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Jurisprudence & general issues

hardcover. American Justice 2015 is the indispensable guide to the fourteen most controversial and divisive cases decided by the Supreme Court in the 2014-15 term, touching on issues such as as free speech, race and equality, religious freedom, privacy, the fate of Obamacare, and gay marriage. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAS; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780812248067
ISBN
9780812248067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 28.09

hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPQB; LAQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600058
ISBN
9781503600058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.12

Paperback. Most transport operators have little experience of the regulations surrounding the carriage of dangerous goods. This title enables the operator to quickly and easily identify the regulatory exemptions that apply to the listed UN numbers which identify dangerous goods. Num Pages: 224 pages, table. BIC Classification: LAY; LNKT; TRCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749456344
ISBN
9780749456344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.62

paperback. In the five decades after the Civil War, the United States witnessed a profusion of legal institutions designed to cope with the nation's exceptionally acute industrial accident crisis. This book talks about how jurists elaborated the common law of torts; workingmen's organisations founded a widespread system of cooperative insurance; and more. Num Pages: 322 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022614
ISBN
9780674022614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.87

Hardcover. Hans Kelsen is considered by many to be the foremost legal thinkers of the 20th century. He made important contributions to legal theory and international law and in this translation of "Allgemeine Theorie der Normen", Kelsen develops his "pure theory of law" into a "general theory of norms" and examines the applicability of logic to norms. Translator(s): Hartney, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198252177
ISBN
9780198252177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.69

hardcover. Editor(s): Godfrey, Gwendoline; Neate, Francis. Num Pages: 1180 pages. BIC Classification: LAM; LNPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 156 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
6th Edition
Number of pages
1180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780434841
ISBN
9781780434841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 410.61

hardcover. The Framers' Coup is a a concise yet sharply argued narrative account of how the Framers persuaded the country to adopt a constitution drafted based on their preferences. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199942039
ISBN
9780199942039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.65

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801475313
ISBN
9780801475313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.28

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
ICE Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727741585
ISBN
9780727741585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.82

paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, 17, diagrames. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 249 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277385
ISBN
9780877277385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.95

Paperback. Posner uses economic analysis to probe justice and efficiency, primitive law, privacy, and the constitutional regulation of racial discrimination. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 313 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
n Second printing
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674235267
ISBN
9780674235267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.74

Paperback. In exploring the worldwide political and environmental aftermath of the Bhopal disaster in 1984, this text discusses various differing claims by focusing on the dynamics and paradoxes of advocacy in competing power domains. Num Pages: 436 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: LASD; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226257204
ISBN
9780226257204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.03

paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; LAFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665365
ISBN
9780816665365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.98

paperback. Drawing on concepts taken from US law and legal theory, postmodernism and queer theory, as well as the author's own experience in the courtroom and classroom, this book examines the complexities of lesbian identity and the often detrimental ways in which legal scholarship approaches lesbianism. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
0th Edition
SKU
V9780231105613
ISBN
9780231105613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardcover. Laszlo Bardossy, the Hungarian prime minister who proclaimed war against the Soviet Union and was later executed as a war criminal, remains a controversial figure. Pal Pritz offers readers a rare, balanced interpretation of his life, along with documents from his postwar trial. Num Pages: 230 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; JWXK; LAZ; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335492
ISBN
9780880335492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.24

paperback. Presents a magisterial history of French nationality law from 1789. Focusing on the political and legal confrontations that policies governing French nationality have evoked and the laws that have resulted, this work teases out the rationales of jurists and lawmakers. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Num Pages: 456 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; JH; LAS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822343318
ISBN
9780822343318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816647101
ISBN
9780816647101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.43

hardcover. Series: Stanford Studies in Law and Politics. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JPFM; LA; LND; LNDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804796064
ISBN
9780804796064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.82

hardcover. Examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763813
ISBN
9780804763813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.66

hardcover. This law and society reader taps a rich and diverse literature to compare and contrast the legal experience of many different cultures and nations. Editor(s): Friedman, Lawrence M.; Perez-Perdomo, Rogelio; Gomez, Manual A. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: LAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763738
ISBN
9780804763738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.66

