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African Americans at the
University of Florida
BETTY J. STEWART-DOWDELL,
KEVIN M. MCCARTHY
Whitehall Printing Company
Documents struggles/achievements of
African Americans on campus, and
those who accomplished “firsts” in
previously white-only activities.
Photos / information convey
perseverance needed to overcome
racial prejudice. UFLaw coverage
includes Virgil Hawkins story, details
on creation of Florida A&M law
school, inroads by George Starke Jr.
and George Allen, information on
now-Judge Stephan Mickle and Hazel
Land, John Marshall Bar Association
and its first black president, and related
law school history.
Understanding Antitrust and
Its Economic Implications
E. THOMAS SULLIVAN,
JEFFREY L. HARRISON
LexisNexis, 2002
Introduces new antitrust challenges
as result of continued economic
globalization, technological advances.
Considers international reach of
U.S. antitrust law. Includes antitrust
principles, current developments,
trends/points of view likely to dictate
future direction. Discusses recent decisions
re: summary judgment, antirtrust
standing and injury. Explores implications
of Microsoft decision for various
areas of antitrust law. Addresses issues
raised by intersection of antitrust
and intellectual property, exterritorial
applications.
Conspiracy Theories – Secrecy
and Power in American Culture
MARK FENSTER
University of Minnesota Press, 1999 /
Paperback 2001
Analyzes complex role of conspiracy
theories in the center and periphery of
American culture and politics.
Discusses competing approaches to
conspiracy theory’s influence on mainstream
and extremist politics; conspiracy
theory in popular culture (The X-
Files, Oliver Stone’s JFK), popular religion
(Christian fundamentalist understanding
of the endtimes); and the
“conspiracy community” of radio,
magazine /book publishers, Internet
resources, and role-playing games.
Publishers Weekly: “Commendably
level-headed analysis of the grip that
conspiracy theories maintain on contemporary
America...”
Law, Medicine and Medical
Technology: Cases and
Materials
BY LARS NOAH, BARBARA A. NOAH
Foundation Press, 2002
Comprehensive treatment of legal issues
surrounding development, testing,
approval and marketing of medical
technologies (including drugs, medical
devices, biotechnology). Examines
topics relating to government regulation
(such as categorization of products,
premarket approval, postmarket surveillance,
product information dissemination).
Covers variety of tort issues,
intellectual property questions, consideration
of payment/pricing issues and
legal/ethical complexities posed by evolving
technologies. Includes caselaw, regulatory
materials, discussion problems,
extensive notes/questions.
Legal Writing By Design -
A Guide to Great Briefs
and Memos
TERESA J. RAMBO,
LEANNE J. PFLAUM
Carolina Academic Press, 2001
Shows how to transform ideas into
writing. Discusses legal rules/
reasoning and clear effective writing;
demonstrates how to design and write
predictive memo and persuasive brief.
Provides rules of style and citation,
editing tips, sample memo, multiple
sample briefs. Step-by-step guide
through each subject with strategies
that work. Reveals successful tactics of
oral argument, the culmination of the
persuasive process. Includes hypotheticals,
outlines, writing samples. Adopted
by number of law school research/writing
departments.
Criminal Procedure:
Regulation of Police
CHRISTOPHER SLOBOGIN
LexisNexis, 2002
Focuses on search and seizure,
interrogation, identification, entrapment.
Describes everyday police
practices, potential methods of
regulating police (including state
law, departmental regulations, international
treaties), and historical
perspective on and comparison of
U.S. approach (vs. other countries)
to police regulation. Empirical studies
testing judicial assumptions re:
eyewitness identification, effect of
Miranda warnings, efficacy of police
sanctions. Promotes lawyering skills
through negotiation exercise,
problem method and motions/ transcripts/documents
from real case.