The material avoids neither the hard questions nor the conceptual difficulties, leaving students with a firm understanding of partnership taxation. Each chapter begins with a basic explanation of the relevant provisions, and the roles that they play in the overall structure of Subchapter K. Includes an increasingly detailed discussion of the specific rules, including multiple illustrative ...

Manufacturer: Thomson West
Written By: Laura E.Cunningham, Noel D.Cunningham

This law school casebook is intended for use in a basic course on the substantive criminal law. The major emphasis in this casebook is upon what is usually referred to as the "general part" of the criminal law, mental state and act, responsibility, justification and excuse, inchoate crimes and liability for the conduct of another. There is also special emphasis upon the actual and potential ...

Manufacturer: Thomson West
Written By: Wayne R. Lafave

This soft cover book contains a complete, unchanged reprint of Chapters 1-10 and Chapter 14 of Dressler and Thomas' Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies and Perspectives, Third Edition. Please see that description for more about the style and approach of the book.

Manufacturer: West Group
Written By: Joshua Dressler; George C. Thomas

The methodology in Cases and Problems on Contracts started as a successful experiment. Students are forced to exercise analytic thinking prior to coming to class and master basic contracts by working problems and dissecting cases. The material employs the problem method in tandem with case dissection to develop students' interest and increase their store of knowledge. A large number of the cases ...

Manufacturer: Foundation Press / Thomson West
Written By: Joseph M. Perillo; Helen Hadjiyannakis Bender

The Tenth Edition of this popular casebook explores cutting edge issues and incorporates new Supreme Court cases that impact subject-matter jurisdiction (Grable), pleading (Twombly), joinder (Pimentel), and other important topics, and also explores the effect of recent federal statutes such as the Class Action Fairness Act. The casebook covers all of the major topics that a professor might wish to ...

Manufacturer: West
Written By: Jack H. Friedenthal, Arthur R. Miller, John E. Sexton, Helen Hershkoff

For more than two decades, Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems has defined the field of health law, providing a balanced overview of law as it affects patients, professionals, institutions, and entities that deliver and finance U.S. health care. Health Law comprehensively treats topics concerns such as the oversight of quality (including the latest developments in patient safety), cost ...

Manufacturer: West
Written By: Barry R. Furrow, Thomas L. Greaney, Sandra H. Johnson, Timothy S. Jost, Robert L. Schwartz

In order to inspire and motivate their readers, the authors have appended a selective list of student notes and comments and a chapter on techniques to help writers narrow their subjects and find theses. The authors added a section on reading for types of legal argument and an exercise to address increasing student concern over plagiarism. Includes a short section on the importance of editorial ...

Manufacturer: West
Written By: Elizabeth Fajans, Mary R. Falk

The sixth edition of this casebook continues its tradition of comprehensive analysis and coverage of immigration and citizenship. Additions and refinements include new material on the growing role of states and cities in the direct and indirect enforcement of federal immigration law, as well as a more compact treatment of asylum and the Convention Against Torture in a depth suitable for an ...

Manufacturer: Thomson West
Written By: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura

This handbook explores every aspect of the prosecutor s multiple roles, relating them to commonly encountered real-world situations, and giving pragmatic guidance for dealing with those situations. It investigates the history, theory, and philosophy of prosecution and provides the student with a conceptual framework for employing sound techniques of ethical prosecutorial advocacy. By looking at ...

Manufacturer: Thomson West
Written By: George R Dekle

Clinical neuropsychologists frequently evaluate individuals within a forensic context, and therefore must address questions regarding the possible presence of reduced effort, response bias and/or malingering. This volume offers a wide range of instructive real-world case examples involving the complex differential diagnosis where symptom exaggeration and/or malingering cloud the picture. ...

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