About the Series Authors

Andrea Bjorklund

Acting Professor of Law
University of California Davis,
School of Law

Christopher L. Blakesley

The Cobeaga Law Firm Professor of Law
University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd
School of Law

Linda E. Carter

Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Miriam Cherry

Associate Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Raymond R. Coletta

Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Julie Anne Davies

Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Louis F. Del Duca

Edward N. Polisher Distinguished Faculty Scholar
Penn State University
Dickinson School of Law

Ann Laquer Estin

Professor of Law
The University of Iowa
College of Law

Samuel Estreicher

Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law
New York University
School of Law

Franklin A. Gevurtz

Distinguished Professor and Scholar
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

George Harris

Director, Center for Legal Advocacy, and Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Paul T. Hayden

Professor of Law and Jacob Becker Fellow
Loyola Law School

Peter J. Henning

Professor of Law
Wayne State University Law School

Leslie Gielow Jacobs

Director, Institute for Development of Legal Infrastructure and Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Brian K. Landsberg

Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Daniel J. Lathrope

Professor of Law
Hastings College of the Law

Thomas Main

Professor of Law
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Michael P. Malloy

Distinguished Professor and Scholar Director, Center for Global Business & Development
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

M.C. Mirow

Associate Professor of Law
Florida International University

James E. Moliterno

Tazewell Taylor Professor of Law
College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe
School of Law

Keith A. Rowley

Professor of Law
University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd
School of Law

John A. Spanogle, Jr.

Professor of Law William Wallace Kirkpatrick Research Professor of Law
The George Washington University Law School

John G. Sprankling

Distinguished Professor and Scholar
University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law

Barbara Stark

Professor of Law
Hofstra University
School of Law

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Each book in the Global Issues Series contains materials designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational and comparative law issues into basic law school courses. The goal of this series is to ensure that all law school graduates have sufficient familiarity with the growing impact of non-domestic sources of law, and the growing potential for transnational legal transactions and disputes, to function in an era of increasing globalization. In addition, introduction of International, Transnational and Comparative Law materials can enhance the students' understanding of domestic law. The philosophy behind this series may be best summarized by Justice Stephen G. Breyer's statement that "This world we live in is a world where it is out of date to teach foreign law in a course called Foreign Law."

This book is designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational, and comparative law issues into a first year civil procedure course. The book is very accessible for first year law students (and their professors). The chapters can be used in any combination and in any order. The book can be assigned or recommended as optional reading to supplement a domestic-only course to advance the students’ understanding of their own system.

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This carefully condensed volume is designed to supplement constitutional law classes with international, comparative, and transnational law issues. It covers: constitutionalism, judicial review, horizontal and vertical separation of powers, and individual rights, including equal protection, due process, and free speech and religion. Professors can pick and choose among the topics, and the selections within the topics, inserting them as comparisons or elucidations in the core constitutional law courses. Carefully drafted note materials (and a teacher's manual) make the book self-contained, and easy to understand and introduce without additional background reading. This concise supplement expands the boundaries of the traditional constitutional law courses, presenting the world view that professors, students and lawyers practicing in the 21st century need to know.

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Global Issues in Contract Law is designed to allow the introduction of international, comparative, and transnational legal issues into the basic Contracts course. It covers: -status and scope of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) -contract formation issues -formal requirements -ambiguity of contract terms -parol evidence under domestic law and under the CISG -"battle of the forms" -irrevocable offers -performance and breach -comparative and CISG approaches to remedies Global Issues in Contract Law is designed to inform, never to overburden, the basic Contracts course. Carefully drafted problem and note materials - and a teacher's manual - make the book self-contained, so that neither the student nor the instructor should feel the need to engage in extensive outside reading. The teacher's manual also includes detailed suggestions on how to use the materials and where to insert or substitute them in any of the leading Contracts casebooks.

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This book is designed to allow the introduction of comparative and transnational law issues into a basic corporation law class. It covers: Choice of law; a basic typology of business organization forms in the world; limited liability and creditor protection concerns; corporate governance structures; mismanagement by directors and controlling shareholders; insider trading; and takeovers. Global Issues in Corporate Law is designed to inform, rather than overburden, the basic corporation law course. For example, the chapter on limited liability and creditor protection is built around United States court opinions seeking to pierce the corporate veil of foreign corporations. By substituting these cases for the cases typically used to cover this topic, the professor can cover piercing the corporate veil, plus comparative approaches to creditor protection, with no more reading than is typically committed just to piercing the corporate veil. Carefully drafted note materials make the book self-contained so that neither students nor the instructor should feel compelled to engage in extensive outside reading.

