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Legal system: general

Paperback. Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are the author's stock-in-trade. In this book, he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. It contains explanations and apt examples that show why the perversity of the law resists any easy resolutions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005812
ISBN
9780226005812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.20

Hardback. Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made. Num Pages: 440 pages, 20 graphs, 100 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 842.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674049895
ISBN
9780674049895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.79

Hardback. Pulling the rug out from under debates about interpretation, this title joins together learning from law, linguistics, and cognitive science to illuminate the fundamental issues and problems in this highly contested area. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767963
ISBN
9780226767963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.78

Paperback. What motivates judges as decision makers? This book offers a fresh perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them. It argues that the influence of judges' audiences is pervasive. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138275
ISBN
9780691138275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.03

Paperback. Most Americans think that judges should be, and are, generalists who decide a wide array of cases. Nonetheless, we now have specialized courts in many key policy areas. This title presents a comprehensive analysis of this growing trend toward specialization in the federal and state court systems. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039558
ISBN
9780226039558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Hardback. This magisterial new work brings fresh insight into the essential functions of early modern Roman society and the development of the modern state. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892042
ISBN
9780801892042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845860455
ISBN
9781845860455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.05

Hardcover. Traversing a wide range of Supreme Court decisions that established crucial precedents about racial discrimination, the death penalty, and sexual freedom, this book contends that the rights we enjoy are neither more nor less than what the justices choose to make of them. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226944715
ISBN
9780226944715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Landers, Laurent B. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
162
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628087765
ISBN
9781628087765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.97
€ 145.71

Hardback. This timely, evocative book showcases Bertha Wilson's contributions to the Canadian legal landscape and explores the issues that this controversial personality grappled with in her life and career. Editor(s): Brooks, Kim. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAT; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817325
ISBN
9780774817325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Kesterhoff, Peter C. Num Pages: 192 pages, tables. BIC Classification: LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606925560
ISBN
9781606925560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.10
€ 43.78

Paperback. Shows that presidents and leaders of all stripes have worked to put the Court on a pedestal and have encouraged its justices to accept the role of ultimate interpreters of the Constitution. This work examines why presidents have found judicial supremacy to be in their best interest and why constitutional leadership has been passed to the courts. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141022
ISBN
9780691141022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Comparing law to the American practice of common courtesy, this book explains how our courts not only survive under conditions of suspected hypocrisy, but actually depend on these conditions to function. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: LNAA1; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753128
ISBN
9780804753128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
How2become Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910202296
ISBN
9781910202296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. Explores the legal implications of 'Masson v New Yorker' in the context of the history of American journalism. This book shows how the case represents a watershed moment in a long debate between the advocates of traditional and literary journalism. It explains how it reflects the intellectual project of the period. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; KNTJ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496538
ISBN
9781558496538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.33

Hardcover. Why do so many of us feel prisons are the answer to crime? Num Pages: 265 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: JKV; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472105823
ISBN
9780472105823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJP; BGH; LAT; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803255753
ISBN
9780803255753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.21

Paperback. A full-scale history, analysis and critique of the new sentencing regime is examined in this text, showing how the present system has burdened the courts, dehumanized the sentencing process and by repressing judicial discretion, eroded the constitutional balance of powers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774862
ISBN
9780226774862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Paperback. How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152936
ISBN
9780691152936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.46

Hardback. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, this book draws together essays from more than forty of the most well known practitioners and academics currently engaged with international arbitration. Editor(s): Betancourt, Julio Cesar. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: LBHT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 184 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198783206
ISBN
9780198783206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 278.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Conlon, Judy. Num Pages: 66 pages. BIC Classification: LNAA. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631171529
ISBN
9781631171529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.02
€ 56.81

Paperback. The form and content of court proceedings is generally considered unsuitable for children. Based on a study exploring the law and practice of representation, this text examines various approaches to the place of children in the proceedings, and contrasts them with the views of the children. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LNA; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471986423
ISBN
9780471986423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.60

