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Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the SouthThe book that inspired the documentary A Crime on the Bayou 2021 Chautauqua Prize Finalist The "arresting, astonishing history" of one lawyer and his defendant who together achieved a "civil rights milestone" (Justin Driver). In 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old...
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I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for JusticeIn 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe's own Trail of Tears. "I Am a Man" chronicles what happened when...
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American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of Justice"Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith," wrote Felix S....
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Medical Law: A Very Short IntroductionMedical law touches on many of society's most hotly debated issues, from the status of the embryo to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, and from assisted suicide to research on humans, organ transplantation, and the ownership of body parts. The media shines a glaring...
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Criminology: A Very Short IntroductionCrime is big news. From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Hardly surprisingly, crime has been pushed high up the public policy agenda across the world. But how can we measure crime,...
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Unimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes TribunalsAs international criminal courts and tribunals have proliferated and international criminal law is increasingly seen as a key tool for bringing the world's worst perpetrators to account, the controversies surrounding the international trials of war criminals have grown. War crimes tribunals have to deal...
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1001 Legal Words You Need to Know: The Ultimate Guide to the Language of the Law1001 Legal Words You Need to Know explains and illuminates the most difficult and arcane vocabulary any American has to deal with--that of the law. This comprehensive--but never condescending--guide to the language of the American legal system carefully defines and explains every term, and...
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In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process 1: The Colonial PeriodAuthor: A. Leon HigginbothamPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 05/29/1980Pages: 544Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.40dISBN: 9780195027457Review Citation(s): Black Issues Book Review 05/01/2004 pg. 23Ebony 11/01/2005 pg. 44This title is not returnable
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The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the Fbi's Original MindhunterThe legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and...
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Bike Riding in KabulGetting roughed up by Islamic fundamentalists, the weekly "feline sex-fest" in Kyiv, bribing Russian police to avoid jail in Mos-cow, sheltering under the sink (with the lizards) when the ammo dump exploded in Juba, automatic weapons training in Indiana, and that ill-fated morning bike...
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Justifying Strict Liability: A Comparative Analysis in Legal ReasoningThe imposition of strict liability in tort law is controversial, and its theoretical foundations are the object of vigorous debate. Why do or should we impose strict liability on employers for the torts committed by their employees, or on a person for the harm...
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Law for Online EntrepreneursImagine having total clarity and peace of mind because you have weighed up the risks that come with running an online business.Imagine never fearing difficult conversations because you have all the answers, you understand your terms of business!Imagine the feeling of knowing your brand...
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Economic and Social Rights Law: Incorporation, Justiciability and Principles of AdjudicationThis book develops principles of adjudication to facilitate accountability for violations of Economic and Social Rights.Economic and Social Rights engage with areas relating to social justice and their violation tends to impact on the most vulnerable members of society. Taking the UK as a...
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Proving Pregnancy: Gender, Law, and Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century AmericaExamining infanticide cases in the United States from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, Proving Pregnancy documents how women--Black and white, enslaved and free--gradually lost control over reproduction to male medical and legal professionals. In the first half of the nineteenth century,...
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Social Media Victimization: Theories and Impacts of CyberpunishmentThe public has always appreciated communication technology for its ability to bring people together but every week we read more and more stories of someone who commits suicide, gets fired, gets "canceled", abandoned, or worse, because of a conflict or misunderstanding involving social media....
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Canadian Club: Birthright Citizenship and National BelongingBirth-based citizenship is widely considered to be the most secure claim to political belonging. Despite the general belief that liberal democracies are formed through consent, in fact, most people are members of a political community by virtue of the circumstances of their birth. In...
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Canadian State Trials, Volume V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period 1939 to 1990. Essays by historians and legal scholars shed light on experiences during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, including...
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Forensic Data Collections 2.0: The Guide for Defensible & Efficient ProcessesModern day investigations frequently require the identification, preservation, and collection of electronic evidence from a variety of data sources. The field of digital forensics is constantly evolving, and it is vital for all parties involved to work together to understand where relevant data is...
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Criminal ProcedureThis contemporary, comprehensive, case-driven textbook from award-winning teacher Matthew Lippman covers the constitutional foundation of criminal procedure and includes numerous cases selected for their appeal to today's students. Organized around the challenge of striking a balance between rights and liberties, Criminal Procedure emphasizes diversity...
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American Patent LawStudents and established scholars of intellectual property law often look for historical context when trying to understand the development and present-day contours of IP rules and systems. American Patent Law supplies this context, offering readers a comprehensive account of the evolution of the US...
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