Select Legal Topics -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Section I - Criminal Law -- Introduction -- 1. Post-Conviction Motions: First in a Three-Part Series -- 2. Post-Conviction Motions: Second in a Three-Part Series -- 3. Post-Conviction Motions: Part Three -- 4. Notice of Alibi: An Overview and Analysis -- 5. The Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: A Compilation of Cases -- 6. An Analysis of the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: Subsection 1 -- 7. An Analysis of the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: Subsection 2 -- 8. An Analysis of the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: Part IV -- 9. Article 730 / Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed: Part I -- 10. Article 730 / Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed: Part II -- 11. Article 730 / Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed: Part III -- Section II - Civil Rights Cases -- Introduction -- 12. The First Amendment and State Action -- 13. Named or Unnamed: A Neat Question -- 14. State Human Rights and Title VII -- 15. A Matter of Time -- 16. A Question of National Origin -- 17. A Note on Equitable Tolling -- 18. A Recent Civil Rights Case -- 19. A Word about Civil Rights and Domestic Violence -- 20. A Recent Case on Corporate Finance -- 21. Section 1983 and Excessive Force -- 22. Termination At Will? -- 23. A Few Words on a Recent United States Supreme Court Case -- 24. A Final and Disturbing Labor Law Decision -- 25. Some Comments on Three Recent Supreme Court Cases -- Section III - Procedural Issues -- Introduction -- 26. The Motion to Strike -- 27. When an Attorney Does Not Appear: The CPLR Solution -- 28. A Note on Objections Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -- Table of Cases -- Index.
This book updates, analyses, and covers current developments in such areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, state civil procedure, civil rights matters, constitutional issues, and significant recent Supreme Court decisions.