×


 x 

Shopping cart

The Americas

Results 11353 - 11376 of 26007

The Americas

Paperback. Taking as its theme the theory and practice of criminal responsibility, this text asks why killers deserve punishment, and how the law should decide. The author argues that people deserve punishment according to the evil they choose to do, regardless of their psychological capacities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JMK; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814766804
ISBN
9780814766804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. While millions of Americans fought the Nazis, liberty was under attack at home with the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses who were intimidated and even imprisoned for refusing to salute the flag or serve in the armed forces. This study explores their defence of their First Amendment rights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; HRCC99; JFSR; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700611829
ISBN
9780700611829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.34

paperback. Dissensus is often viewed in the professional world as a starting point for collaboration. When dissensus occurs in a federal court, however, it raises the question of whether this difference of opinion maintains the integrity of the judiciary or undermines its legitimacy. This book examines the dynamic that gives rise to such dissensus in courts. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 figure & 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813926971
ISBN
9780813926971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.96

Paperback. Drawing upon his background in law, government and political science, U.S. Second Circuit Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann contends that Congress's work product - including sources beyond the text - must inform courts' interpretation of statutes. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; LNZL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190263294
ISBN
9780190263294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.62

Paperback. Reveals that long before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the US government began making plans for the eventual internment and later incarceration of the Japanese American population. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, map, tables, notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984513
ISBN
9780295984513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.10

Hardback. Details how, although the US constitution does not specify the structure of the federal court system, the federal court has succeeded in binding together the rule of law and rights-based democracy. Series: Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313312045
ISBN
9780313312045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.03
€ 78.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
7th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781305506527
ISBN
9781305506527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.81

Paperback. Investigates judicial reform in Argentina, Mexico, and Peru. This book suggests that while ruling parties can be induced to initiate judicial reforms by introducing constitutional revisions, they often prove unwilling to implement these constitutional changes by enacting required legislation. Series: Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; JPA; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268028879
ISBN
9780268028879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.71

paperback. This text is a survey of existing judicial retirement laws in all 51 states. It looks at provisions for mandatory retirement on account of age and disability, as well as further judicial service after retirement. The book also suggests how these laws could be improved. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAM; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219261
ISBN
9780823219261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Dana Polan considers what made Julia Child s TV show, The French Chef, so popular during its original broadcast and such enduring influences on American cooking, American television, and American culture since then. Series: Spin Offs. Num Pages: 312 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348726
ISBN
9780822348726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Hardcover. No one embodies the decadent spirit of throwing a great Southern party more than Julia Reed, the consummate hostess and go-to food and lifestyle expert. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; WBR; WBX; WJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 263 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847848287
ISBN
9780847848287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.66

Hardback. Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in his twenties, but his writing soon devolved into mediocrity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038341
ISBN
9780252038341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.01

Hardcover. The renowned architectural photographer shares seven decades' worth of images of the city he loved, celebrated, and made iconic. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 191. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847847648
ISBN
9780847847648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.83

Hardcover. Lhamon's reading shows us how these plays built a public blackness and how they engaged a disaffected white audience, who found in Jim Crow's sass and wit and madcap dancing an expression of rebellion and resistance against the oppression and confinement suffered by all ordinary people. Num Pages: 478 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DQ; DSBF; DSG; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010628
ISBN
9780674010628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.27
€ 73.52

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001937
ISBN
9780691001937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.20

Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346050
ISBN
9780822346050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BT; HBJK; HBLA; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 32. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062407405
ISBN
9780062407405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714531038
ISBN
9780714531038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. Four travellers meet in Bolivia and set off into the Amazon rainforest on an expedition to explore places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the jungle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BTP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
CL 86
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849538824
ISBN
9781849538824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613730553
ISBN
9781613730553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844150281
ISBN
9781844150281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Hanna, Monica; Harford Vargas, Jennifer; Saldivar, Jose David. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360339
ISBN
9780822360339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.45

Hardback. Editor(s): Hanna, Monica; Harford Vargas, Jennifer; Saldivar, Jose David. Num Pages: 445 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360247
ISBN
9780822360247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Stewart, Audrey E.; Washington, Dereck A. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
140
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620814291
ISBN
9781620814291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.16
€ 126.88

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!