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Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds CourtA groundbreaking book . . . revealing the systemic, everyday problems in our courts that must be addressed if justice is truly to be served.--Doris Kearns Goodwin Attorney and journalist Amy Bach spent eight years investigating the widespread courtroom failures that each day upend...
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Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter, Second EditionOne of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Many people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the outcome of an election and don't see the point in learning much...
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Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation, Second EditionFrom White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called "Coyote Warriors"--among them a Mandan/Hidatsa named Raymond Cross. Coyote Warrior tells the epic story of the three tribes that saved Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery from...
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Splitting Heirs: Giving Your Money and Things to Your Children Without Ruining Their LivesThe financial wealth you leave behind could be the best thing that ever happened to your loved ones--or the worst. By approaching these important topics with clarity, conviction, and a little bit of humor, financial advisor Ron Blue explains why it is important to...
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern LawThe closing arguments from ten noteworthy cases--"lawyers and nonlawyers will enjoy the passion and eloquence of these counselors; practitioners of law will find much to learn from them" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Until now, only the twelve jurors who sat in judgment were...
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Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal ReasoningThis primer on legal reasoning is aimed at law students and upper-level undergraduates. But it is also an original exposition of basic legal concepts that scholars and lawyers will find stimulating. It covers such topics as rules, precedent, authority, analogical reasoning, the common law,...
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The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary SocietyAuthor: David GarlandPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 08/01/2002Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.08h x 6.05w x 0.70dISBN: 9780226283845Review Citation(s): New York Review of Books 09/25/2003 pg. 44About the AuthorDavid Garland is the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New...
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Should Trees Have Standing?: Law, Morality, and the EnvironmentOriginally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably...
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Brierly's Law of Nations: An Introduction to the Role of International Law in International RelationsThis concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations. Written for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, the book first appeared in 1928 and attracted a wide readership. This new edition builds on Brierly's scholarship and his idea that law...
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Pearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable ObligationsWritten in a fresh and lively style and supported by a strong analytical framework, the seventh edition of Pearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable Obligations continues to provide students with a relevant and exciting examination of a subject that can seem remote and difficult....
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Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative CounterrevolutionThere are few intellectual movements in modern American political history more successful than the Federalist Society. Created in 1982 to counterbalance what its founders considered a liberal legal establishment, the organization gradually evolved into the conservative legal establishment, and membership is all but required...
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Complex Battlespaces: The Law of Armed Conflict and the Dynamics of Modern WarfareThe conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates...
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Crimcomics Issue 8: Social Learning TheoriesCrimComics offers a new way to approach criminological theory by engaging students with impactful, highly visual illustrated texts. Each CrimComics Issue traces the development of the theory--placing it in social and political context--and demonstrates its application to the real world. The last page of...
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Domesday Book (Penguin Classic): A Complete TranslationDomesday Book is one of the most famous documents in English history--and arguably in world history. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original Latin, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. Domesday...
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For-Profit Philanthropy: Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies, Donor-Advised Funds, and Strategic Corporate GivingThis book exposes a migration of business practices, players, and norms into philanthropy that strains the regulatory regime sustaining public trust in elite generosity through accountability and transparency and proposes legal reforms and private solutions to restore it. Practices, players, and norms native to...
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Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice, Second EditionReveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really works Curtis Flowers spent twenty-three years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Rachel...
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Diligent Pilotage: Lessons Learned from the Jolly NeroOn 7 May 2013 at 22:59 the cargo ship Jolly Nero, following a failure of its main engine, hit the Pilots' Tower of the port of Genoa at a speed of about 3 knots, causing it to collapse.The accident cost the lives of nine...
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Creating and Sharing Legal Knowledge in the Twelfth Century: Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 and Its ContextThis volume provides deep insights into the dynamics and processes of knowledge creation and transfer in the Middle Ages by analysing the manuscript Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, 673 - an important textual witness for the creation of the Decretum Gratiani.Author: Stephan DusilPublisher: BrillPublished: 11/03/2022Pages: 280Binding...
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A Clinician's Brief Guide to the Mental Health ACTA 'how to' book guiding clinicians through the mental health legislation that they need to understand and use in their daily practice, covering the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequent amendments. This revised and updated edition incorporates new acts, such as the Policing and...
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Women, Divorce and Money: Taking Control of Your Finances and Your FutureNavigating the stress in divorce is difficult enough, but in the middle of it, you are also expected to make critical financial decisions about your future. Your friends are telling you what you should do, your attorney is asking what you want to do,...
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