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The Story of Contract Law: Formation
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Ricks
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This book, revised as the Third Edition July 2019, is designed to teach contract doctrine beginning with the most fundamental concepts and building on these until the structure of contract doctrine as coherent and cohesive regulation appears. The order of presentation is, in fact, the order in which contract doctrine developed historically, but it is also, in general, the order in which arguments are introduced in litigation.
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U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2023
Copyright Year: 2017
Contributor: Geier
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This is the tenth edition of this textbook, updated through December 15, 2022 for use beginning January 2023.
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Torts: Cases and Contexts Volume 1
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Johnson
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-SA
Plain-spoken and convivial, this casebook makes a deliberate effort to explain the law, rather than to provide a mere compilation of readings and questions. Simple concepts are presented simply. Complex concepts are broken down and accompanied by examples and problems.
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Sales and Leases: A Problem-based Approach
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributors: Burnham and Juras
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Sales and Leases is a coursebook for a 3-credit course in personal property sales and leases – the subject matter of UCC Articles 2 and 2A. Adjustments could be made for other credit allocations and chapters can be used on a stand-alone basis. The course is designed so that students both review the rules and principles they studied in their first-year course in Contracts and learn the rules that apply to the subset of contracts for the sale and lease of goods. Students taking this course should be well-prepared to solve legal problems in contracts and sales, and should be well-prepared for those parts of the bar exam as well.
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Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Witt
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This is the Fifth Edition of Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions, a casebook for a one-semester torts course that carves out a distinctive niche in the field by focusing on the institutions and sociology of American tort law. The book retains many of the familiar features of the traditional casebook, including many of the classic cases. Like the best casebooks, it seeks to survey the theoretical principles underlying those cases. But it aims to supplement the cases and principles with editorial notes that focus students’ attention on the institutional features of our tort system, including features such as the pervasiveness of settlements, the significance of the market, the role of the plaintiff's bar, the importance of private insurance, the contingency fee, and the jury. These institutional arrangements are what make American tort law distinctive. They are how the substantive doctrines of tort law are translated into the practice of torts lawyers. And they are sociologically fascinating in their own right.
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What Color is Your C.F.R.?
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributors: Gotauco, Dyszlewski, and M. Ortiz
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
What Color is Your C.F.R.? is a problem-based law workbook with a colorful twist. Conceived and written by law librarians, it uses easy to understand plain language and is a light-hearted but helpful supplement to instruction on basic legal research. The book takes a non-traditional approach to legal research and uses short legal research exercises and coloring.
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Basic Income Tax - 8th Edition
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Kratzke
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This book is the 8th edition of a basic income tax text. This edition incorporates the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. It is intended to be a readable text, suitable for a three-hour course for a class comprised of law students with widely different backgrounds. The text integrates several of the CALI drills that Professor James Edward Maule (Villanova University) prepared.
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Law of Wills
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Lewis
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
The purpose of this casebook is to train law students to think and act like probate attorneys. This book is meant to be used in conjunction with the author's book on the law of trusts. This book's focus is problem-solving and legal application; the book includes numerous problems, so law students can learn to apply the law they learn from reading the cases. It also contains collaborative learning exercises to encourage students to engage in group problem-solving. The book is divided into three parts to reflect the main types of issues that students will encounter if they practice probate law. The book's organization mirrors the manner in which probate law is practiced in the real world.
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Sources of American Law: An Introduction to Legal Research - 4th Edition
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributors: Steenken and Brooks
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
At its most basic definition the practice of law comprises conducting research to find relevant rules of law and then applying those rules to the specific set of circumstances faced by a client. However, in American law, the legal rules to be applied derive from myriad sources, complicating the process and making legal research different from other sorts of research. This text introduces first-year law students to the new kind of research required to study and to practice law. It seeks to demystify the art of legal research by following a “Source and Process” approach. First, the text introduces students to the major sources of American law and describes the forms the various authorities traditionally took in print. After establishing this base, the text proceeds to instruct students on the methods they will most likely use in practice, namely electronic research techniques and the consultation of secondary sources. Sources of Law incorporates screencasts currently hosted on YouTube that actively demonstrate the processes described in the static text. Finally, the text illustrates how the different pieces come together in the legal research process.
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Bankruptcy Law and Practice
Copyright Year: 2016
Contributor: Germain
Publisher: CALI's eLangdell® Press
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This is the third edition of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, a Casebook Designed to Train Lawyers for the Practice of Bankruptcy Law. It is designed for a one-semester course in debtor/creditor law and bankruptcy. The book deals with both creditor remedies and debtor protections, starting with state law collection remedies, exemptions, and the important special protections for secured creditors under both Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and state real property recording acts. After a thorough review of state law debt collection practice, the book covers the basics of straight bankruptcy law with a focus on Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, both for individuals and businesses. Although the book has a practice focus, it covers the major Supreme Court cases, and important appellate cases with an emphasis on areas of uncertainty. The book also emphasizes the Bankruptcy Code itself, using problem sets to get students to work through the language of the Bankruptcy Code.
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