Hardcover. This study describes a Latin American legal system which punishes only the poor and a "democratic" state which fails to control its own agents' arbitrary practices. The contributors argue that judicial reform cannot be seperated from human rights and that justice must be made available to the poor. Editor(s): Mendez, Juan; O'Donnell, Guillermo; Pinheiro, Paulo Sergio (Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Violence, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil). Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFF; JPVH; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Edition
First edition, presumed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268043018
ISBN
9780268043018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.72

Paperback. Describes how a cohesive majority of the Supreme Court has cut back the power of Congress and enhanced the autonomy of the fifty states. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LAFC; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KTG0002824
ISBN
9780520240681
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Krieger Pub Co
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780894645501
ISBN
9780894645501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.08

Hardcover. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to more than 140 arbitral cases and commentaries in Korea and introduces the arbitration community to the jurisprudence and scholarship of this jurisdiction. The book encompasses all the major current and historical arbitration cases in Korea alongside practical and scholarly commentary. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; LBHG; LBHT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198755432
ISBN
9780198755432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 330.02

Hardcover. Includes essays, which examine the extent to which the Supreme Court of Alberta articulated an Albertan response to the varied legal questions of the 20th century. This volume also includes thematic essays examining First Nations' hunting rights, oil and gas law, water law, gender, the Hutterites and religious freedom, and family law. Editor(s): Swainger, Jonathan. Num Pages: 392 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; HBT; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644930
ISBN
9780888644930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.03

Hardcover. Offers an in-depth consideration of how the United States Courts of Appeal operate Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472112562
ISBN
9780472112562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.79

hardcover. Is the Roberts Court "pro-business"? If so, what does this mean for the law and the American people? Business and the Roberts Court provides the first critical analysis of the Court's business-related jurisprudence, combining a series of empirical and doctrinal analyses of how the Roberts Court has treated business and business law. Editor(s): Adler, Jonathan H. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPH; KJG; LNAA; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199859344
ISBN
9780199859344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.72

Hardcover. Oral arguments are a key aspect of the Supreme Court's decision-making process Num Pages: 141 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118465
ISBN
9780472118465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.59

Hardcover. Focuses on generally unknown events and policies to demonstrate judicial dependence and legislative supremacy over the judiciary. This book disproves the validity of that assumption for state constitutionalism by concentrating on the law of New Hampshire - representative of the law in other jurisdictions - between the years 1789 and 1818. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803876
ISBN
9780875803876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 832 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; LBBS; LNA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
832
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646480
ISBN
9780691646480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 396.34

Hardcover. .
Publisher
LexisNexis UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780406002648
ISBN
9780406002648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226448633
ISBN
9780226448633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.25

Paperback. Sir William Garrow was born in Middlesex in 1760 and called to the Bar in 1783. He was the dominant figure at the Old Bailey from 1783 to 1793, later becoming an MP, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and finally a judge and lawmaker within the Common Law Tradition. This title tells the story of Sir William Garrow. Num Pages: 352 pages, Black & white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGH; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380696
ISBN
9781904380696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.30

paperback. A fresh and innovative examination of the U.S. Supreme Court as the final arbiter of constitutional interpretation Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: JPQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877228288
ISBN
9780877228288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.16

Hardback. The first commentary on the CIETAC Rules provides guidance on how each rule should be interpreted and applied, alongside practical and procedural recommendations from practitioners of unparalleled experience, including the Secretary General of CIETAC. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: LBHG; LBHT; LNAC5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780199671717
ISBN
9780199671717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 270.12

Paperback. This work examines the Rodney King and O.J. Simpson trials to show that the issue of race was at the heart of both of these cases. Given the racial and ethnic composition of the two juries, it argues, their verdicts were all but predictable in view of their experiences with the police. Num Pages: 348 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JKSW1; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 647.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787902643
ISBN
9780787902643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447317067
ISBN
9781447317067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.71

Paperback. Focusing on U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the area of capital punishment, Dead Certainty examines the challenge of judging matters of public concern without a common sense of the good or other shared criteria to validate final decisions. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757461
ISBN
9780804757461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.95