{"data":[{"id":425,"title":"Wetlands Law: A Course Source","edition_statement":"5th Edition","volume":null,"copyright_year":2024,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":"","accessibility_features":[],"description":"This is the revised, fifth edition of The Wetlands Law Course Source. It can be used as the primary text for a two credit seminar or as a supplemental text to cover wetlands material in an environmental law, natural resources law, or water law course. In addition, the administrative law chapter can be used as a supplement in a range of administrative law-related courses, such as environmental law, health law, labor law, immigration law, and others, to introduce basic administrative law concepts. Unlike traditional casebooks or coursebooks, a “course source” includes resources to train students in all three apprenticeships identified by the Carnegie Foundation in its influential report on legal education, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law. To address the knowledge apprenticeship, the Wetlands Law Course Source includes all of the traditional elements of a casebook or coursebook (cases, commentary, notes and questions) and includes several hypotheticals and problem exercises that focus on reinforcing wetlands law. In addition, as one of the many forms of summative and formative assessment included in the book, every chapter includes one or more CALI exercise as a “quiz” to reinforce the material covered in the chapter. To address the skills apprenticeship, the Wetlands Law Course Source includes sixteen separate legal research exercises, several drafting exercises, a negotiation exercise, and an interviewing and counseling exercise. To address the values apprenticeship, the Course Source includes several professionalism scenarios, with questions related to the scenarios. The Course Source also incorporates a wealth of audio/video materials and external links to bring the cases, disputes and materials in the book to life, including the audio for the oral arguments in most of the principal cases excerpted in the book, a Google map identifying the location of the properties involved in all of the principal cases excerpted in the book, decision documents, administrative orders, property maps, pictures, local media coverage and other background materials for the principal cases. While the principal cases have been edited, the book includes links to the full unedited versions of almost all of the cases in the book. Throughout each chapter, there are several “Resource” sections that identify reports, databases, audio or video materials, government documents, and other materials that are relevant to the topics covered in the chapter. In addition, the book contains links to interviews that the author conducted regarding wetlands issues with attorneys who work with local communities and with the Department of Justice, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Environmental Council of the States. The links in the book have also been re-purposed as a web-based library of wetlands teaching resources, which is accessible at: https://www.envirolawteachers.com/wetlands-law-a-course-source.html","contributors":[{"id":4105,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Stephen","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Johnson","location":"Mercer University School of Law","background_text":"Stephen M. Johnson is the W.F.G. Professor of Law at Mercer University Law School in Macon, Georgia. He received his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law and an LL.M. in environmental law from the George Washington University Law School. Prior to teaching, he served as an attorney for the Bureau of Regulatory Counsel in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (now DEP) and as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, where he worked on environmental litigation. He joined the Mercer faculty in 1993 and served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2002-2012. He specializes in Environmental Law, but has also taught Torts, Statutory Law, Administrative Law, and Dispute Resolution. His scholarship focuses on wetlands, environmental justice, economics and the environment, technology and the law, and administrative law. He has authored several CALI exercises on environmental law and has served on the Board of Directors of CALI since 1998."}],"subjects":[{"id":67,"name":"Administrative Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3400","visible_textbooks_count":14,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/administrative-law"},{"id":11,"name":"Law","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"KF385.A4","visible_textbooks_count":99,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law"}],"publishers":[{"id":339,"url":"https://www.cali.org/books/wetlands-law-course-source#","year":2018,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:39.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-11-15T01:56:28.000-06:00","name":"CALI's eLangdell® Press"}],"formats":[{"id":547,"type":"PDF","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/FINAL-Johnson-Wetlands5th-Aug2024.pdf","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":548,"type":"eBook","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/Wetlands5thJohnson-EPUB2-2024Aug25.epub","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":549,"type":"MS Word","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/FINAL-Johnson-Wetlands5th-Aug2024.docx","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":3,"reviews":[{"id":2078,"first_name":"Anthony","last_name":"Snider","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"University of North Carolina Wilmington","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text has neither an index nor a glossary.  The text is searchable, however, and provides a good background on the cases relevant to wetlands jurisdiction in the United States.  It covers Leslie Salt Co., the Bayview Decision, SWANCC, and significant nexus, the most relevant cases and concepts in current wetlands oversight.  The book provides a good background into the import, relevance, and classification of wetlands using the most current classification schemes in use.  Additionally, the book does a good job separating the science from the history of the issue of wetland jurisdiction in the US.  ","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The book was carefully written and edited.  I did not notice any errors in content.  Additionally, the book is very evenhanded in presenting the information and the history of the issues of wetlands loss and protection in the US.  The author does so objectively and clearly in a manner that is useful for any instructor covering wetlands oversight.  The author does present his opinion on matters, but signals when he is doing so, and provides the rationale for his opinions, enabling the reader to question those opinions and draw his own conclusions.  ","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"As the issues covered in this text are currently in flux, any text must be easily amendable to remain relevant to the topic.  This text is structured in such a manner that providing updates will be relatively straightforward and will not disrupt the overall organization of the material.  ","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The subject matter can be a bit abstruse, but the book does a good job presenting relatively complex concepts in a straightforward and easy to understand manner.  I would have not qualm assigning this text to an undergraduate class, even one that did not have training in law.  The text also provides exercises to increase understanding of the concepts related in the chapters.  ","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"As the book is treating with legal terms and concepts, consistency is paramount, and the author does a great job maintaining this consistency throughout the text.  ","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Rather than just presenting a list of cases in historical order, the author separates the overall history of wetlands jurisdiction from the sequence of cases that determine our present situation.  The author is also careful to provide the information on the science behind wetlands function and the benefits provided by wetlands from the case descriptions.  This structure is profoundly useful when presenting the issue to undergraduates in particular as it allows a professor to assign background material prior to a discussion of the importance of the current debate.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"In my opinion, it is important that the author starts with the scientific background of the issue, then proceeds with the history of wetlands jurisdiction in the US before undertaking his analysis of case law.  This structure provides the necessary framework for students to understand the background informing the decisions reached by courts in the relevant cases presented in the text.  The author also does a good job linking the concepts together as he explicates the information.  Paragraphs in the text are ","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"I especially like the fact that the author provided a non-linked table of contents as well as an interactive version.  The former allows the reader to more quickly asses the overall structure of the book without the distraction of live links.  There is a bit of confusion in the live contents in that some items (Research Problem) are presented in blue text as if they were live links, but they do not function as such.  Correcting the text to have a consistent representation of live links, or having the text in blue actually serve as links would be more helpful.  The other item that would assist students in using the text is a \"back\" button so that students can easily return to the contents without having to scroll.  ","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The grammar in the text is excellent.  The author does a great job complying with the rules of formal, academic prose.  He does so without making the work obtuse, which will benefit less-adept readers in some classes.  ","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The present regulatory situation regarding wetland jurisdiction in the US is one of uncertainty, both for developers and for regulators.  Given that impacts to wetlands must be either avoided or mitigated, and that these features of the landscape provide critical, if temporary, habitat for migratory waterfowl, the uncertainty over this issue has real economic consequences in the US.  Furthermore, the present lack of protection for isolated, non-navigable, intrastate wetlands could imperil many acres of land in the US, which have both biological and cultural significance.  ","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"The author did an excellent job in creating this text.  The subject matter is extremely relevant in the field of Environmental Science, as well as in Biology.  As the United States continues to wrestle with how much oversight and protection to give to its wetlands resources, having a text such as this will go a long way to promoting a rational, informed discussion of the consequences of changes to the current policy regime.  The book is enormously relevant, and timely.  ","created_at":"2018-05-21T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2018-05-21T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":4550,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Kleindl","position":"Assistant Research Professor","institution_name":"Montana State University - Bozeman","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"This is, of course, a wetland law text. However, I would like to have seen a little more depth on wetland science. That is my bias, but I do see these two aspects of wetland studies to be tightly linked.