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The Americas
Paperback. Shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of places in the American landscape such as: Adak Island far off the coast of western Alaska; the Susquehanna River running through New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland; Colton in California's Inland Empire; and, Alamogordo in southern New Mexico. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 scattered black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNKJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126297
- ISBN
- 9780300126297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814735091
- ISBN
- 9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Making a significant contribution to the theory of democracy, this reference maintains that the advantage of democracy is not that it is the rule of the wise or the good, but that it enables stability and orderly succession in government and limits the tendency of rulers to empower themselves to the disadvantage of the public. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LAF; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018495
- ISBN
- 9780674018495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.55
€ 40.99
€ 33.55
Law, Rhetoric, and Irony in the Formation of Canadian Civil Culture
Dorland, Michael; Charland, Maurice
paperback. A challenging examination of the history of Canadian governance and the central role played by legal and other discourses in the formation of civil culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3J; GTC; HBJK; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802081193
- ISBN
- 9780802081193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.10
€ 52.99
€ 49.10
Paperback. Posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. This book ensures that economic opportunity isn't limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCS; KCX; LNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479845323
- ISBN
- 9781479845323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JPS; JPVH; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985053
- ISBN
- 9780141985053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
hardcover. Editor(s): Horle, Craig W.; Foster, Joseph S.; Wolfe, Laurie M. Num Pages: 1635 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; GBCB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1635
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780966779455
- ISBN
- 9780966779455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 53.27
€ 58.80
€ 53.27
Hardcover. This volume describes the laws and ordinances from the colony of New Netherland from 1647 to 1658 and writs of appeal from 1658 to 1663. The laws reveal the legal thinking of the Dutch on subjects such as Indians, smuggling, crime and everyday issues including wages, fencing and land allocation. Editor(s): Gehring, Charles T. Translator(s): Gehring, Charles T. Series: New Netherland Documents Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; LAFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625223
- ISBN
- 9780815625223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.57
€ 60.57
Hardback. Editor(s): Stern, Howard D.; O'Grady, Thomas W. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNFX1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 182 x 29. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611228700
- ISBN
- 9781611228700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.43€ 171.87
€ 255.43
€ 171.87
Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America: Beamish Murdoch of...
Philip; Osgoode Society Girard
hardcover. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644106
- ISBN
- 9781442644106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Paperback. A portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement. It explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups - social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates - that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; LAQ; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226768342
- ISBN
- 9780226768342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. What does economics have to do with law? Offering a defense of the economic view of law, this book clarifies the relationship between law and economics. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 line illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090092
- ISBN
- 9780691090092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; BTC; HBTS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524479
- ISBN
- 9781556524479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. A collection of iconoclastic and humorous essays on American law and legal thinking. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780541
- ISBN
- 9780814780541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935487180
- ISBN
- 9781935487180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.55
€ 20.55
Paperback. After years of researching Johnson and the JFK assassination, the author shows that LBJ had an active role in JFK's assassination, and he includes newly-uncovered photographic evidence proving that Johnson knew when and where Kennedy's assassination would take place. Num Pages: 656 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620876107
- ISBN
- 9781620876107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.53
€ 20.53
Hardcover. This new collection of essays by major scholars in the field looks at the ways in which cross-fertilization has taken place in Gothic writing from France, Germany, Britain and America over the last 200 years, and argues that Gothic writing reflects international exchanges in theme and form. Editor(s): Zlosnik, Sue. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230517646
- ISBN
- 9780230517646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Paperback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115193
- ISBN
- 9780231115193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Hardback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115186
- ISBN
- 9780231115186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.30€ 81.45
€ 108.30
€ 81.45
Paperback. Focuses on one of the most contentious and bitter battles in the history of public health. This book details how the nature of the epidemic has changed and highlights the dilemmas public health agencies face today in terms of prevention strategies and chronic illness linked to low levels of toxic exposure. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283930
- ISBN
- 9780520283930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. National Poetry Series winner makes compelling poetry from the tumultuous life of blues singer Leadbelly. Series: National Poetry Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Publisher
- Wave Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974635330
- ISBN
- 9780974635330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.48
€ 14.99
€ 14.48
hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Trade Paper Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470186374
- ISBN
- 9780470186374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.94
€ 26.99
€ 23.94
Hardcover. Authors Livers and Caver expose the impediments that make interactions between black and white managers fail. They explain how the leadership experience for blacks is different in very specific ways from that of their white counterparts, how those differences affect performance, and how blacks can best be understood by those who work with them. Series: J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership). Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; KJMV2; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787957247
- ISBN
- 9780787957247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.35
€ 36.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This engagingly written book will be of interest to political scholars of all stripes as well as readers inclined to learn more about the history and inner workings of the House. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886911
- ISBN
- 9780801886911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.73
€ 38.73