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Jurisprudence & general issues

Hardcover. Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department, the author challenges these common claims. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226494036
ISBN
9780226494036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.75
€ 82.26

Paperback. Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. Drawing on a remarkable cache of Depression-era complaint letters written by ordinary Americans to the Justice Department, the author challenges these common claims. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JPVH1; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226494043
ISBN
9780226494043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. This title argues that Hardy's extensive legal research and experience drove his writing of fiction throughout his career. The book studies his legal research and friendships, his work as a Dorchester magistrate, actual Victorian law cases from which he drew novel material, Hardy's position as an advocate for the reform of marriage laws and more. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137989
ISBN
9780874137989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.21

Paperback. Like so many other professionals, lawyers can benefit from a coach, a mentor, as you embark on your legal career. This book is suitable for lawyers who are just beginning their careers, who want to do more than show up, act eagerly, and not get fired. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: LAS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
American Bar Association United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614387435
ISBN
9781614387435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.25

Paperback. Series: The Library of Black America. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556523861
ISBN
9781556523861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.41

Hardback. Traces the history of Latinos' struggle for adequate housing opportunities, from the nineteenth century to today's anti-immigrant policies and mortgage crisis Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSL4; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791257
ISBN
9780814791257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.29

Hardcover. The book provides an account of the uncertainty problem that arises in tort litigation. It examines the existing doctrinal solutions of the problem, as evolved in England, the US, Canada, and Israel, and also offers a number of original solutions. The book combines the traditional doctrinal depiction of the law with general theoretical insights. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; LAB; LAM; LNAC3; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198267973
ISBN
9780198267973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.97

hardcover. Examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763813
ISBN
9780804763813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.37

Paperback. Examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763820
ISBN
9780804763820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

The law of torts is concerned with the obligations that are created by the infringement of rights. This work seeks to show that this apparently simple proposition provides the groundwork for a new theoretical model for conceiving the law of torts, and a new way of understanding the subject. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JPVH; LAB; LAM; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 779.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199211609
ISBN
9780199211609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 205.71

Paperback. Explores the world of the thumbscrew and the rack, engines of torture authorized for investigating crime in European legal systems from medieval times into the eighteenth century. Drawing on juristic literature and legal records, this crisply written book provides an account of how European legal systems became dependent on the use of torture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3J; HBT; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468945
ISBN
9780226468945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9tabs.56ch. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU; KN; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226278780
ISBN
9780226278780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardback. At the center of our belief in law is the hope and expectation that law can differentiate the guilty from the innocent. The articles in this volume explore law's guilt about literature, various domains in which bodies of guilt appear, and historical perspectives on the subject of guilt. Editor(s): Anderson, Matthew; Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762311897
ISBN
9780762311897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.15

Paperback. A little over a century ago, there was no such thing as international justice, and until recently, the idea of permanent international courts and formal war crimes tribunals would have been almost unthinkable. This title tells the story of the long struggle to craft the concept of international justice that we have today. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JPS; LAZ; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226102368
ISBN
9780226102368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. Drawing upon the teachings and writings of the Sudanese reformer, Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, this study aims to provide the intellectual foundations for a total reinterpretation of the nature and meaning of Islamic public law. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 254 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; LAB; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815627067
ISBN
9780815627067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Reflecting a developing trend towards interdisciplinary research in economics and law, this agenda-setting volume makes the case for the economic sociology of law. It locates this novel subject in a wider socio-legal tradition. Editor(s): Ashiagbor, Diamond; Kotiswaran, Prabha; Perry-Kessaris, Amanda. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118508251
ISBN
9781118508251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Hardback. "The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860" (1977) disclosed the many ways that judge-made law favored commercial and property interests and remade law to promote economic growth. This title focuses on ideas that reshaped law as we struggled for objective and neutral legal responses to our country's crises. Editor(s): Hamilton, Daniel W.; Brophy, Alfred L. Num Pages: 598 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LAB; LNCB; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
598
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780674053274
ISBN
9780674053274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.87

Hardback. During his career at Harvard, Morton Horwitz changed the questions legal historians ask. In this book, Horwitz's students re-examine legal history from America's colonial era to the late twentieth century. They ask classic Horwitzian questions, of how legal doctrine, thought, and practice are shaped by the interests of the powerful. Editor(s): Hamilton, Daniel W.; Brophy, Alfred L. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033467
ISBN
9780674033467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.03

Paperback. Analyzes how different countries ensure justice following civil conflict or the end of dictatorship. Editor(s): Roht-Arriaza, Naomi; Mariezcurrena, Javier. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 graphs. BIC Classification: JPH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521677509
ISBN
9780521677509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.33

Hardback. Examines legal translation in its many facets from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering both theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. This book analyses the basic skills and competence of the legal translator and various types of legal texts. Series: Topics in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853599545
ISBN
9781853599545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: LAM; LNAC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 190 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195309041
ISBN
9780195309041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 222.92

Hardback. Editor(s): Sander, Gerald G.; Tomljenovic, Vesna; Bodiroga-Vukobrat, Nada. Series: Europeanization and Globalization. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAM; LBBM; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319022185
ISBN
9783319022185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.27

Hardback. Transplanting International Courts: The Law and Politics of the Andean Tribunal of Justice provides a deep, systematic investigation of the most active and successful transplant of the European Court of Justice. The Andean Tribunal is effective by any plausible definition of the term, but only in the domain of intellectual property law. Series: International Courts and Tribunals Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN; LAM; LBH; LBHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199680788
ISBN
9780199680788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.20

Paperback. Operators and transport managers are taken through the whole process of applying for an operating licence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KNGR; LAY; LNKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Kogan Page Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749480530
ISBN
9780749480530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.59

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