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The Department of Finance pursues active research and teaching programs, keeping faculty and students at the cutting edge of finance theory and practice. Here, students receive the training which prepares them for the quantitative and analytical challenges in both the business and academic fields. |
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Robert (Bob) Aalberts, J.D., M.A.Professor |
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Robert J. Aalberts is the Lied Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola University and an M.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Prior to his academic career, he was an attorney for the Gulf Oil Company. Professor Aalberts primary research interests include real estate law and employment law. He has also published over 105 articles in legal and business periodicals, including The Ohio State Law Journal, The American Business Law Journal, The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, San Diego Law Review, Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal, Journal of Law & Commerce (U. of Pittsburgh School of Law), Nevada Law Journal (Boyd School of Law), Marquette Law Review, DePaul Law Review, Louisiana Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, The Employee Relations Law Journal, Labor Law Journal, Journal of Legal Studies Education, Southern University Law Review, Real Estate Law Journal, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Real Estate Literature, the Communications of the Association of Computing Machinery (CACM) and the Journal of Business Ethics.
Professor Aalberts is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Real Estate Law Journal where he has served for the past 16 years. He is also a former Staff Editor of the Journal of Legal Studies Education. Professor Aalberts is co-author of the textbook, Law and Business: The Regulatory Environment, 1994, published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company and Real Estate Law, 7th ed., 2009, published by Southwestern/Cengage Learning.
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Selected Research |
- Robert Aalberts, Richard Hoyt "Daubert and the Appraisal Expert Witness Revisited." Appraisal Journal, Vol. LXXVI, No. 2, 2008, pp. 168-178.
- Robert Aalberts, Alexander Nill, Andreas Giepel. "Indizien-und Anscheinsbeweise in der Prozessparxis (Circumstantial Evidence and the Admission of Proof in Court)." Zeitschrift fr Anwaltspraxis (Journal of Law Practice), forthcoming.
- Robert Aalberts, Percy Poon, Paul Thistle. "A Tale of Two Internet Service Providers: A Risk Management Perspective." Communications of the ACM, forthcoming.
- Robert Aalberts, Richard Hoyt, Percy Poon. "Exit Fees and their Impact upon the Effective Interest Costs on Commercial Real Estate Loans." Journal of Real Estate Practice Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2008, pp. 57-74.
- Robert Aalberts, Richard Hoyt. "Toxic Mold Liability in Residential and Commercial Real Estate An Update in Light of the case of Kilian v. Equity Residential Trust." Appraisal Journal, Vol. 64, No. 2, 2006, pp. 174-182.
- Robert Aalberts, Richard Hoyt. "New Requirements for the Appraisal Expert Witness." Appraisal Journal, October 1997, pp. 342-349. Selected for the "Armstrong/Kahn Award" from The Appraisal Journal for the "most significant contribution to real estate valuation literature" for 1997.
- Robert Aalberts. "To Sue or Not to Sue-The Past, Present and Future of Construction Defect Litigation." Nevada Law Journal, (Boyd School of Law), Vol. 5, No. 3, 2005, pp. 684-703.
- Robert Aalberts, Richard Hoyt. "Appraisers and Toxic Mold Legal and Valuation Issues." Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2003, pp. 203-215. Selected as the best paper in the real estate valuation category of the 2002 American Real Estate Society meeting.
- Robert Aalberts, Percy Poon, Paul Thistle. "Trespass, Nuisance and Spam Eleventh Century Common Law Meets the Internet." Communications of the ACM, Vol. 50, Issues 12, December 2007, pp. 40-45.
- Robert Aalberts, Percy Poon. "Derivatives and the Modern Prudent Investor Rule: Too Risky or Too Necessary?" Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 67, No. 3, 2006, pp. 525-592.
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Contact Information |
College of Business
Department of Finance
4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456008
Las Vegas, NV 89154-6008
Phone: (702) 895-3919
Fax: (702) 895-4650
Email: robert.aalberts@unlv.edu
Website: http://faculty.unlv.edu/aalberts
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Class Schedule |
- Fall 2009
- BLW 302-2 Legal Environment M W 2:30 - 3:45 pm BEH-124
- MBA 706-1 Laws, Regulations, and Ethical Issues M W 5:30 - 6:45 pm BEH-112
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