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"This subject is fraught with potential bias. The author gives a very even overview of the field.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Wetland law is a shifting field. Always changing, especially over the last administration. It is difficult to keep up with these rapid changes. However, everything up to the last few years is VERY well covered in this book.  The author uses links (mostly in lieu of references) to take the reader to sites with more details. Although this is very useful, many of the links are dead. Over the Trump administration, many of these sites were deactivated.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Well written with supportive summaries of case law.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"Yes, in terms of wetland law.  I spend a lot of my research on ecological assessment of wetland structure, function, and services and how these integrate into mitigation. I could see a text like this with a broader overview of this topic.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Well organized for students of wetland law.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Clearly organized.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"As stated there are a few dead links.  There is a teacher's guide and chapter tests, but that is only available to members of CALI https://www.cali.org/lesson/16477  which require a fee of  $250.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Well written. The author should be commended on his hard work.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I believe this question does not apply. It is US law so it only covers the US. The law and science are, ideally, above race and background? Although that concept could certainly be argued.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I am very happy that I reviewed this book and I will use sections of it in my wetland classes.","created_at":"2021-01-10T13:32:51.000-06:00","updated_at":"2021-01-10T13:32:51.000-06:00"},{"id":4846,"first_name":"Achinthi","last_name":"Vithanage","position":"Professorial Lecturer in Law","institution_name":"The George Washington University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text is a comprehensive product on the legal aspects of wetlands. It does a good job of covering the science pertaining to wetlands and different value streams. The historical account is well drafted and makes for interesting reading. However, it lacks coverage of indigenous issues relating to wetlands, such as access, use, and cultural significance. \r\n\r\nThe chapter quizzes are useful memory tools and the problem exercises and scenarios and discussion questions are incredibly helpful to prompt deeper student engagement with wetlands law. The inclusion of mult-modal material, such as the section on audio/visual materials, makes this a truly valuable resource.\r\n\r\nThe text does not contain an index, but you can search for keywords within the text. There is no glossary either. This would be a helpful addition for non-law students who are studying environmental law.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The text is accurate and includes key case law, such as SWANCC and Rapanos. It laso includes changes in wetlands law that occurred during the Trump Administration. However significant changes are expected under the Biden Administration, or at least a reversion to wetlands regulation applicable prior to the Trump Administration's changes. The text will likely require amending soon for that reason.\r\n\r\nThe elements of wetlands law are described in an unbiased fashion. Where the author's opinions are provided, these are clearly identified and obvious to the reader. I did not spot any glaring mistakes, although some of the weblinks did not work (e.g. RAMSAR Convention links)","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The text will likely require amending soon to reflect regulatory changes under the new Biden Administration. However, this should be a fairly simple exercise as the text is written in a way that will allow for easy revision.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The author has strived to deliver the content in a clear and accessible format. It is well-written and easily digestible for even the non-law student. Definitions of legal terms are clearly outlined and are sometimes complemented with appropriate images.\r\nDiscussion questions and problem exercises have been thoughtfully prepared to aid readers with comprehending the legal text.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Writing style is consistent throughout, including use of abbreviations, legal terminology, legal referencing, and language use. \r\n\r\nPresentation formats are uniform across the chapters, which makes it easy for students to know what to expect with each chapter, e.g. students can anticipate hypotheticals and topic summarizing quizzes in pink highlighted bozes at the end of each chapter.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The author uses subheadings and textboxes methodically and with purpose throughout the text. Reading sections are appropriately sized allowing for simple easy revision when required.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The book is organized in an appropriate order. I would not consider changing the topic layout,","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"Images and charts appear as they should be. Text boxes are highlighted appropriately and using the same colors to identify certain content, e.g. Hypotheticals are in green or grey boxes, quizzes and in pink.\r\nOnly navigation issues were with some of the weblinks.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Well written. No errors spotted.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"The text could be more sensitive to Native American issues surrounding wetlands use and regulation. These matters will become even more prominent under the Biden Administration's focus on Environmental Justice. To that extent, perhaps a section on \"Wetlands and Environmental Justice\" may do the trick. Since the text delves into  international wetlands law, I would suggest considering how international conventions like RAMSAR interact with indigenous peoples and women, who are often custodians of wetland habitats in other countries.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"A great supplementary resource. I plan to incorporate sections into my readings for a course I teach 'Introduction to Environmental Law' (for non-lawyers) which is a core course in a Masters of Environmental and Natural Resource Policy degree. The sections on adminstrative law, s404 permits, judicial review and enforcement are particularly suitable for this course. The historical account in the text is also valuable.","created_at":"2021-04-23T22:52:37.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-04-23T22:52:37.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/wetlands-law-a-course-source","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:04:30.000-06:00"},{"id":789,"title":"Business Law I Essentials","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2019,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":"","accessibility_features":[],"description":"Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner, and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. The textbook follows a traditional approach to the study of business law. Each chapter contains learning objectives, explanatory narrative and concepts, references for further reading, and end-of-chapter questions. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.","contributors":[{"id":5003,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Mirande","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Valbrune","location":null,"background_text":"Mirande Valbrune"},{"id":5004,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Renee","middle_name":null,"last_name":"De Assis","location":"Texas Woman's University","background_text":"Renee De Assis"},{"id":5005,"contribution":"Author","primary":false,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Suzanne","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Cardell","location":"University of Massachusetts Dartmouth","background_text":"Suzanne Cardell, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth"}],"subjects":[{"id":67,"name":"Administrative Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3400","visible_textbooks_count":14,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/administrative-law"},{"id":62,"name":"Civil Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K623","visible_textbooks_count":26,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law-civil-law"},{"id":68,"name":"Constitutional Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3154","visible_textbooks_count":19,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/constitutional-law"},{"id":64,"name":"Contract Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K7265","visible_textbooks_count":25,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/environmental-law"},{"id":63,"name":"Criminal Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"KB3790","visible_textbooks_count":20,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/criminal-law"},{"id":11,"name":"Law","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"KF385.A4","visible_textbooks_count":99,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law"},{"id":66,"name":"Property Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K7200","visible_textbooks_count":22,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/property-law"}],"publishers":[{"id":768,"url":"https://openstax.org/details/books/business-law-i-essentials?Book%20details","year":null,"created_at":"2019-10-26T22:08:33.000-05:00","updated_at":"2019-10-26T22:08:33.000-05:00","name":"OpenStax"}],"formats":[{"id":1356,"type":"Online","url":"https://openstax.org/details/books/business-law-i-essentials?Book%20details","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":"978-1-947172-78-4"},{"id":1357,"type":"PDF","url":"https://openstax.org/details/books/business-law-i-essentials?Book%20details","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":"978-1-947172-78-4"}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":5,"reviews":[{"id":3355,"first_name":"Chelsea","last_name":"Green","position":"Assistant Clinical Professor","institution_name":"Miami University","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"Even though this text is an \"essentials\" text, there are certain topics that are missing from the text that I would expect to find in a basic legal environments textbook.  These include topics such as 1) Real, Personal, and Intellectual Property; 2) Negotiable Instruments and Banking; 3) Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy; 4) Agency and Liabilities to Third Parties; and 5)  Business Organizations.  The text includes both a table of contents and an index.  It would be nice to see a glossary and the US Constitution in the back.  The material included is fairly basic and doesn't explore the topics with adequate depth.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"I am not finding inaccurate information, however, both sides of various topics are not included such as the free market argument that those arguing for corporate social responsibility would normally face.","relevance_rating":3,"relevance_review":"Most of the book covers foundation material that will timeless.  