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Legal history
Paperback. While Brown versus Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez versus Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. This title provides a concise account of its legal issues and legacy. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JN; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617197
- ISBN
- 9780700617197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
Hardcover. While Brown versus Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez versus Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. This title provides a concise account of its legal issues and legacy. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JN; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617180
- ISBN
- 9780700617180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
Paperback. Takes a fresh look at the Supreme Court's controversial and much-debated stances on capital punishment - in the landmark case of Furman versus Georgia. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFMC; JN; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617111
- ISBN
- 9780700617111
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Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Hardcover. Takes a fresh look at the Supreme Court's controversial and much-debated stances on capital punishment - in the landmark case of Furman versus Georgia. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFMC; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617104
- ISBN
- 9780700617104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.86
€ 86.86
Hardcover. America's founders extolled a nation of laws, for they knew that only a fairly enforced legal system could protect liberty and property against corruption and tyranny. Nearly two and a half centuries later, that system remains the ultimate safeguard for us all. This title recaptures the spirit of this grand enterprise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617074
- ISBN
- 9780700617074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.17
€ 64.17
Hardcover. As frequent swing vote and centrist voice, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor helped shape many of the Supreme Court's landmark decisions and opinions under the leadership of William Rehnquist. This book describes how policy leadership was subdivided among these eminent jurists in a way that fostered an individualist conception of judicial power. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2008 No other Dates
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616107
- ISBN
- 9780700616107
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Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Paperback. When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968, he sent shock waves throughout professional baseball that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. This book offers a look at Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; LAZ; LNJS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616039
- ISBN
- 9780700616039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.88
€ 32.88
Hardcover. When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St Louis Cardinals, refused to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968, he sent shock waves throughout professional baseball that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. This book offers a look at Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNJS; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616022
- ISBN
- 9780700616022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.01
€ 87.01
Paperback. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615926
- ISBN
- 9780700615926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.16
€ 34.16
Hardcover. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615919
- ISBN
- 9780700615919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.44
€ 87.44
Paperback. The 1978 decision in TVA v Hill, the Court's first decision interpreting the Endangered Species Act, remains one of the most instructive cases in American environmental law. This work reveals that the snail darter case was just one part of a long struggle over whether the TVA should build the Tellico Dam. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; LAZ; RNKH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615056
- ISBN
- 9780700615056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.40
€ 34.40
Hardcover. The 1978 decision in TVA v Hill, the Court's first decision interpreting the Endangered Species Act, remains one of the most instructive cases in American environmental law. This work reveals that the snail darter case was just one part of a long struggle over whether the TVA should build the Tellico Dam. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; LAZ; RNKH1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615049
- ISBN
- 9780700615049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.96
€ 86.96
Paperback. By presenting a picture of the pro-Southern justices on the Court, this work offers readers an understanding of how they came to their opinions, even as they failed to anticipate the impact their decision would have - a miscalculation that to some degree undermined the Court's power and authority within the American political system. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615032
- ISBN
- 9780700615032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
Hardcover. By presenting a picture of the pro-Southern justices on the Court, this work offers readers an understanding of how they came to their opinions, even as they failed to anticipate the impact their decision would have - a miscalculation that to some degree undermined the Court's power and authority within the American political system. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBTS; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615025
- ISBN
- 9780700615025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.01
€ 87.01
Paperback. Invites students of the law to look at the origins of accepted legal practices as a means of gaining insight into the judicial role and the evolution of common law. This work considers how the centuries-old common law tradition interacts with statutory law-making, and why claims that individual rights are grounded in common law are suspect. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 195.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614790
- ISBN
- 9780700614790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.56
€ 33.56
Hardcover. Invites students of the law to look at the origins of accepted legal practices as a means of gaining insight into the judicial role and the evolution of common law. This work considers how the centuries-old common law tradition interacts with statutory law-making, and why claims that individual rights are grounded in common law are suspect. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614783
- ISBN
- 9780700614783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.39
€ 63.39
Hardcover. Recounts how the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second Bank of the US refused to pay Maryland's tax on the bank and how that act precipitated a showdown in the Supreme Court. This book provides a virtual constitutional history of the first fifty years of the nation. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; LAZ; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614721
- ISBN
- 9780700614721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.64
€ 87.64
Hardcover. Lionized by the right and demonized by the left, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is the high court's quintessential conservative. This is a comprehensive and sympathetic analysis of how Scalia has decided cases during his entire twenty-year Supreme Court tenure. It also focuses on Scalia's more than 600 Supreme Court opinions and dissents. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614479
- ISBN
- 9780700614479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.93
€ 70.93
Paperback. Dollree Mapp defied a predominantly white police force by challenging the legality of its search-and-seizure methods. This work follows the police raid into her home and chronicles the events that led to the Court's 5-4 ruling in Mapp v Ohio, which redefined the rights of the accused and set limits on how police could obtain and use evidence. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614417
- ISBN
- 9780700614417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.16
€ 34.16
Hardcover. Dollree Mapp defied a predominantly white police force by challenging the legality of its search-and-seizure methods. This work follows the police raid into her home and chronicles the events that led to the Court's 5-4 ruling in Mapp v Ohio, which redefined the rights of the accused and set limits on how police could obtain and use evidence. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700614400
- ISBN
- 9780700614400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.21
€ 87.21
Paperback. A gripping story of love and law, "The Sharon Kowalski Case" chronicles one of the true landmarks in the fight for the rights of same-sex partners, fully framed for the first time within its social, political, and historical contexts. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1; JFSK2; LAZ; LNB; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700612666
- ISBN
- 9780700612666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.36
€ 41.36
Law and Transaction Costs in the Ancient Economy (Law and Society in t...
Kehoe, Dennis P., Ratzan, David, Yiftach, Uri
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kehoe, Dennis; Ratzan, David; Yiftach, Uri. Series: Law and Society in the Ancient World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 tables, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1; KCZ; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119608
- ISBN
- 9780472119608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.03
€ 118.03
Hardcover. Explores a fundamental building block of Roman life Editor(s): McGinn, Thomas A. J. Series: Papers & Monographs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118434
- ISBN
- 9780472118434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.84
€ 106.84
Hardcover. Recounts the transformation of tort litigation in response to the challenge posed by victims of 21st-century public health crises who seek compensation from the manufacturers. The author finds that courts, through their refusal to expand traditional tort claims, have resisted litigation as a solution to product-caused public health problems. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117147
- ISBN
- 9780472117147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.10
€ 112.10