Railroad legal issues and resources /
"TRB's National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest 2: Railroad Legal Issues and Resources presents legal issues of importance that attorneys may encounter when representing both freight and passenger railroad owners, and operators involved in railroad-related t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Transportation Research Board,
2015.
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| Series: | Legal research digest (National Cooperative Rail Research Program) ;
no. 2. |
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| Summary: | "TRB's National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP) Legal Research Digest 2: Railroad Legal Issues and Resources presents legal issues of importance that attorneys may encounter when representing both freight and passenger railroad owners, and operators involved in railroad-related transactions. Issues explored in the report range from abandonment and discontinuance to constitutional law, construction, contracts, interaction with regulatory agencies, safety, retirement, and numerous other subjects. The electronic version of the digest includes more than 700 pages of case law presenting detailed summaries of statutes, regulations, cases, and relevant articles as a fundamental resource for use in understanding the background and broad ramifications of railroad-related law reflected in each category. To access the case law, click the Roman numeral headings, which are linked to the legal topics. A search for the legal topic will also result in finding it. The printed digest includes an annotated index of the case law and a bound-in CD-ROM with the case law reference materials." -- publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Caption title. "CRP-CD-172" - Disc surface. "NCRRP project 12-01 / topic 1" - Disc surface. "This report was prepared under NCRRP Project 12-01, "Legal Aspects of Rail Programs," for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency coordinating the research. The report was prepared by Larry W. Thomas, The Thomas Law Firm, Washington, DC." |
| Physical Description: | 163 pages ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.) Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780309308861 0309308860 9780309374750 (CD) 0309374758 (CD) |