How Leading Lawyers Think

How Leading Lawyers Think

Expert Insights Into Judgment and Advocacy -Randall Kiser
Publisher: Springer | ISBN 10: 364220483X | 2011
PDF | 293 pages | 1.2 MB

In this book, 78 leading attorneys in California and New York describe how they evaluate,  negotiate and resolve litigation cases. 

Selected for their demonstrated skill in predicting  trial outcomes and knowing when cases should be settled or taken to trial, these attorneys  identify the key factors in case evaluation and share successful strategies in pre-trial  discovery, negotiation, mediation, and trials. Integrating law and psychology, the book  shows how skilled attorneys mentally frame cases, understand jurors' perspectives, develop  persuasive themes and arguments and achieve exceptional results for clients. 

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International Economic Law:

International Economic Law: 

The State and Future of the Discipline
Publisher: Hart Publishing (UK) | ISBN: 1841137553 | edition 2008 

 PDF | 337 pages | 1,2 mb

Bretton Woods' has become shorthand for the post-war international financial and economic framework. Mindful of the historic 1944 conference and its legacy for the discipline of international economic law, the American Society of International Law's International Economic Law Group (IELG) chose Bretton Woods as the venue for a landmark scholarly meeting. In November of 2006, a diverse group of academics and practitioners gathered to reflect on the past, present and future of international economic law. 

They sought to survey and advance three particular areas of endeavour: research and scholarship, teaching, and practice/service. This book represents an edited collection of some of the exceptional papers presented at the conference. The volume is organised into three sections, each covering one of the three pillars in the discipline of international economic law: research and scholarship; teaching; and, practice/service.It begins with an assessment of the state and future of research in the field, including chapters on questions such as: what is international economic law? Is it a branch of international law or of economic law? How do fields outside of law, such as economics and international relations, relate to international economic law? The next section looks at the state and future of teaching in the subject. Chapters cover topics such as: how should international economic law be taught, and when and to whom? Should it be taught in different ways in different places? 

The final section of the book focuses on the state and future of international economic law practice in the Bretton Woods era, including institutional reform. This book promises to play a role in the next phase of the development of international economic law.It contains useful prescriptive advice on teaching IEL, and guidance on where the subject is headed in the future. It analyses the developments in the field of international economic law, focusing on teaching, scholarship, and practice/service. 

The contributions, from leading academics, examine the development and future of International Economic Law. This book will be of interest to lawyers, economists and other professionals throughout the world- whether in the private, public, academic or non-governmental sectors.

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Law and Corporate Finance

Law and Corporate Finance 

(Elgar Financial Law)
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing | ISBN: 1847201075 | edition 2007 

| PDF | 230 pages | 1,16 mb

'In this impressive and ambitious book, the authors explore the role of the law in advancing the economic wellbeing of a society. Three tiers of legal regulation of business enterprises and of equity markets are examined: basic foundational law of contracts, property and tort; corporate law; and securities law. The classical economic case for government intervention on the grounds that it can enhance trust, reduce transaction costs and contribute to valuable network externalities is clearly and cogently outlined. There is also a thoughtful account of behavioural analysis of law and corporate finance. New empirical evidence is presented alongside a useful review of studies conducted by other scholars. Complementing the economic, behavioural and empirical analyses, the book also provides a concise history of the development of the law governing corporate finance. Having examined corporate finance law from these different standpoints, in the final chapter the authors draw upon their deep understanding of the subject to provide a new perspective on current controversies. A great virtue of this book is that it covers a great deal of material in a concise, lucid and stimulating manner. The fresh and rigorous analysis also stands out. There is much here that will be of value to students and scholars.'
- Eilis Ferran, University of Cambridge, UK

In this thorough and enlightening book, the authors examine the role of law in developing the large financial markets necessary for national economic success. They discuss the basic foundational law of contracts, property and tort, corporate law, and securities law, providing both a broad theoretical and empirical case for its value in financial markets.

The book begins with an historical analysis of the law's development, reviewing the legal governance of corporate finance with an emphasis on the development of US securities law in the twentieth century. Also provided is an extensive empirical analysis of the law's effect. A unique benefit of the book is its integration of all the relevant aspects, rather than examining them in isolation. Chapters cover the role of law in corporate finance, behavioral and empirical analyses, as well as current controversies in law and corporate finance. Ultimately, the book is a defense of the economic value of the law in the United States and throughout the world.

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Risk and Reason: Safety, Law, and the Environment

Risk and Reason: Safety, Law, and the Environment
 Cambridge University Press |  ISBN-10: 0521791995 

 360 pages | PDF | 9.5 Mb

What should be done about airplane safety and terrorism, global warming, polluted water, nuclear power, and genetically engineered food? Decision-makers often respond to temporary fears, and the result is a situation of hysteria and neglect--and unnecessary illness and death. Risk and Reason explains the sources of these problems and explores what can be done about them. It shows how individual thinking and social interactions lead us in foolish directions. Offering sound proposals for social reform, it explains how a more sensible system of risk regulation, embodied in the idea of a "cost-benefit state," could save many thousands of lives and many billions of dollars too--and protect the environment in the process.

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