Random House New Releases - Law - Between November 27, 2008 and December 27, 2009.

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition by Tad Crawford

2009-11-24T00:30:00-05:00

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition
Edited by Tad Crawford

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition contains 34 forms for photographers, each accompanied by step-by-step instructions, advice on standard contractual provisions, and unique negotiation checklists to guide professionals to the best deal. Included are contracts for wedding, portrait, and assignment photography; publishing, collaboration, and licensing contracts; property and model releases; assignment estimate/confirmation/invoice; delivery memo; stock photography invoice; stock agency agreement; permission form; copyright registration and transfer forms; nondisclosure agreement; license of rights; license of electronic rights; trademark application; employment application and agreement; and more. Included is a CD-ROM containing electronic versions of each form. New to this edition are forms for leases, subleases, and lease assignments, plus an update to cover changes in copyright registration.

Witsec by Pete Earley

2009-11-18T00:30:00-05:00

Witsec Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program
Written by Pete Earley

Deadly Force by Chris McNab

2009-09-29T00:30:00-05:00

Deadly Force Firearms and American Law Enforcement, from the Wild West to the Streets of Today
Written by Chris McNab

Trade Paperback, 312 pages | Osprey Publishing | Law | $19.95 | September 29, 2009 | 978-1-84603-376-6 (1-84603-376-4)

In his new book, Chris McNab, author of Tools of Violence and The Special Forces Survival Guide, empties a six-shooter's worth of eye-opening stories about the use of deadly force in American law enforcement. Drawing on the work of Michael A. Bellesiles, whose groundbreaking study, Arming America, demonstrated that gun ownership in American was not widespread until after the Civil War, McNab chronicles how enforcers of the law first began to arm themselves with guns in the 1870s. In the Wild West, a tradition grew up where criminals like Wild Bill Hicock blithely swapped their black hats for white whenever the opportunity presented itself. And in the cities, armed policemen made equal use of their hardwood nightclubs and new-fangled revolvers to keep the unlawful in check.

McNab relates tales of law enforcement's famous clashes with gangers in the early part of the 20th Century and its dealings with psychopaths and drug dealers in the latter. An afterward examines the current and future state of deadly force in light of the shooting of Sean Bell in 2008. In his characteristically lively prose, McNab provides readers with a balanced history of the gun in American jurisprudence.

Louis D. Brandeis by Melvin Urofsky

2009-09-22T00:30:00-05:00

Louis D. Brandeis A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky

The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.

Louis Dembitz Brandeis had at least four “careers.” As a lawyer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he pioneered how modern law is practiced. He, and others, developed the modern law firm, in which specialists manage different areas of the law. He was the author of the right to privacy; led the way in creating the role of the lawyer as counselor; and pioneered the idea of pro bono publico work by attorneys. As late as 1916, when Brandeis was nominated to the Supreme Court, the idea of pro bono service still struck many old-time attorneys as somewhat radical.

Between 1895 and 1916, when Woodrow Wilson named Brandeis to the Supreme Court, he ranked as one of the nation’s leading progressive reformers. Brandeis invented savings bank life insurance in Massachusetts (he considered it his most important contribution to the public weal) and was a driving force in the development of the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, and the law establishing the Federal Trade Commission.

Brandeis as an economist and moralist warned in 1914 that banking and stock brokering must be separate, and twenty years later, during the New Deal, his recommendation was finally enacted into law (the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933) but was undone by Ronald Reagan, which led to the savings-and-loan crisis in the 1980s and the world financial collapse of 2008.

We see Brandeis, who came from a family of reformers and intellectuals who fled Europe and settled in Louisville. Brandeis the young man coming of age, who presented himself at Harvard Law School and convinced the school to admit him even though he was underage. Brandeis the lawyer and reformer, who in 1908 agreed to defend an Oregon law establishing maximum hours for women workers, and in so doing created an entirely new form of appellate brief that had only a few pages of legal citation and consisted mostly of factual references.

Urofsky writes how Brandeis witnessed and suffered from the anti-Semitism rampant in the early twentieth century and, though not an observant Jew, with the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, became at age fifty-eight head of the American Zionist movement. During the next seven years, Brandeis transformed it from a marginal activity into a powerful force in American Jewish affairs.

