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Jimi Hendrix - Signature Licks(Signature Licks Guitar). This book with online audio offers a unique and thorough examination of twelve of Hendrix's greatest compositions. Each song segment is presented with all of the guitar parts fully transcribed, plus accompanying online audio, performed by a full band. All solos,...
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Plessy v. Ferguson: Race and Inequality in Jim Crow AmericaSix decades before Rosa Parks boarded her fateful bus, another traveler in the Deep South tried to strike a blow against racial discrimination--but ultimately fell short of that goal, leading to the Supreme Court's landmark 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. Now Williamjames Hull...
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This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle for a New CommonwealthFrom one of our finest writers and leading environmental thinkers, a powerful book about how the land we share divides us--and how it could unite us Today, we are at a turning point as we face ecological and political crises that are rooted in...
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Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race LawHow American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes....
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The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake PersonsA fascinating account of how the law determines or dismantles identity and personhood Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guantánamo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the state--all are deprived of personhood through legal acts. Such deprivations have recurred throughout history, and the law...
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Networks of Nations: The Evolution, Structure, and Impact of International Networks, 1816-2001In this book, Zeev Maoz offers a new theory of networked international politics. Maoz views the evolution of international relations over the last two centuries as a set of interacting, cooperative, and conflicting networks of states. The networks that emerged are the result of...
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Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful ConvictionsAwarded Digital Book World's Best Book Published by a University Press In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent Mark Godsey takes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon...
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Public Health Law: Power, Duty, RestraintLawrence O. Gostin's seminal Public Health Law is widely acclaimed as the definitive statement on public health law at the turn of the twenty-first century. In this bold third edition, Gostin is joined by Lindsay F. Wiley to analyze major health threats of our...
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Braid of Feathers: American Indian Law and Contemporary Tribal LifeIn this ambitious and moving book, Frank Pommersheim, who lived and worked on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation for ten years, challenges the dominant legal history of American Indians and their tribes--a history that concedes far too much power to the laws and courts...
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Memory-Enhancing Techniques for Investigative Interviewing: The Cognitive InterviewThis volume provides background information and step-by-step instructions to provide a systematic approach for use by police interviewers, attorneys, fire marshals, private investigators, and others in eliciting the maximum amount of relevant information from cooperative eyewitnesses. Based on research with police participants, the text...
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Barriers to Conflict ResolutionDrawing on such diverse but related disciplines as economics, cognitive psychology, statistics, and game and decision-making theory, the book considers the barriers to successful negotiation in such areas as civil litigation, family law, arms control, labor management disputes, environmental treaty making, and politics. When...
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The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic ScienceWinner of the Gold Dagger Award A fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal investigation. At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher terrorized the French countryside, eluding authorities for years,...
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Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic ConstitutionA brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.For Justice Breyer, the Constitution's primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls "active liberty" citizen participation in shaping government and its laws. As...
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Storytelling for LawyersGood lawyers have an ability to tell stories. Whether they are arguing a murder case or a complex financial securities case, they can capably explain a chain of events to judges and juries so that they understand them. The best lawyers are also able...
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From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional LawA distinguished professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago, a prolific writer and award-winning thinker, Martha Nussbaum stands as one of our foremost authorities on law, justice, freedom, morality, and emotion. In From Disgust to Humanity, Nussbaum aims her considerable intellectual...
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United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and PragmaticsIn United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D. Kaufman explores the U.S. government's support for, or opposition to, certain transitional justice institutions. By first presenting an overview of possible responses to atrocities (such as war crimes tribunals)...
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Criminal Justice: A Brief IntroductionFor introductory courses in criminal justice.The gold standard for criminal justice textsCriminal Justice: A Brief Introduction examines crime in the US with a focus on police, courts, and corrections. Students contemplate the fine line separating freedom from security, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses...
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Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest LevelForeword by Henry KissingerIn this groundbreaking, definitive guide to the art of negotiation, three Harvard professors--all experienced negotiators--offer a comprehensive examination of one of the most successful dealmakers of all time.Politicians, world leaders, and business executives around the world--including every President from John F....
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Supreme Courts Under Nazi OccupationThis is the first extensive treatment of leading judicial institutions under Nazi rule in WWII. It focusses on all democratic countries under German occupation, and provides the details for answering questions like: how can law serve as an instrument of defence against an oppressive...
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Law and Religious Diversity in Education: The Right to DifferenceReligion is a prominent legal force despite the premise constructed and promoted by Western constitutionalism that it must be separated from the State in democracies. Education constitutes an area of human life that leaves ample scope for the expression of religious identity and shapes...
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