Laycock and Hasen on Modern American Remedies

Douglas Laycock of UVA Law School and Richard L. Hasen of University of California-Irvine have published the 5th edition of the leading casebook, Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, in regular and concise versions.  

From the publisher:

Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, Fifth Edition is highly respected for its original and logical conceptual framework, comprehensive coverage, excellent case selection, and authoritative and well-written notes. The text achieves a balance of public and private law, and teaches and critiques the basics of economic analysis as applied to remedies issues.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• New co-author Richard L. Hasen, author of Remedies: Examples and Explanations, a problem-based study guide and secondary adoptable for the casebook
• Key legal developments through the Supreme Court’s June 2018 decisions, including
  • litigation surrounding President Trump’s travel ban
  • Updated material on cy pres settlements in anticipation of Frank v. Gaos, the Supreme Court case involving Google
  • Recent case law regarding the Third Restatement’s approach to unjust enrichment
• New, updated, or expanded notes on current issues, such as
  • The rise of nationwide injunctions in challenges to federal policy
  • Disputes over the scope of qualified immunity rules for government officials, especially police officers
  • Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels, and Michael Cohen’s business partner
• A new drafting assignment involving an injunction in a case of same-sex harassment in employment
• New principal cases:
  • Commercial Real Estate Investment v. Comcast of Utah, on new approaches to liquidated damages
  • Sunnyland Farms v. Central New Mexico Electric Coop, on proximate cause in tort and contract
  • Brown v. Plata, on structural injunctions and reform of prisons
  • Lord & Taylor v. White Flint, on specific performance of long term contracts
  • Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, on implied rights of action and the federal equity power
  • Bonina v. Sheppard, on measuring restitution from innocent defendants
  • In re Hypnotic Taxi LLC, on the standards for pre-judgment attachments
  • James v. National Financial, LLC, on unconscionability in consumer contracts
  • Arizona Libertarian Party v. Reagan, on laches in election cases

Learn more or purchase the book here, or concise version here.

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