Law At The Cutting Edge

This collection celebrates the immense contribution of Sarah Worthington to the field of private law. Defining the subject broadly, experts from the judiciary and the academy address contemporary challenges arising in the fields of agency, company law and insolvency, contract law, equity, the law of money, personal property, restitution and unjust enrichment. The breadth of the contributors' expertise and their willingness to offer innovative and insightful solutions to difficult problems perfectly mirror Sarah Worthington's rigorous and inspirational approach to private law scholarship.

This Element explores Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its potential application to the field of public administration. It proposes specific areas within the field where a CRT framework would help to uncover and rectify structural and institutional racism. This is paramount given the high priority that the field places on social equity, the third pillar of public administration. If there is a desire to achieve social equity and justice, systematic, structural racism needs to be addressed and confronted directly. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is one example of the urgency and significance of applying theories from a variety of disciplines to the study of racism in public administration.

This up-to-the-minute casebook contains edited cases decided upon as recently as June 29, 1992. This book updates changes in the law and provides readers with the opportunity to explore edited cases in an expanded format. Cases were selected for timeliness, impact, coherence, and diversity. While most cases were handed down by the United States Supreme Court, all levels of judicial review, including state and federal appellate courts, are represented.

An Interdisciplinary Approach Criminal Law provides students with an integrated framework for understanding the U.S. criminal justice system with a diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary approach and thematic focus. Authors Katheryn Russell-Brown and Angela J. Davis go beyond the law and decisions in court cases to consider and integrate issues of race, gender, and socio-economic status with their discussion of criminal law. Material from the social sciences is incorporated to highlight the intersection between criminal law and key social issues. Case excerpts and detailed case summaries, used to highlight important principles of criminal law, are featured throughout the text. The coverage is conceptual and practical, showing students how the criminal law applies in the “real world”—not just within the pages of a textbook.

An essential resource for practitioners, planning professionals, and students, this book provides information and insight into current issues affecting land use law. A compilation of the most recent Section of State and Local Government Law committee reports from The Urban Lawyer, this book covers a wide range of issues: Second Amendment jurisprudence regulation of fracking the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act municipal estoppel zoning and elder care facilities Kelo and the Keystone Pipeline comprehensive planning law condemnation law zoning ordinances as void for vagueness"

This cutting-edge book invites readers to rethink environmental law and its critical role in ensuring a sustainable future for all. Illustrating narratives of successful developments in environmental law, contributors draw out key lessons and practices for effective reform and highlight opportunities by which we can respond to environmental challenges facing the planet.