The Uses of the Dead : The Early Modern Development of Cy-Près Doctrine / Caroline R. Sherman
Call Number: K797.S54 2018
Cy-près doctrine, which allows the purpose of a failing or impractical charitable gift to be changed, has been understood since the eighteenth century as a medieval canon law principle, derived from Roman law, to rescue souls by making good their last charitable intentions. The Uses of the Dead offers an alternate origin story for this judicial power, grounded in modern, secular concerns. The book shows how cy-près developed out of controversies over church property, particularly monastic property, and whether it might be legally turned over to fund education, poor relief, or national defense. Renaissance humanists hoped to make better, more prudent uses of property; the Reformation sought to correct superstitious abuses of property and ultimately tended to prevent donors’ heirs from recovering secularized ecclesiastical gifts; and the early modern state attempted to centralize poor relief and charitable efforts under a more rational, centralized supervision. These three factors combined to replace an older equitable ideal with a new equitable rule–one whose use has rapidly expanded in the modern era to allow assorted approximations and judicial redistribution of property.
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands : Courtrooms to Corporate Counsels / Terri Morrison
Call Number: KF299.T73M67 2018
Every successful lawyer requires the knowledge and complex skills to communicate effectively with fellow citizens from a wide variety of ethnicities and belief systems. Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands provides insights into understanding how an individual’s culture can influence a case or a negotiation that is not only a valuable skill but also is imperative in today’s diverse business environment.
Immigration Compliance and Best Practices / Charles M. Miller; Marcine A. Seid; Daniel Brown
Call Number: KF4819.M59 2018
Immigration Compliance and Best Practices focuses on the best practices that will ensure that an employer is protected by effective compliance solutions. This is the book to keep close at hand and use repeatedly to accomplish your employer’s immigration compliance goals.
Blockchain for Business Lawyers / James A. Cox; Mark Rasmussen (Editors)
Call Number: KF1030.E4B56 2018
In nearly every forum, blockchain has been described as one of the most transformative and disruptive technologies in decades. Blockchain for Business Lawyers identifies the principal challenges of blockchain (distributed ledger technology) in seven separate fields of law, reviews legal developments, and suggests possible resolutions in light of these developments.
The Early-Career Guide for Attorneys : Starting and Building a Successful Career in Law / Kerry M. Lavelle
Call Number: KF297.L37 2018
The Early-Career Guide for Attorneys: Starting and Building a Successful Career in Law is an objective guide for the third-year law student and the new associate to be successful. Whether the firm is a sole practitioner, five-attorney firm, or 500-attorney firm, the navigation tools contained in this book are necessary to understand and adopt early in your career that will make the first two years of practice more productive, educational, and—even in the most difficult working environments—more palatable and tolerable so that integration in any law office environment is successful.
The EU GDPR General Data Protection Regulation : Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions / David Zetoony
Call Number: KJE6071.A432016Z48 2018
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides straight-forward and practical answers to core questions that are raised by most attorneys and privacy professionals that grapple with the GDPR, which is a comprehensive European data privacy regulation that applies to US companies that offer services to Europeans. United States companies and US-based legal practitioners are particularly concerned with the GDPR because of its draconian penalties which are up to 4% of gross revenue. Although the regulation has similarities to facets of United States data privacy and security laws, US legal practitioners often find it confusing and inaccessible.
Water Rights and Environmental Regulation : A Lawyer’s Guide / Robert H. Abrams; Latravia Smith (Editors)
Call Number: KF5569.W485 2018
While state law almost exclusively governs the allocation of surface waters in the United States, there are also reserved rights, an important class of water rights created by federal law. This book discusses the impact of federal environmental law on the use of water resources. Central to any discussion of the federal impact on water rights are the major environmental laws, which include: Endangered Species Act; The Migratory Bird Treaty Act; The Clean Water Act; The Wilderness Act designations and the wild and scenic rivers designations; and, The National Environmental Policy Act.