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Global Issues in Criminal Law provides an introduction to issues arising in international and transnational crimes that give students a broader perspective on a developing area of the law. The book also provides faculty and students with material from domestic and international sources. The first chapter provides an overview of the foundational issues in the prosecution of crimes that cross borders, such as securities fraud and the international sex trade, and that challenge legal institutions to respond to large-scale violence, such as genocide and terrorism. The book builds on a number of subjects treated in the traditional criminal law class, such as mens rea, actus reus, accomplice and conspiratorial liability, and defenses, by analyzing three subjects of current interest: transnational crimes, terrorism, and genocide.

Each of these chapters includes a detailed problem that can be used as the foundation for analyzing the cases and primary source material that includes U.S. and foreign statutes and treaties. The book is designed as a supplement to the general criminal law course offered in every law school while also being useful in advanced seminars and international law courses. The problems give the teacher the flexibility to include some or all of the materials provided, and each chapter can be taught easily in two or three sessions as a unit within a regular course. Any of the three substantive chapters can be assigned individually if a professor wants to insert a particular issue into a broader course. For courses and seminars that focus on international and transnational legal issues, the book can be the basis for a more complete study of how the criminal law is being applied today across borders and in international settings. The materials provide an opportunity to introduce students to problems that face both domestic and international communities and provide an opportunity for insight into issues that will face many criminal law practitioners, judges, and scholars.

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Global Issues in Family Law offers broad coverage of the international, comparative, and transnational legal questions that are increasingly important in the practice of Family Law. It considers global dimensions of the topics covered in an introductory course, including marriage, divorce, establishing parent-child relationships, parental rights and responsibilities, adoption and domestic violence, and addresses broader questions of private international law, human rights, and immigration and asylum rights. The book is intended to be accessible to students with no background in family law or international law, and also to be challenging for those interested in exploring the fascinating intersection of these two fields.

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This book is designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational, and comparative law issues into a labor law course. Emphasis throughout is on primary materials (statutes, proposed "guest worker" legislation, ILO conventions, OECD guidelines, company codes of conduct, WTO rulings, AFL-CIO complaints, EU directives, Alien Tort Act decisions, etc.) that have been carefully edited to facilitate classroom discussion and further student research.

The book is designed to be accessible for both professors and their law students. The book can be assigned or recommended as optional reading to supplement a domestically oriented labor law course to advance the students' understanding of their own system and the kinds of issues they will face in an era of globalization. It can also serve as the text for a stand-alone course or seminar on global labor law. No additional statutory supplement is necessary.

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This book is designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational, and comparative law issues into a course on Professional Responsibility. The book is very accessible for law students (and their professors). The chapters can be used in any combination and in any order. The book can be assigned or recommended as optional reading to supplement a domestic-only course to advance the students’ understanding of their own system.

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Global Issues in Property Law is designed to introduce comparative law perspectives that help students understand domestic property law concepts, in areas including adverse possession, the right to exclude, estates in land, future interests, marital property, the landlord-tenant relationship, eviction of tenants, low-income housing, land sales transactions, title assurance, nuisance, and land use. This book also introduces students to areas of international law that are beginning to affect domestic property law, including the human right to property, international regulatory takings, and global land sales transactions.

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This book is designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational, and comparative law issues into an employment discrimination course. The book is very accessible for law students (and their professors). The chapters can be used in any combination and in any order. The book can be assigned or recommended as optional reading to supplement a domestic-only course to advance the students’ understanding of their own system.

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This book is designed to facilitate the introduction of international, transnational, and comparative law issues into an employment law course. The book is very accessible for law students (and their professors). The chapters can be used in any combination and in any order. The book can be assigned or recommended as optional reading to supplement a domestic-only course to advance the students’ understanding of their own system.

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This concise book is designed to provide professors teaching an introductory federal income taxation course with supplementary materials to introduce students to comparative and international tax topics. The book is accessible to students early in the course. An introductory chapter covers the structure of global tax systems and income taxes, as well as the various concepts of “income” employed by different tax systems. Coverage also includes chapters exploring the comparative tax treatment of in-kind benefits, gifts and inheritances, deductions, the taxable unit and income splitting rules, and capital gains. A separate chapter explores the issues raised when income is earned in international transactions. Basic international tax coverage includes an introduction to taxation based on source or residence/citizenship, avoidance of double taxation, tax deferral, transfer pricing, and tax treaties. The book includes both domestic and foreign cases, authorities, and statutes, as well as explanatory text. Because of its coverage, this text also is an excellent vehicle for exploring tax policy issues.

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Global Issues in Tort Law covers several facets of tort law as seen in global perspective: (1) the tort law of other countries, seen in comparison to U.S. law; (2) domestic U.S. statutes with an international tort law aspect (such as the Alien Tort Statute, the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act); and (3) international tort treaties, such as the Warsaw Convention. The book provides a rich selection of materials in manageable chapters that will add depth and perspective to your students’ views of the U.S. tort system and the larger legal world. While primarily intended for use as a supplement in torts courses, the book is also suitable as the foundation for a stand-alone course.

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