Books from Vandeplas Pub
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The Practice of Tort Law
By Nelson P. Miller, Paul T. Sorensen, Karen L. ChadwickThe authors designed this book on current education research.
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Tort Law: The American and Louisiana Perspectives, Second Edition 2012
By Frank L. Maraist, John M. Church, William R. CorbettThis book invites the reader to both study tort law and consider the differences and similarities between the common law states and a state that has a civil code and views the role of the courts and the legislature somewhat differently.
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The Anatomy of Litigation in Louisiana Courts: Legislation, Cases, Comments and Problems
By Frank L. MaraistThis book is the result of forty years of teaching a course in Evidence at the law school level, and serving as a trial attorney and district judge and as a leader in Evidence studies with other lawyers and judges.
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Entrepreneurial Practice: Enterprise Skills for Lawyers Serving Emerging Client Populations
By Michael J. Dunn, Nelson P. Miller, John D. CraneLaw is at once increasingly broad and increasingly specialized.
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A Lexicon of Three U.S. Constitutional Provisions
By Richard H. W. MaloyThis book has, of course, been written for lawyers, but also for those many laymen who have expressed to the author, an interest in those often considered, but seldom completely understood, terms so often used in American jurisprudence.
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Educating Lawyers Now and Then: An Essay Comparing the 2007 and 1914 Carnegie Foundation Reports on Legal Education
By James Maxeiner, Josef RedlichThis essay, "Educating lawyers now and then" critically compares the two reports.
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Principles of Contract Law
By Kevin S. Marshall, Juanda Lowder DanielThe text addresses the traditional common law principles governing contracts, and yet is accompanied by a steadied discussion of relevant commercial law principles pertaining to the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial ...
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Tort Law: The American and Louisiana Perspectives
By John M. ChurchThe primary objective of this work is a study of tort law in the United States and Louisiana.
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Criminal Procedure: The Investigative Process, Second Edition
By David S. RudsteinThe book consists entirely of edited cases decided by the United States Supreme Court and focuses upon the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, the limitations placed upon identification procedures and ...
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Louisiana Law of Sale and Lease: Cases and Materials, First Edition 2012
By Nadia E. Nedzel, David GruningHe is co-author of the volume of the Louisiana Civil Law Treatise on Sale (forthcoming) (with Dian Tooley-Knoblett) and of The Louisiana Law of Sale and Lease: a Precis (2d ed. 2011) (with Alain Levasseur).
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Elder Law
By Mike E. JorgensenThe first chapter of this book introduces basic demographics about our elderly, in order to establish an understanding of the aging population.
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Diversity Realized: Putting the Walk with the Talk for Diversity in the Legal Profession
By Sarah E. Redfield"Professor Redfield illustrates in this book how underrepresented minority students are underperforming from first grade through high school and college, not because they are not capable of doing better, but because of the constraints of ...
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Mobilizing the Press: Defending the First Amendment in the Supreme Court
By Eric B. EastonThe book shows that the Court has consistently ruled in favor of the press's interpretation of the First Amendment on publishing issues such as prior restraints, libel, and privacy, but has not been persuaded that the First Amendment ...
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Taxation of Intellectual Property
By Daniel W. MatthewsThis book builds upon the "core concepts" introduced in a basic income tax course, such as capitalization, depreciation/amortization, and characterization of income/loss, by specifically addressing their application to intellectual property ...
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Law Against Liberty: The Criminalization of Dissent
By Jeff ShantzBased on contributions from engaged scholars, many of whom have direct, first-hand experience in the protests that they analyze, this book offers the most extensive and diverse examination of dissent and its criminalization in contemporary ...
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Family Law in Louisiana
By John Randall Trahan, Katherine Shaw SpahtAbout the authors: Katherine Shaw Spaht is the Jules F. and Frances L. Landry Professor of Law (Emeritus) and former Vice Chancellor (1990-1992) at Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
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International Procurement and Electronic Commerce in the South Pacific: Law and Practice
By Mohammed L. Ahmadu"This book discusses the relationship between the theory, law, and practice of international procurement contracts in the Pacific island countries of Fuji, Kiribati, Samoa, and Vanuatu"--P. 1.
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Unilateral Effects from Mergers of Firms Offering Differentiated Products: Australia and the United States Compared
By Deirdre L. HayThis book considers how courts and regulatory agencies in Australia and in the US can and should assess mergers of firms which produce products or services differentiated in the minds of consumers from other products or services. (Most if ...
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Comparative Perspective in International Conventions, the United States and Iran
By Sanaz AlastiThis book examines which kinds of punishments constitute cruel and unusual, whether these punishments are inherently cruel and unusual, excessive, disproportionate, or unnecessary to society, or inflicted arbitrary.
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Drafting Wills and Trusts
By Lucy a. MarshThis book explains how to do the special, thoughtful drafting required by anyone who truly cares about distribution of property, care of elderly parents, guardians for young children, or care for pets after the owner is gone.