Course Materials - Fall 2018 Upper Class Book List
Back- Carroll/Carter, Louisiana Matrimonial Regimes: Cases and Materials, 2014, Hardback, 9781600422072, Vandeplas Publishing
- La. Civil Code Vols. I & II, 2018 ed., Thomson West
- Patrick H. Martin, et al., The Law of Oil and Gas: Cases and Materials, 2016, 10th, Hardback, 978-1634605908, Foundation Press
- Louisiana Mineral Code, 2015, 1-59804-767-1, Claitor's, (link)
- PUB: Mineral Rights 5205 Fall 2018, PUB
Available at Claitor's
Course materials at PUB
- Ernest E. Smith, et al., International Petroleum Transactions, 2010, 3rd, 978-1882047482, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
- Louisiana Civil Code, Latest, West
- Spaht, Family Law in Louisiana, Latest, Vandeplas
- Klein, Ramseyer and Bainbridge, Klein, Ramseyer and Bainbridge's Business Associations, Cases and Materials on Agency, Partnerships, and Corporations, 2018, 10th, Hardback, 9781683285229, Foundation Press, (link)
- Sautter, BA I Supplement, LSU PUB
- Whaley and McJohn, Problems and Materials on Payment Law, 2016, 10th Edition, 978-1-4548-6332-8, Wolters Kluwer
- Smith, Payment Systems Supplement, Latest, LSU Pub
- Chomsky, Kunz, Schlitz & Tabb, Selected Commercial Statutes for Payment Systems Courses, 2017, 978-1-68328-769-8, West Academic Publishing
An older version of the Chomsky book should work, if you can find one. There are some other statutory supplements on the market, but the Chomsky book should be very helpful,if we are able to get to wire transfers.
- LA Insurance Penalties Supplement, 2016, LSU Pub
- McKenzie, LA Insurance Supplement, 2010, LSU Pub
- Singer, Berger, Davidson, Penalver, Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices, 2017, 7th ed., Hardback, 9781454889182, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
- Robert Sitkoff and Jesse Dukeminier, Wills Trusts and Estates, 10th, 978-1-4548-7642-7, Aspen
An electronic copy is also available
- John E. Murray, Jr.; Harry M. Flechtner, Sales, Leases and Electronic Commerce Problems and Materials on National and International Transactions, 2013, 4th ed., Hardback, 9780314282859, West Academic Publishing
- Holmes, UCC Sales Supplement, most recent, LSU PUB
- Willborn, Schwab, Burton, Lester, Employment Law: Cases and Materials, 2017, 6th ed., 9781531005474 (Hardback), 9781531008758 (Looseleaf), 9781531005481 (e-book), Carolina Academic Press
- Willborn, Schwab, Burton & Lester, Employment Law: Selected Federal and State Statutes, 2018 Ed, 9781531010959, Carolina Academic Press
- West, Louisiana Statutory Criminal Law and Procedure, 2018, Latest, 978-0314670397, West
- Moreau, Administration of Criminal Justice II: Cases and Materials, 2006, Law Center Publications Institute
- Miller, Prosecution and Adjudication, 2000, 5th, 1-56662-987-X, Foundation Press
- William Funk, Richard H. Seamon, Examples and Explanations: Administrative Law, 2015, 5th, Wolters Kluwer
additional materials will be posted on the course WWW site
- Aagaard, Owen, Pidot, Practicing Environmental Law, 2017, Hardback, 9781634593076, Foundation Press
- Callies, Freilich and Roberts, Cases and Materials on Land Use, 7th, West Academic Publishing
- Jeffrey Runoff, Steven Ratner, David Wippman, International Law: Norms, Actors, Process: A Problem-Oriented Approach, 2015, 4th, 978-1-4548-4951-3, Aspen Publishers, (link)
- Paul R Baier, The Pocket Constitutionalist, 2013, Golden Anniversary 7th ed, Claitor's Publishing Division
- Sullivan & Feldman, Constitutional Law, 2016, 19th ed., Hardback, 9781634594479, Foundation Press
- Sullivan & Feldman, Sullivan & Feldman’s Constitutional Law 2018 Supplement, 2018, 9781640208759, Foundation Press
CasebookPlus™ offering as ISBN 9781634608800. Learn more at CasebookPlus.com.