However, there are a number of links to supporting information located on the web that could become obsolete.  This text also lacks examples of the law from trial cases, which may increase the longevity of the text, however, this trait also leads to the shallower coverage of the topics.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The book is easy to read and provides user-friendly vocabulary for a non-lawyer.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is internally consistent in terms of terminology and framework.  Again, if provides basic information regarding the legal topics covered.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"This text is easily read and could be divided up cleanly.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The organization of the material is logical and clear.  There is good use of headings and visual breaks for the reader.  The end of the chapters provide simple multiple choice questions for a learner to test themselves.  There is not a summary provided at the end of the chapter which is common with standard texts.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"I did not find any interface issues related to this text.  ","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"I did not find any grammatical errors that would stand out to a learner and distract from the content.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"There are few examples in this text on which to judge its culturally insensitivity.  The images included in the text illustrate a diverse group of participants in the law.","overall_rating":8,"overall_review":"The images included in this book seem to be inserted only to take up space.  Images in a law text can be very helpful for the non-learner by providing comparisons and flowcharts to simplify concepts.  Consider using more meaningful images to support the text and provide the textual information in a different way.","created_at":"2019-12-06T16:24:03.000-06:00","updated_at":"2019-12-06T16:24:03.000-06:00"},{"id":3403,"first_name":"Steve","last_name":"Custer","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"Oakland City University","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"This book covered the major aspects inherent to the legal landscape of business.  Its subject matter is well referenced and provided a solid vocabulary of terms.  Particularly, the content offered an informative section on negotiation skills and tactics that I would recommend.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"Upon inspection, this reviewer found the book to be accurate, without errors, and neutral in its presentation.  ","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"This reviewer found the text to be timely and informative.  Specifically, chapter 7 (contract law) provided some excellent real-world examples that should be incorporated into classroom discussions.  ","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The book is well formatted which should enable the entry level business law student to excel in their learning and comprehension of broad based legal definitions.  ","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is largely consistent, although the authors elected to provide more examples and tables to illustrate concepts in the latter chapters of the text than in the former chapters.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The chapters of this text were well assembled and concise.  I would not hesitate to adopt portions alongside other material in the classroom.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics were presented in a clear fashion and were easy to understand.  ","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"No interface issues were noted, but when compared with other resources, additional content seemed lacking at times.  ","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No grammatical errors were found during this review.  ","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Upon inspection, this reviewer did not notice any insensitive or offensive material in this text.  ","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"There are a plethora of business law texts available in the marketplace.  Whatever resources one chooses to adopt, the Business Law Essentials text could certainly be utilized as an effective supplement in the classroom.  ","created_at":"2019-12-19T12:11:58.000-06:00","updated_at":"2019-12-19T12:11:58.000-06:00"},{"id":3792,"first_name":"Paolo Davide","last_name":"Farah","position":"Assistant Professor","institution_name":"West Virginia University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The reviewer believes that text covers all areas and ideas of the subject appropriately. The title of the book is Business Law I Essentials, so the expectation is that there might be the need to prepare a Business Law II Essential for the areas, which are missing from the analysis. In fact, my interpretation and understanding is that this book selects some of the most important issues in the areas, but it is also focusing on what it can be virtually possible to cover in a single class module. In fact, 14 sections/chapters are equivalent to a 14-week class. I believe that this textbook is useful for a first clear introduction to beginners and then students can complement with the constitution, the case law, case studies, simulations and other relevant real life examples and experiences.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The reviewer considers that the content of the book is accurate. The selection of topics is also relevant. Particularly, the corporate social responsibility is an area not covered by all business law textbooks. Generally, other business law textbooks cover predominantly the market oriented analysis and not sufficiently the limits to globalization and the business sector represented by the necessary balance between business and human rights, business and sustainable development, business and other non-commercial values. I would probably extend some parts to also cover corporate governance","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The reviewer considers that the book covers relevant contemporary issues without risks for the longevity of the book. The case studies are useful to students to learn from practice.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"As previously mentioned, the text is clear and organized in such a way that is easy to access for students that will approach these topics for the first time. The instructor can use the single chapters as the main topic for each of the classes complementing this book with cases and other additional readings. The terminology and the language is accessible to students and non-experts.","consistency_rating":4,"consistency_review":"The text is internally consistent, but I believe the pictures are not a relevant addition to the textbook. It would be advisable that the author revises the textbook to use pictures that are actually relevant for the analysis of each of the sections.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Each chapter can be used as an individual section for class modules and lectures complemented with additional materials.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics in the text were presented clearly.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The text does not present any interface, but it necessitates some external materials to cover some aspects. In addition, the pictures are not representative of the contents of the textbook.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The reviewer did not detect grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"During the review, no culturally insensitive remarks or offensive statements have been detected in any way.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"I will use this book for one of my classes.","created_at":"2020-05-01T21:46:18.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-05-01T21:46:18.000-05:00"},{"id":4276,"first_name":"Ben","last_name":"Carr","position":"Associate Professor","institution_name":"James Madison University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The text was comprehensive in general, to some extent too much so, and with regards to a few topics that I consider critical topics for a business course, completely lacking. First, as to the “too much”. There were some legal subjects which were unnecessary and seemingly used to take up space. For example, I do not know how or why any student not in law school would need to know about “res ipsa loquitur” (note: it was spelled incorrectly in the text). It is not a practical topic area and only lawyers would need to understand that concept. Another example was the Ethical Decision Making Policies. Despite putting it in the text, there was no discussion about the decision making process beyond just replicating the University of Michigan policy that was quoted. So, in this case, it did not even need to be included, and if so, it merited further discussion. There were a few other subjects dealt with similarly, but those did not necessarily detract from the overall value of the text itself.\r\n\tAs for the “lacking” comment, it is surprising that a text on Business Law (even if it is an introduction) does not include a chapter on business entities. Corporations, LLCs, Partnerships (general and limited) and sole proprietorships are significant topics which deserve discussion and explanation. Also, there was no mention of vicarious liability. Respondeat Superior, principal/agent and partnerships are three legal areas where an employer/third party who is not directly involved in a specific incident can/may be held responsible to an injured party due solely to the relationship between that employer/third party and the person causing the injury.\r\n\tThe section on ethics was also failed to address professional ethics vs. personal ethics. How those two interact on a daily basis, especially with regards to corporate decisions is an important topic to discuss. For example, Hobby Lobby refused to comply with an Affordable Care Act requirement that medical insurance provided by employers include contraceptives. An employee filed suit, and the U.S. Supreme Court had to ultimately decide the issue. That was a personal value/ethic that the owners of Hobby Lobby (it was privately owned) utilized instead of a “professional” value/ethic.\r\n\tThe criminal law section did not address battery and how it was technically different from assault. This is not a critical issue in business law, but if the author(s) were going to address assault, then battery should have also been addressed.\r\n\tThe ADR section should have, in my opinion, considered the benefits of an employee agreeing to a pre-employment waiver of the right to trial. Many employers are now either requiring, or at least making it optional, for an employee to waive that right. The consequences of doing so are important and deserve some coverage.\r\n\tThe sections on both sexual harassment and negligence were far too superficial and short. These are two areas of significant corporate liability exposure and lawsuit filings. Neither received the type of attention which they deserved. \r\n        Lastly, I am a big fan of hypotheticals. In this reviewer's opinion, there were not enough of those, especially not enough real-world cases used as tools to explain a concept.