American Law Yearbook

Publisher Gale

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eBook

2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Publisher

Gale

Volume

Copyright

2015

ISBN13

9781573022248

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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American Law Yearbook Series
Overview

American Law Yearbook gathers together the top legal stories of the previous year, discussed in concise entries written by legal experts. Contents include the U.S. Supreme Court docket as well as important lower court decisions and interesting cases in the public eye, in addition to biographies of notable legal figures.
Features & Benefits

All entries in this volume are new to the series.
What's New

High school and above, public libraries.
Preface.
Abortion.
Adoption.
Affirmative Action.
Age Discrimination.
Aid and Abet.
Appeal.
Arbitration.
Bankruptcy.
Campaign Finance.
Capital Punishment.
Child Custody.
Child Pornography.
Civil Procedure.
Class Action.
Clean Air Act.
Constitutional Law.
Consumer Credit.
In Focus: Credit Card Fraud and U.S. Reluctance to Convert to Safer Technology.
Copyright.
Corruption.
Courts.
Criminal Law.
Criminal Procedure.
Discrimination.
Drugs and Narcotics.
In Focus: Changing Public and Legal Attitudes Toward Marijuana.
Eighth Amendment.
Embezzlement.
Employment Law.
Environmental Law.
Equal Protection.
ERISA.
Espionage.
Establishment Clause.
False Advertising.
Family Law.
Federal Communications Commission.
Federal Courts.
Fifth Amendment.
First Amendment.
Food and Drug Administration.
Fourth Amendment.
Fraud.
Freedom of Information Act.
Freedom of Religion.
Gambling.
Gay and Lesbian Rights.
Gender Discrimination.
Gun Control.
Habeas Corpus.
Health Care.
Immigration.
Immunity.
Jurisdiction.
Juvenile Law.
Labor Law.
Legal Education.
Manslaughter.
Military Law.
Murder.
National Security.
In Focus: NSA Phone Surveillance: Privacy Versus National Security.
Native American Rights.
Negligence.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patents.
Practice of Law.
Preemption.
Prisoners' Rights.
Privacy.
In Focus: The Evolving Concept of Privacy in the 21st Century.
Real Estate.
Restitution.
Right to Counsel.
Search and Seizure.
Second Amendment.
Securities.
Sentencing.
Separation of Powers.
Sex Offenses.
Sexual Harassment.
Sovereign Immunity.
Sports Law.
Statute of Limitations.
Taxation.
Terrorism.
Third Amendment.
Venue.
Voting Rights Act.
Whistleblower.
In Focus: Whistleblowers and the Government: Heroes or Traitors?.
Wrongful Death.
Bibliography.
Glossary.
Abbreviations.
Table of Cases Cited.
Index by Name and Subject.
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