Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law


Book Description

The pages of this book are filled with theoretical enigmas that intrigue legal theorists, yet oil and gas law is practical enough to satisfy the desire for "real law" shared by most second- and third-year law students. This edition contains numerous changes from the first two editions. The authors have added materials on environmental law in a new Chapter 9. They have also inserted the materials on implied covenants into Chapter 2, alongside express lease provisions, and moved the materials on royalty disputes into Chapter 3. They have updated and revised all of the chapters.
















Model Rules of Professional Conduct


Book Description

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.




Forms Manual to Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas Law


Book Description

The principal function of this forms manual is to illustrate the exceptional importance of specific language to all contract-based transactions. Unintended ambiguities or carelessness in wording may result in the loss of properties worth millions of dollars. Additionally, differences in state law, regional custom, the identity and interests of the client, and the peculiarities of the specific transaction require a lawyer to choose carefully which form to use as the basis of the transaction. For this reason, there are often included several forms for the same transaction.




Hemingway Oil and Gas Law and Taxation


Book Description

This work covers the substantive law of oil and gas and federal income taxation of oil and gas transactions. The first three chapters examine interests and transactions in the mineral estate. The fourth chapter covers surface and subsurface issues. Chapters five through eight examine in detail the oil and gas lease. Chapter nine addresses the issue of transfers by the lessor and the lessee. Chapters 10 through 12 are devoted to oil and gas taxation. Students will see that this work gives them quick access to the law of oil and gas and the law of oil and gas taxation.