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"The content was generally accurate with some nit-picking on my part. For example, the author(s) stated that most states do not allow minors to void a contract after turning 18 years of age. It is my understanding that most states actually allow for a “reasonable” time after turning 18 for a minor to void a contract unless that minor has somehow ratified or affirmed the contract after turning 18. Also, comparative vs. contributory negligence was not handled as deftly as it could have been. First, there are two types of comparative negligence, which was not discussed, and second, it is solely dependent upon which state in which the incident occurs as to whether comparative negligence (either type) or contributory negligence will be utilized in a legal analysis.\r\n\tAnother nit-picking on my part deals with a few minor mischaracterizations and/or inadequate information. An example of that is when the author(s) discuss the McDonald’s case involving the hot coffee. A significant issue in the case was punitive damages, because McDonald’s knew that their coffee was too hot and had made the “business” decision to not change the temperature. To simply use the case as a “negligence” example misses the primary point of that case.\r\n\tYet another nit-picking was that when the author(s) discussed Title VII, they did not point out that there are employee limits to the application of that Title. For example, Title VII’s prohibition against discriminating against a person with a disability does not apply to an entity with fewer than 15 employees, while the prohibition against discriminating against age does not apply to an entity with fewer than 20 employees. This is important, because state laws can lower those thresholds and readers need to be ultra aware of checking both the federal and state law protections. There were other nuances that the author(s) did not mention which would be valuable as instruction, such as with sexual harassment.\r\n\tIn sum, the text was relatively comprehensive, and would be most useful to an instructor with legal experience who could utilize it in a very, very basic, almost vocabulary level, manner. It says that it is “Essentials”, but there are some essentials, which I have addressed, that I feel should have been included. Assuming that it is intended solely as a very basic introduction, that is where its value can be found. Otherwise, an instructor trying to utilize the text without a sound legal understanding to begin with will find that it will raise many questions that students may ask which he/she will not be prepared to answer or explain and/or even convey information which may be incorrectly applied.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Due to its very basic manner of addressing virtually all the topics, the content is up-to-date in its content. Without further exploration of the topics in the text, i.e. Essentials II, the text is only marginally useful as a text for practical legal considerations on its own.\r\nThe text is written and/or arranged in such a way that necessary updates will be relatively easy and straightforward to implement.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The text was written in a way that most would understand. There were a few times when I had to re-read a sentence or paragraph and use my own understanding to have the passage make sense. Again, it is important that whoever uses the text already have a legal background.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text was consistent in terms of terminology and framework.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"Due to the nature of law itself, the text is marginally susceptible to being divided up into different sections at different points. To stress, that is not the author(s) issue, that is the nature of the beast. There has to be some scaffolding in law with certain concepts being taught/learned in order. In terms of its comparison to other legal texts in this topical area, I would strongly guess that it is pretty consistent and does as well as it can except for one suggestion that I will give in the following review area.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Section 5.2 seemed to me to be out of place. It would be far better suited if placed either in chapter 1 or as its own chapter between chapters 1 and 2. Otherwise, the topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I had no problems with the interface or with navigating through the text. Everything was clear and I did not discern any distractions or confusions to the reader.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I am not an English major, but I did not notice any grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. \r\nI would, however, suggest that the cultural events since the text was published would justify a supplement. More discussion of Title VII and the sex, race and color classes would be appropriate.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I think the goals of this text were laudable, but fell just a little short of my expectations. At times, it seemed as though someone other than an attorney or someone familiar with law was writing it, and was just cutting and pasting without a practical understanding of what was being written. That may be due more to a goal to just give some \"essentials\" to supplement the in classroom teaching of an instructor with some legal knowledge or experience.","created_at":"2020-07-30T18:36:15.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-07-30T18:36:15.000-05:00"},{"id":34987,"first_name":"Velda","last_name":"Arnaud","position":"Department Chair, Instructor, and Advisor","institution_name":"Blue Mountain Community College","comprehensiveness_rating":5,"comprehensiveness_review":"All of the topics we need for our business law course are covered in this OER.","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Some topics need to be updated because this information is 5 years old.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"As previously stated, laws change, and this book is 5 years old.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The reading level may be difficult for non-native English language students.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Each chapter is nicely organized.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"This is one of the best features.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The content flows very well and ends with international law and securities.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"All of the information is on the website, and I would prefer to keep students in the learning management system.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"So far, I have not found grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"This is a business course, and they use many different examples. It seems quite representative of the population.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"There is a low-cost printed book available for students.","created_at":"2024-04-05T13:57:52.000-05:00","updated_at":"2024-04-05T13:57:52.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/business-law-i-essentials","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:16:58.000-06:00"},{"id":340,"title":"First Amendment: Cases, Controversies, and Contexts","edition_statement":"Second Edition","volume":null,"copyright_year":2016,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":"","accessibility_features":[],"description":"This Casebook (Second Edition, December 2019) is intended to be used in an upper-division course covering the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Its 14 chapters are substantially the same length, with the exception of Chapter One, the introduction, and Chapters Eleven and Twelve which in combination are the usual length. It is intended for 13 or 14 week semester that meets once or twice per week. Each Chapter contains a “Chapter Outline” at the beginning for ease of reference. The Casebook is organized with the Speech Clauses as Part One and the Religion Clauses as Part Two. Unlike many other courses, there is no accepted organizational scheme within these broad areas. As the Introduction notes, First Amendment doctrine, especially within freedom of speech, presents a varied and haphazard landscape. The Casebook follows a scheme that has proven effective in Professor Robson’s years of teaching the course to hundreds of students. The selection of cases tends toward the most recent and these tend to be less heavily edited. These recent cases often contain extended discussions of earlier cases that are not included in the Casebook.","contributors":[{"id":3618,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Ruthann","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Robson","location":"City University of New York Law School","background_text":"Ruthann Robson, is Professor of Law \u0026 University Distinguished Professor. She is the author of Dressing Constitutionally: Hierarchy, Sexuality, and Democracy (2013), as well as the books Sappho Goes to Law School (1998); Gay Men, Lesbians, and the Law (1996); and Lesbian (Out)Law: Survival Under the Rule of Law (1992), and the editor of the three volume set, International Library of Essays in Sexuality \u0026 Law (2011). She is a frequent commentator on constitutional and sexuality issues and the co-editor of the Constitutional Law Professors Blog. She is one of the 26 professors selected for inclusion in What the Best Law Teachers Do (Harvard University Press, 2013)."}],"subjects":[{"id":67,"name":"Administrative Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3400","visible_textbooks_count":14,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/administrative-law"},{"id":68,"name":"Constitutional Law","parent_subject_id":11,"call_number":"K3154","visible_textbooks_count":19,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/constitutional-law"},{"id":11,"name":"Law","parent_subject_id":null,"call_number":"KF385.A4","visible_textbooks_count":99,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/law"},{"id":51,"name":"Religion","parent_subject_id":6,"call_number":"BL1","visible_textbooks_count":19,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/religion"},{"id":45,"name":"Political Science","parent_subject_id":9,"call_number":"JA71","visible_textbooks_count":41,"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/political-science"}],"publishers":[{"id":251,"url":"https://www.cali.org/books/first-amendment-cases-controversies-and-contexts","year":2019,"created_at":"2018-09-07T12:22:38.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-10-21T19:36:30.000-05:00","name":"CALI's eLangdell® Press"}],"formats":[{"id":407,"type":"PDF","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/Robson_FirstAmendment_2dEd_2020-cover-Aug182023-ISBN.pdf","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":408,"type":"eBook","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/FirstAmendmentRobson2nd-EPUB2-2019Dec16.epub","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null},{"id":1829,"type":"MS Word","url":"https://www.cali.org/sites/default/files/Robson_FirstAmendment_2dEd_2020-Aug142023.docx","price":{"cents":0,"currency_iso":"USD"},"isbn":null}],"rating":"4.5","textbook_reviews_count":4,"reviews":[{"id":1008,"first_name":"Lana","last_name":"Whited","position":"Professor of English and director of the Boone Honors Program","institution_name":"Ferrum College (Virginia)","comprehensiveness_rating":3,"comprehensiveness_review":"In reviewing Robson's text, I am comparing primarily to the traditional media law text which I have used in recent semesters, Don R. Pember and Clay Calvert's Media Law. Now in its 19th or 20th edition, Media Law is the most widely used text for undergraduate media law courses and has been for a long time.  