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Jurisprudence & general issues

Paperback. This provocative book outlines a powerful and original theory of liberty structured by the liberal conception of justice and the rule of law. Drawing on insights from philosophy, political theory, economics, and law, he shows how this new conception of liberty can confront, and solve, the central societal problems of knowledge, interest, and power. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198700920
ISBN
9780198700920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.64

Hardcover. The first English translation of a classic of German tort theory, this book analyses the theoretical foundations of tort law in historical and comparative perspective. Focusing on the tensions in modern German tort law, the book explains the historical development of tortious liability, and argues for a foundational role of outcome responsibility. Translator(s): Steel, Sandy. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: LAB; LAM; LAZ; LNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198705055
ISBN
9780198705055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVQ; JPVH; LAQ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567628
ISBN
9781137567628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.99

Paperback. Explores the origins, arguments, and impact of "California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians," the 1987 Supreme Court decision that reasserted the unique federally supported sovereignty of Indian nations, opening the door for the explosive growth of Indian casinos over the next two decades. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617784
ISBN
9780700617784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.21

Paperback. In preparing the long-awaited second edition of his well-liked text, Kent Newmyer consulted the best and most relevant of the recent scholarship on the antebellum Court, prompting him to revise important points in the story of the Court's evolution. Series: American History S. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JP; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harlan Davidson
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780882952413
ISBN
9780882952413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.79

Paperback. Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR's relief and social security programs faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. This book recovers this crucial aspect of American history, tracing the roots of the modern American welfare state. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923499
ISBN
9780226923499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. Brings together a study of a particular legal system - that of Scotland - with a number of (mainly contemporary) theories of or about law. Rather than endorsing any one legal theory, this work ends with some tentative conclusions about legal theory itself. It offers an information base for those embarking on courses in comparative law or politics. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 1DBKW; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792343103
ISBN
9780792343103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.21

Hardback. Examines how modern Orthodox Christian thinkers have answered political, legal, and ethical questions. This book discusses the teachings of Orthodox Christian intellectuals of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also underscores the various ways Orthodox Christian intellectuals have shaped modern debates over the family and society. Editor(s): Witte, John, Jr.; Alexander, Frank S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRCC8; JP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231142649
ISBN
9780231142649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.07
€ 100.95

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

€ 150.50

Paperback. The Technoscientific Witness of Rape is the first book to chart the thirty-year history of the sexual assault evidence kit and its role in a criminal justice system that re-victimizes many assault victims in their quest for medical treatment and justice. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JKV; LA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520601
ISBN
9781487520601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
60546th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674903715
ISBN
9780674903715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.37
€ 48.67

Paperback. Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. This book unveils a cast of characters ensnared by politics and law at the highest levels of government. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615926
ISBN
9780700615926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.49

Paperback. This is a translation of the first 20 distinctions of "The Decretum" or "Concordance of Discardant Canons", a compilation of extracts from Church councils, Church fathers and other ecclesiastical authorities, composed in the 12th century by Gratian, a Camaldolese monk. It offers a treatise on law. Translator(s): Thompson, Augustine; Gordley, James. Series: Studies in Mediaeval & Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 157 pages, 1 col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HBG; HBLC; HRCG; HRCX1; LAFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813207865
ISBN
9780813207865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. The shocking story of the black inmate who was acquitted after killing two high-ranking prison guards in a case that publicized the horrors of Texas's "plantation-style" prison system Series: Jack & Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture. Num Pages: 247 pages, 17 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292744066
ISBN
9780292744066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.40

Hardback. Schroeder brings toether very different theories and provides a completely new view on law and economics. Looks at contemporary debates in legal theory through the lens of psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. Through metaphors drawn from classical mythology. Series: Philosophy, Social Theory & the Rule of Law S. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234314
ISBN
9780520234314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.98
€ 64.59

Paperback. This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823252015
ISBN
9780823252015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.16

Hardback. This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 36. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823252008
ISBN
9780823252008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Johnson, Wallace. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 622 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780691607801
ISBN
9780691607801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.85
€ 80.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Alen, Andre; Bosly, Henry; De Bie, Maria; Vande Lanotte, Johan; Ang, Fiona; Delens-Ravier, Isabelle. Num Pages: 658 pages. BIC Classification: LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Publisher
Intersentia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789050956406
ISBN
9789050956406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520243
ISBN
9781487520243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. This book analyses the UN's contribution to international human rights, and the desire to ensure that governments are held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others. This book offers a comprehensive and expert analysis and critique of UN instruments and organs, and of the new UN Human Rights Council. Editor(s): Alston, Philip; Megret, Frederic. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JPVH; LAM; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198298373
ISBN
9780198298373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.59

Paperback. This book analyses the UN's contribution to international human rights, and the desire to ensure that governments are held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others. This book offers a comprehensive and expert analysis and critique of UN instruments and organs, and of the new UN Human Rights Council. Editor(s): Alston, Philip; Megret, Frederic. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: JPSN1; JPVH; LAM; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198298380
ISBN
9780198298380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LA; LNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761826651
ISBN
9780761826651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.59

Hardcover. Laszlo Bardossy, the Hungarian prime minister who proclaimed war against the Soviet Union and was later executed as a war criminal, remains a controversial figure. Pal Pritz offers readers a rare, balanced interpretation of his life, along with documents from his postwar trial. Num Pages: 230 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; JWXK; LAZ; LBBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335492
ISBN
9780880335492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.85

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