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Lost Promise of Civil RightsListen to a short interview with Risa GoluboffHost: Chris Gondek - Producer: Heron & CraneIn this groundbreaking book, Risa L. Goluboff offers a provocative new account of the history of American civil rights law. The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education...
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Natural Rights Theories: Their Origin and DevelopmentThis book shows how political argument in terms of rights and natural rights began in medieval Europe, and how the theory of natural rights was developed in the seventeenth century after a period of neglect in the Renaissance. Dr Tuck provides a new understanding...
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Regulating Style: Intellectual Property Law and the Business of Fashion in GuatemalaFashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. Fashion companies have taken notice, ensuring that international trade agreements include stronger intellectual property protections to prevent...
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The Great Illusion: An Informal History of ProhibitionAn absorbing and at times ironical humorous picture of the battle of Prohibition. Recommended. -- Library JournalWith the passing of the Volstead Act, the United States embraced Prohibition as the law of the land. From 1920 to 1933, the well-intentioned ban of the manufacture,...
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A Case for Environmental JusticeIssues of the environment and its sustainability are linked to those of global warming, climate change and loss of biodiversity. This is so because there is a general consensus in the scientific community that the long-term shift or alteration of temperature and weather patterns...
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Constitutional and Administrative Law: Key Facts and Key CasesKey Facts Key Cases Constitutional & Administrative Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Constitutional & Administrative Law module with ease. This book explains the facts and associated case law for: - The European Court of Human Rights and the UK...
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The Crime of Sheila McGough" N]o other writer tells better stories about the perpetual, the unwinnable, battle between narrative and truth." --The New York Times Book Review The Crime of Sheila McGough is Janet Malcolm's brilliant expos of miscarriage of justice in the case of Sheila McGough, a...
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed AmericaOver the course of his forty-year career, Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this galvanizing biography,...
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Evidence Law AdriftIn this important book, a distinguished legal scholar examines how the legal culture and institutions in Anglo-American countries affect the way in which evidence is gathered, sifted, and presented to the courts. Mirjan Damaska focuses on the significance of the divided tribunal (between judge...
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Constitutional History of the American RevolutionThis book is a supplement to the textbook Basic Technical Japanese. It introduces 100 new kanji and more than 1500 technical terms that appear frequently in documents dealing with biotechnology, in addition to reviewing vocabulary containing the 365 kanji presented in Basic Technical Japanese.The...
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American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native NationsSince 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern themselves and determine their own economic, political, and cultural futures. As a first and...
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The Economics of Contracts, second edition: A Primer, 2nd EditionA concise introduction to the theory of contracts, emphasizing basic tools that allow the reader to understand the main theoretical models; revised and updated throughout for this edition.The theory of contracts grew out of the failure of the general equilibrium model to account for...
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Intellectual Property StrategyHow a flexible and creative approach to intellectual property can help an organization accomplish goals ranging from building market share to expanding an industry.Most managers leave intellectual property issues to the legal department, unaware that an organization's intellectual property can help accomplish a range...
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Risk Management in Social Work: Preventing Professional Malpractice, Liability, and Disciplinary ActionThis new text is based on Frederic G. Reamer's key reference for practitioners, Social Work Malpractice and Liability: Strategies for Prevention. Rooted in his own experiences as an expert witness in court and licensing board cases, the volume introduces the concepts of negligence, malpractice,...
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Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain SightThis unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, journalist Stephanie Hepburn and justice scholar...
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The Law Code of ManuThe Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and the best-known legal text of ancient India. Famous for fifteen centuries it still generates controversy, with Manu's verses being cited in support of the oppression of women and members of the lower castes. A...
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Criminal EvidenceCriminal Evidence presents a critical commentary on the rules and principles regulating the admissibility of evidence and the processes of fact-finding in English criminal trials. The existing legal rules and their underlying values are fully contextualized and evaluated, and opportunities for reform are systematically...
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Global Commercial Contracts: Introduction to Cisg, Picc and Other International InstrumentsThis concise work by the leading global expert on sale of goods law provides the perfect starting point for anyone requiring an introduction to international commercial contracts. The book's comprehensive but accessible structure provides the reader with analysis of the relevant international law together...
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Ashworth's Principles of Criminal LawAuthor: Jeremy HorderPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 06/07/2016Pages: 584Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.95lbsSize: 9.70h x 6.90w x 1.10dISBN: 9780198753070About the AuthorJeremy Horder, Professor of Criminal Law, London School of Economics and Political Science Jeremy Horder is Professor of Criminal Law and Head of the Law...
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Fidelity & Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American ConstitutionThe fundamental fact about our Constitution is that it is old -- the oldest written constitution in the world. The fundamental challenge for interpreters of the Constitution is how to read that old document over time. In Fidelity & Constraint, legal scholar Lawrence Lessig...
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