Books from Thomson/West

  • Criminal Procedure
    Criminal Procedure
    By Wayne R. LaFave

    "Major emphasis is placed on the basic premises of criminal law, including its sources and general limitations. This Hornbook provides detailed discussion on the topics of responsibility, justification and excuse,...

  • Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions
    Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions
    By District Judges Association, Sixth Circuit. Committee on Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions

    Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions

  • Cases and Materials on Criminal Law
    Cases and Materials on Criminal Law
    By Joshua Dressler

    Premised on the belief that criminal law is an exciting subject to learn and teach, this popular casebook provides a balanced and creative overview of classic and modern criminal law...

  • Eyewitness Testimony: Strategies and Tactics
    Eyewitness Testimony: Strategies and Tactics
    By William Carroll

    Eyewitness Testimony: Strategies and Tactics

  • Federal Administrative Law
    Federal Administrative Law
    By Gary Lawson

    This book provides an in-depth treatment of the basic principles that govern federal administrative action. The Third Edition retains the prior editions' strong doctrinal orientation, straightforward organization and presentation, historical...

  • Products Liability Law
    Products Liability Law
    By David G. Owen

    This hornbook delves into the expanding field of products liability law. It focuses on the major issues of products liability law, addressing them in a clear, comprehensive manner. The book...

  • Products Liability in a Nutshell
    Products Liability in a Nutshell
    By Jerry J. Phillips, David G. Owen

    Fast, reliable source on products liability. This authoritative summary shows how a rule is applied and its rationale; addresses procedure and strategy questions; and discusses common-sense issues. In addition, this...

  • Principles of Wills, Trusts, and Estates
    Principles of Wills, Trusts, and Estates
    By William M. McGovern, Sheldon F. Kurtz

    This book covers recent cases and secondary literature. Reflecting the current trend to globalization, it also includes a discusssion of comparative law. The book emphasizes the lawyer's role as drafter...

  • Closely Held Business Organizations: Cases, Materials, and Problems
    Closely Held Business Organizations: Cases, Materials, and Problems
    By Douglas K. Moll, Robert A. Ragazzo

    Closely Held Business Organizations: Cases, Materials, and Problems

  • The Law of Securities Regulation
    The Law of Securities Regulation
    By Thomas Lee Hazen

    The Fifth Edition of Professors Hazen's Hornbook has been revised to reflect the SEC's offering reform introduced in late 2005 and also recent Supreme Court developments. Professor Hazen's Hornbook now...

  • Litigation Road: The Story of Campbell V. State Farm
    Litigation Road: The Story of Campbell V. State Farm
    By Jeffrey W. Stempel

    This text examines the 25-year case that began as an auto accident and concluded by making constitutional law. It produced both a hotly contested negligence trial and a pathbreaking insurance...

  • Cases and Materials on Equitable Remedies, Restitution, and Damages
    Cases and Materials on Equitable Remedies, Restitution, and Damages
    By Robert N. Leavell

    Cases added include the Jones v. Clinton contempt case; a rescission case involving Jesse "The Body" Ventura; and an Internet right of privacy case involving videotapes of Pamela Anderson Lee...

  • Trial: Advocacy Before Judges, Jurors, and Arbitrators
    Trial: Advocacy Before Judges, Jurors, and Arbitrators
    By Roger S. Haydock, John O. Sonsteng

    Trial: Advocacy Before Judges, Jurors, and Arbitrators

  • The Law of Federal Income Taxation
    The Law of Federal Income Taxation
    By Joshua David Rosenberg, Dominic L. Daher

    This treatise provides expert guidance to law students and practitioners alike on this increasingly complex area of the law. It provides up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of pertinent provisions of the Internal...

  • Employment Discrimination Law: Cases and Materials on Equality in the Workplace
    Employment Discrimination Law: Cases and Materials on Equality in the Workplace
    By Robert Belton

    Employment Discrimination Law: Cases and Materials on Equality in the Workplace

  • Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution
    Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution
    By Randy James Holland, Nicholas Addison Phillips Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, Eric Stockdale

    Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution

  • Corporate Finance: Cases and Materials. Supplement
    Corporate Finance: Cases and Materials. Supplement
    By Thomas Lee Hazen, Jerry W. Markham

    Corporate Finance: Cases and Materials. Supplement

  • Substantive Criminal Law: Sections 1.1 to 8.4
    Substantive Criminal Law: Sections 1.1 to 8.4
    By Austin Wakeman Scott, Wayne R. LaFave

    Substantive Criminal Law: Sections 1.1 to 8.4

  • Cases and Materials on Federal Courts
    Cases and Materials on Federal Courts
    By Michael L. Wells, Larry W. Yackle, William P. Marshall

    The distinctive feature of this Federal Courts casebook, and the main difference between this and other Federal Courts books, is its systematic focus on remedial issues, especially the range of...

  • Arbitration in a Nutshell
    Arbitration in a Nutshell
    By Thomas E. Carbonneau

    The Nutshell on Arbitration Law is a concentrated summary of all the major aspects of the U.S. law of arbitration. It addresses the major facets of the law---for example, freedom...