Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

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  Pooling Mental Health Data with Chatbots

  Michael Mattioli

  CHAPTER ABSTRACT: Drawing upon the GKC framework, this chapter presents an ethnographic study of Woebot – a therapy chatbot designed to administer a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (“CBT”). Section 3.1 explains the methodology of this case study. Section 3.2 describes the background contexts that relate to anxiety as a public health problem. These include the nature of anxiety and historical approaches to diagnosing and treating it, the ascendency of e-Mental Health therapy provided through apps, and relevant laws and regulations. Section 3.3 describes how Woebot was developed and what goals its designers pursued. Section 3.4 describes the kinds of information that users share with Woebot. Section 3.5 describes how the designers of the system seek to manage this information in a way that benefits users without disrupting their privacy.

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  The Methuselah Gene

  Michael S. Maurer

  In The Methuselah Gene, Michael S. Maurer's mesmerizing medical thriller, Alex Morton, a talented but unorthodox scientist, undertakes the care of little Jimmy Higgins who suffers from one of the rarest diseases in the world, progeria, a genetic mutation that grossly accelerates the aging process. Alex's study of progeria yields staggering discoveries about the mother of all diseases, aging. What Alex does not know is that Mother Nature jealously guards her secrets and that his newly developed therapies will lead to calamitous unintended consequences.

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  Acing Evidence: A Checklist Approach to Solving Evidence Problems, 3rd.

  Aviva Orenstein

  Acing Evidence offers a succinct, clear, and user-friendly review of federal evidence law. Providing many helpful examples and employing checklists at the end of every chapter, Acing Evidence presents an organized way to analyze evidence problems and spot hidden issues. This book is invaluable for reviewing evidence, preparing for the bar exam, and assessing evidence at trial. The third edition adds new examples and reflects changes in the Federal Rules of Evidence.

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  Trial Objections Handbook (2021 Edition)

  Aviva Orenstein, Roger C. Park, and Colin Miller

  Trial Objections Handbook is the only resource you need to make or defend every possible evidentiary objection. You'll get clear explanations of all 109 objections commonly used in civil and criminal court, as well as each objection's basis in law. Your objections will be timely, effective, and unshakable, because Trial Objections Handbook covers how to:

  • Instantly recognize improper evidence and respond appropriately with a correctly phrased, well-researched objection
  • Reduce your opponent's opportunities to object by asking questions that will withstand any attack

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  Stewart Huff, P.I.: Intellectual at Large

  Aviva Orenstein and Susan Seizer

  Professor Orenstein's contribution to this volume is chapter 12 "Stewart Huff, P.I.: Intellectual at Large," co-authored by Susan Seizer.

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  Hard-Nosed Advice from a Cranky Law Professor: How to Succeed in Law School

  Austen L. Parrish, Cristina C. Knolton, and Lisa C. Dennis

  Hard-Nosed Advice from a Cranky Professor is a must-read for any new law school student who wants to be successful both in and out of the classroom. The book provides advice from the most valuable source: the law professor. It gives a no-nonsense, hard-nosed approach to advising students on what they must do to succeed. The advice is provided in a light-hearted and humorous manner, which makes the book a quick and easy read for any law student.

  The book’s practical, hands-on approach to learning helps students master the most essential skills needed in law school, including briefing cases, outlining, taking exams, meeting professor expectations, and many more. The authors provide step-by-step instructions and concrete examples to help students navigate each skill. The book's user-friendly style and wealth of examples are its greatest assets.

  In this new, updated edition, the authors enhance each topic by simplifying the approach even further and providing additional hypotheticals to turn the abstract into the concrete. The second edition includes new examples of case briefing, outlining, exam writing, and bar essays, and also includes an entire chapter dedicated to the skill of legal writing. In this new chapter, the authors transform a complicated writing course into a simple, step-by-step guide that makes legal writing attainable for any law student. With detailed explanations, examples, tips, and insights, this book is a tool no first-year law student should do without.

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  "Work and Caregiving During COVID-19" and "Pregnant Employees and New Parents"

  Deborah A. Widiss

  Professor Widiss contributed chapter 6 "Work and Caregiving During COVID-19" and chapter 8 "Pregnant Employees and New Parents" in this Open Access book edited by Jeffrey Hirsh and Sachin Pandya.

  The two Widiss chapters, combined into one .pdf file, can be downloaded above, or the entire book can be viewed HERE.

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  Droit constitutionnel (Droit fondamental), 3d

  Elisabeth Zoller and Wanda Mastor

  Constitutional law is no longer limited to the study of political institutions, but also encompasses the study of constitutional jurisprudential law. This manual is essentially devoted to French constitutional law, both in its history and in its contemporary developments, in particular in its relationship with the development of European constitutional law.

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  Clerking for Judge Elbert Tuttle: A Privileged Witness

  Alfred C. Aman

  Professor Aman's contribution to this volume (co-authored with Anne S. Emanuel) is found in Part III: Clerking for Federal Court of Appeals Judges. It is titled "Clerking for Judge Elbert Tuttle: A Privileged Witness."

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  Administrative Law and Process, 4th Edition

  Alfred C. Aman, William Penniman, and Landyn Wm. Rookard

  Administrative law processes enhance participation, transparency, fairness, and access to information in administrative agencies and the government generally. The fourth edition of Administrative Law and Process highlights these issues in a timely manner through both classic and current cases. In Part I, how agencies exercise their powers is explored.

  In Part II, the structural and constitutional issues that flow from legislative, executive, and judicial oversight is explored. Key doctrines of administrative law are thoroughly addressed throughout this book, to which Part III adds a new dimension. It focuses directly on how lawyers actually practice administrative law through a series of drafting and strategic planning problems. The three parts of the book are closely interrelated giving professors the option of involving students in simulations that relate to the doctrines and issues they are studying.

