Books published by West Academic Publishing

Delivers an up-to-date overview of US Family Law that weaves together black-letter rules, policy, narrative, history, transnational sources, and theory, into an accessible and teachable whole. The book is written with an eye toward helping teachers prepare their students to appreciate and engage Family Law's dynamic present, and to begin imagining how to actively shape its future.

This third edition contains a new section on the major threats to biodiversity, including several chapters detailing the impact of climate change and the emerging legal and administrative issues that are arising in response to this development. The book further defines biodiversity, and outlines factors in choosing from different policy approaches for its protection.

Provides an up-to-date foundation for understanding environmental law. Expert text includes coverage of the full range of environmental issues, from climate change and air pollution, to waste disposal and wetlands. Surveys the many statutory and common-law regulations shaping the world in which we live.

It is vital that every evidence or trial practice student, professor or litigator know how to introduce a business record, lay a foundation for expert testimony, or cross-examine a witness about his or her bias. This text cuts through the complexities of evidence and trial law to supply straight-forward advice on ways to get this done.

Helps students understand the substantive law of sales and develop the skills of statutory analysis in the context of a comprehensive statute that contains critical definitions and numerous cross references. The materials consist of cases, text, and problems.

Provides the most current and comprehensive treatment of the modern law of sales and leases in national and international transactions. The new edition includes important new cases to elaborate the continuing development of critical provisions of that law, and to elucidate new caselaw trends.

This casebook has two main distinguishing attributes. Because students benefit from engagement with Supreme Court opinions, pivotal cases are edited less substantially than in other books. And, because Constitutional Law is an argumentative practice, this edition follows its predecessors in exposing students to diverse perspectives.