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The law of banking and financial institutions, 4th ed.

This work by Carnell (law, Fordham U.), Macey (corporate and securities law, Yale U.), and Miller (professor of law and director of the Center for the Study of Central Banks and Financial Institutions at New York U.) is a law school instructional text covering US banking and finance law that is aimed at students hoping to work for banks and financial institutions. Following a historical overview of the US banking system, chapters discuss establishing a bank, banking powers, geographic expansion, safety and soundness, deposit insurance, consumer protection and basic financial services, affiliations, securities, insurance, investment management, examination and enforcement, bank failure, and international banking. Although this is not a casebook, a handful of cases are typically discussed as illustrations in each chapter. Another pedagogical tool employed by the authors is the inclusion of questions and comments at the end of chapter sub-sections. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The law of intellectual property, 2d ed.

In this book meant for survey courses, Nard (law, Case Western Reserve U.) et al. use cases and problems to discuss the fundamentals of intellectual property law, covering trademark, copyright, and patent acquisition, enforcement, rights, infringement, and statutes, as well as trade secrets, and rights in ideas. Each case is followed by comments on its important aspects and various perspectives throughout chapters, which include differences in policy, in other countries, historically, and in counseling clients. Although the book focuses on the traditional areas, some discussion of theory, policy, new technologies, and issues related to cyberlaw and international aspects are addressed. This edition has new cases and comments and some reorganization. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Legal terminology.

This text/workbook is designed for an introductory course on legal terminology, and can be used as a reference for professional paralegals, legal secretaries, and court reporters. Numerous examples, drawn from real cases, relate terms and concepts to real life, and exercises reinforce understanding and use of terms. Material is in sections on practice and procedure, criminal law, traditional civil law, business law, law and the family, law and the government, and law and the legal professional. Chapter summaries, case analysis, and practice exams are included. The lack of a glossary is intentional, forcing students to review chapter content to find answers to exercise questions. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

New European approaches to long-term unemployment; what role for public employment services and what market for private stakeholders?.

Edited by Domenica (Tor Vergata U., Italy) and Spattini (U. of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy), this volume is the product of a March 2006 European Union seminar dedicated to the approaches of public employment services to long-term unemployment, particularly in terms of their experiences and performance in relation to the European Employment Guidelines targets on retraining and job search agreed to in 2003. Opening chapters discuss Europe-wide topics, including the capacity of active labor market policies to combat employment, the use of statistical profiling for targeting employment services, governance and labor market policy models, performance management and measurement techniques, and service management and personnel behavior in employment services. National experiences of public employment services are discussed for the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Spain, and Poland, and Italy. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Payment systems and other financial transactions; cases, materials, and problems, 4th ed.

Mann (law, Columbia Law School) presents an introduction for law students to various types of payment systems, including credit enhancement and letters of credit and liquidity systems. He organizes the casebook by systems rather than statutes or categories of legal doctrine. While describing concepts, he presents problems and cases that emphasize the practical aspects of payment systems and gives less attention to abstract doctrinal rules that do not affect the systems in practice. For this edition, cases have been updated to include more recent opinions. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Personal injury and the law of torts for paralegals.

This instructional guide for paralegals is devoted to personal injury cases, with a distinct focus on the medical information that must be understood in order for a tort to be prepared. Morrisette, an attorney who specializes in personal injury, describes the skills a competent personal injury paralegal must possess such as the ability to obtain and understand medical records, proficiency with legal concepts such as malpractice, negligence and discovery and thorough knowledge of Workers' Compensation laws. This textbook is designed to cover all of the relevant topics from the AAfPE Model Tort law syllabus. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

A practical introduction to paralegal studies; strategies for success, 2d ed.

An all-inclusive resource for students in the paralegal field, this textbook offers a thorough grounding in both academics and what prospective paralegals are expected to know when they enter the law office. Bouchoux (Legal Assistant Program, Georgetown U.) offers overviews of the paralegal profession and the American legal system, the specific tasks of a paralegal and the different types of law practices, and overviews of recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The author also discusses learning and study skills, research, analysis, writing, interviewing, and investigation — and provides practical advice on career development and tips for success in the workplace. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Public broadcasting and European law; a comparative examination of public service obligations in six member states.

In the face of commercial television, satellite services and the Internet, it appears that regulation of public broadcasting in EU member states is in decline. Katsirea (law, Middlesex U.) analyzes the extent to which France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom regulate public broadcasting, and how that regulation is affected by political pressures or by market ideology. She examines current "country of origin" principles and the European quota rule of the Television without Borders Directive. She also shows how the decisions of the European Court of Justice have encouraged deregulation at the national level without providing suitable protection of cultural diversity, the safety of minors, the control of advertising, media pluralism, and the fight against racial and religious discrimination. Distributed in North America by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The rule of law in Japan; a comparative analysis, 2d rev.ed.

Recommendations from Japan's Judicial Reform Council have caused significant changes in everything from labor law to freedom of religion. Therefore this edition has been completely updated to compare the results against US laws in a wide range of practice. Goodman (Japan/US comparative law, Georgetown U. Law Canter and George Washington U. School of Law) begins by explaining the roots of law in Japan and the subsequent adoption of Western legal models. He compares the constitutional ideology of the US and Japan, and explains how they differ in theory and practice, going into detail in separation of church and state, racial and ethnic discrimination, sex discrimination and the family, judicial independence and review, the legal profession, military power and responsibility, treaties, corporate law, contracts, civil litigation, criminal law, and administrative law. He closes by reviewing areas in which the systems closely align, such as in human rights. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Securization law and practice; in the face of the credit crunch.

Vries Robbé, a solicitor for a Dutch development bank, argues that the language of securitization has begun to enter into the mainstream due to the highly publicized subprime mortgage crisis and associated write-downs. Here he and practitioners, academics, and researchers seek to form a practical legal structure of securitization transactions, particularly in Europe and Asia. The address the legal issues encountered by participants in those transactions, present structure and documentation, the impact on derivatives, collateralized loan and debt obligations, noncredit risk securitization, niche transactions, securitization of managed funds, insurance securitization, whole business securitization, and micro-finance securitization. They also describe possible rules and regulatory capital standards for securitization, accounting methods and international financial reporting standards. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Tax compliance costs for companies in an enlarged European Community.

This collection of papers was prepared following the joint conference on Compliance Costs in an Enlarged European Union, held June 6-8, 2006, in Rust, Austria. Editor Lang and four contributing editors have compiled the 18 papers, which pertain to tax-related compliance costs from several perspectives. Those include the economics of the compliance costs of taxation, compliance cost considerations in recent tax reforms, compliance rules and enforcement, and the operational burden of compliance rules. Topics also include compliance costs under the separate accounting approach and methods to reduce those costs, introduction of a common European Union tax base, and defining a consolidated group under a formula apportionment system. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)