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This important new book presents a clear and systematic analysis of the right or privilege to keep and bear arms within the meaning of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Freedman advances an intriguing idea: civil liability on the part of gun manufacturers, gun distributors, and dealers in firearms and guns.

With court calendars already overcrowded and the number of civil cases steadily mounting, prolonged litigation and successive lawsuits are becoming an increasing burden on plaintiffs, defendants, and the court system alike.

Experienced attorney and sports enthusiast Freedman provides a comprehensive and extremely informative discussion of the antitrust legislation that affects professional sports--now undeniably a major business in the United States.

A concise, well-documented review and discussion of the exposure that lawyers and others in law-related professions have to malpractice suits against them in this malpractice crazed U.S. society.

The procedures of summary judgment as well as other preclusive devices have been hailed by many as an effective solution to the current overload facing American courts.

Written as a comprehensive reference for personnel managers, vice presidents in charge of human resources, and for practicing attorneys, The Employment Contract addresses both the historical development of the employer-employee relationship and current legal practice.

At the outset, Freedman fully examines the nature of the discovery process itself, including international discovery procedures, and then explores abuses of the process and their ramifications for future litigation. Organized in two main parts, the book begins with an introductory overview of the discovery process in general.

Although the U.S. Constitution guarantees those accused of a crime the right to a speedy and fair trial, in practice the judicial system is increasingly characterized by excessive trial delays and unfair trial situations.

The author offers an extensive survey of the most important court decisions that have attempted to delineate the rights of those who want to express their views and those who want to control access to private property. Among the other topics discussed are commercial speech, political advertising, picketing, and pornography. Extensively documented; it contains a selected bibliography, a subject index, and a case index. Written with a legal audience in mind, but may be read with profit by others interested in the topic. For upper levels. ChoiceThis book offers an informed discussion of the legal issues involved in free speech on private property and examines the important cases that have established precedents for protected forms of speech in quasi-public forums. Following a general introduction to the freedom of speech issue, Freedman explores the evolution of legal thinking on the subject by examining such developments as restrictions on freedom of speech, state action under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, governmental speech restrictions on private property, picketing, petitioning, and electioneering, as well as the issue of pornography under the First Amendment. Throughout, the discussion is presented in a readable yet fully documented format. Guidelines for the regulation of interest groups and their activities on private property are also provided.

Business professionals and business managers are guilty of malpractice when they fail to meet the high standards of conduct and ethics governing their professions or when they engage in conduct that injures others.

A comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding biological engineering and human reproduction, this work covers such topics as artificial insemination and surrogate motherhood and seeks to clarify the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and society.

With more than 11,000 deaths and over two million injuries and diseases attributed to workplace-related hazards each year, the prevention of injuries, death, and disease in the workplace has been of increasing concern to lawyers, labor unions, government officials, insurance companies, and legal scholars.

A brief yet comprehensive and clearly written compendium of the most important federal energy, environmental, and natural resource statutes through 1982. For each, the author provides an incisive analysis of the statute itself and of supporting court decisions to show how these statutes have been interpreted in practice.

Such action is often taken because of features peculiar to the U.S. legal system, including the doctrine of strict liability, the availability of contingency fees for attorneys, and the prevalence of large awards to individuals in products liability cases.

To what extent should media coverage of criminal court proceedings be permitted? In Press and Media Access to the Criminal Courtroom, he reviews the underlying legal principles and constitutional issues, describes the important cases that have shaped current legal thinking, and provides citations of the applicable case law.

As confidential information relating to the lives of millions of citizens continues to be stored in data banks and other electronic systems, Americans are becoming increasingly aware of potential and actual infringements of their right of privacy.

Amid great concern for universal health care is succinct, well documented, accessible review of malpractice liability in health care and related professions.

Internal company investigations have become widespread in recent years as companies seek to ferret out internal problems. This book focuses on investigation of employees by their organisations, outlining the rights and obligations of the employer and the rights and privileges of the employee.