The Robsonn text is very different from Media Law in two ways: first, Robsonn's text is broader in its scope than a media law textbook, as Robsonn is concerned with First Amendment law and media law falls within only two clauses of that Amendment:  speech (or expression) and media. (The Robsonn text has additional sections concerning the religion clause, which obviously would not be included in a media law text.)  A reasonable comparison, then, would seem to involve the typical issues covered in a media law course, as they are treated in both books:  libel, prior restraint, hate speech, copyright, obscenity, the distinction in First Amendment rights at public and private institutions or employers, etc.  There are a few important areas of media law which are NOT addressed in Robson's text:  protection of news sources, controversies deriving from the Freedom of Information Act, and issues relating to the Free Press - Fair Trial dichotomy are the most obviousl\n\nA second distinction between Robsonn's book and a tradition media law text is in the manner of presentation to students.  Robsonn organizes excerpts from court opinions into subject areas such as legal issues having to do with the \"Government as Employer and Educator.\"  Students are reading excerpts of actual case law, and there is very little writing by Robsonn by way of summary or synthesis (occasionally, there are a few sentences of preface).  This approach has its advantages: it presents students with more examples of primary texts (the opinions) than they would normally encounter in a media law course, where they might read little actual law.  It also allows them familiarity with these cases without the filter of a textbook author who would summarize and analyze these cases (as those such as Pember and Calvert do).  But there is a significant disadvantage for undergraduate students, who may find reading original case law difficult and who may need the summarizing and synthesizing role of a more traditional textbook editor.  For this reason, Robsonn's text may be more appropriate for first-semester or first-year law students than for undergraduates. \n\nThe approach of a tradition textbook is to organize discussion around specific topics in media law.  Libel, for example, gets three chapters in Pember and Calvert's text. In Robsonn's text, libel is the subject of cases listed in a section called \"Freedom of the Press and Tort Actions.\"  Thus, students who are new to the discussion of media law would probably appreciate the more streamlined table of contents of a text such as Pember and Calvert, wherein chapter headings comprise a handy list of media law issues.  In other words, the focus of Robsonn's approach is different and perhaps less transparent to undergraduates.\n\nTraditional media law texts also include an introductory chapter or chapters on the American legal system, with which students often are not sufficiently familiar.  With the Robsonn text, this background must be supplemented by the faculty member. \n'\nFinally , the Robsonn text does not include an index, which undergraduates (and faculty) find very useful.  ","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"In general, I have not discovered errors in accuracy, with the exception of the phrasing of the First Amendment in chapter one, where the last clause of the amendment is written as \"and to petition the government from redress of grievances.\"  I remembered the wording of that clause differently, and in most versions of the amendment I consulted, the wording of that last phrase is \"and to petition the government FOR A redress of grievances.\" While it seems a fairly egregious error to misquote the First Amendment, there may be some factor here with which I'm unfamiliar.  \n\nGenerally, accuracy is not a problem, as the text of the book is primarily comprised of excerpts from actual opinions. ","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Again, as the text is primarily comprised of actual case law (excerpts), these could be easily replaced or extended.  Cases included are as recent as 2013, 2014.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The excerpts from court cases are surprisingly easy to read, for legalese, but it is difficult to comment on clarity as that terms generally applies, when it is mostly NOT the author's writing that would be the subject of this evaluation. ","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Because it follows the clauses in the First Amendment, this is strong.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The chapter divisions are sensible, although some chapters are too long for treatment in one class meeting.  However, modules within chapters are also sensible.  ","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"In overall framework, the book follows the order of clauses in the First Amendment, focusing on speech, media, and religion.  Cases concerning the assembly and petition clauses and the so-called \"missing\" clause, association, are interspersed in the sections on speech and media, as multiple clauses or doctrines often emerge in any individual case. ","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"It is very easy to navigate this book, and I have tested that in iBooks, Kindle, and .pdf.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Any  errors in a text such as Robsonn's would have to be typos, as her method is to excerpt relevant court opinions.  In other words, very little of the text is her original writing:  there is little place for error.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Again, there is little original writing from Robsonn, and her selections cover a wide range of ethnicities and issues, as she is attempting to reflect varying tests to the First Amendment clauses.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"It is important to note that I am using Robsonn's text this semester for the first time, and the class has only studied four chapters to date.  My assessment of the remainder and totality of the book is based largely on skimming and selective reading.  ","created_at":"2017-02-08T18:00:00.000-06:00","updated_at":"2017-02-08T18:00:00.000-06:00"},{"id":1284,"first_name":"Joe","last_name":"Mirando","position":"Professor of Communication","institution_name":"Southeastern Louisiana University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"In regard strictly to the First Amendment, the book is a very thorough treatment of the First Amendment's five clauses -- freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. The author simply could not have been more effective in covering the subject for a class limited to lessons directly related to the First Amendment, and the discussions of what the First Amendment prohibits (censorship, prior restraint, licensing, taxation and compelled speech) are strong as well. However, for a typical mass communication law class, the book treats areas that are indirectly affected by the First Amendment with much less depth, such as the student press, libel, privacy, copyright and access to information. It would be difficult to justify using this book as the primary textbook for a class covering these indirect areas, and it may be even more difficult to justify as a secondary material because of its length.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"I did not dictate any factual errors in both the specific content areas and the background areas. For example, the discussion of how the First Amendment became the First Amendment instead of the Third Amendment is thorough and mindful of history. It should also be pointed out that no clear advocacy of a debatable position is emphasized in any part of the book.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"If this book will continue to be updated every year, relevance/longevity will be one of its strongest aspects. The 2016 edition of this book featured treatment of First Amendment cases heard by the U.S.Supreme Court during the 2015-16 term, making it as up to date as possible. This aspect is especially important because it's possible that any one decision could radically change the direction of the law.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The length of the book is clearly a concern, but the author more than makes up for it with a writing style that is appropriate. Nearly all of the most important cases do not end with guilty/not guilty verdicts, so it's important that the style is kept simple.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"Some familiarity with Black's Law Dictionary is needed, but upper-level college students who are not especially strong with legal terminology and courtroom procedure should be able to handle the discussion.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The same approach of introduction and breakdown with background is consistently followed throughout.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"It's important that teachers have the ability to assign readings without having to stick with a strict chronological approach to the book. The chapters are ordered in such a way that any teacher who has designed a schedule of readings inconsisternt with the book will still be able to provide a coherent approach.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"Other than headings and subheadings, the book does not contain display features. It is very gray throughout, which is what should be expected of a textbook so dependent on content.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No significant problems were seen in parts the author wrote. It is possible a person could take issue with the grammar of parts quoted from law books, but historical accuracy is a more important value.","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"I feel that the quantity of material devoted to freedom of religion appears to be much more than is necessary. It's not necessary for all of the five freedoms to be treated evenly, but it does appear that the author provides too much to religion. However, it should be pointed out that this is a minor flaw, and in some semesters when a case like Snyder v. Phelps occurs, this can actually be an advantage.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Overall, I feel I will have to decline to adopt this book as the required textbook for my class in media law. It is far too long and too limited to strict First Amendment issues to be appropriate for my course. However, it is still an excellent book on the topic.","created_at":"2017-06-20T19:00:00.000-05:00","updated_at":"2017-06-20T19:00:00.000-05:00"},{"id":1646,"first_name":"Kerry","last_name":"Tripp","position":"Senior Lecturer","institution_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"I reviewed this book in contemplation of whether it could supplement a law course I teach to both undergraduate and (non-law school) graduate students but a review based on that perspective would be unfair.  As the author notes in the introduction, this book is designed for an upper level law class.  For my purposes, its deficits (e.g., failing to provide a primer on how the legal system works) would not create a similar problem for an upper level law student as it would for my students.  Yet, one major deficit may still apply to both audiences: the book contains Spartan analysis.  The substantial majority of the book is reprints of excerpted cases.  \nTo give credit, the book hits all of the expected cases on the subject and organizes them in a way that allows the reader to ferret out an analysis that progresses on an issue. But the author relies on the reader to make that analysis.  Most of the time, the author’s own contributions is limited to three or four questions asked after a series of lengthy case (excerpt) reprints.  When the author does provide some analysis it is easy to see why she is a student favorite.  Occasional nuggets like the author’s discussion of the case of a student who claims a religious exemption to her school’s dress code for her body piercing because she is a member of the Church of Body Modification or the influence the “Catholic vote” had on Justice Douglas’ when he was thinking of running for president, help to bring the law alive for students.   \n A second comment is that this book is s limited in its focus on constitutional law, to just the issues of free speech and freedom of religion.  As to the latter issue, however, I am especially grateful.  I too find the issue of what is religion fascinating and worthy of much intellectual discussion. The book’s narrow focus allows this. Perhaps it is my own bias, but I think the author saved the best for last, and if teaching the course I would reverse the subjects to hook in my class early in the semester.  When looking only at those two issues, the book ranks high, covering a large scope.\nLast, given the small amount of original contribution from the author, would the Open Textbook’s goal of making textbooks affordable be better fulfilled if the many cases were merely cited in lists and not reprinted? To her credit, the author calls this a casebook and that it is.  The book is almost 1200 pages with the substantial majority of the text case reprints. But, the cases are the usual workhorses on the issue and, as such, are freely available on the internet.  If the author would contribute more insight and the case reprints were removed (and just listed), this textbook might better satisfy the Open Textbook’s goals.\nIn conclusion, if your course is for upper-level law students who have already taken a traditional Con law class and are looking to delve into the issues of speech and especially religion, this book fits that niche.\n","accuracy_rating":4,"accuracy_review":"Disturbingly, the author misquotes the First Amendment. It is not a typo as it occurs at the beginning of the book and is later repeated. This makes the reader unfairly question the author’s competence in the materials.  A full reading of the book and its clear presentation of the expected cases eliminates that.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The textbook contains the expected first amendment cases on speech and religion, including relatively recent ones that could impact prior precedent like the Hobby Lobby case or Citizen’s United . As the U.S. Supreme Court looks further at these issues this year, the book’s digital format should easily allow for future editions to include new cases illustrating the impacts of these decisions.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"With the author’s original text often limited to three questions following several case excerpts, it is unclear how to rate the textbook for clarity.  Focusing on the questions and the occasional more detailed analysis, the author has a nice writing style.  Her questions got to the heart of the cases and help to build on the reader’s analysis. But without the author’s analysis, the reader must await classroom discussion.   ","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book is consistent and the cases that are covered are as expected for a class on the First Amendment.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"With fourteen chapters, the book is designed to cover a topic per class (and for the most part the materials could be covered in a single day).  In each of the two major sections, press and religion, the book covers topics in a logical progression that builds on the next with an eventual proficiency. ","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"Overall, the book flowed well.  The cases selected built nicely upon each other to encourage analysis of the issue selected.  As discussed above, I would reverse the two major topics just because I think the religious cases allow for more intellectual exploration.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"This book bridge nicely as a PDF.","grammatical_rating":4,"grammatical_review":"With little original contribution, grammatical errors are not a problem.  Typos, however, are and should be cleaned up for the next edition.  These, plus the author’s misquoting of the First Amendment, discussed above, could easily be avoided by a more detailed edit.  ","cultural_rating":4,"cultural_review":"Satisfying a culturally relevant pedagogy given the format of this book, with its extensive case reprints, is difficult.  The book does include the expected cases on the topics, including those on the ability to limit the right to free speech in a school setting.  Given the timely and culturally relevant issue of free speech in the university setting, a future edition would benefit by including a discussion on this lively topic and would empower students emotionally and intellectually.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I look forward to the author’s next edition and hope she includes more of her insights into these two intellectually interesting areas of our constitution and our country. \n \n","created_at":"2018-02-01T18:00:00.000-06:00","updated_at":"2018-02-01T18:00:00.000-06:00"},{"id":34916,"first_name":"Jakob","last_name":"Miller","position":"Assoc. Prof. of Pol. Science","institution_name":"Taylor University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The book focuses heavily on the speech and religion clauses of the first amendment. Press receives a short chapter of its own, and the rights of assembly and petition receive almost no attention save a mention at the beginning of the book. Of course, this reflects to some degree the amount of attention the Court has paid each part of the first amendment, but a class using this book will be focused on the speech and religion clauses by necessity.\r\n\r\nAs for comprehensive coverage within those subjects, it is hard to see any major aspect of speech or religion left untouched, or any major cases one would expect to find which are missing. Students using this casebook will grapple with all the major cases, concepts, precedents and tests one would expect. It is admirably comprehensive.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"This is a difficult category to rate in a legal casebook. The cases are presented exactly as the Court issued them (with light editing) and the author’s main direct voice in the book consist of the pre-chapter notes, the first chapter and other introductory notes, and the notes that follow each set of cases. Most of the notes following sets of cases are composed of questions for students, or simply pointing out interesting connections between presented Supreme Court cases and other cases not directly discussed in the book, leaving little room for inaccuracy. Indirectly, of course, the author’s voice is present in the selection, arrangement, and editing of cases, which I’ve covered in the comprehensiveness section above. \r\nIn regards to the accuracy of the author’s direct notes, I’ve found no significant errors or any causes for concern. I would only echo another reviewer’s concern that the text of the first is seemingly presented with a textual error (“from” in place of “for”).","relevance_rating":3,"relevance_review":"The book was last updated in 2020, which means that are some major cases that the book will not include. Cases such as Shurtleff, Kennedy v Bremerton School District, or Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta. All casebooks have this issue, since the Court constantly makes more work for casebook writers, but it should be noted that using this book will mean having to supplement the section on the Lemon test, for example, with its latest death in a case from outside the book.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"I won’t be grading the opinions by the Justices here, save that to say that the author has edited them lightly but in a way that should improve their readability and remove some unnecessary distractions to students. \r\n\r\nThe author’s own writing is clear and lucid. The examples given are especially compelling – the section on the Heckler’s Veto particularly stood out to me as an example that should be vivid for students while being a clear demonstration of discussed principles. \r\n\r\nI should note here in the interest of clarity for my own review that I am only reviewing the casebook itself. The website mentions that there is supplementary information available for instructors, but I was not able to access it. From the presented work, I have no doubt that the author would perform to same admirable standard.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent both with itself and established legal terminology. Students should have no issue on that account.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The book is broken neatly into two parts – speech and religion – and 14 chapters, which fits neatly into a 13 or 14 week semester (two chapters are shorter than others, and the layout of the book is clearly explained up front). Each chapter is also divided into several subchapters. While cases naturally interconnect, there is nothing preventing an instructor from remixing the chapter order or dropping a given chapter or subchapter, and the clear divisions make this a fairly simple task.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"While there is no set organizational scheme within each of the two large sections, it follows a plan based on the teaching experience of the author. It looks to my eye as someone who has taught a great deal on the first amendment like a plan that would lead students naturally through the major topics in an intuitive way. Should an instructor wish, however, it seems simple enough to remix the chapter order or add or remove some chapters if needed.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"It’s a text-heavy PDF, with few illustrations or tables. It should display cleanly on any device that can read PDFs – I encountered no issues while reading the book.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"Aside from the bit pointed out about the text of the petition clause (see also page 6 of the book), the book seemed to have no notable errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"Some of the cases do involve material that may offend students, but that cannot be avoided when dealing with the first amendment. (After all, the first amendment is hardly needed to protect popular speech.) The cases chosen well reflect the broad range of religious groups and political beliefs that have been before the court over the nation’s history.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"I heartily recommend this casebook to those interested in a First Amendment law course, provided you can access the teacher’s materials and add in coverage of cases such as Kennedy v Bremerton on your own.","created_at":"2024-03-04T11:20:50.000-06:00","updated_at":"2024-03-04T11:20:50.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/first-amendment-cases-controversies-and-contexts","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:02:07.000-06:00"},{"id":129,"title":"Foundations of Business Law and Legal Environment","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2012,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Mayer, Warner, Siedel and Lieberman's Foundations of Business Law and the Legal Environment is an up-to-date textbook with comprehensive coverage of legal and regulatory issues for your introductory Legal Environment or Business Law course. