzes the challenges that the formal legal approach to empowering women faces once it is translated into everyday socio-legal experiences and court repertoires. It also seeks to trace the pathologies inherent inpersonal status law reform and normal legal practices in Egypt, attesting to the limitations of law as an agent of social change in the private domain of the family. It mainly sheds light on the difficulties of separating formal legal rules from informal social practices. It also explores the problem of paternity claims in Egypt. Adding to growing literature on the use of legal mobilization to advance gender equity, this study offers insights on theoften-neglected role of social norms in court experiences, often leading to unexpected consequences that sometimes defy the intended goals behind policies and legislation. Find out more (catalog link)

Loving v. Virginia in a post-racial world : rethinking race, sex, and marriage / edited by Kevin Noble Maillard, Rose Cuison Villazor.

Location: lax
Call #: KF517 .L68 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional in Loving vs. Virginia. This book takes a critical approach to that case and asks how Loving has influenced the marital freedom and racial equality in America. How far have we come since then, and what effect did the case have on individual lives? Find out more (catalog link)

Mexican Civil Code annotated / translated and updated by Jorge A. Vargas.

Location: lacom-nc
Call #: KGF404.3 2000 .V37 2012
Publisher: West,

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Muslim family law, secular courts and Muslim women of South Asia : a study in judicial activism / Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin.

Location: lax
Call #: KNC156 .S468 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Muslim women and Shari'ah Councils : transcending the boundaries of community and law / Samia Bano.

Location: lax
Call #: KD750 .B36 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,

Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women. Find out more (catalog link)

Nanotechnology intellectual property rights : research, design, and commercialization / Prabuddha Ganguli, Siddharth Jabade.

Location: lax
Call #: K1401 .G364 2012
Publisher: CRC Press,

Demystifying the accelerating research and product development process of nanotechnology, this book employs illustrations and lucid explanations to examine the integration and exploitation of intellectual property rights (IPR) as a tool in research and development, technology transfer, and safe commercialization. Requiring no prior legal experience of readers, it illuminates the nuances and integral role of IPR in technology development, from product inception through commercialization. This indispensible book destroys illusions in the minds of stakeholders and builds confidence to establish a framework for an agile, working model for product development. Find out more (catalog link)

Newberg on class actions / William B. Rubenstein, Alba Conte.

Location: lax-nc
Call #: KF8896 .N4 2011
Publisher: Thomson/West,

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Ordered liberty : rights, responsibilities, and virtues / James E. Fleming and Linda C. McClain.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4749 .F55 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press,

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Real estate litigation, 2013 / general editor: LaVon M. Johns ; chapter authors, Jennifer H. Caracciolo ... [et al.].

Location: laill-nc
Call #: KFI1326 .I55 2013
Publisher: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,

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Religion, law, and the present water crisis / Richard A. Hughes.

Location: lax
Call #: K3496 .H84 2013
Publisher: Peter Lang,

This work documents current and impending global water shortages and opposes policies of commodification and privatization of water ownership by multinational water corporations. Find out more (catalog link)

Social death : racialized rightlessness and the criminalization of the unprotected / Lisa Marie Cacho.

Location: lax
Call #: JV6456 .C33 2012
Publisher: New York University Press,

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Social inclusion of people with disabilities : national and international perspectives / Arie Rimmerman.

Location: lax
Call #: HV1568 .R56 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

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Sovereign citizen : denaturalization and the origins of the American Republic / Patrick Weil.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4715 .W45 2013
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

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Supreme Court and McCarthy-era repression : one hundred decisions / Robert M. Lichtman.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8742 .L53 2012
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,

In this volume, attorney Robert M. Lichtman provides a comprehensive history of the US Supreme Court's decisions in 'Communist' cases during the McCarthy era. Lichtman shows the Court's vulnerability to public criticism and attacks by the elected branches during periods of political repression. Find out more (catalog link)

Swiss civil code; English version with vocabularies and notes by Ivy Williams.

Location: lacom-nc
Call #: KKW494.3 1907 .A52 1925
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Switzerland's Private International Law Statute of December 18, 1987 : the Swiss code on conflict of laws, and related legislation / introduced, translated and annotated by Pierre A. Karrer and Karl W. Arnold.

Location: lacom
Call #: KKW480 .S94 1989
Publisher: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers,

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This is not civil rights : discovering rights talk in 1939 America / George I. Lovell.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4749 .L68 2012
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press,

Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. As the US confronts a complicated set of 21st century problems, that tradition continues, with Americans invoking symbolic events of the founding era to frame calls for change. Most observers have been critical of such 'rights talk'. Scholars on the left worry that it limits the range of political demands to those that can be articulated as legally recognised rights, while conservatives fear that it creates unrealistic expectations of entitlement. Drawing on a cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department, George I. Lovell challenges these common claims. Find out more (catalog link)

Truth in lending / Diane E. Thompson, Elizabeth Renuart ; contributing authors, Carolyn L. Carter ... [et al.].

Location: lax
Call #: KF1040 .T78 2012
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center,

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Understanding student rights in schools : speech, religion, and privacy in educational settings / Bryan R. Warnick.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4150 .W37 2013
Publisher:

What rights should students expect to exercise in public schools? Should bible study meetings be allowed during free periods? Should students be allowed to wear t-shirts that exhort taking drugs or committing violent acts? Should students be required to participate in drug testing? In this concisely argued book, Bryan Warnick examines how student rights in three areas, free speech, privacy, and religious expression, have been addressed in policy, ethics, and the law. Find out more (catalog link)

Veterans appeals guidebook : representing veterans in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims / Ron Smith, editor.

Location: lax
Call #: KF7713 .V48 2013
Publisher:

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