Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


“jay w jacobs”

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “jay w jacobs”
Skip side bar filters

  • The Widow Wave: A True Courtroom Drama of Tragedy at Sea

    by Jay W. Jacobs ...
    "A compelling story of a modern day maritime tragedy that beautifully discusses the vital importance of advances in observational technologies, forecasts and communications in avoiding future loss of life at sea. Jay Jacobs skillfully weaves together the legal, scientific and maritime narratives to enthrall and educate the reader." Julie Thomas, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Manager of the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

People who read this also enjoyed

  • The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law

    Torts

    by John C.P. Goldberg, Benjamin C. Zipursky ...
    Series series Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law
    Torts--personal injury law--is a fundamental yet controversial part of our legal system. The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts provides a clear and comprehensive account of what tort law is, how it works, what it stands to accomplish, and why it is now much-disputed. Goldberg and Zipursky--two of the world's most prominent tort scholars--carefully analyze leading judicial decisions and ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Shapo on The Law of Products Liability

    7th Edition

    by Marshall S. Shapo ...
    Four Volume SetAn authoritative, in-depth study of issues in products liability litigation, this comprehensive treatise traces the law of products liability from its roots in contract and tort to its development into the challenging, complex modern law of the subject.Practically organized and clearly written, the treatise provides detailed descriptions of case law governing:what constitutes a ... Read more

    $723.59 USD

  • The Law of Misstatements

    50 Years on from Hedley Byrne v Heller

    Edited by Professor Kit Barker, Ross Grantham, Professor Warren Swain ...
    Series series Hart Studies in Private Law
    2013 was the 50th anniversary of the House of Lords' landmark decision in Hedley Byrne v Heller. This international collection of essays brings together leading experts from five of the most important jurisdictions in which the case has been received (the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, Canada and Australia) to reappraise its implications from a number of complementary perspectives ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Forgotten Justice

    Forms of Justice in the History of Legal and Political Theory

    by Allan Beever ...
    Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the great philosophers begin their work with an investigation of private law. Why is this? And why is the central focus of our modern concern, the state, examined so late in their works? This book suggests an answer to these and related questions. It reveals that there are two general ways of thinking about the legal and the political ... Read more

    $104.39 USD

  • Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort

    Edited by Paul Mitchell, Professor Charles Mitchell ...
    Series series Landmark Cases
    Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort contains thirteen original essays on leading tort cases, ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present day. It is the third volume in a series of collected essays on landmark cases (the previous two volumes having dealt with restitution and contract). The cases examined raise a broad range of important issues across the law of tort, including such ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Tort Law

    by James O’Mahony ...
    Series series Blackhall’s Essential Law Revision Series
    The study of law can be an arduous and burdensome endeavour. Students can be overwhelmed by the unrelenting volume and complexity of legal texts. This can result in students failing to adequately understand the basic principles of their relevant study areas.Blackhall’s Essential Law Revision Series strives to take the drudgery and difficulty out of legal studies. The objective of the series is to ... Read more

    $17.82 USD

  • The Measure of Injury

    Race, Gender, and Tort Law

    by Martha Chamallas, Jennifer B. Wriggins ...
    Tort law is the body of law governing negligence, intentional misconduct, and other wrongful acts for which civil actions can be brought. The conventional wisdom is that the rules, concepts, and structures of tort law are neutral and unbiased, free of considerations of gender and race.In The Measure of Injury, Martha Chamallas and Jennifer Wriggins prove that tort law is anything but gender and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • North Carolina Injury Law: A Reference for Accident Victims

    by David Daggett, Griff Shuler ...
    We know how complicated and difficult personal injury, workers compensation, and disability claims can be. Think of this book as a guidebook or a roadmap, if you will, through the often confusing and overwhelming world of personal injury law. We wanted to provide you with a resource that is easy to understand, without a law degree.Each chapter will lead you through one aspect in clear, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unjust Enrichment

    by Peter Birks ...
    Series series Clarendon Law Series
    This new edition of Unjust Enrichment by the editor of the Clarendon Law Series, is a fully updated, clear and concise account of the law of unjust enrichment. It attempts to move away from the use of obscure terminology inherited from the past. This text is the first book to insist on the switch from restitution to unjust enrichment, from response to event. It organises modern law around five ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Damages and Compensation Culture

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Eoin Quill, Raymond J Friel ...
    The focus of the essays in this book is on the relationship between compensation culture, social values and tort damages for personal injuries. A central concern of the public and political perception of personal injuries claims is the high cost of tort claims to society, reflected in insurance premiums, often accompanied by an assumption that tort law and practice is flawed and improperly raising ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Civil Liability for Animals

    by Peter North ...
    A comprehensive analysis of liability for animals this book covers harm done by dangerous and straying animals including both dangerous and non-dangerous species. Including a separate chapter on special provisions relating to dogs it provides unique guidance from an internationally renowned legal scholar. The book takes account of the decisions of the courts which have applied, interpreted and ... Read more

    $95.99 USD