American Bar Association: 312 books
Thinking About Terrorism
The Threat to Civil Liberties in a Time of National Emergency
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2007
Written in response to Judge Richard Posner's "Not a Suicide Pact," Michael Tigar's new book examines the responses of governments throughout history to terrorist threats, including those in our own nation's history. Tigar focuses specifically on the effects of governmental action on the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
This important and ground-breaking work addresses the multiple facets of legal authority that affect our ability to fight transnational terrorism. Over the last decade, the American public has benefited from the work of many federal agencies. This book examines in detail the roles they play, the highly...
The Tech Contracts Handbook
Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
This handbook is a user-friendly reference manual and training guide on software licenses and other IT agreements, along with cloud computing issues. This handbook is for both lawyers and businesspeople, including contract managers, procurement officers, corporate counsel, salespeople, and anyone...
The Lean Law Firm
Run Your Firm like the World’s Most Efficient and Profitable Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
It's a difficult world for law firms these days. Client demands, increased competition, and the distractions of technology can put pressure on any business. Law firms who attempt to respond with "traditional" firm management practices are perhaps more susceptible than any other business...
Constitutional Law for Kids
Discovering the Rights and Privileges Granted by the U.S. Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Constitutional Law for Kids is a fun, interactive exploration of the rights and privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Each chapter includes an analysis of a constitutional law topic, along with the facts of actual Supreme Court cases, vocabulary words, and questions that can...
Supreme Ambitions
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2014
Supreme Ambitions details the rise of Audrey Coyne, a recent Yale Law School graduate who dreams of clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court someday. Audrey moves to California to clerk for Judge Christina Wong Stinson, a highly regarded appeals-court judge who is Audrey’s ticket to a Supreme Court clerkship....
The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance
And Other Real Laws that Human Beings Actually Dreamed Up
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Here's a collection of wacky written laws where each one was actually thought up by real human beings who then decided after writing it down and upon further reflection that yes, this would be a good rule that everybody should follow. You'll find more than 200 unusual, bizarre, and absurd laws. Above...
Trying Cases to Win
In One Volume
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book is an insightful study in trial psychology, an instruction manual about how to make your arguments resonate in the courtroom, and an examination of what made some of the greatest trial lawyers of our time so effective.Law school will teach you the law and how to form an argument, but this book...
by Carol Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Grab your popcorn, sit back, relax, and get ready for this captivating look at the legal world of the silver screen. From Edison and the dawn of motion pictures, to the Transformers and the big-business movie industry today, this book has a fascinating selection of the best cases involving the movies....
Civic Fusion
Mediating Polarized Public Disputes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Bringing together the forces of political debate, this book outlines civic fusion and the process of successful public policy mediation. To help mediators understand how powerful the tool of mediation is and help them reach their full potential, this guide outlines what civic fusion is and provides real...
The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook
A Resource for Attorneys, Law Firms, and Business Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook: A Resource for Attorneys, Law Firms and Business Professionals provides practical cyber threat information, guidance, and strategies to lawyers and law firms of all sizes. The guide considers the interrelationship between lawyer and client, establishing what legal responsibilities...
Unmanned Aircraft in the National Airspace
Critical Issues, Technology, and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
This book provides insight into the emerging areas of unmanned aircraft law with
a technological perspective. With the understanding that the law and the
technology it regulates form a complex and intertwined bond, this book covers
both the laws of unmanned aircraft and the respective technological...
The Little Red Book of Wine Law
A Case of Legal Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Following on the success of The Little Green Book of Golf Law, this fascinating book takes a look at how the world of wine, vineyards and wine drinking has intersected with the law. Modeled after a case of wine, this book contains 12 chapters each examining a specific topic. The book broadens anyone's...
Chief Crisis Officer
Structure and Leadership for Effective Communications Response
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
An organization’s crisis response involves public communications response: ensuring the general public, media, employees and other stakeholders understand (1) what has happened, and (2) what you are doing about it. Crisis events tend to ripple and echo long after the initial drama, as today’s...