  See the attacahed Introduction by Professor Aman.

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  The Law of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes

  John S. Applegate, Jan G. Laitos, Mary Jane Angelo, and Jeffrey M. Gaba

  The Law of Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes is the definitive treatise on federal and state regulation of that special class of pollutants which are the most deadly. It is co-authored by four law professors holding four endowed professorships at four law schools, who have written extensively in this area. The treatise covers the entire range of topics involving legal institutions, statutes, and court cases addressing the growing problem of toxic substances and hazardous wastes. The book explores the question of how to measure and weigh and assess risk, especially in the face of uncertainty, and whether cost-benefit analysis should be used to decide upon an acceptable level of toxic and hazardous pollution. It provides an in-depth analysis of federal statutes designed to regulate toxic substances and insecticides/pesticides. And it considers the two primary hazardous waste prevention and removal statutes –RCRA and CERCLA. Apart from statutory and regulatory analysis, the treatise also includes a chapter on the specialized tort field of common law toxic torts. The treatise is an up-to-date comprehensive summary of the laws, court cases, and issues that arise when legal institutions seek to address the removal and regulation of chemicals and poisons that can do the most damage to humans and living organisms.

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  Elinor Ostrom, Pioneer of the Commons

  Daniel H. Cole

  Professor Cole's contribution is Chapter 7: "Elinor Ostrom, Pioneer of the Commons (and Much More).

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  The Problem of 'Misclassification' or How to Define who is an 'Employee' Under Protective Legislation in the Information Age

  Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt

  Professor Dau Schmidt's contribution is titled, "The Problem of 'Misclassification' or How to Define who is an 'Employee' Under Protective Legislation in the Information Age."

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  Federal Public Lands Policy and the Climate Crisis and Proposed Policy: Sequential Mitigation and Net Conservation Benefit

  Robert L. Fischman

  Professor Fischman's contributions to this colleciton include the sections, "Federal Public Lands Policy and the Climate Crisis" and "Proposed Policy: Sequential Mitigation and Net Conservation Benefit."

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  Judicial Conduct and Ethics, 6th edition

  Charles G. Geyh, James J. Alfini, and James J. Sample

  Judges are expected not simply to decide the law but to exemplify it. In the face of increasing public scrutiny and a welter of new decisions, even the best-intentioned judges can find themselves at a loss. Here is the authoritative, practical guidance you need to ensure judicial activities are irreproachable.
  
  Now in its sixth edition, Judicial Conduct and Ethics has established its reputation as the nation's most definitive guide to the conduct of federal, state, and local judges. The new edition, which keeps pace with recent developments in this fast-evolving field, builds on this tradition.
  
  Setting the stage with an illuminating discussion of the use of power, Judicial Conduct and Ethics addresses the complete spectrum of judicial conduct, including uses and abuses of judicial power, judicial demeanor, disqualification, ex parte communications, case management, financial activities and disclosure, civic and charitable activities, personal conduct, political activities, civil and criminal liability, methods of discipline and removal, and disability and retirement. The book analyzes conduct that will subject judges to discipline under applicable codes of judicial conduct, and offers insights and advice on best practices.
  
  Some of the substantial new material added to this edition include a new section on international judicial ethics and an updated appendix that enables readers to search the work with reference to rules from the 2007 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct. Areas that have been substantially revised or expanded include:
  
  • The Appearance of Impropriety
  • Disqualification
  • Regulation of Political Activities in Judicial Elections in light of the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision in Florida Bar v. Williams-Yulee
  • Personal Conduct and Social Media

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  Books That Matter: The Federalist Papers (DVD and Guidebook)

  Joseph L. Hoffmann

  Despite their lack of official or legal status, it would be difficult to overstate the influence of The Federalist Papers. These 85 brilliant essays have served as the single most important guide to the interpretation and application of the United States Constitution for more than 230 years. Authored by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers offer a detailed blueprint for building a successful democratic republic, investigating such topics as:

  • The danger that factions posed in a representative democracy;
  • The balance of power between the federal government and the states (“dual sovereignty”);
  • The way a bicameral legislature would prevent the rise of tyranny; and
  • The roles of the president and the federal judiciary.

  Over the past two centuries, the American government has seen its share of trials and tribulations, and the 21st century has ushered in a host of new crises, from the growing surveillance state to the political polarization exacerbated by social media. Will the American system of government survive the next crisis? Are we still governed by the same system the Framers of the Constitution envisioned? What do they have to tell us about good governance today—or our political future?

  Delve into these questions and more with Books That Matter: The Federalist Papers. Taught by acclaimed professor and legal scholar Joseph L. Hoffmann of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, these 12 thought-provoking lectures take you back to the hot summer weather of Philadelphia in 1787, when the delegates from the states gathered to revise the Articles of Confederation.

  What emerged from the proceedings was an entirely new Constitution representing an entirely new system of government unlike anything the world had ever seen. As you will learn, the Framers were rightly concerned about whether the 13 largely autonomous states would accept a strong, centralized federal government, and whether such a system could include safeguards to protect against the tyranny they’d just fought a war to overcome.

  To answer these concerns, the authors laid out a bold vision for the new nation, drafting what became essentially the Bible of American government—perhaps America’s most significant contribution to the way that human beings choose to organize their lives, and their societies, in order to fulfill their hopes and pursue their dreams together. Books That Matter: The Federalist Papers surveys this magisterial body of work and takes you inside the strengths—and potential weaknesses—of the American government as it was envisioned in its earliest days.