Books from Thomson/West

  • Cases and Materials on Arbitration Law and Practice
    By Thomas E. Carbonneau

    Recognized as the leading text on arbitration, Carbonneau's Cases and Materials reflects years of teaching arbitration at U.S. law schools and international law faculties, like McGill and Queen Mary College,...

  • A Possessory Estates and Future Interests Primer
    By Peter T. Wendel

    This book teaches the rules, gives students an analytical methodology to approach the rules, and provides adequate opportunity for students to apply the rules to problems. Students read the material...

  • An Introduction to the Law of Business Organizations: Cases, Notes and Questions
    By Stephen B. Presser

    The new edition will explore recent developments in the Delaware Corporate law that further define the fiduciary responsibility of officers and directors, the continuing academic controversy over for whose benefit...

  • Principles of Tort Law
    By Marshall S. Shapo

    Clear and concise summary on the rules courts use to solve questions. To enhance understanding, this text explains the reasoning and policies underlying the rules. Professor Shapo selects colorful examples...

  • Evidence: The California Code and the Federal Rules : a Problem Approach
    By Miguel A. Mendez

    Uses transcripts of witness examination to help students visualize the process of presenting and objecting to evidence, and to help them understand the rules in practice as well as in...

  • Insurance Law in a Nutshell
    By John F. Dobbyn

    Reliable source on the fundamentals of insurance law covers topics such as insurable interest, risk, insurer defenses, waiver and estoppel, recovery, subrogation, reinsurance, and bonds. In addition, expert analysis provides...

  • Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination Law
    By Michael C. Harper, Samuel Estreicher

    This law school casebook presents updated materials on employment discrimination law. The book provides a text for a comprehensive course on substantive and procedural law, including in depth analysis of...

  • Remedies: Public and Private
    By David I. Levine

    The authors have added problems to many sections of the text, for use as written assignments or as the basis for oral discussion. The private law subjects, including restitution, are...

  • California Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials
    By David I. Levine, William R. Slomanson

    California Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials

  • Family Law
    By Harry D. Krause, David D. Meyer

    Nature of Marriage and Marital Contracts; Marriage Requisites and Common Law Marriage; Cohabitation Without Marriage -- Heterosexual, Relationships and Same-Sex Unions; Husband and Wife; Divorce -- Status Issues; Divorce --...

  • An Invitation to Family Law: Principles, Process, and Perspectives
    By Margaret F. Brinig, Carl Schneider

    Invitation to Family Law contains such materials as briefs, literary treatments of marriage, divorce, and parenting, and simulated case files from families involved in the social service system. This work...

  • Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics
    By Barry R. Furrow

    A spin-off publication of Health Law: Cases, Materials & Problems, 5th Edition, this casebook considers several subjects related to interdisciplinary health care decision-making issues, including research upon human subjects and...

  • Corporations and Other Business Enterprises: Cases and Materials
    By Thomas Lee Hazen, Jerry W. Markham

    This law school casebook is designed for use in a variety of corporations and business organizations courses. The unabridged edition contains material that makes it suitable for use in advanced...

  • Federal Income Taxation: Cases, Problems, and Materials
    By Joel S. Newman

    This casebook has helped law students learn about income taxation for a decade, presenting the material in an engaging, appealing, and humorous format. This book introduces students to many of...

  • Federal Income Taxation of Individuals: Cases, Problems & Materials
    By Samuel A. Donaldson

    One law school professor called the First Edition "the best book I have ever used!" The new Second Edition of this popular law school text continues its innovative "building-block" format,...

  • Mastering the Law School Exam: A Practical Blueprint for Preparing and Taking Law School Exams
    By Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus

    "This publication is designed to provide students with a knowledgeable, reasonable, and rational voice to navigate the intricacies of law school exams. It offers a practical rather than theoretical approach,...

  • Law School Success in a Nutshell: A Guide to Studying Law and Taking Law School Exams
    By Ann M. Burkhart, Robert A. Stein

    This product answers questions you may have as you begin your legal studies. It also explains and gives examples of the best methods for studying and for taking exams, providing...

  • Civil Procedure
    By Kevin M. Clermont

    Highlights various interpretations of cases and how they relate to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Enhances understanding of the complex federal rules and their practical applications to concrete factual...

  • Law Practice Management: Materials and Cases
    By Gary A. Munneke

    This casebook introduces students to practice management skills involving a variety of issues, including formation of the firm, development of a marketing plan, hiring and retaining staff, setting up a...

  • Ethical Lawyering: Legal and Professional Responsibilities in the Practice of Law
    By Paul T. Hayden

    "Ethical Lawyering retains the strengths of the first two editions, with a continued focus on the complexities of the law and ethics rules governing lawyers as reflected in the modern...