Carolina Academic Press

Cheerleading and the law; risk management strategies.

Herb Appenzeller (sport management, emeritus, Guilford College), Mueller (exercise and sport science, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Elizabeth Appenzeller, a cheerleading coach, outline methods for developing risk management plans in cheerleading to lessen injuries and subsequent lawsuits. Aimed at all associated with the sport, the volume is meant to provide guidelines for a safe environment at every level. History and types of teams are covered, followed by a discussion of injuries and specific cases, as well as those related to mascots. Risk management strategies are then detailed. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Children and juvenile justice.

This legal casebook on juvenile justice in the United States was structured by the authors (both of the U. of Houston Law Center) so as to address theory, practice, and ethics. It quotes liberally from Supreme Court decisions in order to provide their full import and flavor to students and also uses Institute of Judicial Administration — American Bar Association Standards freely, as the authors consider them still the best source for best practices. Cases and statutes from many states have been included in an effort to make the volume a national casebook. Seven chapters cover the juvenile court system in the United States; the Supreme Court's constitutional domestication of the juvenile court; right to counsel in juvenile court; juvenile delinquency proceedings; constitutional restraints on practices in juvenile correctional facilities; status offenders (incorrigibles, ungovernables, waywards, truants, miscreants, and youth in need of supervision); and waiver and blended, determinate, and extended jurisdiction sentencing. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Comparative human rights law; v.1: Expression, association, religion,

This book is intended to introduce American law students to variations in approaches to human rights in several of the more important legal systems of the world, including India, Japan, Europe, and the US. Weisburd (law, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) compares the structure of the legal systems in these countries along with those in the US and presents cases in a select group of first generation rights that address civil and political protections: freedom of expression and association and rights regarding government interaction with religion. This is the first of two volumes; v.2 (ISBN 978-1-59460-441-6) addresses issues related to detention, prosecution and capital punishment. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Comparative human rights law; v.2: Detention, prosecution, capital punishment.

Weisburd (law, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) provides a reference for students in the US on human rights law, with an emphasis in this volume on comparing laws on detention, prosecution, and capital punishment in different countries. After describing the structure of legal systems in Japan, Europe, and India, he cites cases in the countries and in the US on habeas corpus and the death penalty, and criminal procedure, considering three issues in this area: the right to counsel, the right against self-incrimination, and the limitations the police have in interrogation. This is the second of two volumes; v.1 (ISBN 978-1-59460-199-6) covers issues related to expression, association and religion. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Criminal procedure; a worldwide study, 2d ed.

The second edition of this textbook on criminal procedure around the world has been expanded to include sections on Egypt and Mexico, and to reflect changes in other countries as well. Bradley (Indiana U. School of Law) has edited this massive work which looks at police procedures, court procedures and the appeal process in countries as legally diverse as Argentina, China, Canada and the United States. This is an indispensable resource for law students, attorneys and anyone involved with international law. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Environmental enforcement; cases and materials.

This legal casebook by Mintz (Nova Southeastern U. Shepard Broad Law Center), Rechtschaffen (Golden Gate U. School of Law), and Kuehn (U. of Alabama School of Law) is devoted exclusively to environmental enforcement issues in the United States and is intended to expose students to the full range of legal issues and practical challenges faced in handling enforcement cases. It covers government investigation and information gathering; administrative, civil, criminal, and citizen enforcement; and liability for contaminated waste sites. It also examines policy issues such as the theories underlying models of environmental enforcement; the appropriate roles of federal and state governments in enforcement; the growing use of compliance incentives and assistance programs in lieu of traditional enforcement activities; and other alternative enforcement strategies such as permit bars, spotlighting techniques, and common law remedies. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Federal income tax; a problem-solving approach; cases and materials.

Two professors from the Quinnipiac University School of Law explain the basic income tax calculation formula without examining in detail every single IRS inclusion, exclusion, deduction, and credit. The law textbook also describes the federal legislative and administrative process, illustrates how to interpret statutes and court rulings, and culminates with transactional problems that integrate multiple law sources. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The fundamentals of federal taxation; problems and materials.

Miller (U. of Idaho College of Law) and Maine (U. of Maine College of Law) provide a text for students on the basics of federal taxation in the US, with specific case examples and rulings. They first cover the overall structure of the federal income tax, then major topics: gains and losses from property; real estate, intellectual property, business entity, international, estate and gift, and family taxation; tax consequences of litigation; deferred compensation; and tax practice and procedure, with an emphasis on planning. They outline underlying policies as well as deviations from general principles. The text is intended for use with selected sections of the Internal Revenue Code and the federal tax regulations. Each chapter is designed for one or two class sessions. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Genetic technologies and the law; cases and materials.