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804756594
ISBN
9780804756594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.24

hardcover. Since the mid-1970s, Congress has passed numerous overrides - laws that seek to reverse or modify judicial intepretations of statutes. This text asks: do overrides effectively clarify the law, reverse objectionable judicial statutory interpretations, and broaden deliberation on contested issues? Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 tables, 20 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748834
ISBN
9780804748834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.93

Paperback. * A thorough examination of the development of research on suggestibility, including cutting-edge theory and practice * Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for students of forensic and applied psychology * Includes practical suggestions for minimizing witness suggestibility. Series: Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JMK; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470663684
ISBN
9780470663684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.73

hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: LATC; LNCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226415529
ISBN
9780226415529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.09

Hardcover. Mozambique has been hailed as a success story by the international community. The author examines the role of customary law in Mozambique to ask a larger question: what is the place of law in the neoliberal era, in which the juridical and the economic are deeply intertwined in an ongoing state of structural adjustment? Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; LAFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226153728
ISBN
9780226153728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.33

hardcover. Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization - home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. This book focuses on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226101583
ISBN
9780226101583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.07

paperback. Series: Justice and Peacebuilding. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Good Books United States
Edition
2nd Edition, Second
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561488230
ISBN
9781561488230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.21

Hardcover. A collection of 11 articles - 9 in English and 2 in French - on the medieval councils, decretals and collections of canon law. There are additional notes and fully revised and detailed indexes for this second edition. Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, figures, plates, tables, index. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HRCX1; JFCX; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860783367
ISBN
9780860783367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.19

hardcover. Examines how the LGBT movement's engagement with the law shapes the very meanings of sexuality, sex, gender, privacy, discrimination, and family in law and society. This book contains essays that highlight the struggle to make the law relevant and responsive to the LGBT community. Editor(s): Barclay, Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPW; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791301
ISBN
9780814791301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Paperback. Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBT; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468945
ISBN
9780226468945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.51

Hardback. "The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860" (1977) disclosed the many ways that judge-made law favored commercial and property interests and remade law to promote economic growth. This title focuses on ideas that reshaped law as we struggled for objective and neutral legal responses to our country's crises. Editor(s): Hamilton, Daniel W.; Brophy, Alfred L. Num Pages: 598 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAB; LNCB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
598
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780674053274
ISBN
9780674053274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Paperback. Divided into three parts-History, Interpretation, and Practice-this provocative volume incorporates law, history, political theory, and philosophy to analyze the U.S. Constitution as a whole in relation to the rights and fate of women. Editor(s): Schwarzenbach, Sibyl A.; Smith, Patricia. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128933
ISBN
9780231128933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Health professionals, substance abuse counsellors, psychologists, handwriting analysts and experts on physical evidence should be interested in this book that teaches readers about the typical techniques attorneys use to challenge experts' credibility and the basis of their opinions. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMJ; LAS; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
American Psychological Association United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591470946
ISBN
9781591470946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.64

Paperback. What should be the place of Shari'a - Islamic religious law - in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? This book envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari'a, based on a profound rethinking of the relationship between religion and the secular state in all societies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRHT; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034563
ISBN
9780674034563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.92

BIC Classification: JFFE; LAM; LNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138279827
ISBN
9781138279827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.37

Hardback. A comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative two volume reference work for the fields of corrections and criminal justice featuring over 280 detailed scholarly entries * Assembles a global team of experts from within their respective fields under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Kent R. Editor(s): Kerley, Kent R. Series: The Wiley Series of Encyclopedias in Criminology & Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: JH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118845424
ISBN
9781118845424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 401.24

Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801858635
ISBN
9780801858635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardcover. Natural-law theory grounds human laws in universal truths of God's creation. The task of the judicial system was to build an edifice of positive law on natural law's foundations. R. H. Helmholz shows how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in the West, and concludes that historically it has advanced the cause of justice. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAM; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504585
ISBN
9780674504585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.35

paperback. In this work Andrew Koppelman shows the powerful legal and moral case for gay equality, but argues that the courts cannot and should not impose it. The author places his case in a broad moral and social context, offering original, pragmatic and workable legal solutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226451015
ISBN
9780226451015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. By introducing readers to national perspectives of issues relating to rape, the book presents a comparative approach which highlights similarities and differences between countries, contexts, laws, key issues and policies and interventions. Editor(s): Westmarland, Nicole; Gangoli, Geetanjali. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; LAM; LNFJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426215
ISBN
9781847426215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.80