Books and Chapters

The Books and Chapters collection highlights published scholarship by members of the faculty at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. The record for each item includes a description of the work, publication information, and a link to purchase or download the text. The works are authored by current and former faculty members and arranged by year of publication and then alphabetically by author's last name, with the most recent at the beginning of the list.

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Remedies: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 1999)

Doug Rendleman and Kenneth H. York

Concisely covers the subject matter of Remedies with an emphasis on the lawyer's process. Decisions were picked and edited to build on first-year courses in contracts, torts, civil procedure, property, and constitutional law. Text also develops the differing measures of contract and tort damages and the availability of punitive damages for torts.
A Personal Account of a Struggle to Be Evenhanded in Teaching About Abortion, in Advocacy in the Classroom: Problems and Possibilities (Patricia Meyer Spacks ed., 1996)

Samuel W. Calhoun

In this collection of essays that originated at a conference sponsored by a group of national academic organizations, the issue of pedagogical advocacy, as well as authority in the classroom, is addressed from a wide range of opinion and practice by 42 graduate and undergraduate professors (and one secondary school teacher). Because the issue involves questions of academic freedom, political correctness and cultural diversity, there are fundamental disagreements as well as large areas of convergence among the contributors here. Viewpoints range from Gertrude Himmelfarb's wariness about postmodernism and its "denial that there is any such thing as knowledge, truth, reason, or objectivity" to Louis Menand's arguing for pedagogical passion that "must always characterize the good teacher." This well-organized, provocatively diverse collection should promote dialogue and discussion among academics.
Enforcement of Judgments and Liens in Virginia (2d ed. 1994)

Doug Rendleman

With the increasing emphasis on consumers' rights and developments in federal debtor-creditor law, Enforcement of Judgments and Liens in Virginia helps the practicing lawyer solve frequently-occurring collection problems.
Conflicts, in Family Law and Practice in Virginia (Richard D. Balnave ed., 2d ed. 1993)

Doug Rendleman and Elizabeth M. Schmidt
Resolving Libel Disputes Out of Court: The Libel Dispute Resolution Program, in Reforming Libel Law (John Soloski & Randall P. Bezanson eds., 1992)

Brian C. Murchison

Current libel law in the U.S. has proven problematic for plaintiffs and media alike. From the plaintiff's perspective, the law seems frustrating and unfair, providing little opportunity to repair reputations; from the media standpoint, the high cost of litigation threatens to deter journalistic pursuit of controversial stories. Over the last decade, these problems have led legal scholars to propose comprehensive reforms. Some of these proposals have been available to the limited readership of law reviews, while others were published only in abbreviated form-- have been the subject of heated debate. Presenting the most significant of these proposals complete and under one cover this volume makes the issues and controversies surrounding libel law reform accessible to a wide readership for the first time.
Injunctions (2d ed. 1984)

Doug Rendleman and Owen M. Fiss

This casebook provides detailed information on injunctions. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.