This law school text focuses on the evolving and prospective role of genetic science in US law. Together with their own discussion, the authors (all of the U. of Washington School of Law) include judicial opinions from federal and state courts and a broad range of materials, including statutes; administrative regulations; proposed federal and state legislation; professional medical guidelines; public policy statements and advisory opinions; and analysis and commentary from the relevant legal, medical, and scientific scholarship. Following a brief historical overview of the science of genetics, chapters cover rights, duties, and liabilities pertinent to access to and disclosure of genetic information; genetic discrimination in the workplace; genetic discrimination in health care; legal issues in genetics research involving human subjects; commercialization of genetic tests and products; clinical applications of genetic testing and legal liability; intellectual property and regulatory issues for agricultural biotechnology; genetics in the courtroom; and the past, present, and future of genetics and public health. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The highway revolution, 1895-1925; how the United States got out of the mud.

Holley (history, Duke U.) has written a history of the creation of a major American business: the highway construction industry. In the short span of time between the 1890s and the mid-1920s, an industry that barely existed grew to become one of the nation's biggest. The book discusses technological developments that occurred in the evolution of road building, financing the massive cost of construction, and the nuts and bolts issues of estimating costs and materials requirements. The book will attract readers with an interest in U.S. transportation history. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Investigating the Russian mafia; an introduction for students, law enforcement, and international business.

Serio (the only American to work in the Organized Crime Control Department of the former Soviet police and later the head the Moscow office of Kroll Associates, a corporate investigation and business intelligence firm) presents an introduction to organized crime in Russia. He begins the volume by addressing issues of language and statistics, including definitions of "mafia," influences on media reporting about Russian organized crime, and measurement of criminal groups. He then discusses long-term structural issues that influence the characteristics of organized crime in Russia, followed by examination of the relationship between criminal organizations, business, and law enforcement in the struggle for power and property that arose in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Mastering bankruptcy.

Kuney (law, U. of Tennessee College of Law) presents a practical guide to Title 11 of the United States Code, discussing the purpose and practical effect of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as a supplement to law school texts. Each chapter provides a starting summary and an ending review of key concepts, and a chapter-by-chapter checklist at the end of the book reinforces topics and helps to identify areas for a student's further review. The title is peppered throughout with cases and statutes, and is intended to complement law school textbooks on the topic. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Mastering criminal law.

In this text for law students, Podgor (Stetson U. College of Law) et al. provide a concise and clearly-organized overview of criminal law that includes the elements and definitions of specific crimes — homicide, rape, assault and battery, theft, criminal enterprises, accomplice liability, solicitation, attempt, and conspiracy — and statutory interpretation, sentencing, and types of defenses. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Mastering products liability.

Designed for law students (including those in basic torts classes) but also usable as a quick reference, this volume covers negligence, strict liability and warranty claims in depth, focusing on current issues, but does not neglect foundational issues or development of this area of study and practice. Eades (law, U. of Louisville School of Law) provides road maps for each of his major topics, covering negligence (including res ipsa loquitur and failure to use reasonable care), strict liability in tort (including tests for unreasonable danger and proof problems), warranty (including express and implied), misrepresentation, parties, manufacture, design, warnings, causation, defenses, and damages. He also provides checklists for each chapter so students can pinpoint subjects they need to study more, and a set of additional proof problems for practice. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The sign of the witch; modernity and the pagan revival.

Waldron (anthropology and history, U. of Ballarat, Australia) has reworked his doctoral dissertation, written during the 1980s, for the series on ritual practices. He traces the history of modern paganism from the 17th century to the 21st, devoting much attention to Gerald Gardner and Wicca, the best known and perhaps most widely practiced version. In particular, he shows how practices have changed to reflect evolving ideas about paganism both within the movement and in Western society at large. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

U.S. international tax planning and policy; including cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Thompson (The Penn State Dickinson School of Law) addresses the provisions of the US Internal Revenue Code that govern the economic activities of foreign persons (inbound transactions), the foreign economic activities of US persons (outbound transactions), and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He covers bilateral tax treaties, US taxation of US source passive income received by nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, US taxation of US source personal service income of nonresident aliens, the organization and operation by foreign persons of US entities, the organization and operation of foreign branches by US persons, the organization of foreign corporations by US persons, the treatment of dividends paid by foreign corporations to US corporate shareholders, transactions between commonly controlled entities, the imputation rules that apply to certain US-owned foreign corporations, the exception to the deferral principle for controlled foreign corporations and passive foreign investment companies, domestic taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, taxable sale or liquidation of a foreign controlled US subsidiary, and inbound and outbound cross-border tax-free mergers and acquisitions. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Workers' compensation practice for paralegals.

Designed for use by paralegals and other legal professionals who work under the direction of lawyers, this practical guidebook includes a comprehensive range of sample documents and case checklists. The authors, both practitioners, overview worker's compensation laws as they apply to paralegal practice and cover the determination of compensable claims, evaluation and acceptance of cases, claim filing, requests for relief and responses, medical records and evidence, investigation, catastrophic injuries and death claims, mediation and hearings. The authors also include information on complex cases such as those involving workers' compensation Medicare set-aside arrangements and cases in which the employers or insurance carrier has gone bankrupt. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)