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events with which they are already familiar with their clear, concise and readable style. Business Law and the Legal Environment provides students with context and essential concepts across a broad range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple. The text provides the vocabulary and legal savvy necessary for business people to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers, government officials — and to their own lawyers.","contributors":[{"id":2371,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Don","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Mayer","location":"University of Denver","background_text":"Don Mayer now teaches law, ethics, public policy, and sustainability at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, where he is Professor in Residence. His research focuses on the role of business in creating a more just, sustainable, peaceful and productive world. With James O'Toole, Professor Mayer has co-edited and contributed content to Good Business: Exercising Effective \u0026 Ethical Leadership (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2010). He is also co-author of International Business Law: Cases and Materials, in its 5th edition with Pearson Publishing Co. 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Professor Mayer has won numerous awards from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business, including the Hoeber Award for best article in the American Business Law Journal, twice won the Maurer Award for best article on business ethics, and three times won the Ralph Bunch Award for best article on international business law. 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One noticeable omission is any serious discussion of intellectual property issues (patent, trademark and copyright) each of which likely merit a section of their own in a text like this. ","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"As a broad based overview of the subject, the book is accurate throughout. It largely avoids delving into nuanced concepts, or applications of law specific to limited jurisdictions, areas likely to be volatile. An instructor should expect to supplement materials with information that is relevant for jurisdictions they are teaching in, or significant recent developments.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"Content deals largely with broad principles of business law, and avoids treatments of specific cases or rulings. As such it is likely to remain relevant. 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Chapter 30: Employment Law in an HR course, or chapters 20 to 23 on business entity choices in a general business course for example.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The only odd choice made by the other was to place the chapters dealing business entity types in the middle of the text.  Given that so many other topics stem from this, it would seem to be more logical and intuitive to place this as one of the earliest matters discussed.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Note that the pdf version does not have a table of contents included.  This is a minor navigational annoyance. Otherwise the interface is solid.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"No noticeable grammar errors, or other linguistic issues.","cultural_rating":3,"cultural_review":"Book is neither culturally offensive or insensitive. That being said, hypothetical examples do not use a wide range of individuals with different backgrounds. 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I really appreciate the cases and exercises that come at the end of the chapters, which I often use as well. ok.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"I found the content to be accurate.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The content is relevant and not needing any supplementing.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"Students have commented that the book is easy to follow.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text is consistent throughout the book.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"I like the  interface and the way the book is laid out. 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I definitely think that a syllabus could be pulled cleanly from different sections to address issues as they are needed over a course.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The chapters are presented in a logical, clear fashion. I did find for myself that I was expecting a discussion about something that didn't - for example, I was expecting a discussion about business/professional ethics, which I didn't find.","interface_rating":4,"interface_review":"Generally, the interface was good. 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Because Chapter 1 indicated that the book was intended to help navigate business dealings, the emphasis on what law students would usually study to become lawyers, may confuse people who want to know legal nuts and bolts for operating a business. It would come in handy as a reference if a business got into trouble!","created_at":"2021-02-24T19:09:38.000-06:00","updated_at":"2021-02-24T19:09:38.000-06:00"},{"id":33933,"first_name":"Marcus","last_name":"Ellison","position":"Adjunct Faculty","institution_name":"Trine University","comprehensiveness_rating":4,"comprehensiveness_review":"The textbook covers a wide variety of general legal areas. 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This makes it easy for someone teaching who wants to use this text to only have students read chapters that are relevant to what the class will cover. Some topics that are covered are subject to more frequent and regular changes in the law so care will have to be considered for those areas.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The text is written for an undergraduate student level, it is not overly full of legalese or something you would see used in a law school course. The text is most likely for business students or those seeking a course that will provide a basic legal overview. I would not expect it to be used in a paralegal-oriented course, however.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The book is consistent in how it lays things out and in style, tone, and demeanor. The content is primarily text-based but there are some charts and basic graphs that do provide some varied content to help break up the text pages.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"Each chapter of the book covers a unique area that can be studied separately from the other chapters. Most chapters highlight a unique area of the law and cover the basic principles and terminology related to that area. Most chapters’ content will not tie into or build upon things covered in previous or subsequent chapters.","organization_rating":4,"organization_review":"The book is logically organized and covers most of the topics you would expect to see covered in an undergraduate legal survey or introductory business law course. There is not as much content about applying the legal principles covered in practical settings so if using this text that kind of information will be needed as a supplement.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The text overall was clear and easy to read. 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Thus, a professor from Africa, Australia, New Zealand or English speaking countries in Asia and Europe has a nearly complete coursebook – for example, that professor can delete the Canadian sections of this book and insert the law and practices of his or her home country in their place. 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Generally, the material is organized starting with international conventions such as the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and the OECD Bribery of Foreign Officials Convention (OECD Convention), and then the relevant laws in the US, UK, and Canada.  This parallel structure, along with an excellent table of contents, makes the text easy to navigate.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The text is only available in PDF form thus there are no interface problems.    The Table of Contents in the 4th Edition allows the reader to hyperlink jump to the corresponding page for the chapter titles and the section headings.\n\nThe Table of Contents is also bookmarked to allow quick transitions from one section to another in Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Furthermore, the PDF is also easily searchable for terms using the Find tool","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The text contains no grammatical errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive.  It focuses on international standards and the laws of the United States and the United Kingdom because they are influential jurisdictions. It also covers Canadian law because the original author, Gerry Ferguson, is a Canadian legal scholar and teacher.  His original purpose was to create a resource to make it easier for Canadian professors to offer a law school course on global corruption.  At the time of the first edition in 2015, no Canadian law school had such a course.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Excellent resource.","created_at":"2023-12-09T10:42:34.000-06:00","updated_at":"2023-12-09T10:42:34.000-06:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/global-corruption-law-theory-practice-third-edition-ferguson","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:17:49.000-06:00"},{"id":131,"title":"Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2012,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"Mayer, Warner, Siedel and Lieberman's Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business is an up-to-date textbook that covers legal issues that students must understand in today's highly regulated business environment. 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In particular, the coverage of credit transactions and debtor-creditor relationships is better than what I have experienced with similar texts. I also appreciate the early chapter on ethics and social responsibility, as that is an important element of the business legal environment that a pure business law text may miss. However, I was disappointed that there was no chapter specifically dedicated to business organizations and taxation, as those are critical areas of understanding for all business students. Likewise, there is no index or glossary for reference.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"It has solid coverage of the fundamentals of business law. I did not notice any glaring errors, although some of the content may be a little dated.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"The text does focus on specific regulatory areas more so than other texts I have read/used. This is good and bad. At least at the undergraduate level, breadth is more important than depth, so this coverage exposes students to more concepts that could be relevant in their later educational experiences and careers. However, it does run the risk of becoming obsolete with a change in political winds. That being said, the only major relevance issue I saw was some of the discussion on employment discrimination--specifically, with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity-based discrimination. The text does not reflect the most recent Supreme Court decision on this point.