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06 November 2018

BOOK: Brian F. HAARA, Bourbon Justice : How Whiskey Law Shaped America (Lincoln: Potomac Books, 2018). ISBN 978-1-64012-085-3, $26.95



The University of Nebraska Press is publishing a book on the impact of bourbon whiskey on American legal history.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Bourbon whiskey has made a surprising contribution to American legal history. Tracking the history of bourbon and bourbon law illuminates the development of the United States as a nation, from conquering the wild frontier to rugged individualism to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit to solidifying itself as a nation of laws. Bourbon is responsible for the growth and maturation of many substantive areas of the law, such as trademark, breach of contract, fraud, governmental regulation and taxation, and consumer protection. In Bourbon Justice Brian Haara delves into the legal history behind one of America’s most treasured spirits to uncover a past fraught with lawsuits whose outcome, surprisingly perhaps, helped define a nation.

Approaching the history of bourbon from a legal standpoint, Haara tells the history of America through the development of commercial laws that guided our nation from an often reckless laissez-faire mentality, through the growing pains of industrialization, and past the overcorrection of Prohibition. More than just true bourbon history, this is part of the American story.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brian Haara is a public speaker and legal writer, and he practices law as co-managing partner of Tachau Meek PLC, a business litigation firm. He writes about bourbon history and law on his blog Sipp’n Corn and was featured in the documentary Straight Up: Kentucky Bourbon. Fred Minnick is a former U.S. Army journalist who now writes about the spirits industry. He is the author of Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of How Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey (Potomac Books, 2013).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Illustrations   
Foreword, by Fred Minnick   
Preface   
Chapter 1. Bourbon History Tells the Story of American History   
Chapter 2. American Law Defines Bourbon   
Chapter 3. Bourbon Drives the Development of Trademark and Brand Name Rights   
Chapter 4. Old Crow Provides the Most Comprehensive Trade Name Case Study   
Chapter 5. Bourbon Expands Trade Name Rights   
Chapter 6. Bourbon Marketers Write the Book on Puffery and Exaggeration   
Chapter 7. Bourbon Leads the Nation to Consumer Protection   
Chapter 8. Bourbon Tells the Behind-the-Scenes Story of Prohibition   
Chapter 9. Bourbon Law Reins in Fake Distillers and Secret Sourcing   
Chapter 10. Bourbon Drives Truth in Labeling   
Acknowledgments   
Notes   
Table of Authorities   
Index

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