We see the brutal six-month confirmation battle after Wilson named the fifty-nine-year-old Brandeis to the court in 1916; the bitter fight between progressives and conservative leaders of the bar, finance, and manufacturing, who, while never directly attacking him as a Jew, described Brandeis as “a striver,” “self-advertiser,” “a disturbing element in any gentleman’s club.” Even the president of Harvard, A. Lawrence Lowell, signed a petition accusing Brandeis of lacking “judicial temperament.” And we see, finally, how, during his twenty-three years on the court, this giant of a man and an intellect developed the modern jurisprudence of free speech, the doctrine of a constitutionally protected right to privacy, and suggested what became known as the doctrine of incorporation, by which the Bill of Rights came to apply to the states.

Brandeis took his seat when the old classical jurisprudence still held sway, and he tried to teach both his colleagues and the public– especially the law schools–that the law had to change to keep up with the economy and society. Brandeis often said, “My faith in time is great.” Eventually the Supreme Court adopted every one of his dissents as the correct constitutional interpretation.

A huge and galvanizing biography, a revelation of one man’s effect on American society and jurisprudence, and the electrifying story of his time.

Louis D. Brandeis by Melvin Urofsky

2009-09-22T00:30:00-05:00

Louis D. Brandeis A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky

Tierra de todos by Jorge Ramos

2009-05-12T00:30:00-05:00

Tierra de todos Nuestro momento para crear una naci�n de iguales
Written by Jorge Ramos

Trade Paperback, 192 pages | Vintage | Political Science - Public Policy; Law - Emigration & Immigration | $13.00 | May 12, 2009 | 978-0-307-47519-0 (0-307-47519-0)

Estados Unidos es un país que hoy tiene habitantes de primera y de segunda clase. Esto tiene que cambiar, y pronto. Hay 12 millones de indocumentados, pero también hay una esperanza: la promesa que Barack Obama le hizo a Jorge Ramos de que durante su primer año como presidente apoyaría una reforma migratoria. Tierra de todos es un libro urgente y necesario, que pretende ayudar a que se realice esta reforma. Este es un libro que da voz a los que no la tienen. Un libro que todo inmigrante debe tener y, sobre todo, este es un libro que todos los que critican a los inmigrantes deben leer, para que entiendan que Estados Unidos es un mejor país gracias a todas las personas que vinieron de otros países.

A Patent Lie by Paul Goldstein

2009-05-05T00:30:00-05:00

A Patent Lie
Written by Paul Goldstein

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Thrillers; Law - Intellectual Property | $15.00 | May 5, 2009 | 978-0-307-27490-8 (0-307-27490-X)

A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.

After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley—the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions—has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need, partly out of pride, Seeley takes on a case for his estranged brother, whose small biotech firm is suing a Swiss pharmaceutical giant over a controversial new AIDS vaccine. Seeley heads out to Silicon Valley to lead the case, but soon realizes there is much more at stake than he was first led to believe. As certain partnerships come to light, and financial gains become staggeringly clear, Seeley's own life may be in grave danger.

The Day the Earth Caved In by Joan Quigley

2009-04-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Day the Earth Caved In An American Mining Tragedy
Written by Joan Quigley

Beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother’s backyard in Centralia, Pennsylvania, The Day the Earth Caved In is an unprecedented and riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire. In astonishing detail, award-winning journalist Joan Quigley, the granddaughter of Centralia miners, ushers readers into the dramatic world of the underground blaze. Drawing on interviews with key participants and exclusive new research, Quigley paints unforgettable portraits of Centralia and its residents, from Tom Larkin, the short-order cook and ex-hippie who rallied the activists, to Helen Womer, the bank teller who galvanized the opposition, denying the fire’s existence even as toxic fumes invaded her home. Like Jonathan Harr’s A Civil Action, The Day the Earth Caved In is a seminal investigation of individual rights, corporate privilege, and governmental indifference to the powerless.

The Little Book of Plagiarism by Richard A. Posner

2009-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

The Little Book of Plagiarism
Written by Richard A. Posner

A concise, lively, and bracing exploration of an issue bedeviling our cultural landscape–plagiarism in literature, academia, music, art, and film–by one of our most influential and controversial legal scholars. Best-selling novelists J. K. Rowling and Dan Brown, popular historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, first novelist Kaavya Viswanathan: all have rightly or wrongly been accused of plagiarism–theft of intellectual property–provoking widespread media punditry. But what exactly is plagiarism? How has the meaning of this notoriously ambiguous term changed over time as a consequence of historical and cultural transformations? Is the practice on the rise, or just more easily detectable by technological advances? How does the current market for expressive goods inform our own understanding of plagiarism? Is there really such a thing as “cryptomnesia,” the unconscious, unintentional appropriation of another’s work? What are the mysterious motives and curious excuses of plagiarists? What forms of punishment and absolution does this “sin” elicit? What is the good in certain types of plagiarism?

