Environmental Law: Statutory and Case Supplement 2023-2024


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Environmental Law: Statutory and Case Supplement, can easily be used with any environmental law casebook on the market. Organizing the statutes by subject matter, rather than their location in the U.S. Code, this supplement introduces the statutes with detailed outlines that highlight their most important provisions. The supplement also includes legislative history timelines that trace the evolution of the statutes by explaining when they were enacted and when their most significant amendments were added. This new edition provides an essential resource for students, teachers, and practitioners of environmental law by including the complete, updated text of the major federal environmental laws and executive orders governing how agencies implement environmental policy. The supplement also includes significant Supreme Court decisions in environmental cases decided during the last three years. New to the 2023-24 Edition: Edited copies of important new Supreme Court decisions addressing the scope of federal authority under the Clean Water Act (Sackett v. EPA), application of the dormant commerce clause to state animal welfare regulation (National Ass’n of Pork Producers v. Ross), and EPA’s authority to use the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (West Virginia v. EPA). A complete updating of the major federal environmental statutes, including substantial amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act made by the June 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act, and changes made by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. New regulations governing the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Professors and students will benefit from: The ability to examine the precise, updated text of the major federal environmental statutes Research tips for locating useful sources of additional information on environmental policy New court decisions released after the publication of the latest casebook edition




Environmental Law: Statutory and Case Supplement 2024-2025


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Environmental Law: Statutory and Case Supplement, can easily be used with any environmental law casebook on the market. Organizing the statutes by subject matter, rather than their location in the U.S. Code, this supplement introduces the statutes with detailed outlines that highlight their most important provisions. The supplement also includes legislative history timelines that trace the evolution of the statutes by explaining when they were enacted and when their most significant amendments were added. This new edition provides an essential resource for students, teachers, and practitioners of environmental law by including the complete, updated text of the major federal environmental laws and executive orders governing how agencies implement environmental policy. The supplement also includes significant Supreme Court decisions in environmental cases decided during the last three years. New to the 2024-2025 Edition: Edited copies of important new Supreme Court decisions addressing issues of regulatory takings (Sheetz v. County of Eldorado and Devillier v. Texas), transboundary air pollution (Ohio v. EPA) and deference to agency interpretations of statutes (Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept. of Commerce). A complete updating of the major federal environmental statutes. New regulations from the Council on Environmental Quality governing the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Professors and students will benefit from: ● The ability to examine the precise, updated text of the major federal environmental statutes ● Research tips for locating useful sources of additional information on environmental policy ● New court decisions released after the publication of the latest casebook edition




Environmental Law & Policy


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Practicing Environmental Law


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CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.




Legislation and Regulation


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The updated casebook, Manning and Stephenson's Legislation and Regulation, 2d, is designed for a first-year class on Legislation & Regulation, and provides a proven, ready-to-use set of materials for those interested in introducing such a class to their 1L curriculum. The book focuses on the tools and methods of interpreting legal texts, using Supreme Court and other appellate decisions as the primary texts, yet the note material gently introduces students to applicable insights from political science, history, economics, and philosophy. The book aims to familiarize students with tools and techniques that lawyers and judges use when crafting legal arguments in statutory or regulatory contexts, and to give students a sense of the larger questions of institutional design implicated by these interpretive questions.




Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.




Gellhorn and Byse's Administrative Law


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After defining the constitutional framework for administration, the casebook discusses related topics such as downsizing government, regulators' thirst for information and the Paperwork Reduction Act, Fourth and Fifth Amendment concerns, Freedom of Information Act, and the future of the administrative state. Author forum available at twen.com. A premium Teacher's Manual is available upon request for professors adopting this casebook.




Report on Legal Education


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Secured Transactions


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The premier authority on secured transactions, Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach is known for its cutting-edge coverage, dynamic pedagogy, and ease of use for instructors. The Systems Approach gives students the big picture. Straightforward explanations and cases prepare the students to solve real-life problems in the context of actual transactions. A modular structure allows for tremendous flexibility in course design. The materials are divided into bite-sized assignments, making it easier for instructors to make and adjust assignments for class. This problem-based casebook supports the teaching of Article 9 alone or expansion of the course to include Article 9 in the full context of bankruptcy, mortgages, judicial liens, and statutory liens. New to the 9th Edition: Updated throughout, while retaining the same structure. Highly adaptable modular text broken into assignments. Main sections can be taught in any order. New cases throughout (including the Second Circuit’s landmark decision in In re Motors Liquidation). Problem-based approach with ethics integrated. Problems progress from easy to difficult. Professors and students will benefit from: Comprehensive Teacher’s Manual with suggestions for teaching coverage, changes from the prior edition, lists of key concepts for each assignment, and the answers to every question asked in the book. The main sections can be taught in any order. Bite-sized assignments organized for 50-minute or 75-minute classes. Can support ABA-qualified experiential courses. Casebook authors who are happy to engage with adopters and include them as characters in the book. Coverage of non-Article 9 aspects of secured transactions that students will need as lawyers Default problem sets for ease of assignment; extra problems for variety from year to year. Engaging problems with interesting characters and real-world issues, providing all of the information necessary to solve the problems. A real-life approach that prepares students for the practice of law. Clear explanations of every subject – no hiding of the ball. Basic financial literacy information included throughout the book. Focus on how lien systems actually work in practice.




North Carolina Crimes


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The seventh edition updates the sixth edition with new offenses, legislative changes, and case law. New features of this edition include full case citations and case names replacing shortened case citations; a table of cases; and many new additional notes, such as those regarding charging issues, multiple convictions and punishments, defenses, and exceptions. Also, an improved book design will make this edition easier to use and ensure that readers quickly find what they need. The seventh edition replaces the sixth edition, 2007, and all previous editions and supplements. The 2016 Cumulative Supplement to North Carolina Crimes is availbale for purchase (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/2016-cumulative-supplement-north-carolina-crimes-guidebook-elements-crime-subscription-nc-crimes). The School of Government is excited to offer a new, web-based edition of North Carolina Crimes: A Guidebook on the Elements of Crime, Seventh Edition, 2012, by Jessica Smith. Your subscription includes future enhancements and updates to the product through March 1, 2018. Features of the online version include -Keyword searching -Linking to cross-references -Printable pages throughout the site -Accessibility anywhere your electronic device can connect to the Internet Collapsible and expandable statutes. See the North Carolina Crimes webpage for more information about this title (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/north-carolina-crimes-guidebook-elements-crime).