American law yearbook 2008 / Jeffrey Wilson, project editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jeffrey, author.

Contributor:

Wilson, Jeffrey, 1971- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

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 (xii, 302 pages) : photos

Edition:

008th ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2009.

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; Acknowledgments; Age Discrimination; Agriculture Department; Arbitration; Armed Robbery; Attorney General; Attorney; In Focus The Virtual Lawyer and the Ethics of Law Blogs; Capital Punishment; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Civil Rights; Class Action; Commerce Clause; Copyright; Corruption; Court; Criminal Conspiracy; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Discrimination; Drugs And Narcotics; Education; Eighth Amendment; Elder Law; Elections; In Focus Internet Becomes a Major Medium During 2008 Campaign; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law

Environmental LawIn Focus All Things Green; ERISA; Espionage; Exclusionary Doctrine; Executive Privilege; False Claims Act; FCC; FDA; First Amendment; Fraud; Freedom Of Religion; Freedom Of Speech; Gambling; In Focus States Continue to Look to Gambling to Solve Budget Woes; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Habeas Corpus; Identity Theft; Immigration; In Focus Illegal Immigration Woes; Insurance; International Law; Jury; Legal Aid; Lewdness; Magistrate; Malicious Prosecution; Malpractice; Mccain, John; Medicare; Mergers And Acquisitions; Money Laundering; Mortgage; Mukasey, Michael B.; Murder

Native American RightsObama, Barack; Paralegal; Patents; Perjury; Preemption; Privacy; Product Liability; Prostitution; Public Utilities; Punitive Damages; Railroads; Recall; Reparation; RICO; Riparian Rights; Second Amendment; Securities; Sentencing; Sex Offenses; Sexual Abuse; Sixth Amendment; Sovereign Immunity; Sports Law; Statute Of Limitations; Taxation; Terrorism; Tobacco/Preemption; Torture; Voting Rights; Wiretapping; Bibliography; Appendix; Agriculture Law; Copyright; Freedom of Speech; Terrorism; Glossary Of Legal Terms; Abbreviations; Table Of Cases Cited

Index by Name and Subject

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:

9781410337399

1410337391

9781414437484

141443748X

OCLC:

375319514