Provocative, insightful, and extraordinary for its clarity and forthrightness, The Little Book of Plagiarism is an analytical tour de force in small, the work of “one of the top twenty legal thinkers in America” (Legal Affairs), a distinguished jurist renowned for his adventuresome intellect and daring iconoclasm.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Big Squeeze by Steven Greenhouse

2009-02-10T00:30:00-05:00

The Big Squeeze Tough Times for the American Worker
Written by Steven Greenhouse

Why, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's workplaces, including the decline of the social contract that created the world's largest middle class and guaranteed job security and good pensions. We meet all kinds of workers—white-collar and blue-collar, high-tech and low-tech, middle-class and low-income—as we see shocking examples of injustice, including employees who are locked in during a hurricane or fired after suffering debilitating, on-the-job injuries.

With pragmatic recommendations on what government, business and labor should do to alleviate the economic crunch, The Big Squeeze is a balanced, consistently revealing look at a major American crisis.

Guilty by Reason of Insanity by Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Ph.D.

2009-02-04T00:30:00-05:00

Guilty by Reason of Insanity A Psychiatrist Explores the Minds of Killers
Written by Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Ph.D.

A psychiatrist and an internationally recognized expert on violence, Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent the last quarter century studying the minds of killers. Among the notorious murderers she has examined are Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross, and Mark David Chapman, the man who shot John Lennon. Now she shares her groundbreaking discoveries--and the chilling encounters that led to them.

From a juvenile court in Connecticut to the psychiatric wards of New York City's Bellevue Hospital, from maximum security prisons to the corridors of death row, Lewis and her colleague, the eminent neurologist Jonathan Pincus, search to understand the origins of violence. GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY is an utterly absorbing odyssey that will forever change the way you think about crime, punishment, and the law itself.

From the Paperback edition.

American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes by American Bar Association

2009-01-21T00:30:00-05:00

American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes Inside and Outside the Courtroom
Written by American Bar Association

Random House New Releases - Law - Between November 27, 2008 and December 27, 2009.

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition by Tad Crawford

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition Edited by Tad Crawford

Witsec by Pete Earley

Witsec Inside the Federal Witness Protection ProgramWritten by Pete Earley

Deadly Force by Chris McNab

Deadly Force Firearms and American Law Enforcement, from the Wild West to the Streets of TodayWritten by Chris McNab

Louis D. Brandeis by Melvin Urofsky

Louis D. Brandeis A LifeWritten by Melvin Urofsky

Louis D. Brandeis by Melvin Urofsky

Louis D. Brandeis A LifeWritten by Melvin Urofsky

Tierra de todos by Jorge Ramos

Tierra de todos Nuestro momento para crear una naci�n de igualesWritten by Jorge Ramos

A Patent Lie by Paul Goldstein

A Patent Lie Written by Paul Goldstein

The Day the Earth Caved In by Joan Quigley

The Day the Earth Caved In An American Mining TragedyWritten by Joan Quigley

The Little Book of Plagiarism by Richard A. Posner

The Little Book of Plagiarism Written by Richard A. Posner

The Big Squeeze by Steven Greenhouse

The Big Squeeze Tough Times for the American WorkerWritten by Steven Greenhouse

Guilty by Reason of Insanity by Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Ph.D.

Guilty by Reason of Insanity A Psychiatrist Explores the Minds of KillersWritten by Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Ph.D.

American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes by American Bar Association

American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes Inside and Outside the CourtroomWritten by American Bar Association

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition
Edited by Tad Crawford

Witsec Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program
Written by Pete Earley

Deadly Force Firearms and American Law Enforcement, from the Wild West to the Streets of Today
Written by Chris McNab

Louis D. Brandeis A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky

Louis D. Brandeis A Life
Written by Melvin Urofsky

Tierra de todos Nuestro momento para crear una naci�n de iguales
Written by Jorge Ramos

A Patent Lie
Written by Paul Goldstein

The Day the Earth Caved In An American Mining Tragedy
Written by Joan Quigley

The Little Book of Plagiarism
Written by Richard A. Posner

The Big Squeeze Tough Times for the American Worker
Written by Steven Greenhouse

Guilty by Reason of Insanity A Psychiatrist Explores the Minds of Killers
Written by Dorothy Otnow Lewis, Ph.D.

American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes Inside and Outside the Courtroom
Written by American Bar Association