- Mary LaFrance; Gary Myers; Lee Ann Lockridge and David L Lange, Intellectual Property, Cases and Materials, 2018, 5th, Hardback, 9781640202795, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- Any Statutory Supplement containing up-to-date patent, trademark, and copyright statutes and the Uniform Trade Secrets Acts (2016 or later)
- Goldstein and Reese's Selected Statutes and International Agreements
on Unfair Competition, Trademark, Copyright and Patent,
Paul Goldstein, R. Anthony Reese
2016, West
ISBN: 978-1683281351 ($49)
https://www.amazon.com/Copyright-Trademark-Competition-International-Agreements/dp/1683281357 - Intellectual Property Statutes: 2016
Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges
available through Amazon or Clause 8 Publishing;
ISBN: 1945555025 ($28)
https://www.createspace.com/6474642)
A hardbound print version of the book is available to students for $200. The best value, however, is for students to purchase an electronic copy of the book for just $100.
Here is a link to the purchasing options on our online store: http://store.westacademic.com/Store/?ext=F&search=lafrance+5th
Students who purchase an electronic copy of the book for $100 may also purchase a soft-cover print-on-demand copy of the book for $32 if they wish. To place an order for the $32 copy, they should call our customer service at 877-888-1330 or e-mail at support@westacademic.com
Selected options for supplement (others are also available--just be sure it is either 2016 or later to contain revised federal trade secret law)
OR
OR
(3) Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society: Selected Statutes & Treaties: 2016 Edition
James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 3d edition (August 3, 2016)
ISBN: 978-1536889390 ($12.50)
https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Information-Selected-Statutes/dp/1536889393
- Alston and Goodman, International Human Rights, 2012, 2nd, 978-0199578726, Oxford University Press, (link)
- Van Schaack and Slye, International Criminal Law and Its Enforcement: Cases and Materials, 2015, 3rd, Hardback, 978-1-60930-462-1, Foundation Press
- Yasser, McCurdy, Goplenud, Weston, Sports Law: Cases and Materials, 2016, 8th, 9781632833884, Lexis Nexis
- Hall, Ellman, Orentlicher, Health Care Law and Ethics in a Nutshell 3rd Edition, 2011, 3rd, Softbound, 9780314209870 or eBook, 9781628106022, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- Paul C. Weiler, Gary Myers, William W Berry III, Entertainment, Media, and the Law: Text, Cases, and Problems, 2016, 5th, Hardback, 9781634598835, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- RECOMMENDED, Burr's Entertainment Law in a Nutshell, 2017, 4TH - also as ebook, 9781683285045, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- Baier and Lemmon, Lawyers in the Great Tradition: The Argument of an Appeal, 2018, LSU LAW PUB
- Frederick Bernays Wiener, Effective Appellate Advocacy, 2004, Revised Edition, ABA
available at Claitor's Law Books
- Sandra H Johnson, Robert L Schwartz, Bioethics and Law in a Nutshell, 2016, 9781634604703, or eBook, 9781683283256, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- John Miller and Jeffrey Maine, The Fundamentals of Federal Taxation, 4th, 978-1-5310-0205-3, Carolina Academic Press
Electronic copy also available e-ISBN978-1-53100-206-0
- Nelson, Whitman, Burkhart, Freyermuth, Cases and Materials on Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development, 2015, 9th ed., Hardback, 9780314288608, West Academic Publishing
- Merritt & Simmons, Learning Evidence: From the Federal Rules to the Courtroom, 2018, 4th ed., Hardback, 9781634606462, West Academic Publishing
- Merrit and Simmons, Learning Evidence: From the Federal Rules to the Courtroom, 2018, 4th, Hardback, 9781634606462, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- Instructor will provide materials
Course materials will be made available on Moodle.
- Frenkel & Stark, The Practice of Mediation: A Video-Integrated Text, 1st*, 978-0-7355-4439-0
*The 1st edition has a DVD. Later editions have 6 month access to video content via the internet.
