American law yearbook 2013 : a guide to the year's major legal cases and developments / Lisa Kumar, project editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kumar, Lisa, editor.

Series:

American Law Yearbook.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States.

Law.

Law--United States--Popular works.

Justice, Administration of--United States.

Justice, Administration of.

Courts--United States.

Courts.

Lawyers--United States.

Lawyers.

Judges--United States.

Judges.

Law--Cases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 320 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Thirteenth edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Annual supplement to West's Encyclopedia of American Law that updates and expands the content with new topics, updates, biographies of prominent figures and government appointees, and other features. Each year's edition contains the full U.S. Supreme Court docket in addition to the non-Supreme Court cases.

Contents:

Front Cover ; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Features Of This Supplement; Understanding The American Legal System; Definitions; Table Of Cases Cited And Index By Name And Subject; Cross References; Citations; Appendix; Comments Welcome; Abortion; In Focus Will States be Able to Outlaw Abortion?; Admiralty And Maritime Law; Affirmative Action; Agricultural Law; Americans With Disabilities Act; Antitrust Law; Appellate Advocacy; Arbitration; Assassination; Attorney's Fees; Automobiles; Bankruptcy; Birth Control; Capital Punishment; Child Abuse; Child Custody; Civil Rights; Civil Service

Class ActionCongress Of The United States; Conspiracy; Copyright; Counterfeiting; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Debtor And Creditor; Department Of Justice; Double Jeopardy; Drugs And Narcotics; Education Law; Election Law; Electronic Surveillance; Eminent Domain; Employment Discrimination; Environmental Law; ERISA; Establishment Clause; Estate Planning; Ex Post Facto Laws; Extortion; Family Law; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Tort Claims Act; Fifth Amendment; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Fraud; Freedom Of Speech; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Gun Control

In Focus The Future of Gun Control after NewtownHabeas Corpus; Hate Crime; Immigration; International Law; Kidnapping; Labor Law; Lawyers; Limitations; Medicaid; Military Law; Murder; Patents; In Focus Courts Continually Grapple with Biotechnology Patent Issues; Plain-Error Rule; Preemption; Presidential Powers; Privacy; Privileges And Immunities; Product Liability; Search And Seizure; Second Amendment; Securities And Exchange Commission; Sentencing; Sex Offenses; Sovereign Immunity; Speedy Trial; Sports Law; Surrogate Motherhood; Taxation; Terrorism; Tobacco; Trademarks; Voting Rights Act

AppendixAbortion; Voting Rights Act; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Bibliography; Abortion; Admiralty And Maritime Law; Affirmative Action; Agricultural Law; Appellate Advocacy; Americans With Disabilities Act; Arbitration; Antitrust Law; Assassination; Bankruptcy; Attorney's Fees; Automobiles; Birth Control; Child Custody; Civil Rights; Civil Service; Capital Punishment; Class Action; Child Abuse; Conspiracy; Copyright; Congress Of The United States; Counterfeiting; Criminal Law; Debtor And Creditor; Criminal Procedure; Department Of Justice; Education Law; Double Jeopardy; Election Law

Drugs And NarcoticsElectronic Surveillance; Eminent Domain; Employment Discrimination; Environmental Law; Estate Planning; Ex Post Facto Laws; Erisa; Extortion; Establishment Clause; Family Law; First Amendment; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Tort Claims Act; Fifth Amendment; Fraud; Fourth Amendment; Freedom Of Speech; Habeas Corpus; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Gun Control; Hate Crime; Kidnapping; Immigration; Labor Law; International Law; Lawyers; Limitations; Medicaid; Murder; Military Law; Patents; Presidential Powers; Privacy; Privileges And Immunities; Plain-error Rule

Product Liability

Notes:

"ISSN 1521-0901."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9781410337443

1410337448

9781573022224

1573022225

OCLC:

864716984