Nutshell

Oil and Gas Law in a Nutshell

Reliable source on oil and gas law. This authoritative coverage focuses on the legal rules that govern the development of privately owned mineral rights, which often also apply to governmentally owned resources. Text covers topics such as the nature, protection, and conveying of oil and gas rights, leasing, and taxation.

Legal Research in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

The Internet has dramatically affected the way legal research is conducted, but finding and using legal resources effectively remains an essential skill for lawyers. This comprehensive but succinct guide covers major primary and secondary sources, including major web resources such as THOMAS and PACER as well as online databases and library materials. Discussion includes coverage of legislative history, administrative law, practice and specialized resources, and research in international and comparative law.

Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

This compact, comprehensive title offers an expert overview of the history, source, and structure of immigration law. Visa standards, deportation and exclusion issues, refugee and asylum issues, citizenship, and the rights of aliens are also discussed.

International Taxation in a Nutshell, (In a Nutshell (West Publishing))

This Nutshell provides the fundamentals of U.S. international taxation. Addresses the U.S. activities of foreign taxpayers, as well as the foreign activities of U.S. citizens and residents, focusing on the U.S. foreign tax credit. Special U.S. international tax provisions creating incentives or disincentives for certain conduct or forms of business transactions are featured.

Administrative Law and Process: In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Sports Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

This popular Nutshell will bring you up to date on sports law. Among the topics covered are: the BALCO Drug Scandal, Clarett v. NFL, Bloom v. NCAA, Friday Night at the Fights, Detroit, Pacers vs. Pistons, and the Knight Foundation Commission Report on Intercollegiate Athletics.

Business Associations, Second Edition (Nutshell Series)

This book is written as a review for students taking the first course in business organizations. The authors emphasize explanation, focusing on explaining the basic concepts covered in class, providing a business and practice context for those concepts, and showing how the concepts are consistent, and sometimes inconsistent with each other. The book is organized around the life cycle of a business, beginning with the choice of business structure, ending with the choices of possible "end-games" for the business and its owners, and covering the common legal issues in running and growing a business.

Contracts in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (West Publishing))

Rohwer and Skrocki's Contracts in a Nutshell is a succinct summary of the fundamentals of contracts. Contains expert coverage on forming contracts, restitution, statute of frauds, contract interpretation, and modification. Also discusses remedies, performance, and third-party beneficiaries.

The Law of Corporations: In a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (West Publishing))

Calvin Coolidge said: "The business of America is business." From the mom and pop store to giant international companies, today's form of business is typically the corporation. This Nutshell will tell you why, and it will introduce you to the unique characteristics of this modern creation: corporate autonomy, transferability and even a kind of immortality. This text will get you literate enough in the language of the corporation to be comfortable with this fundamental part of business law. Once corporations become familiar figures, you'll be able to address exam questions more quickly and accurately.

American Indian Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

This text sets forth in succinct form the essentials of this very complex body of law, with attention to the governmental policies underlying it. Some specialized matter that falls within this field has been omitted, such as the special problems in Oklahoma or New York, the serious problems of urban Indians, and the subject of the Native Hawaiians.