Law

J.K. Lasser's New Tax Law Simplified 2010: Tax Relief from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and More

by Barbara Weltman

Straightforward explanations of the new tax laws

Things have changed radically in the world of housing, education, employment, and other areas where a firm understanding taxes can benefit you financially. While...

Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court

by Jan Crawford Greenburg

Drawing on unprecedented access to the Supreme Court justices themselves and their inner circles, acclaimed ABC News legal correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg offers an explosive newsbreaking account of one...

Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

by Jim Newton

In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren, the politician-turned-Chief Justice who refashioned...

The 101 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes

by Herbert E. Nass & Benton E. Gup

A trust and estate lawyer to the stars offers an engaging look at how to avoid numerous estate planning mistakes

In The 101 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes, author Herbert Nass, an estate planner for some of...

The Future of Ideas

by Lawrence Lessig

The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone. In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the revolution has produced a counterrevolution of potentially devastating power and effect. Creativity...

Protecting the Right to Choose

by Kate Michelman

From the former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America comes a politically impassioned, thought-provoking, and timely narrative about a woman’s constitutional right to shape her own life. Catalyzed by a pre–...

They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague

by Slavenka Drakulic

"Who were they? Ordinary people like you or me—or monsters?” asks internationally acclaimed author Slavenka Drakulic as she sets out to understand the people behind the horrific crimes committed during the...

Intellectual Property: The Tough New Realities That Could Make or Break Your Business

by Paul Goldstein

The definitive guide to intellectual property for business managers 

How can a product of the mind—an innovation, a song, a logo, a business secret—become the subject of precise property rights? No idea...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lawsuits

by J.D., Victoria E. Green

have you been confused by a lawsuit? We can help.

Millions of civil lawsuits are filed in the U.S. court system, costing billions of dollars in legal fees to those involved. The process is so complex that few...

Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment

by Floyd Abrams

The rights guaranteed in the First Amendment—including freedom of expression—are among the fundamental touchstones of our democracy. In Speaking Freely, Floyd Abrams, who for over thirty years has been our...

Witsec: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program

by Pete Earley

For decades no law enforcement program has been as cloaked in controversy and mystery as the Federal Witness Protection Program. Now, for the first time, Gerald Shur, the man credited with the creation of WITSEC,...

How to Pay Zero Taxes 2009

by Jeff A. Schnepper

The best advice in tax savings for 25 years!“If there’s a tax break allowed out there, it’s in here.” —New York Daily NewsCompletely up to date for 2009, this tax guide focuseson saving money on taxes,...

Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror

by Benjamin Wittes

An authoritative assessment of the new laws of war and a sensible and sophisticated roadmap for the future of liberty in the Age of Terror

America is losing a crucial front in the ongoing war on terror. It is...

Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

by Lawrence Lessig

The reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, Lawrence Lessig spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war?a war waged against those who create and consume art. America?s...

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds

by Christopher Cokinos

A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.

Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court

by James MacGregor Burns

From renowned political theorist James MacGregor Burns, an incisive critique of the overreaching power of an ideological Supreme Court

For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winner James MacGregor Burns has been one...

In the Interest of Justice: Great Opening & Closing Statements Throu

by Joel Seidemann

This rich and rewarding volume collects more than two dozen of the most memorable opening and closing arguments made by top prosecutors and defense attorneys of the last one hundred years. Carefully selected...

Everybody's Guide to the Law- Fully Revised & Updated

by Melvin M. Belli & Allen Wilkinson

What are your rights if the car you bought is useless? If your ex-boss refuses to let you take along your Rolodex? Who gets custody of the children after a divorce? Do you worry about laws governing your use...

Collaborative Divorce: A New Paradigm

by Pauline H. Tesler, Peggy Thompson & Pauline Tesler

About half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce, and most of these divorces result in unnecessary collateral damage. Now there is a better way.

In Collaborative Divorce, Pauline Tesler and Peggy...

Divorce Wars

by Jeffery M. Leving

Think the worst won't happen to you? Divorce can turn even the most sensible and perfectly nice people into malicious cutthroats. And while divorce is never easy, it can get downright nasty if your spouse wants...