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  Global Climate Change and U.S. Law

  Michael B. Gerrard, Jody Freeman, and Michael Burger
  2023

  This book is a comprehensive treatise on the U.S. laws that are relevant to climate change. It covers federal, state, and local statutes and regulations, as well as international agreements. Their evolution is traced and their current impact on U.S.... (read more)

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  Networks, Platforms, and Utilities: Law and Policy

  Morgan Ricks, Ganesh Sitaraman, Shelley Welton, and Lev Menand
  2022

  This book studies the law of networks, platforms, and utilities (NPUs). For many years, this field was known as "regulated industries." Before that, it was called "the law of public utilities," "the law of public service corporations," and "the law... (read more)

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  Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy

  Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey C. Stone
  2022

  One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about "bad" speech-hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence-on the internet, and in particular speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and... (read more)

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  International Copyright and Neighboring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond

  Sam Ricketson and Jane C. Ginsburg
  2022

  This comprehensive volume examines the international framework concerned with the protection of copyright and neighbouring rights. The focal point of this commentary is the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886, which was last revised in... (read more)

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  Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World

  Charles F. Sabel and David G. Victor
  2022

  Global climate diplomacy — from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement — is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp — but we will... (read more)

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  Wesley Hohfeld a Century Later: Edited Work, Select Personal Papers, and Original Commentaries

  Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Ted M. Sichelman, and Henry E. Smith
  2022

  Wesley Hohfeld is known the world over as the legal theorist who famously developed a taxonomy of legal concepts. His contributions to legal thinking have stood the test of time, remaining relevant nearly a century after they were first published.... (read more)

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  The WTO Dispute Settlement System: How, Why and Where?

  Petros C. Mavroidis
  2022

  This incisive book provides a comprehensive overview of the WTO dispute settlement practice from 1995 up until the present day, illustrating the need for it to be resurrected from its current state of crisis. The WTO Dispute Settlement System will... (read more)

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  Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Revolution Underway

  Kathryn Judge
  2022

  Finance expert, law professor, and fellow overwhelmed consumer Kathryn Judge investigates the surprising ways that middlemen have taken control of the economy at the expense of the rest of us, and provides practical guidance about how to regain control, find... (read more)

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  The Sources of WTO Law and Their Interpretation: Is the New OK, OK?

  Petros C. Mavroidis
  2022

  In this incisive book, Petros C. Mavroidis examines the complex practice of interpreting the various sources of World Trade Organization (WTO) law. Written by a leading expert in WTO scholarship, the book serves as a broad grounding in the legal... (read more)

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  The Fed Unbound: Central Banking in a Time of Crisis

  Lev Menand
  2022

  The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banking law and the rise of alternative forms of money created outside of the... (read more)

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  The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State

  Thomas W. Merrill
  2022

  The Constitution makes Congress the principal federal lawmaker. But for a variety of reasons, including partisan gridlock, Congress increasingly fails to keep up with the challenges facing our society. Power has inevitably shifted to the executive branch agencies that interpret... (read more)

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  The Future Law of Armed Conflict

  Matthew C. Waxman and Thomas W. Oakley
  2022

  Warfare is changing - and rapidly. New technologies, new geopolitical alignments, new interests and vulnerabilities, and other developments are changing how, why, and by whom conflict will be waged. Just as militaries must plan ahead for an environment in which... (read more)

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  Cases and Materials on State and Local Government Law

  Richard Briffault, Laurie Reynolds, Nestor M. Davidson, Erin A. Scharff, and Rick Su
  2022

  Like its predecessors, the 9th Edition focuses on the critical roles played by states and local governments and the complex structure of our state-local system. It challenges students to understand the values that inform the distribution of powers between states... (read more)

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  Cases and Materials on Corporations

  John C. Coffee Jr., Ronald J. Gilson, and Brian J.M. Quinn
  2022

  With this edition, we have made a determined effort to shrink our size without reducing our coverage. New material however has been added in all chapters. A description of some of the new material follows. In Chapter I, recognizing that... (read more)

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  The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy

  Angela B. Cornell and Mark Barenberg
  2022

  We are currently witnessing some of the greatest challenges to democratic regimes since the 1930s, with democratic institutions losing ground in numerous countries throughout the world. At the same time organized labor has been under assault worldwide, with steep declines... (read more)

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  Peaceful Resolution of Disputes

  Lori Fisler Damrosch
  2022

  The contributions in this collection of the American Classics in International Law series, Peaceful Resolution of Disputes, edited by Lori Fisler Damrosch, present the most influential American ideas about dispute settlement. From Alexander Hamilton’s 1794 defense of arbitration, through 20th-century... (read more)

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  Trademark and Unfair Competition Law: Cases and Materials

  Jane C. Ginsburg, Jessica Litman, and Mary Kevlin
  2022

  In the three decades since the first edition, both the number of stand-alone trademarks courses offered in U.S. law schools and the quantity of trademark law scholarship have vastly expanded. The growth of the Internet has fundamentally challenged trademark law... (read more)

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  Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and Agencies in Child Neglect, Abuse, and Dependency Cases

  Joshua Gupta-Kagan, LaShanda Taylor Adams, Melissa Dorris Carter, Kristen Pisani-Jacques, and Vivek S. Sankaran
  2022

  Child welfare law is complex and ever-changing, and the practice of representing children, parents, and agencies in dependency cases requires extensive knowledge and skill in both legal and non-legal subjects. The need for up-to-date specialized resources is more crucial now... (read more)

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  Advanced Introduction to Landmark Criminal Cases

  George P. Fletcher
  2021

  This engaging and accessible book focuses on high-profile criminal trials and examines the strategy of the lawyers, the reasons for conviction or acquittal, as well as the social importance of these famous cases.

  Key features include:

  • An in-depth examination... (read more)
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  The Struggle for Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Philip Alston

  Nehal Bhuta, Florian Hoffmann, Sarah Knuckey, Frédéric Mégret, and Margaret Satterthwaite
  2021

  The Struggle for Human Rights evaluates the themes of law, politics, and practice which together define international human rights practice and scholarship. Taking as it's inspiration the 40 year career of international human rights advocate Philip Alston, this book of... (read more)

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  Purchasing Submission: Conditions, Power, and Freedom

  Philip A. Hamburger
  2021

  The federal government increasingly regulates by using money and other benefits to induce private parties and states to submit to its conditions. It thereby enjoys a formidable power, which sidesteps a wide range of constitutional and political limits.

  Conditions are... (read more)

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  Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago

  Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill
  2021

  How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront – its most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights have clashed repeatedly... (read more)

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  How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart

  Jamal Greene
  2021

  You have the right to remain silent – and the right to free speech. The right to worship, and to doubt. The right to be free from discrimination, and to hate. The right to life, and the right to own... (read more)

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  Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

  Michael A. Heller and James Salzman
  2021

  A hidden set of rules governs who owns what – explaining everything from whether you can recline your airplane seat to why HBO lets you borrow a password illegally – and in this lively and entertaining guide, two acclaimed law... (read more)

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  The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

  Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Ng-Loy Wee Loon, and Haochen Sun
  2021

  While copyright law is ordinarily thought to consist primarily of exclusive rights, the regime's various exemptions and immunities from liability for copyright infringement form an integral part of its functioning, and serve to balance copyright's grant of a private benefit... (read more)