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The text is fine for the most part. There is some jargon in the ethics and corporate social responsibility chapter, with the discussion being a little more theoretical than application-based than I would prefer.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"I saw no issues here.","modularity_rating":4,"modularity_review":"I thought this was fine. I am already making plans to mix components of this text with another. However, this book does include some internal references within the text that I will need to revise if I mix the two.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"This is organized in a pretty conventional manner.","interface_rating":3,"interface_review":"The online text is fine. The PDF has some paragraph formatting/spacing problems. The paragraphs are not indented, and there is not an extra space between paragraphs. There are times where the information appears as a wall of text, even though multiple paragraphs were intended.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I saw no major issues.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I saw no major issues.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This appears to be a good, solid, basic legal environment of business text. It could be adapted to fit the typical business law course at almost any American university.","created_at":"2021-10-05T12:22:04.000-05:00","updated_at":"2021-10-05T12:22:04.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/government-regulation-and-the-legal-environment-of-business","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:01:52.000-06:00"},{"id":277,"title":"Introduction to Contracts, Sales and Product Liability","edition_statement":null,"volume":null,"copyright_year":2012,"isbn10":null,"isbn13":null,"license":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike","language":"eng","accessibility_statement":null,"accessibility_features":["unknown"],"description":"This textbook provides context and essential concepts across the entire range of legal issues with whichmanagers and business executives must grapple. The text provides the vocabulary and legal acumennecessary for businesspeople to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers,government officials—and to their own lawyers. Traditional publishers often create confusion among customers in the text selection process by offering ahuge array of publications. Once a text is selected, customers might still have to customize the text to meettheir needs. For example, publishers usually offer books that include either case summaries or excerptedcases, but some instructors prefer to combine case summaries with a few excerpted cases so that studentscan experience reading original material. Likewise, the manner in which most conventional textsincorporate video is cumbersome because the videos are contained in a separate library, which makesaccess more complicating for instructors and students.","contributors":[{"id":3079,"contribution":"Author","primary":true,"corporate":false,"title":null,"first_name":"Don","middle_name":null,"last_name":"Mayer","location":"University of Denver","background_text":"Don Mayer now teaches law, ethics, public policy, and sustainability at the Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, where he is Professor in Residence. His research focuses on the role of business in creating a more just, sustainable, peaceful and productive world. With James O'Toole, Professor Mayer has co-edited and contributed content to Good Business: Exercising Effective \u0026 Ethical Leadership (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2010). He is also co-author of International Business Law: Cases and Materials, in its 5th edition with Pearson Publishing Co. 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Since my Business Law I class primarily focuses on contracts and Business Law II has a large focus on sales and product liability, I have been looking for a textbook that focuses on those areas. I like the in-depth coverage of each area. Rather than being 50 chapters, there are 22 and these chapters focus on most of the areas I cover in my classes. I like the use of \"Key Takeaways\" to help the reader focus on the most important points.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The content is accurate. I didn't find any errors or apparent bias. The examples that are given are very easy to understand.","relevance_rating":4,"relevance_review":"Overall, contract law doesn't change a lot over time.  The cases in the book are not very recent, but that doesn't make the text obsolete. I have found that the cases in most Business law textbooks are not that recent, but they are usually the cases that are the best to use as an example of a concept. The way the cases are used in the text, in most instances, it would be easy to insert new case examples.","clarity_rating":5,"clarity_review":"The textbook is written in very clear language that I feel is easy to understand. There isn't too much \"legalese\". The tables and diagrams are very straightforward, unlike many other textbooks where I feel the diagrams are confusing to me, even as an attorney. Legal terms are presented in easily understood contexts that in most cases can be applied to every day life.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"There's a lot of consistency from chapter to chapter; also the chapters on contracts build on each other. The terminology is consistent throughout the chapters and the framework is the same from chapter to chapter. Chapters start with the learning objectives, the information on the concept is presented, cases are used to show the application of the law, then the information is \"chunked\" into key takeaways,  The chapters end with exercises and self-checks.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The use of \"key takeaways\" makes it easy to divide a chapter into smaller reading sections. There are multiple subheadings within each sub-topic. Unlike many textbooks that have problem cases/exercises at the end of the chapter, there are small exercises over the sub-topics. I like this because if a student is struggling with something, it would be easy to have them read just the sub-topic and complete the exercise at the end, rather than having them read the whole chapter.","organization_rating":5,"organization_review":"The topics in the text build upon each other and there's a good flow from chapter to chapter.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"I didn't find any interface issues. It was easy to navigate and all of the images and charts were very clear.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"I didn't note any grammatical or spelling errors.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"I couldn't find any examples of cultural insensitivity. There aren't any discussions of ethics, or of bias that can occur in transactions due to an individual's race, ethnicity and background.","overall_rating":10,"overall_review":"Overall, I really like this textbook, but I would use it as a complimentary text, not as the main text. 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Mayer includes a chapter on mortgages, mechanics' liens, and other filings, but no real property per se.  Similarly, Mayer devotes an entire chapter to personal property, but not real property.\r\nMany of his chapters are fairly broad, often appearing to rehash information generally covered in most standard business law texts, whilst several are surprisingly deep in coverage.","accuracy_rating":5,"accuracy_review":"The book is accurate.  The material appears to be fairly standard and correct.","relevance_rating":5,"relevance_review":"The book is up to date.  That being said, business law does not change very often, so the materials will remain relevant for a number of years.  With the exception of bringing in more recent cases, there will be no need for numerous changes to be made through the years.","clarity_rating":4,"clarity_review":"The book is adequately phrased, with an appropriate amount of legalese and plain grammar to be easily understood by most undergraduates.  Legal terminology is properly explained.  Much of the material is very basic and very understandable, although some topics are surprisingly deep,  even to the point of being too deep in coverage.  I found it to be a fairly quick read, with the chapters surprisingly short.","consistency_rating":5,"consistency_review":"The text makes consistent use of legal terminology that should be understood by an entrepreneur.  It gives enough information so that the entrepreneur can determine what is actually written in documents (contracts and pleadings), as well as what is occurring, and when, and if, one actually needs the assistance of an attorney in the handling of affairs.\r\nThe framework of the chapter set ups is very consistent, in terms of both format and make up, with self-test questions and exercises.","modularity_rating":5,"modularity_review":"The chapters are short to the point of being homogeneous, probably owing to the lack of depth in most of them.  There are 36 chapters, so the materials are divided into small reading sections, with each taking 10 to 20 minutes to read the body of the chapters.  Each chapter is self contained, without the need for a student to refer to other chapters for understanding.","organization_rating":3,"organization_review":"The ordering of the presented materials is not as even as I would have liked.  For example, products liability is grounded in torts, but is placed after the chapters on contracts (9 of them).  Insurance is before the chapters on agency, but should be after.  Sole proprietorships are not truly discussed, and the chapters on corporations are split up with a chapter on securities regulation.  The chapter on personal property is just added on at the end, but would have been better heaps earlier, or at least next to the one on intellectual property.","interface_rating":5,"interface_review":"The text looks good, and is very constant in the navigation, display, and colours.  The spacing in paragraphs is likewise consistent and appropriate.","grammatical_rating":5,"grammatical_review":"The grammar appeared consistent throughout the text.  The verbiage used reads easily for university students and it appears to be uniform throughout the text.","cultural_rating":5,"cultural_review":"The text is not culturally insensitive, even in its discussion of discrimination, labour, and employment law.","overall_rating":9,"overall_review":"This is an easily read book, with some parts that can be easily adapted to a class on entrepreneurship, but with other parts that are simply a rehashing of basic business law, which may render the text unusable in may entrepreneurship courses where business law is a core requirement for a degree.  The chapters that are short and basic in coverage, with a good balance of legalese and English grammar; simple and understandable.  Consistently written and laid out, instructors need to determine the background of their students before choosing this text, as the materials may be too repetitive for many students.","created_at":"2020-04-24T20:24:08.000-05:00","updated_at":"2020-04-24T20:24:08.000-05:00"}],"url":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/law-for-entrepreneurs","updated_at":"2025-12-15T02:01:56.000-06:00"}],"links":{"self":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/administrative-law.json?page=1","total_pages":2,"total_count":14,"next":"https://staging.open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/subjects/administrative-law.json?page=2"}}