This law school casebook provides insight into the entertainment industry and teaches law students how to protect the rights of entertainers. Leading directors, screenwriters, musicians, artists, and several others discuss the impact of the law or social issues on their work. The book also includes essays submitted by experts on particular cases, such as the OJ Simpson trial and the New Kids on the Block litigation and features chapters on "Globalization of The Entertainment Industry" and "The Devil Media Made Me Do It" claims of industry responsibility for tortious and violent behavior.

Entertainment Law, Cases and Materials on Film, Television and Music (American Casebook Series)

Burr, Sherri

Henslee, William

Intellectual Property

West Academic Publishing

Sherri Burr’s Entertainment Law in a Nutshell provides a comprehensive review of the law affecting film and television talent, musicians, performers, writers and other entertainers. This clearly written book includes a review of the law surrounding credit, contracts, compensation, celebrity status (including privacy and publicity rights), First Amendment, intellectual property, and talent representation. Entertainment Law in a Nutshell also addresses issues confronting Reality Television and the globalization of the entertainment industry. Burr, who interviewed numerous players in the industry for this book, writes about the film, television, and music markets with humor and wit. As author Tony Hillerman said, "It’s nice to be cited in a law book and not be a suspect."

Entertainment Law : In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Burr, Sherri L.

West Group

This audio presents an overall big picture of international law for students taking the basic course in public international law, or a seminar in a boutique course like International Environmental Law, or Refugee Law. The audio is also appropriate for lawyers who find themselves working on a case and need a quick overview of international law or for public citizens concerned about war and other conflicts between nations. The audio book discusses how states form, create laws, interact with individuals, and wage war. Listeners will obtain a framework for answering essay questions on exams and structuring briefs for practice before international courts and tribunals.

Sum and Substance Audio on International Law

Foreign & International Law

This book provides a foundation for students studying international law who need to supplement knowledge from their courses or obtain a quick overview to prepare for an exam. The topics covered range from the historic foundations of international law (including an overview of the subject's founders) to the laws of wars and use of force. The book contains information on wars ranging from the 100-years war to Vietnam and the one in Iraq. The book provides a comprehensive overview of state formation and obligations, including state requirements to treat all individuals (citizens, immigrants, and aliens) humanely. Students who review the state responsibility chapter will obtain an approach to writing essay questions on international law or briefs for international tribunals.

Sum and Substance Quick Review on International Law (Quick Reviews)

This audio presents an overview of international law for students taking the basic course in public international law or a seminar in a boutique course like international environmental law or refugee law. The audio is also appropriate for lawyers who find themselves working on a case and need a quick overview of international law, or for public citizens concerned about war and other conflicts between nations. The audiobook discusses how states form, create laws, interact with individuals, and wage war. Listeners will obtain a framework for answering essay questions on exams and structuring briefs for practice before international courts and tribunals.

This exciting new book contains discussions of cases, interviews with celebrities, and other materials that help educate readers about the complicated entertainment business. To capture first-hand knowledge of the entertainment business, Burr conducted interviews throughout the United States, Australia, England, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. Celebrities featured in the book include Academy Award and Grammy winners, as well as best-selling authors and TV stars. The volume opens with a chapter on the globalization of the entertainment industry and explains how mastering U.S. entertainment law helps qualify lawyers to work abroad.

Entertainment Law: Cases and Materials in Established and Emerging Media (American Casebook Series)

Media & the Law

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.

Burr and Henslee's Entertainment Law, Cases and Materials on Film, Television and Music, 2008 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

William D. Henslee

This compact reference gives a big picture overview of the intellectual property, contract, publicity, estate planning, and First Amendment issues that contribute to the field of entertainment law. Professor Burr also addresses specific legal issues that arise in the film, music, and television industries, including discussion of the rise of “reality” television. This Nutshell is ideal as a secondary text to accompany any entertainment law casebook, as the primary text for a seminar, or as background information for someone requiring an overview.

Entertainment Law in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

The fourth edition of this book updates laws affecting intestate succession, wills, guardianships, and trusts. It introduces wills terminology to the lay audience and summarizes the law of trusts with references to the Uniform Trust Code and the Restatement of Trusts. It uses problems arising from celebrity peccadilloes and deaths, such as those of Brooke Astor, James Brown, Michael Jackson, and Anna Nichole Smith, to illustrate legal issues. The book can be adopted to supplement a traditional wills and trusts class or as the sole text for a seminar.

Wills and Trusts in a Nutshell, 4th Edition (West Nutshell Series

MENNELL, ROBERT

Tax Law

Art Law: Cases and Materials

Duboff, Leonard D., Burr, Sherri, Murray, Michael D.

DuBoff, Leonard D.

Murray, Michael D.

Law Practice

Fred B Rothman & Co

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Entertainment Law, Cases and Materials on Film, Television and Music (American Casebook Series)

Entertainment Law : In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Sum and Substance Audio on International Law

Sum and Substance Quick Review on International Law (Quick Reviews)

Sum and Substance Audio on International Law

Entertainment Law: Cases and Materials in Established and Emerging Media (American Casebook Series)

Burr and Henslee's Entertainment Law, Cases and Materials on Film, Television and Music, 2008 Supplement (American Casebook Series)

Entertainment Law in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

Wills and Trusts in a Nutshell, 4th Edition (West Nutshell Series

Art Law: Cases and Materials