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Paperback. Presents an examination of a 2005 lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a faith-based residential rehabilitation program in an Iowa state prison of America. This work casts light on the predicament of prisoners who have precious little choice about what kind of rehabilitation they receive, if they are offered any at all. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JKVP1; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152530
ISBN
9780691152530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Not long after he led the legal team in Brown v Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall aided Kenya's constitutional negotiations, as adversaries battled over rights and land - not with weapons, but with legal arguments. This work tells the story of Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the 1960s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1KBB; HBJH; JPVH1; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152448
ISBN
9780691152448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by the law and by other political actors? By showing how law and politics interact in the construction of American law, this book sheds light on the role that the Supreme Court plays in the constitutional order. Num Pages: 216 pages, 28 halftones. 20 line illus. 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151052
ISBN
9780691151052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue states? This book includes responses by political theorists Richard Tuck and Jeffrey McMahan. Editor(s): Macedo, Stephen. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPSN1; LB; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149967
ISBN
9780691149967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. Proposes a renovation of legal ethics, one that contributes to ethical thought generally. This title reinterprets the positive law governing lawyers to identify fidelity as its organizing ideal. It asks what it is like - not psychologically but ethically - to practice law subject to the self-effacement that fidelity demands. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; LATC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148137
ISBN
9780691148137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. This book presents the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. It explores issues such as the sharing of household output, the control of domestic misconduct, and the ownership of dwelling units. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; LNMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147994
ISBN
9780691147994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Looks at the difficulties of constitutional democracy. This book examines such fundamental questions as: What is constitutional democracy? When does it succeed or fail? Can constitutional democracies conduct war? Can they preserve their values and institutions while addressing new forms of global interdependence? Editor(s): Tulis, Jeffrey K.; Macedo, Stephen. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPV; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147369
ISBN
9780691147369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Tells the tragic story of children's rights in America. This title asks why the United States, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146218
ISBN
9780691146218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Hardback. Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; KCL; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144795
ISBN
9780691144795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. This book argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even the ordinary judge. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; LNDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144047
ISBN
9780691144047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. Shows how government legislation created the nation's reliance upon private litigation, and investigates why Congress would choose to mobilize, through statutory design, private lawsuits to implement federal statutes. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAC; LNB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143828
ISBN
9780691143828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Describes a manner of deliberating about who should serve on the Supreme Court - an approach that puts the burden on nominees to show that their judicial philosophies and politics are acceptable to senators and citizens alike. This book makes a fresh case for the virtue of judicial moderates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143521
ISBN
9780691143521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. As a child, Inga Markovits dreamt of stealing and reading every letter contained in a mailbox at a busy intersection of her town in order to learn what life is all about. When, decades later, working as a legal historian, she tracked down the almost complete archive of a former East German trial court, she knew that she had found her mailbox. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBLW; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143484
ISBN
9780691143484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Is the patent system fundamentally broken, or can it be fixed with a few modest reforms? This book looks at the economic performance of patents. It asks whether patents work well as property rights, and, if not, what institutional and legal reforms are necessary to make the patent system more effective. Num Pages: 352 pages, 21 line illus. 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM; KJD; LNRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143217
ISBN
9780691143217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Reveals how the story about the formalist age was an invention of politically motivated critics of the courts, and how it has led to significant misunderstandings about legal realism. This title traces how this false tale has distorted studies of judging by political scientists and debates among legal theorists. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: LA; LNAA1; LNDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142807
ISBN
9780691142807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, and public health initiatives that provide only marginal protection of sex workers' rights. This book asks how we might understand sex workers' demands that they be treated as workers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 line illus. 1 table. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFMX; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142517
ISBN
9780691142517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. The US Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? This book traces the history of FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals, revealing how the agency's organizational reputation has been the primary source of its power, yet also one of its ultimate constraints. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 856 pages, 13 halftones. 17 line illus. 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPH; KNDP; LNTM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
824
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141800
ISBN
9780691141800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.57

Paperback. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? How can the law address the refusal of parents to provide medical care to their children or the refusal of doctors to perform abortions? This title presents a framework for addressing such questions that involve competing demands of fairness, liberty, and constitutional validity. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH4; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141145
ISBN
9780691141145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? How can the law address the refusal of parents to provide medical care to their children or the refusal of doctors to perform abortions? This title presents a framework for addressing such questions that involve competing demands of fairness, liberty, and constitutional validity. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH4; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141138
ISBN
9780691141138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

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

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

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