- Materials will be provided
Materials will be provided in class
- Instructor will provide materials
- Materials will be provided
- Materials will be provided
- Materials will be provided*
Students should have access to the Code of Civil Procedure
- Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Latest
- Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Latest
- Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, latest
- Melissa T Lonegrass, Lonegrass' Louisiana Civil Code with Official Legislative Commentary: 2018 Student Edition, 2018, 9781640200692, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- Trahan, Cases and Materials on Successions and Donations, most recent version, LSU PUB
- La. Civil Code Vols. I & II, 2018 ed., Thomson West
- Hill, Quinn, and Davidoff Solomon, Mergers and Acquisitions: Law, Theory, and Practice, 2016, 1st, Hardback, 9780314289063, West Academic Publishing, (link)
- Bankruptcy Codes, Rules and Official Forms, 2018 Law School Edition, 2018, 9781642420593, West Academic Publishing
- Adler, Baird and Jackson, Bankruptcy: Cases, Problems and Materials 2014 Supplement, 2014, 4th, 9781628100860, Foundation Press
- Adler, Bankruptcy: Cases, Problems and Materials, 2014, 4, 9781587787577, Foundation Press
- David G. Owen & Mary J. Davis, Products Liability and Safety, Cases & Materials, 2015, 7th ed., Hardback, 9781609302283, Foundation Press
- Crawford, Louisiana Civil Law of Torts (Supplemental Included in book), 2014, Law Center Publications Institute
- Giller, Regulation of Lawyers and Supplement, 11, 9781543800746
ISBN is for text and supplement package
- Lerman & Schrag, Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, 4th Edition, Hardback, 978-1-4548-6304-5, Wolters Kluwer
- ABA, Model Rules of Protessional Conduct, 2018
- Smith, Legal Profession Supplement, Latest, LSU Pub
There are many vendors who sell versions of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. The basic version that is issued by the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility is relatively cheap (less than $30 last time I looked) and perfectly good for this course. The 2017 edition should also work. Don't buy the annotated version!
- Ciolino, Louisiana Ethics: Standards and Commentary, 2016, 9781522989554
- Eagle, Coastal Law, 2011, 2nd, Wolters Kluwer
- Fletcher & Sheppard, American Law in a Global Context: The Basics, 2005, 1st, 9780195167238, Oxford University Press
- No Text Required
- Hertzel et al, Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation: Cases and Materials, 2008, 4th, 9781422407455, LexisNexis
- Lamonica and Jones, Louisiana Legislative Law and Procedure, Handbook or Treatise
Used copies are available
DO NOT PURCHASE. A COPY WILL BE LOANED TO YOU FOR USE DURING THE SEMESTER.
- David Brion Davis, INHUMAN BONDAGE: THE RISE AND FALL OF SLAVERY IN THE NEW WORLD, 2006, 978-0-1953-3944-4, Oxford
- Don E. Fehrenbacher, SLAVERY, LAW, AND POLITICS: THE DRED SCOTT CASE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 1981, 978-0-1950-2883-6, Oxford
- A. Leon Higginbotham, IN THE MATTER OF COLOR: RACE AND THE AMERICAN LEGAL PROCESS (THE COLONIAL PERIOD), 1980, 978-0-1950-2745-7, Oxford
- Richard Kluger, SIMPLE JUSTICE: THE HISTORY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BLACK AMERICA'S STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY, 2007, 978-0-7006-1549-0, Kansas
- Donald G. Nieman, PROMISES TO KEEP: AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER, 1776 TO THE PRESENT, 1991, 978-0-19-505561-6, Oxford
- Barbara A. Perry, THE MICHIGAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CASES, 2007, 978-0-7006-1549-0, Kansas
- Frank Tannenbaum, SLAVE AND CITIZEN*, 1946, 10-080700913X, Beacon Press
available as an e-book
not available through publisher. Without endorsing any seller, I note that very good prices are available through used book sellers. See, e.g., the amazon com website.
available as an e-book
- Instructor will provide materials
- Materials can be purchased at LSU Pub
- David Papke et al, Law and Popular Culture: Text, Notes, and Questions, 2012, 2nd - Note that it is available in three versions, hardback, electronic, and looseleaf paper, Hardback, 9780769847535, Lexis Nexis, (link)
- No Text required. Professor will post materials as necessary.
- Materials will be provided