American law yearbook 2011 / [Jeffrey Wilson, project editor].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jeffrey, author.

Contributor:

Wilson, Jeffrey, 1971- editor.

Series:

Gale virtual reference library.

Gale virtual reference library

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, 310 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

011th ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2012.

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; Adoption; Affirmative Action; Arbitration; Automobiles; Bankruptcy; Banks And Banking; Capital Punishment; Civil Rights; Class Action; Consumer Protection; Contract; Courts; Criminal Law; Department Of The Treasury; DNA Evidence; Drugs And Narcotics; Due Process; Education Law; Election Law; Email; Employment Discrimination; Environmental Law; ERISA

Establishment ClauseEthics; Federal Communications Commission; Federal Preemption; First Amendment; Foreclosure; Fourth Amendment; Fraud; Freedom Of Information Act; Freedom Of Speech; Gambling; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Habeas Corpus; Health Care; Immigration; Immunity; Impeachment; International Law; Internet; Jurisdiction; Juvenile Law; Labor Law; Medicine; Military Law; Murder; Native American Rights; Obstruction Of Justice; Parole; Patents; Preemption; Prisoners' Rights; Privacy; Religion; Right To Counsel; Riparian Rights; Second Amendment

In Focus Gun Control and Mental Illness Disqualification in the Aftermath of the 2011 Tucson ShootingsSection 1983; Securities; Sentencing; Sex Offenses; Sexual Harassment; Sixth Amendment; Social Security Act; Sovereign Immunity; Speedy Trial; Sports Law; Statute Of Limitations; Taxation; Telecommunications; Tenth Amendment; Terrorism; Tort Law; U.S. Supreme Court; Voting Rights Act; Whistleblower; White Collar Crime; Appendix; Discrimination; First Amendment; Sentencing; Bibliography; Adoption; Bankruptcy; Arbitration; Banks And Banking; Capital Punishment; Consumer Protection; Civil Rights

ContractClass Action; Courts; Criminal Law; Due Process; Department Of The Treasury; Education Law; Dna Evidence; Drugs And Narcotics; Email; Employment Discrimination; Environmental Law; Election Law; Federal Preemption; Erisa; Establishment Clause; First Amendment; Ethics; Federal Communications Commission Dna Evidence; Foreclosure; Fourth Amendment; Freedom Of Speech; Fraud; Gambling; Gay And Lesbian Rights; Freedom Of Information Act; Immigration; Habeas Corpus; Health Care; Immunity; Impeachment; International Law; Jurisdiction; Internet; Military Law; Juvenile Law; Murder; Labor Law

MedicineNative American Rights; Obstruction Of Justice; Parole; Preemption; Patents; Prisoners' Rights; Privacy; Religion; Second Amendment; Right To Counsel; Section 1983; Riparian Rights; Sentencing; Securities; Sex Offenses; Social Security Act; Sexual Harassment; Sovereign Immunity; Sixth Amendment; Speedy Trial; Sports Law; Terrorism; Statute Of Limitations; Taxation; Tenth Amendment; Tort Law; Voting Rights Act; Whistleblower; U.s. Supreme Court; White Collar Crime; Veterans' Rights; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Abbreviations

Table Of Cases Cited

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:

9781410337429

1410337421

9781414463407

1414463405

OCLC:

757078870