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A century ago Americans entered and fought 'a war to end all wars.' In Living the World War: A Weekly Exploration of the American Experience in World War I we use the Congressional Record and the New York Times to see how an American citizen of that era would have experienced the World War without knowing what would come next. In addition to the War, Americans living during the weeks of October 1, 1916 to December 31, 1917 also debated women's suffrage, race relations, Prohibition, the rights of organized labor, reconciliation of North and South, and coal and fuel shortages. That experience of war, and the emerging national issues, profoundly shape America in the 21st century. Donald N. Zillman is the Edward Godfrey Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law. He majored in history at the University of Wisconsin and graduated from the Wisconsin (JD) and the Virginia Law Schools (LLM). In his career he served as an Army Judge Advocate officer and a professor of law at Arizona State University and the University of Utah before coming to Maine as the Dean of the University of Maine Law School. He also served as the President of the University of Maine at Presque Isle and as a visiting professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the University of Southampton (UK). His writings have focused on military law, energy law, and tort law. Elizabeth Elsbach received her JD from the University of Maine Law School in 2016. She majored in history, political science, and English at Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. During her time at Saint Mary's she lived abroad in Innsbruck, Austria where she immersed herself in the cultures, the languages, and the history of Europe. While in Law School, Elizabeth collaborated on an article on energy and natural resources for the Oxford University Press in addition to co-authoring Living the World War. She is pursuing a career in intellectual property law. The authors are law trained by profession and amateur historians by avocation. We bring the differing perspectives of men and women, military veteran and non-veteran, baby boom generation and millennial generation to our work. Join us in the experience of "Living the World War."

Abraham Lincoln was a successful lawyer for 25 years prior to his political career. Although he never went to law school, he studied under an established lawyer as an apprentice until he obtained his certificate of good moral character. Lincoln's lack of schooling, however, was not an impediment. He had a great respect for the law, a keen client-centered business sense and a gift for storyteller. In short, he was a world-class solutionist who was a true believer in his clients and their causes. His simple approach to problem solving included a combination of diligence, organization, and attention to detail. Lincoln was a street-lawyer. One day he would represent a criminal defendant and the next he would represent a landowner or the Illinois Central railroad. He did it all and he did it small. Lincoln spent his entire legal career with only one law partner at a time. In recent years, it is indisputable that the practice of law has undergone dramatic changes. The most important and exciting change is the reemphasis of the solo practitioner. The rugged soul who would hang out a shingle against all odds is the real beneficiary of the revolution currently going on in the business of law. To be a lawyer is more about client service than ever before. If you learn to live by the very real truism of focusing on the work and the money will take care of itself, you will be a success in this most honorable profession. Abraham Lincoln called the practice of law "an honest calling." Indeed, it is. Mike Dunn has been a practicing attorney for nearly 30 years. He was an associate professor and clinical director of the Access to Justice Clinic at Western Michigan University's Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he currently is an adjunct professor of law teaching courses where he specializes in helping to launch new lawyers from page to practice. He is a co-host of the syndicated radio legal talk show: The Lawyer's Show based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He maintains a busy law practice and has tried cases in state and federal court in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. He has published several legal periodicals on the Lawyer as Entrepreneur and the Teaching of Law.

Business Organizations: Statutes, Problems, and Cases (Second Edition) comprehensively covers all important aspects of business organizations law, including agency law; partnerships and limited liability partnerships; limited partnerships; limited liability companies; corporate law basics; the duties of care and loyalty; derivative lawsuits; closely held corporations; controlling shareholders; mergers and acquisitions; the Securities Act of 1933; and insider trading. Each chapter features detailed learning objectives, as well as dozens of problems for in-class discussion that require law students to delve into and apply statutes and case law. The second edition of the textbook has completely up-to-date coverage, including recent changes to the Revised Uniform Partnership Act and the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act; important new Delaware cases concerning controlling shareholders, takeover defenses, and other matters; changes in the Securities Act of 1933 and new SEC rules on crowdfunding and other exempt offerings; and recent developments in the law of insider trading. The electronic supplement to the textbook contains an additional chapter with up-to-date coverage of publicly traded corporations and advanced corporate governance issues. The supplement also contains 350 multiple-choice questions with detailed explanations that students can use to assess their mastery of the subject matter. In sum, Business Organizations will give all students a solid grounding in the knowledge and skills that all business attorneys should have. Michael K. Molitor is a Professor at Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has taught since 2004. Before joining WMU-Cooley, Professor Molitor practiced corporate and securities law for nearly ten years at a large law firm based in Grand Rapids. He graduated cum laude from Wayne State University Law School in 1994. Professor Molitor teaches courses in Business Organizations, Securities Regulation, Secured Transactions, and Wills, Estates, and Trusts.

AVIATION LAW AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH introduces the topic of aviation law with a particular emphasis on the subject post-September 11, 2001. Formatted as a traditional law school course book, the book presents the major tensions in the commercial and general aviation marketplace: consumer protection versus the corporate bottom-line; regulation versus deregulation; private enterprise and positive government; price versus convenience; liberty and privacy interests versus national security; internationalism versus nationalism; democracy versus terror; and fundamentally, life and death. With new content about "drones," AVIATION LAW AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH is segmented into six chapters-aviation travel rights, deregulation and federal preemption, aviation economics, labor and management, aviation security, and accidents-and provides detailed end-of-chapter notes and problems for further study. Timothy M. Ravich, Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida, is a Martindale-Hubbell(R) AV-rated lawyer and one of only thirty-seven lawyers recognized as a Florida Bar Board Certified Aviation Lawyer. He earned his M.B.A. in Aviation Policy and Planning from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a regular commentator for local and national media programming featuring aviation and aerospace, including NBC Universal, FOX, HUFFPost, and BLOOMBERGNEWS. He has spoken and written extensively about aviation issues in national and international forums and in peer-reviewed journals, including the American Bar Association, Southern Methodist University's Journal of Air Law and Commerce, the North Dakota Law Review, the University of Miami Law Review, and the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.