American law yearbook 2012 : a guide to the year's major legal cases and developments / [Jeffrey Wilson, project editor].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Jeffrey, 1971- 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, 319 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

012th ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2013.

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; Affirmative Action; Arbitration; Assisted Suicide; Automobiles; Bankruptcy; Banks And Banking; Campaign Finance; Canons Of Construction; Capital Punishment; Child Custody; Civil Rights; Collective Bargaining; Congress Of The United States; Copyright; Corporations; Criminal Procedure; Defamation; Double Jeopardy; Drugs And Narcotics

In Focus Is America Headed Toward Legalized Recreational Use of MarijuanaDue Process; Election Law; Employment Law; Environmental Law; Equal Protection; Establishment Clause; Ethics; Expert Testimony; Family Law; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Courts; Federal Question; Fifth Amendment; First Amendment; Foreclosure; Fourteenth Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Fraud; Freedom Of Information Act; Freedom Of Religion; Freedom Of Speech; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Habeas Corpus; Harmless Error; Health Insurance; Health Law; Homicide; Immigration; Immunity; Insider Trading; Interpreters

Involuntary ManslaughterJudgment; Jurisdiction; Juvenile Law; Labor Unions; Lawyers; Legal Education; Libel; Limitations; Medicaid; Military Law; Murder; In Focus The Controversy Over 'Stand Your Ground' Laws; Pardon; Patents; Plea Bargain; Political Question; Polygamy; Ponzi Scheme; Preemption; Presidential Powers; Prisoners' Rights; Privacy; Privilege; Real Estate; Restitution; Second Amendment; Sentencing; Sex Offenses; Social Security Act; Sovereign Immunity; Sovereignty; Sports Law; Statute Of Limitations; Taxation; Telecommunications; Terrorism; Tobacco; Tort Law; Unjust Enrichment

U.S. Supreme CourtVoting; Workers Compensation; Appendix; Abortion; Banks and Banking; Murder; Bibliography; Arbitration; Abortion; Affirmative Action; Campaign Finance; Assisted Suicide; Automobiles; Canons Of Construction; Bankruptcy; Capital Punishment; Banks And Banking; Corporations; Child Custody; Civil Rights; Criminal Procedure; Collective Bargaining; Congress Of The United States; Copyright; Defamation; Double Jeopardy; Drugs And Narcotics; Due Process; Election Law; Employment Law; Equal Protection; Environmental Law; Establishment Clause; Ethics; Expert Testimony; Fifth Amendment

Family LawFederal Communications Commission; First Amendment; Federal Courts; Federal Question; Fourth Amendment; Foreclosure; Fourteenth Amendment; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Fraud; Freedom Of Information Act; Freedom Of Religion; Freedom Of Speech; Habeas Corpus; Harmless Error; Health Insurance; Health Law; Homicide; Immigration; Insider Trading; Immunity; Interpreters; Involuntary Manslaughter; Judgment; Lawyers; Jurisdiction; Legal Education; Juvenile Law; Labor Unions; Libel; Limitations; Murder; Medicaid; Pardon; Military Law; Patents; Political Question; Polygamy; Ponzi Scheme

Preemption

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:

9781410337436

141033743X

9781414499420

1414499426

OCLC:

815668952