The legal reference for student affairs professionals written by the experts in higher education law. The Law of Higher Education-currently in its third edition-is the bestselling reference, research source, and practical guide for college administrators, legal counsel, and researchers.Drawing directly from and building on their acclaimed work, the authors of The Law of Higher Education have now created a comprehensive resource for student affairs professionals. Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals provides access to the laws that undergrid and regulate student programs, services, and activities. It offers a fully indexed and cross-referenced guide to the state and federal laws that bear on student conduct, students’ relationships with institutions, institutional obligations toward students, and student and institutional liability relating to on- and off-campus events activities. The book’s content reflects the vast scope of student services-all campus activity that takes place outside the classroom and curriculum-and includes up-to-date information about laws that regulate the status of students, financial aid, student housing, student organizations, disciplinary and grievance systems, student voting in the community and much more.
After your casebook, “Casenotes” will be your most important reference source for the entire semester. It is the most popular legal briefs series available, with over 140 titles, and is relied on by thousands of students for its expert case summaries, comprehensive analysis of concurrences and dissents, as well as of the majority opinion in the briefs.
Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. Taking Sides readers feature an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites. An online Instructor’s Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource.
This is an excellent book for law students learning negotiation skills in clinical courses and for practicing attorneys who want to enhance their negotiation proficiency. The book explores the three basic negotiator styles: (1) the “win-lose” Competitive/ Adversarial Style; (2) the “win-win” Cooperative/Problem-Solving Style; and (3) the “WIN-win” Competitive/Problem-Solving Style. It then describes the five stages of the negotiation process and discusses what negotiators should be doing in each. It describes psychological factors that influence bargaining interactions, and covers the legal rules and economic principles that apply to settlement negotiations. The book finally explores the impact of abstract reasoning skills, emotional intelligence, and negotiator gender and race on bargaining interactions. The Appendices include transcripts from four lawyer-to-lawyer negotiations.
<p> Any document leaving the desk of a lawyer, company officer or, for that matter, any other person may have legal consequences. This implies a tremendous range of documents. For simplicity and acknowledging the most practical use as employed by non-native speakers, the examples used in this manual focus on the contents of documents having a commercial impact, particularly those establishing a contractual relationship. Even so, practical guidelines presented in this pocket guide, should result in all legal writing, being brief, clear and precise. </p> <p> New in the 2nd edition: </p> <ul> ; <li> Working steps in Legal Drafting </li> <li> Enlarged collection of specimen contracts </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> An extremely useful tool for everyone who has to avoid dangerous legal or “painful” consequences that result from wrong wording! </p> <p> The author practised law in Canada and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales. He has worked for international organisations and lectured extensively throughout Europe and Asia. He currently practises law in Vienna, Austria as a solicitor and established European lawyer, and teaches at the law faculty of the University of Vienna. </p> <p> </p>
