Modern American Remedies: Cases And Materials

Modern American Remedies: Cases And Materials

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This classroom-tested casebook provides a thorough and accessible examination of the overarching policy themes and principles behind remedies law. <b>Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, Fourth Edition</b>, doesn t hide the ball students are given the information they need to participate in classroom discussions that will broaden their understanding. </p> <p> <b>Among the features that make this text a success:</b> </p> <ul> <li> A <b>strong and logical organization</b> based on remedies categories and concepts, with daily teaching units of roughly equal length, each exploring a central theme. </li> <li> A <b>balanced presentation</b> of public and private law. </li> <li> <b>Explanations of basic law and economics</b> that provide necessary background without dominating the primary themes of the book. </li> <li> <b>Memorable cases</b> and <b>well written notes</b>. </li> <li> <b>An excellent Teacher s Manual</b> that includes daily teaching units, suggested assignment sheets for a variety of courses from one hour to five hours, and suggestions for teaching the cases. </li> </ul> <p> <b>The carefully edited Fourth Edition features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>New cases</b>, including: <br /> <br />o In re September 11th Litigation (S.D.N.Y. 2008) (on the measure of damages for the destruction of the World Trade Center) <br />o In re Trans World Airlines (2d Cir. 1998) (on liquidated damages) <br />o Oden v. Chemung County Industrial Development Agency (N.Y. 1995) (on modern statutes modifying the collateral source rule) <br />o Arbino v. Johnson & Johnson (Ohio 2007) (on the constitutionality of damage caps) <br />o Whitlock v. Hilander Foods (Ill. App. 1999) (on undue hardship) <br />o Almurbati v. Bush (D.D.C. 2005) (on the ripeness of perceived threats to transfer Guantanamo prisoners to countries where they <br />would be tortured) <br />o Pepsico v Redmond (7th Cir. 1995) (on prophylactic injunctions) <br />o Horne v. Flores (U.S. 2009) (on modification of injunctions) <br />o eBay v. MercExchange LLC (U.S. 2006) (on the prerequisites to an injunction, or on undue hardship, depending on the point of <br />view) <br />o Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council (U.S. 2008) (on preliminary injunctions) <br />o Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (U.S. 2008) (on the federal common law standard for measuring punitive damages) <br />o Philip Morris USA v. Williams (U.S. 2007) (on the constitutional limits on punitive damages) <br />o Van de Kamp v. Goldstein (U.S. 2009) (on prosecutorial immunity) <br />o And more in later chapters </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Substantial reworking of Chapter 8, on restitution, in light of the Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust EnrichmentA thorough updating of Notes throughout and of the Teacher s Manual </li> <li> Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, Fourth Edition, offers students a clear, logical approach to the study of Remedies while offering instructors a flexible approach to teaching it. </li> </ul> <p> </p>